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Raghuram, N., and Y. Madhavi. "India's declining ranking." Nature 383, no. 6601 (October 1996): 572. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/383572a0.
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Delliswararao, Konduru. "Anthropological Perspective on Gender Disparities in India." International Journal of Social Sciences and Management 8, no. 3 (July 29, 2021): 416–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v8i3.36526.
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Gender is a social term; it is using for both male and female. But due to the inequality and discrimination, the gender term is more adopted only to female or women discrimination. In developing countries like India, gender inequality, discrimination is very high due to so many factors, such as economical factors, cultural factors and others. India is 140th Rank, out of 156 countries in world's gender gap index. It is showing that India's performance in gender equality. Not only a govt, every individual in the society are responsible for the gender inequality in India. When comparing with other nations, India’s ranking is lower than African countries. The main objective of the present paper explains the socio-cultural, economical, and other factors in various sectors in Pondicherry related to gender equality. Another aim of the study is to understanding the women development in a holistic manner. The methodology of the paper is Mixed Method of research. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 8, Issue-3: 416-425.
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Doshi, Rush, Judith G. Kelley, and Beth A. Simmons. "The Power of Ranking: The Ease of Doing Business Indicator and Global Regulatory Behavior." International Organization 73, no. 03 (2019): 611–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020818319000158.
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AbstractWe argue that the World Bank has successfully marshaled the Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index to amass considerable influence over business regulations worldwide. The Ease of Doing is a global performance indicator (GPI), and GPIs—especially those that rate and rank states against one another—are intended to package information to influence the views of an audience important to the target, such as foreign investors or voters, thus generating pressures that induce a change in the target's behavior. The World Bank has succeeded in shaping the global regulatory environment even though the bank has no explicit mandate over regulatory policy and despite questions about EDB accuracy and required policy tradeoffs. We show that the EDB has a dominating market share among business climate indicators. We then use media analyses and observational data to show that EDB has motivated state regulatory shifts. States respond to being publicly ranked and some restructure bureaucracies accordingly. Next we explore plausible influence channels for the EDB ranking and use an experiment involving US portfolio managers to build on existing economics research and examine whether the rankings influence investor sentiment within the experiment. Using a case study of India's multiyear interagency effort to rise in the EDB rankings, as well as its decision to create subnational EDB rankings, we bring the strands of the argument together by showing how politicians see the ranking as affecting domestic politics, altering investor sentiment, and engaging bureaucratic reputation. Overall, a wide variety of evidence converges to illustrate the pressures through which the World Bank has used state rankings to achieve its vision of regulatory reform.
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JAIN, PURNENDRA, and TRIDIVESH SINGH MAINI. "India's Subnational Governments Foray into the International Arena." Japanese Journal of Political Science 18, no. 2 (May 9, 2017): 286–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1468109917000032.
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AbstractSubnational diplomacy has come to life in India. Although still nowhere near in the same league as their counterparts in North America, Europe, parts of Asia, and even other developing countries, subnational governments (SNGs) in India are increasingly engaged abroad through involvement in regional and global affairs, questioning the central government on international matters, seeking foreign direct investment, organizing trade fairs and investment summits, leading economic missions, and hosting visiting dignitaries to showcase their jurisdiction's economic potential. These new and emerging actors on India's foreign affairs landscape are pluralizing and decentralizing India's foreign policy, albeit in a limited way and on small scale, as all states and territories are not as yet actively involved in foreign affairs. The paper argues that management of India's external relations is no longer informed or conducted simply by a select group of diplomats, high-ranking political leaders, and other specialist foreign policy advisers in New Delhi. Today subnational actors are becoming an essential component in India's foreign affairs. They are joining the huge traffic of SNGs from countries around the world that are linking with counterparts and others across national borders to serve the interests of local constituencies. It is a trend that is changing not only diplomatic roles, but also the nature of economic and political relationships among government actors worldwide.
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Srivastava, Akanksha, Dipteek Parmar, and Dragan Pamucar. "Comparing multi-criteria models for ranking the Performance of India's water supply utilities." Utilities Policy 84 (October 2023): 101652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2023.101652.
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M, Sandeepthi Robert, and Nirmala J. "Foreign Direct Investment in Automobile Sector in India." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 8, no. 7 (July 15, 2023): 71–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n07.010.
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India believes that manufacturing is crucial for national development, and the manufacturing sector contributes significantly to the country's GDP. Among various production sectors in India's manufacturing industry, foreign promoters have played a noteworthy economic role. The automobile industry and its auto components sector hold a prominent position in the global market. This paper focuses on the growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in the Indian Automobile sector and examines the impact of the industry's size on FDI inflows. Notably, during the financial years 2021-2022, FDI in the Indian Automobile sector witnessed a remarkable growth of 326.1164%, ranking fifth in attracting the highest FDI inflows. The size of the industry holds a significant influence on the growth of FDI inflows in India.
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Kumar Ojha, Narendra. "INCREASING STEPS OF MUSIC IN INDIA." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 3, no. 1SE (January 31, 2015): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i1se.2015.3476.
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India's civilization and culture is historical. There is no music knowledge in India today, it is very old.Even today many high-ranking artists have made their place in history such as Bhaskar Buwa, Mian Jan, Abdul Karim Khan, Fayaz Kha, Hyder Kha, Wazir Kha, Hafeez Kha, Omkarnath Thakur etc. The central and state governments have contributed significantly to the development of Indian art, with the central government giving scholarships to eligible students. Students are thus encouraged.
भारत की सभ्यता और संस्कृति ऐतिहासिक है। भारत में संगीत विषयक ज्ञान कोई आज का नहीं है, यह बहुत पुराना है।इतिहास में आज भी कई उच्च श्रेणी के कलाकार अपना स्थान बना चुके है जैसे- भास्कर बुवा, मियाॅं जान, अब्दुल करीम खाॅ, फैयाज खाॅ, हैदर खाॅ, वजीर खाॅ, हफीज खाॅ, ओंकारनाथ ठाकुर आदि। भारतीय कला के विकास में केन्द्र और राज्य सरकारों का महत्वपूर्ण योगदान रहा है, केन्द्रीय सरकार षिक्षा पात्र विद्यार्थियों को छात्रवृत्ति दे रही है। इस प्रकार से विद्यार्थियों को प्रोत्साहन मिल रहा है।
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Rathod, Pratibha, Ajesh Desai, and Divya Chandel. "Evaluation of Risk Factors for Preterm Birth Outcome in Gujarat, India." International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 12, no. 1 (January 12, 2022): 161–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220123.
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Background: Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of neonatal survival complications, mortality, and morbidity worldwide. In India 35% of all neonatal deaths are due to PTB with 36th global ranking, hence, India's healthcare sector has been working towards reducing the rate of PTB effectively. Objective: This study aimed to assess the risk factors such as environmental and pathophysiological causes associated with preterm birth in the population of Gujarat, India. Materials and Methods: In this study, multivariate random sampling was performed and systematically 200 pregnant mothers [PTB <37 weeks (N=100), Full-term >37 weeks (N=100)] were chosen after excluding mothers with vaginal infection, multiple gestations, fetal anomalies, non-cephalic presentation, cesarean delivery, and pregnancy with Mullerian anomalies. Statistical analysis was performed by Chi-square test, and variables with p-value <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: Out of all the variables, maternal age below 20 years, extreme BMI, high blood pressure during pregnancy, maternal health complications, medication and doctor's consultation were highly significant (p < 0.0001). Furthermore, variables like type of area, diet, education, Hb levels below 9 g/dL and above 13 g/dL and blood-group of the mother were also significantly associated with PTB outcome (p < 0.05). Among the sub-categories of PTB (extreme-, very-, moderate/late- PTB), maternal age, Hb level and the past obstetric outcome showed very high significance (p < 0.0001). Conclusion: For the prediction of birth outcome, mother's internal physiological and lifestyle factors need to be taken into consideration, and mothers at risk priorly can be screen out, followed by proper healthcare assistance to decrease the preterm birth rate and its consequences. Key words: Preterm birth, maternal age, blood pressure, past obstetric outcome, risk factors
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David, Solomon Arulraj, and Shireen Motala. "Can BRICS build ivory towers of excellence? Giving new meaning to world-class universities." Research in Comparative and International Education 12, no. 4 (December 2017): 512–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745499917740652.
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This paper aims to map the landscape of higher education transformation in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations while exploring the status of BRICS nations in some of the global university rankings and analysing their potential to give new meaning to notions such as excellent and world-class universities. The study provides different theoretical perspectives about global university ranking and about the notion of ‘world-class/excellence’. Based on the literature exploration, the gathered data from some of the global university ranking agencies and the critical reflections from purposefully selected respondents, it is considered that the quest for world-class universities is articulated in several public policy documents of BRICS nations. While some attempts to achieve this quest vary (e.g. from China’s strong effort to India’s least effort), BRICS nations, like many other nations, seem to evolve towards this ambition, as universities have become the centre point of the development agenda. The ability of BRICS nations to provide new meaning to ‘world-class/excellence’ notions, although not clear, cannot be disputed given the indications that the BRICS bloc is emerging as an alternative economic force and the role higher education is playing in this emergence.
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Epstein, Robert, and Ronald E. Robertson. "The search engine manipulation effect (SEME) and its possible impact on the outcomes of elections." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 33 (August 4, 2015): E4512—E4521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419828112.
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Internet search rankings have a significant impact on consumer choices, mainly because users trust and choose higher-ranked results more than lower-ranked results. Given the apparent power of search rankings, we asked whether they could be manipulated to alter the preferences of undecided voters in democratic elections. Here we report the results of five relevant double-blind, randomized controlled experiments, using a total of 4,556 undecided voters representing diverse demographic characteristics of the voting populations of the United States and India. The fifth experiment is especially notable in that it was conducted with eligible voters throughout India in the midst of India’s 2014 Lok Sabha elections just before the final votes were cast. The results of these experiments demonstrate that (i) biased search rankings can shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20% or more, (ii) the shift can be much higher in some demographic groups, and (iii) search ranking bias can be masked so that people show no awareness of the manipulation. We call this type of influence, which might be applicable to a variety of attitudes and beliefs, the search engine manipulation effect. Given that many elections are won by small margins, our results suggest that a search engine company has the power to influence the results of a substantial number of elections with impunity. The impact of such manipulations would be especially large in countries dominated by a single search engine company.
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Virmani, Arvind. "Poverty and Hunger in India: What is Needed to Eliminate Them." Pakistan Development Review 45, no. 2 (June 1, 2006): 241–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v45i2pp.241-259.
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There is a widespread impression among the Indian intelligentsia, foreign scholars, and residents of developed/rich countries that India’s economic growth has not reduced poverty, that globalisation has worsened poverty and/or income distribution, and that there are hundreds of millions of hungry people in India. These arguments are buttressed by recourse to India’s ranking on several social indicators. Esoteric debates about the comparability of survey data and gaps between NSS and NAS add to the confusion and allow ideologues to believe and assert whatever information suits the argument. What are the basic facts about poverty, income distributions, and hunger at an aggregate level? This paper reviews the available data and debates on this subject and comes to a commonsense view. It then tries to link some of the outcomes to the policy framework and programmes of the government. The paper finds that India’s poverty ratio of around 22 percent in 1999-2000 is in line with that observed in countries at similar levels of per capita income. The ratio is relatively high because India is a relatively poor/ low-income country, i.e., with low average income. 90 percent of the countries in the world have a higher per capita (average) income than India. The number of the poor is very high because India’s population is very large, the secondhighest in the world. India’s income distribution as measured by the Gini co-efficient is better than three-fourths of the countries of the world. The consumption share of the poorest 10 percent of the population is the sixth best in the world. Where India has failed as a nation is in improving its basic social indicators like literacy and mortality rates. Much of the failure is a legacy of the three decades of Indian socialism (till 1979-80). The rate of improvement of most indicators has accelerated during the market period (starting in 1980-81). The gap between its level and that of global benchmarks is still wide and its global ranking on most of these social parameters remains very poor. This is the result of government failure. The improvement in social indicators has not kept pace with economic growth and poverty decline, and this has led to increasing interstate disparities in growth and poverty. JEL classification: I3, I32, I38 Keywords: Hunger, Poverty, Public Goods, Public and Quasi-Public Goods and Services, Basic Education, Public Health, Sanitation
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Puthucherril, Tony George. "Developments in legislating dam safety in India: a tale of ifs and buts?" Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 25, no. 2 (May 12, 2023): 149–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/apjel.2022.02.02.
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Given the many dams worldwide, safety is critical as a dam failure can negatively impact human health, property and the environment. India has a substantial stock of dams, ranking third after the US and China. However, about 80 percent of its large dams are over 25 years old, and nearly 227 dams are over 100 years. These ‘geriatric’ dams continue to function but raise serious safety concerns, with a classic example being the 127-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam. Although India’s track record of dam safety is more or less satisfactory, there has been poor maintenance and several failures. Even though ‘water’ under India’s Constitution is a matter that India’s States determine, India recently enacted the Dam Safety Act, 2021 at the national level. Many have expressed criticism of this statute for being ‘anti-federal’. This article evaluates the law on dam safety in India by highlighting the salience of India’s Dam Safety Act. The core argument is that given legislative laxity on the part of States in adopting dam safety measures, and the limitations on a State to legislate beyond its borders, the Union did need to intervene via the Dam Safety Act. By enacting this statute, the Union has not usurped the States’ powers. Instead, it has fortified cooperative federalism by creating institutional structures at the central and State levels to ensure that dam safety is not compromised and that people do not have to lose their lives unnecessarily.
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Kumar Khanna, Vinod, and Ruby Gupta. "Comparative study of the impact of competency-based training on 5 “S” and TQM: a case study." International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 31, no. 3 (February 25, 2014): 238–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-12-2012-0163.
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Purpose – The Japanese have had a phenomenal impact on the world's market using 5 “S” and total quality management (TQM) philosophy. Though Indian companies also claim to follow these philosophies, however India has not been able to make substantial s in this regard. India has been ranked very low (India's rank has been 35 out of 59 economies) as per the IMD world competitiveness year book 2012 report. During a literature survey, it was found that competency-based training contributes to a greater extent for the success of 5 “S” and TQM implementation. Therefore, research was undertaken to study the effect of competency-based training on the implementation of 5 “S” and TQM principles. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper attempts to assess and compare the role of competency-based training on the status of 5 “S” and TQM in Mayur Uniquoters Ltd (MUL) and SKH Metals Ltd. This paper compiles a list of the most important competency variables and prepares a competency training module for the industries. Quality award models will be used to compute a competency index, 5 “S” index, and TQM index before and after competency-based training in MUL. However, in the case of SKH Metals Ltd, the competency index, 5 “S” index and TQM index will be analyzed only after competency-based training. The index methodology has been used to assess and compare the level of performance in competency, 5 “S”, and TQM and the result will be validated through a two-sample t-test. Findings – The paper reveals that competency-based training has a positive correlation on, 5 “S” and TQM, and is instrumental in improving the level of 5 “S” and TQM in both industries. Based on a two-sample t-test, the performance of 5 “S” and TQM improved by 74.4 and 84.5 percent, respectively, in case of MUL. This paper also prepares the competency-based training module. Research limitations/implications – The investigation and research findings are still exploratory. Future research can focus on and establish the correlation based on a larger number of organizations. A broadly based and larger sample size would provide a better picture of the relationship between competency, 5 “S” and TQM philosophy. The data have been collected before and after competency-based training in Mayur Uniquoters, whereas, in the case of SKH Metals, the data have been compiled only after competency-based training. Originality/value – The study has been able to compile competency variables based on the feedback of 84 industries and also prepares a competency training module. Competency index, 5 “S” index and TQM index have been analyzed before and after competency-based training in MUL and two-sample t-test was also performed. In the case of SKH Metals Ltd, the data have been analyzed after competency-based training. The study has been able to identify that both organizations could perform better in 5 “S” and TQM after competency-based training. India stands a better chance in improving its competitiveness in the world ranking if all organizations focus on competency-based training, apart from training on 5 “S” and TQM.
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Sinsomboonthong, Saichon. "Performance Comparison of New Adjusted Min-Max with Decimal Scaling and Statistical Column Normalization Methods for Artificial Neural Network Classification." International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences 2022 (April 22, 2022): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3584406.
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In this research, the normalization performance of the proposed adjusted min-max methods was compared to the normalization performance of statistical column, decimal scaling, adjusted decimal scaling, and min-max methods, in terms of accuracy and mean square error of the final classification outcomes. The evaluation process employed an artificial neural network classification on a large variety of widely used datasets. The best method was min-max normalization, providing 84.0187% average ranking of accuracy and 0.1097 average ranking of mean square error across all six datasets. However, the proposed adjusted-2 min-max normalization achieved a higher accuracy and a lower mean square error than min-max normalization on each of the following datasets: white wine quality, Pima Indians diabetes, vertical column, and Indian liver disease datasets. For example, the proposed adjusted-2 min-max normalization on white wine quality dataset achieved 100% accuracy and 0.00000282 mean square error. To conclude, for some classification applications on one of these specific datasets, the proposed adjusted-2 min-max normalization should be used over the other tested normalization methods because it performed better.
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Pal, Jiban K. "Reframing the Debate on Quality vs Quantity in Research Assessment." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 41, no. 1 (February 11, 2021): 70–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.41.1.16682.
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The debate on quality versus quantity is still persistent for methodological considerations. These two approaches are highly contrasting in their epistemology and contrary to each other. A single composite indicator that reasonably senses both quality and quantity would be significant toward performance. This paper evaluates the potency of the combined metric for quality assessment of publications (QP) in India’s National Institutional Research Framework (NIRF) exercise in 2020. It also suggests a potential improvement in quality measurement to obtain the rankings more rationally with finer tunings.
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Jagad, Vimal P. "Impact of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on Indian Economy using the ranking method in Today's Context." International Journal of Scientific Research 1, no. 1 (June 1, 2012): 80–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778179/jun2012/28.
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Day, Christopher M., Howell Li, James R. Sturdevant, and Darcy M. Bullock. "Data-Driven Ranking of Coordinated Traffic Signal Systems for Maintenance and Retiming." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2672, no. 18 (August 29, 2018): 167–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118794042.
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Automated traffic signal performance measures (ATSPMs) have been deployed with increasing frequency. At present, the existing ATSPMs are focused on the performance of individual movements or intersections. As the number of ATSPM users has increased, a need for system-level metrics has emerged. This paper proposes a method of evaluating corridor performance at the system level using high-resolution data. The method is demonstrated for eight signalized corridors in Indiana, including 87 intersections. This method develops five subscores for the areas of communication, detection, safety, capacity allocation, and progression; these five interrelated aspects of performance are each given a category subscore based on quantitative performance measures, with scales appropriate to the context of the operation. An overall score for each corridor is determined from the lowest subscore of each of the five areas. This approach simplifies the analysis process, as opposed to examining several hundred individual movements as currently would be required using ATSPM tools that are commonly available at present. The methodology is presented as a prototype for further development and adaptation to individual agency objectives and data sources.
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Siddiqui, Rehana, and Afia Malik. "Debt and Economic Growth in South Asia." Pakistan Development Review 40, no. 4II (December 1, 2001): 677–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v40i4iipp.677-688.
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After 1980s, in most developing countries, the rate of debt accumulation and increase in debt servicing are highlighted as major factors affecting the growth rate of output. Most of these countries lost their competitiveness in the international market mainly as a result of insufficient exchange rate adjustments. In addition, the weakening of terms of trade, economic mismanagement and crisis of governance also lowered growth rates in the developing countries. The downward pressure was larger in the countries facing higher debt burden as these countries faced higher interest rates, decline in the external resource inflow, lower export earnings, lower domestic output and lower imports. In case of South Asian countries, the external debt scenario has changed over time. According to World Bank (2001) Pakistan’s ranking worsened to ‘severely-indebted low income country’ from ‘moderately-indebted low income country’ in 1997, where as India’s ranking improved to ‘less indebted low income’ country from ‘moderately indebted’ in 1997. The rapid accumulation of debt, rising repayment burden and the economically and politically resource inflow or rescheduling motivated rescheduling of debt (as in case of Pakistan) has raised concerns regarding the impact of debt on the growth process of the South Asian countries.
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Wang, Chia-Nan, Lei-Chuan Lin, and Dhanabalan Murugesan. "Analyzing PSU’s Performance: A Case from Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2013 (2013): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/802690.
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The high economic growth in the past few years and increasing industrialization coupled with a burgeoning population have created a lot of concern for India’s energy scenario. India’s crude oil production has not shown significant growth in the last 10 or more years whereas its refining capacity has grown by more than 20% over the last 5 years. Oil consumption is growing at approximately 4.1% per year and natural gas consumption is growing at 68% per year. Therefore, evaluation performances and pushing energy companies to improve become important issues. The purpose of this research is of evaluation the performance of Indian energy industry under multiple different inputs and outputs criteria. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) and grey theory are used to conduct this study. There are total 14 public sector undertakings (PSUs) under this industry and no any private company. However, only 10 of them are mature enough to be published in India stock markets. Therefore, the realistic data of all 10 companies are used for this evaluation. The results demonstrate that Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), and Oil India Limited (OIL) are the top 3 of ranking influences. This integrated numerical study gives a better “past-present-future” insights into evaluation performance in India energy industry.
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Nallusamy, S., and P. Ambedkar. "Analysis and Ranking of Critical Supply Chain Risk Factors in Small & Medium Scale Industries Using QFD." Advanced Engineering Forum 14 (October 2015): 67–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/aef.14.67.
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The small scale sector is a symptom of India’s socio-economic development model and has met with the country’s long term expectations in terms of contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), industrial base, employment and exports. This sector forms a major part of Indian industrial base. Small and Medium scale industries contribute about 10% of total GDP. The Small and Medium Scale Industries (SMSI) are supported by the government and financial institutions like Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation (TIIC), State Bank of India (SBI) etc., in terms of technical and financial assistance. Even then Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) are lagging in infrastructure, skilled labour. In order to analyse the various risk factors in SMSI, the survey was conducted in 20 small and medium scale industries who are supplying their product to many Tier 1 companies and leading automobile companies of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in India. This paper brings out most critical supply chain risk factors exist in every business processes inside and outside the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is used to prioritize supply chain risk factors and also the SMSI owners and managers are advised to focus from the highest ranking critical factors to improve their technical and financial performance.
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Kumar, Piyush. "Analysis of NITI AAYOG (National Institution For Transforming India) Health Index Report on the Ranking of States and Union Territories: Round 2 (2015-2016/ 2017-2018)-V2." Public Health Open Access 6, no. 2 (2022): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/phoa-16000222.
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India has committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Goal 3 of SDGs which is about ensuring healthy lives with promoting well-being for all. National Institution for Transforming India- (NITI) Aayog had started the State Health Index initiative for ranking, comparing, states and UTs for achieving desirable health outcomes. The key objective of NITI Aayog is to track development on health, to develop healthy competition and cross learning among states and UTs. Health Index Scores and rankings are generated to assess Incremental Performance (year-to-year progress) and Overall Performance of state/ UT of India for achievement of health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This novel study second was a cross-sectional retrospective observational study. The Health Index consists of a set of indicators in the domains of Health Outcomes, Governance and Information, and Key Inputs/Processes. Health Outcomes are assigned the highest weight in this study; indicators were selected on the basis of their importance and availability of reliable data at least annually from pre- existing data sources such as the Sample Registration System (SRS), Civil Registration System (CRS) and Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). Data on indicators is included for Index calculations only after validation by the IVA.
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Sen, Bulbul. "Public Procurement Reform for Ease in Doing Business." Indian Journal of Public Administration 65, no. 1 (February 27, 2019): 45–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019556119829578.
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Public procurement is one area needing governmental reforms. It is largely governed by dated rules that businesses feel are not able to encompass the complex needs of a modernising Indian economy. They also feel that there is a plethora of public contract rules often not in harmony with each other creating confusion and giving opportunity for corruption. However, the Modi regime’s anti-corruption mandate should not stifle business initiative that is the main critique against the Public Procurement Bill (2012). An amended public procurement law should inter alia be comprehensive in its coverage. It should incorporate new forms of tendering to cover complex procurement situations, maintain balance between the cost and the quality in tender awards, check abuse of monopoly in single-source procurement, prevent ‘digital divide’ in transparency provisions, maintain balance between external openness and promotion of domestic economy in market access provisions, encourage sustainable public procurement, incorporate effective mechanisms for redressing grievances of bidders and avoid penal provisions punishing offences covered by existing laws. Regulatory reform in public procurement will have substantial economic impact, as government contracts annually average approximately 30 per cent of India’s GDP and cover almost every sphere of government activity. Hence, such a reform will improve India’s anti-corruption/ease of doing business global rankings.
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Panda, Sunita, Puneet Kumar Singh, Snehasish Mishra, Sagnik Mitra, Priyabrata Pattnaik, Sanjib Das Adhikary, and Ranjan K. Mohapatra. "Indian Biosimilars and Vaccines at Crossroads–Replicating the Success of Pharmagenerics." Vaccines 11, no. 1 (January 2, 2023): 110. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010110.
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Background: The global pharma sector is fast shifting from generics to biologics and biosimilars with the first approval in Europe in 2006 followed by US approval in 2015. In the form of Hepatitis B vaccine, India saw its first recombinant biologics approval in 2000. Around 20% of generic medications and 62% of vaccines are now supplied by the Indian pharmaceutical industry. It is this good position in biologics and biosimilars production that could potentially improve healthcare via decreased treatment cost. India has witnessed large investments in biosimilars over the years. Numerous India-bred new players, e.g., Enzene Biosciences Ltd., are keen on biosimilars and have joined the race alongside the emerging giants, e.g., Biocon and Dr. Reddy’s. A very positive sign was the remarkable during the COVID-19 pandemic by Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India. India’s biopharmaceutical industry has been instrumental in producing and supplying preventives and therapeutics to fight COVID-19. Despite a weak supply chain and workforce pressure, the production was augmented to provide reasonably priced high-quality medications to more than 133 nations. Biosimilars could cost-effectively treat chronic diseases involving expensive conventional therapies, including diabetes, respiratory ailments, cancer, and connective tissue diseases. Biologics and biosimilars have been and are being tested to treat and manage COVID-19 symptoms characterized by inflammation and respiratory distress. Purpose of review: Although India boasts many universities, research centers, and a relatively skilled workforce, its global University–Industry collaboration ranking is 24, IPR ranking remains 47 and innovation ranking 39. This reveals a wide industry-academia gap to bridge. There are gaps in effective translational research in India that must be promptly and appropriately addressed. Innovation demands strong and effective collaborations among universities, techno-incubators, and industries. Methodology: Many successful research findings in academia do not get translation opportunities supposedly due to low industrial collaboration, low IP knowledge, and publication pressure with stringent timelines. In light of this, a detailed review of literature, including policy papers, government initiatives, and corporate reviews, was carried out, and the compilation and synthesis of the secondary data were meticulously summarized for the easy comprehension of the facts and roadmap ahead. For easy comprehension, charts, figures, and compiled tables are presented. Results: This review assesses India’s situation in the biosimilar space, the gaps and areas to improve for Indian investment strategies, development, and innovation, addressing need for a more skilled workforce, industrial collaboration, and business models. Conclusions: This review also proposes forward an approach to empowering technopreneurs to develop MSMEs for large-scale operations to support India in taking innovative thoughts to the global level to ultimately realize a self-reliant India. The limitations of the compilation are also highlighted towards the end.
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Knapp, Shannon M., Robin E. Russell, and Robert K. Swihart. "Setting priorities for conservation: the influence of uncertainty on species rankings of Indiana mammals." Biological Conservation 111, no. 2 (June 2003): 223–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3207(02)00278-1.
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Kaur, Amanpreet. "Funding and University Performance: An Econometric Analysis of the Indian Public Universities." Gyan Management Journal 17, no. 1 (March 6, 2023): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.48165/gmj.2022.17.1.6.
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Underpinning the aim of India’s National Education Policy, 2020 to devise a performance-based funding mechanism, it is pertinent to examine the impact of existing financial support on the university’s performance. Using a fixed panel data analysis, the present study investigates the influence of funding on the performance of Indian public universities over the period 2016-2020. The funding is considered in terms of the plan and non-plan grants received by universities from the central government, while performance is measured using performance parameters given by National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2021. Controlling the age, size and ownership type of university, findings reveal a significantly positive impact of funding on teaching performance, research performance and graduation outcomes of government-owned universities. Surprisingly, university’s outreach, inclusivity and peer perception have been observed to be indifferent towards central grants. Overall, the study provides valuable insights to university practitioners and policymakers for future development of the performance-funding mechanism.
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Gummadi, Sridevi, Amalendu Jyotishi, and G Jagadeesh. "Juxtaposing Farmers’ Suicides and Climate Change Vulnerability: An Empirical Analysis of Indian States." Space and Culture, India 9, no. 1 (June 24, 2021): 66–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.20896/saci.v9i1.1113.
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India’s overall ranking on the Global Climate Risk Index has been deteriorating in recent years, making it more vulnerable to climate risks. It has been indicated in the literature that climate change is also associated with agrarian distress. However, empirical analyses are scanty on this, especially in the Indian context. In this analytical exercise, we tried to explore the association between farmers’ suicides and climate change vulnerability across Indian states. Using data from various sources, we arrive at an Agrarian Vulnerability Index and juxtaposed that with farmers’ suicide data between 1996 to 2015 collected from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). We noted a strong association between climate change vulnerability and farmers’ suicides. The essence of this analysis is to indicate and understand the broad trends and associations. This research, in the process, informs and presses for a systematic, more comprehensive study with an agenda at micro and meso levels to understand the nuances of this association.
Submitted: 01 November 2020; Revised: 11 January 2021; Accepted: 29 April 2021
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Patel, Geetanjali, and M. S. Annapoorna. "Public Education Expenditure and Its Impact on Human Resource Development in India: An Empirical Analysis." South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management 6, no. 1 (January 18, 2019): 97–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2322093718813407.
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Societal and global advancement increasingly depends upon research, invention, innovation and adaptation; all of these are products of educated mind. Education is public good in LDCs and need Government involvement to function effectively. National Education Policies of India in 1968, 1986 and 1992 (revised) have recommended 6% of GDP to spend on education which unfortunately was on an average 3.77% in last one and half decade. This insufficient funding can be considered as one of the factors for India’s low ranking in terms of Human Development Index. Descriptive and analytical methods are used to study the relationship between Public Education expenditure and Human Resource Development of India by using the secondary data collected through the reliable sources like Ministry of human resource development and Human Development reports published by UNDP. To analyse the relationship between spending by the Government on education and improvement in quality of Human resource, Granger Causality Test is applied. The results of the study show the influence of Public education expenditure on Human Resource Development in India.
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Harriss-White, Barbara, Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, and Gilbert Rodrigo. "Towards Lower-Carbon Indian Agricultural Development: An Experiment in Multi-criteria Mapping." Review of Development and Change 24, no. 1 (May 30, 2019): 5–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972266119845952.
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Agricultural development research and policy has to address climate change. Against the mainstream focus on adaptation, this article reports on public policy implications for climate change mitigation of a project measuring environmental, social and economic aspects of India’s rice economy: greenhouse gases (GHGs), energy and water; the quantity and quality of work and a systematic analysis of market and social costs and returns. A detailed life cycle assessment of GHG production generates four different kinds of technological possibilities helping the transition towards lower-carbon agriculture: rain-fed rice production (RR), System of Rice Intensification (SRI), solar pumps (SPs) and halving transmission and distribution (T&D) losses in the electricity grid. Through quantitative ranking and qualitative discursive analysis, a new method, multi-criteria mapping (MCM), is trialled in which the benefits of alternatives are evaluated by incommensurable criteria. These are costs, employment and GHGs. This experimental application crosses two languages (English and Tamil), compares participants with expert knowledge (EKs) with agrarian participants with situated knowledge (SKs), and explores the influence of identity (urban-rural, gender, and education).
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Bansal, Dr Alka. "Train to Pakistan: A Saga of Unsalvaged Suffering." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 9, no. 7 (July 29, 2021): 41–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i7.11118.
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The torments of the colossal human tragedy of the partition of India and its aftermath are still being borne by the people of India in some way or the other. The fissured social and emotional spirit of the people is still not healed. The horrific scenes of partition still haunt the psyche of the Indians. Millions were massacred and those that were alive were like live corpses moving around. Their sufferings are unfathomed. They not only suffered physically but also mentally and emotionally. Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan is a novel that unfolds all aspects of suffering and pain which were endured by the people at that time. Singh has been successful in communicating to his readers the tribulations of the partition days, the harrowing experiences, grossness, the madness and the bestial horrors.The displacement of people from one country to another became the root cause of the whole holocaust. The village which bustled with activity turned into a kenopsia. Singh’s rankling at the idea of partition can be perceived in the novel. In the novel, Singh has vehemently written about every aspect of the dreaded violence to which women were subjected. It is quite obvious from the conditions prevailing in India that this splitting of the country was a futile effort. It sowed the seeds of communal discord permanently. People are still suffering they have not fully recovered from this psychosomatic trauma. The seeds of harmful weeds that were sown by the partition are still being reaped by the Indians.
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Gupta, Subroto, Malabika Gupta, Arjyo Banerjee, and Ashwani Vohra. "Bringing a Taste of Wellness to Workstations." NHRD Network Journal 14, no. 1 (January 2021): 95–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2631454120979770.
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Companies providing employees with nutritious and wholesome meals strike the right balance in achieving a productive, creative and well-bonded team. Compass India’s study on ‘Eating at Work’ (EAW) suggests that energy and productivity levels peak between 9 am to 12 pm. Post-lunch these levels registered a sharp drop due to food intake with a high glycaemic index. Even as we peg it on natural human behaviour, with the right diet, one can boost those afternoon levels. Human resource teams plan for initiatives like sleeping pods, massage stations and yet the outcome continues to be a challenge. EAW research shows that these perks start great, but soon decline, that is, the usage of gyms was less than 2 per cent or 3 per cent. Also, ‘73% chose café meals as their preferred non-monetary perk, ranking ahead of flexible work hours and employee wellness programs’. Good food goes a long way in contributing to productivity. For many organisations, while wellness is a big part of their agenda, the role of food is still at its nascent stage. There is opportunity to elevate that. Hence, companies are taking constant intelligent decisions about workplace food.
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Katya, Anirudh, Deepika Behera, Naman Jassal, and Prerona Chakraborty. "Assessing Organizational Role Stress of Employees in Public and Private Sectors." Psychology and Cognitive Sciences – Open Journal 8, no. 1 (December 30, 2022): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/pcsoj-8-164.
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Introduction Work plays a vital role in most people’s lives, and thus the impact of stress in the workplace is a significant issue. Since organisational role stress (ORS) has detrimental effects on both the organisation and employee, managing role pressures has greater importance. Objective This study analysed the comparative organisational role stress between India’s public sector and private sector workers. It also fulfilled its objective of ranking stressors to contribute to total ORS. Materials and Methods This descriptive-comparative analytical study selected 92 employees (41 private sectors and 51 public sectors) from different organisations in India. The study administered the organisational role stress scale developed by Udai Pareek to employees of both groups. For analysis independent sample t-test were used in the study. Results The study reveals that public sector employees score higher than private-sector employees in almost all scale dimensions other than role stagnation. Data analysis also inferred that inter-role stressor was the maximum contributor to overall organisational role stress, and the two groups differed most in the dimension of role overload. Conclusion These have important implications in policy-making to ensure enhanced well-being and productivity.
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Kumar, Piyush. "Analysis of NITI AAYOG (National Institution for Transforming India) Health Index Report on the Ranking of States and Union Territories: Round 1 (2014-2016)-V1." Public Health Open Access 6, no. 2 (2022): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/phoa-16000215.
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India has committed to adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring prosperity for all to be fulfilled by year 2030. Goal 3 of SDGs is about ensuring healthy lives with promoting wellbeing for all. National Institution for Transforming India- (NITI) Aayog had started the Health Index initiative for achieving desirable health outcomes. The key objective of the whole exercise is to track development on health, to develop healthy competition and cross learning among states and UTs. Health Index Scores and rankings are generated to assess Incremental Performance (year-to-year progress) and Overall Performance of state/UT for achievement of health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This novel study was a cross-sectional retrospective observational epidemiological study. The Health Index consists of a set of indicators in the domains of Health Outcomes, Governance and Information, and Key Inputs/Processes. Health Outcomes are assigned the highest weight, indicators were selected on the basis of their importance and availability of reliable data at least annually from pre- existing data sources such as the Sample Registration System (SRS), Civil Registration System (CRS) and Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). Data on indicators is included for Index calculations only after validation by the IVA.
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Wiehe, Sarah, Aaron Zych, Karen Hinshaw, Ann Alley, Gina Claxton, and Dennis Savaiano. "4405 Chronic Disease in Indiana – Using a Community Health Matrix to Determine Health Factors for Indiana Counties." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 4, s1 (June 2020): 82–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2020.263.
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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The goal of this project was to inform four chronic disease initiatives, working together on the team Connections IN Health, and counties in Indiana on certain areas of need to assist them in collaborative planning. The chronic diseases focused on include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, asthma, lung cancer and obesity. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Chronic disease health outcomes and social determinants of health indicators were identified in all 92 Indiana counties. Counties were compared by composite z scores in a matrix to determine the 23 counties with the poorest health statistics for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, asthma, lung cancer, obesity and life expectancy. Qualitative data were used to identify local health coalitions that have the capacity and desire to work with Connections IN Health to improve these health outcomes. With input from partners, the counties were narrowed to 10 that were identified as those with the most need in the specific areas of chronic disease that the initiatives focus on. The team will begin listening sessions with two of these counties to identify strategic partnerships, funding sources, and evidence-based programs to address community-identified health priorities. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The 23 counties with the poorest health outcomes related to chronic disease and factors were Blackford, Clark, Clay, Fayette, Fulton, Grant, Greene, Howard, Jay, Jennings, Knox, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Pike, Scott, Starke, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, and Washington. There was significant overlap in low z score rankings for individual health and social determinants of health measures among these 23 counties. The following 10 counties were selected for focus in the next five years based on partner input: Blackford, Clay, Grant, Jennings, Lake, Madison, Marion, Starke, Vermillion, and Washington. The Connections IN Health team has initiated listening sessions in Grant and Vermillion Counties (with data for presentation at the ACTS meeting). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: This mixed methods approach using existing data and partner input on county capacity/readiness directed Connections IN Health to counties with the most need for coalition efforts. Engagement within each county will inform next steps (e.g., capacity building, partnership development, applications for funding, implementation of evidence-based programs) and specific health focus area(s).
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Pandit, Jai Mohan, and Bino Paul. "Can India’s Higher Education Improve Through Better Management of Human Resources: A Comparative Study of India and the United States." Indian Journal of Human Development 15, no. 3 (December 2021): 468–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00699667211063846.
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This study investigates human resource management (HRM) practices in higher education institutions (HEIs) based on a comparative analysis of India and the US. Although higher education in India has grown over the decades, its quality, in general, has not kept up with global standards. On the other hand, many US universities have performed consistently well in international university rankings. Based on qualitative research collected from principal stakeholders of HEIs in India and the US, HRM practices and policies followed by them are presented and discussed. Data collection for the research study was through web interviews during the period August–October 2020. The study reveals that Indian public HEIs do not have professional HRM teams. Also, they are in a formative stage in autonomous and private institutions. On the other hand, many HEIs in the US have developed mature HRM systems. This difference resonates in attributes such as structure of HRM, recruitment and selection processes, training and development programmes, performance management, career progression and talent retention.
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Tan, Khee Giap, Sasidaran Gopalan, and Will Nguyen. "Measuring ease of doing business in India’s sub-national economies: a novel index." South Asian Journal of Business Studies 7, no. 3 (October 1, 2018): 242–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sajbs-02-2018-0010.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature by introducing a novel index that measures ease of doing business (EDB) at the sub-national level. The authors provide a comprehensive assessment of both de jure and de facto business conditions in 21 sub-national economies of India, with the help of a holistic framework that encompasses indicators capturing Attractiveness to Investors, Business Friendliness and Competitive Policies (ABC), the three broad environments that constitute the EDB–ABC index. Design/methodology/approach The authors’ index EDB–ABC index is constructed using 81 indicators. The index values reported are standardized scores and the framework is applied to 21 Indian sub-national economies. The bottom-up approach takes into account the various operational issues that firms face at the ground level, with the emphasis being on de facto issues. A unique feature of the index is its emphasis on collecting extensive survey data at the sub-national level, given that several constraints that businesses face lie under the purview of the sub-national governments. It also combines publicly available macroeconomic data through formal statistical publications. Findings The findings suggest a positive association between the proposed EDB–ABC index and competitiveness of as well as investments into Indian sub-national economies. In terms of explanatory power, the authors find that indicators capturing attractiveness to investors and business friendliness which are representative of de facto implementation issues at the sub-national matter more than de jure competitive policies. It is also striking that the results are in stark contrast to the existing doing business studies highlighting the importance of the comprehensiveness of the index. Originality/value Easing the impediments to doing business is a pre-requisite to enhance both domestic as well as foreign investments. Existing indicators on doing business provide an incomplete picture about the prevailing business conditions as the basis for such rankings are de jure regulations and not de facto. The authors depart from this tradition by dealing with both de jure and de facto business conditions using a combination of primary and secondary data at the sub-national level in India.
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FUSARO, ABIGAIL J., BRUCE McCULLOCH, SALLY PETRELLA, and VELON WILLIS. "Discovery, dispersal, and genetic diversity of Rhyacophila lobifera Betten, 1934 (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae) in southeast Michigan, USA." Zoosymposia 14, no. 1 (July 15, 2019): 177–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.14.1.19.
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Rhyacophila lobifera Betten, 1934 has been previously documented in the upper Midwest states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and the province of Ontario. Here we report on the diversity of this species in the Rouge and Huron River watersheds using DNA barcode-verified identifications to confirm the first known Michigan record of this species, with collection from the lower Rouge River in 2003 and again in 2008. Since first detection, we document that the range of R. lobifera in the Rouge River watershed has expanded to include at least one additional site on the Lower Branch and five sites on the Middle Branch (Johnson Creek), as well three sites in the neighboring Huron River watershed. Our sequence analysis of the mitochondrial COI barcode gene region suggests a fine scale population structure in these watersheds, with haplotype partitioning congruent with proposed dispersal patterns based on first records at each site. Ranking as a 4 on the Hilsenhoff's biotic index—an intermediate level of water quality tolerance, discovery of R. lobifera in an urbanized southeast Michigan watershed is not unexpected, but population genetic patterns lend insight into its recent range expansion.
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Guarisco, Claudia. "The Apuntaciones Of Modesto de la Torre: Mexican Nationalism as Seen by a Spanish Military Officer, 1821–1822." Americas 69, no. 04 (April 2013): 509–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003161500002625.
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In the Mendel Collection at the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, is an unpublished diary of over 400 pages written by a Spanish soldier during his voyage from Spain to New Spain, and his return voyage to the Iberian Peninsula, between May 30, 1821, and May 17, 1822. The document is titled Apuntaciones que en su viaje a ultramar ha tomado el oficial de infantería Modesto de la Torre (Notes Written by Infantry Officer Modesto de la Torre During His Voyage Overseas). Lieutenant De la Torre was part of the delegation that accompanied General Juan O'Donojú when he assumed the position of captain-general and chief policy officer of New Spain, the highest-ranking office in Spain's overseas territories, following the reinstatement of die Constitution of Cádiz in 1820. The diary discusses a wide variety of topics, including the defeat of the Royalist army at Puerto Cabello (Carabobo, Venezuela) and the subsequent exodus of loyalist officers and troops to Havana. The diary also presents portraits of the people, cities, villages, towns, and flora and fauna that the lieutenant saw during his journey.
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Guarisco, Claudia. "The Apuntaciones Of Modesto de la Torre: Mexican Nationalism as Seen by a Spanish Military Officer, 1821–1822." Americas 69, no. 4 (April 2013): 509–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tam.2013.0046.
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In the Mendel Collection at the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, is an unpublished diary of over 400 pages written by a Spanish soldier during his voyage from Spain to New Spain, and his return voyage to the Iberian Peninsula, between May 30, 1821, and May 17, 1822. The document is titled Apuntaciones que en su viaje a ultramar ha tomado el oficial de infantería Modesto de la Torre (Notes Written by Infantry Officer Modesto de la Torre During His Voyage Overseas). Lieutenant De la Torre was part of the delegation that accompanied General Juan O'Donojú when he assumed the position of captain-general and chief policy officer of New Spain, the highest-ranking office in Spain's overseas territories, following the reinstatement of die Constitution of Cádiz in 1820. The diary discusses a wide variety of topics, including the defeat of the Royalist army at Puerto Cabello (Carabobo, Venezuela) and the subsequent exodus of loyalist officers and troops to Havana. The diary also presents portraits of the people, cities, villages, towns, and flora and fauna that the lieutenant saw during his journey.
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Raychaudhuri, Tapan. "VI. Bengali Perceptions of the Raj in the Nineteenth Century." Itinerario 13, no. 1 (March 1989): 87–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0165115300004174.
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The Western educated Bengali intelligentsia was the first group of Indians to collaborate closely with the colonial regime in the governance of the country. As middle-ranking to minor functionaries they were to be found in all parts of the British territories from Burma to the North-western Frontier and as far south as the southernmost tip of the Madras Presidency. No other linguistic cultural group in the subcontinent was ever so extensively involved in the functioning of the Raj – Bengali professionals, doctors, teachers, journalists, lawyers and the like, also followed the flag to all parts of the Indian empire and later beyond its limits and were thus among the direct beneficiaries of Pax Britannica. The economic basis of their livelihood was a direct or indirect product of the colonial state. This was even more true of the new class of landed proprietors with their rights guaranteed by the Permanent Settlement. And then there were those who had collaborated with the Company and its servants in their commercial ventures and, in the process, founded some of the great fortunes of nineteenth-century Calcutta. As is well-known, these varied social groups were not mutually exclusive. Besides, their direct or indirect dependence on the colonial order created a basis for cohesion and a shared social ideology. For a long time that ideology was marked by an almost unqualified gratitude and admiration for the British empire and its creators
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Rajan, Dr Harini, and Dr Anuja Johri. "A PERCEPTIONAL STUDY ON THE TYPE OF WORK WOMEN UNDERTAKE IN TOP POSITION IN SELECTED SERVICE SECTOR WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PUNE." YMER Digital 20, no. 12 (December 25, 2021): 551–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.37896/ymer20.12/52.
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India has one of the lowest female labor force participation rates in the world and a majority of women work in the informal sector. The World Economic Forum said that at the it will take India 108 years to close the overall gender gap and 202 years to bring equality in the workplace. Even though there are more women graduates, the number of those joining the corporate sector and rising to the top remains abysmally low. (Thakur, 2020). In the recent study by Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI)India Ranked 23 globally, India’s female representation on boards has increased by 4.3 percentage points over the past five years to 15.2% in 2019.Though female participation rate increased but it is significantly below the global average of 20.6% (Pathak ,2019). India is near the bottom of the rankings for female representation at senior management levels, only marginally better than Japan and South Korea. Accepting the fact that female participation is top position is very less in India from the above figures this paper aims to examine the women in the top position as well as threw a light on area or type of work in which women are engaged in select service sector in Pune city
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Rajendran, Sowri Rajan, Sivakumar Periyasamy, Moonishaa Thiyagarajan Manjuladevi, and Neethu George. "Evaluation of Serum Ferritin as a Prognostic Marker in Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke." Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 11, no. 01 (December 11, 2019): 072–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1700597.
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Abstract Background Acute hemorrhagic stroke (AHS) resulting from intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a rampant neurological disorder with devastating consequences, particularly in Indians. Recently, serum ferritin levels have been related to adverse cardiovascular and stroke outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic utility of serum ferritin in AHS. Materials and Methods Admission serum ferritin levels were estimated in 50 AHS patients with primary supratentorial hemorrhage. Study subjects were categorized based on their prognostic scores in modified Rankin scale (mRS) assessment. Ferritin levels were compared across the study groups, correlated with mRS and other ICH severity indicators. Results Serum ferritin and other ICH severity indices such as Glasgow coma scale (GCS) and ICH volume were significantly altered in the mRS groups by the end of 7th and 30th days of hospitalization. Elevated ferritin levels, ICH volume together with decreased GCS, characterized the groups with adverse prognosis. Serum ferritin moderately correlated with GCS (r = –0.643), ICH volume (r = 0.562), and had significantly higher correlations with long-term prognostic scores of 7th day mRS (r = 0.802) and 30th day mRS (r = 0.916). Conclusion Elevated admission serum ferritin levels indicate poor AHS short-term and long-term outcomes, thereby making serum ferritin a possible prognostic index for the same.
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Chakrabarty, Ranajit, Mahuya Chakrabarti, and Ayan Chattopadhyay. "Millennium development goals achievement in different states of India (2003-2004 to 2013-2014)." World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 13, no. 4 (October 3, 2016): 275–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/wjstsd-01-2016-0011.
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Purpose According to the Government of India 2015 report on millennium development goal (MDG), India is yet to achieve almost 50 per cent of the goals set by UN. Characterized by its diversity, India’s progress in terms of the indicators of MDGs for the country as a whole averages out the prevailing state level variations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the status of these goals during 1993-1994-2013-2014 at state level using 12 targets and 35 indicators relevant for India along with an attempt to explain inter-state variations in this regard. Design/methodology/approach Using the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution method, a multiple criteria decision making method, the states have been ranked in terms of all the indicators of MDGs. These ranks were then analysed using socio-economic and political factors to understand the root cause of variation. Findings Ranking of the states considering all the indicators reveals the actual scenario in an effective way. The factors like state domestic product, state-wise standard of education level, social backwardness and political leadership help in finding the link between the derived ranks and these socio-economic and political factors. Originality/value Previous studies in this area have been carried out taking the indicators separately. However, without a comprehensive idea with all the indicators, the overall impact cannot be understood effectively. This study is novel since it takes into account each state with respect to all the indicators taken together thereby providing a comprehensive view on the variation in the achievement of MDG goals.
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Knight, Kelsey, Karl Balsara, and Scott Coven. "OTHR-35. Health-Related Quality of Life and Social Determinants of Health within Children with Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors." Neuro-Oncology 24, Supplement_1 (June 1, 2022): i154—i155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noac079.573.
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Abstract Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a significant impact on health, well-being, and quality of life (QOL). Validated tools to assess these disparities have been developed but not utilized prospectively in children with central nervous system tumors (CNS). OBJECTIVE: To establish a baseline assessment of health-related quality of life and associated social determinants of health in children with CNS tumors in Indiana. METHOD: We implemented the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) for patients (ages 0-21 years) diagnosed with a CNS tumor evaluated in the neuro-oncology clinic from July 2019-January 2022. A higher score is associated with better quality of life. Patient's address was utilized to obtain Area Deprivation Index (ADI) and Child Opportunity Index (COI). ADI allows for rankings of neighborhoods by socioeconomic disadvantage at state or national level (1-10: 1 is least disadvantaged). COI measures the quality of resources in a patients’ community, with five categories ranging from very low- to very high-opportunity. RESULTS: We assessed 107 patients and their parents. The ADI decile within Indiana ranged 1 to 10 (median 5, mean 5.3); national percentile ranged 7 to 100 (median 71, mean 67.3). Overall COI mean was 3, with sub-scores for education - 2.9, health/environment - 2.6, and social/economic - 3.1. The PedsQL™ was completed by 96 parents and 91 patients. Physical mean was 67.4 and 71.2, psychosocial mean 67.8, 68.9, and total mean 67.7, 69.8, respectively. Simple linear regressions demonstrated a correlation between increasing disparity and decreasing quality of life across all dimensions. CONCLUSION: This is one of the first studies to associate a decrease in pediatric quality of life with disparities of social determinants of health. These data demonstrate the need for expanded prospective evaluation to track social determinants of health that may impact on the quality of life in children diagnosed with CNS tumors.
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Labib, Mohamed A., Mitesh Shah, Amin B. Kassam, Ronald Young, Lloyd Zucker, Anthony Maioriello, Gavin Britz, et al. "The Safety and Feasibility of Image-Guided BrainPath-Mediated Transsulcul Hematoma Evacuation: A Multicenter Study." Neurosurgery 80, no. 4 (January 19, 2017): 515–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000001316.
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Abstract BACKGROUND: Subcortical injury resulting from conventional surgical management of intracranial hemorrhage may counteract the potential benefits of hematoma evacuation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and potential benefits of a novel, minimally invasive approach for clot evacuation in a multicenter study. METHODS: The integrated approach incorporates 5 competencies: (1) image interpretation and trajectory planning, (2) dynamic navigation, (3) atraumatic access system (BrainPath, NICO Corp, Indianapolis, Indiana), (4) extracorporeal optics, and (5) automated atraumatic resection. Twelve neurosurgeons from 11 centers were trained to use this approach through a continuing medical education–accredited course. Demographical, clinical, and radiological data of patients treated over 2 years were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: Thirty-nine consecutive patients were identified. The median Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score at presentation was 10 (range, 5-15). The thalamus/basal ganglion regions were involved in 46% of the cases. The median hematoma volume and depth were 36 mL (interquartile range [IQR], 27-65 mL) and 1.4 cm (IQR, 0.3-2.9 cm), respectively. The median time from ictus to surgery was 24.5 hours (IQR, 16-66 hours). The degree of hematoma evacuation was ≥90%, 75% to 89%, and 50% to 74% in 72%, 23%, and 5.0% of the patients, respectively. The median GCS score at discharge was 14 (range, 8-15). The improvement in GCS score was statistically significant (P < .001). Modified Rankin Scale data were available for 35 patients. Fifty-two percent of those patients had a modified Rankin Scale score of ≤2. There were no mortalities. CONCLUSION: The approach was safely performed in all patients with a relatively high rate of clot evacuation and functional independence.
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McGuire, Mike, James Stevens, and Karen Potter-Witter. "Assessing Scarcity of the North Central Veneer Log Resource." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 16, no. 3 (September 1, 1999): 160–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/njaf/16.3.160.
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Abstract Forest industry professionals have expressed concern about physical scarcity and diminishing quality in veneer logs of the preferred species, contradicting USDA Forest Service inventory results that report an expanding resource base. This study examined factors, influencing economic supply of select white oak, select red oak, hard maple, ash, black cherry, and black walnut veneer logs in the Lake States, Illinois, and Indiana. Increased competition due to international demand is placing additional pressure on available inventory. Changing demographics are acting to reduce supply as nontimber land uses increase in importance. Industry professionals were queried to quantify their perception of scarcity and determine which factors they consider most important. The dominant perception is that quality is decreasing. Profitable architectural and panel grade veneer logs are perceived to be diminishing while furniture grade veneer logs are not. Quantity is perceived to be decreasing in the large and medium diameter classes but increasing in the small diameter classes. Expectation is for future real prices 10 yr hence to increase between 20-30%. Factors for the perceived scarcity ranking highest in importance were increased international demand, previous high grading, landowner mistrust of loggers, and increased environmental regulations. Respondents agreed that the world demand for eastern hardwoods is strong and will continue to grow. North.J. Appl. For. 16(3):160-166.
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Subramaniam, Ayyappan, and Lal Raja Singh Ravi Singh. "Optimal planning and allocation of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles charging stations using a novel hybrid optimization technique." PLOS ONE 18, no. 7 (July 26, 2023): e0284421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284421.
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India’s expanding population has necessitated the development of alternate transportation methods with electric vehicles (EVs) being the most indigenous and need for the current scenario. The major hindrance is the undue influence on the power distribution system caused by incorrect charging station setup. Renewable Energy Sources (RES) have a lower environmental impact than the non-renewable sources of energy and due to which Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) charging stations are installed in the highest-ranking buses to facilitate their effective placements. Based on meta-heuristic optimization, this study offers an effective PHEV charging stations allocation approach for RES applications. The primary objective of the developed system is to create a charging network at a reasonable cost while maintaining the operational features of the distribution network. These troublesare handled by applying meta-heuristic algorithms and optimum planning based on renewable energy systems to satisfy the outcomes of the variables. As a result, by adding charging station parameters, this research proposes to conceptualize the distribution of optimal charging stationsas multiple-objectives of the problem. Furthermore, the PHEV RES and charging station location problem is handled in this study by deploying a novel hybrid algorithm termed as Atom Search Woven Aquila Optimization Algorithm (AT-AQ) that includes the ideas of both Aquila Optimizer (AO) and Atom Search Optimization (ASO) Algorithms. In reality, Aquila Optimizer is a unique population-based optimization approach energized by Aquila’s behaviour when seeking prey and it solves the problems of slow convergence and local optimum trapping. According to the findings of the experiments, the proposed model outperformed the other methods in terms of minimized cost function.
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Rueda Tamayo, Leidy, Rafael Almeida Pérez, Ginna De la Rosa Manjarrez, Fernando Orozco Gómez, and Rubén Carrasquilla Meléndez. "Caracterización de los pacientes con tratamiento endovascular de aneurismas disecantes de circulación cerebral posterior en Cartagena de indias." Revista Ciencias Biomédicas 6, no. 2 (November 24, 2020): 298–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.32997/rcb-2015-2958.
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Introducción: los aneurismas intracraneales son una dilatación local y permanente de una arteria.Objetivo: describir las características clínicas, imagenológicas y la efectividad del tratamiento endovascular en términos de independencia y mortalidad en pacientes con aneurismas disecantes de circulación cerebral posterior en Cartagena.Métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo en pacientes de 18 años o mayores, con diagnósticos de aneurismas disecantes y de circulación cerebral posterior que recibieron tratamiento endovascular (TEV) en el período comprendido entre enero de 2007 y diciembre de 2014 en el centro Neurodinamia. Se midieron las variables relacionadas con antecedentes patológicos personales, diagnóstico y características del aneurisma, dispositivos utilizados para el tratamiento, tiempos de seguimiento clínico e imagenológico y complicaciones. Se realizó análisis estadístico descriptivo según la naturaleza de las variables.Resultados: se analizaron 19 pacientes con tratamientos endovasculares. La mediana de edad fue de 55 años. La hemorragia subaracnoidea fue la presentación clínica más frecuente, el 89.5% de ellos fueron diagnosticados con TAC. La localización en la PICA y arteria vertebral fueron de 36.8% y 31.6%, respectivamente. El tipo de dispositivos usados fueron los coils en 36.8%, seguido de coils y stent con 31.6% y onyx en 21.0%. Al finalizar la TEV se clasificó como resultado favorable en 18 pacientes (94.7%), se presentó una muerte intrahospitalaria (5.3%). La escala Rankin al seguimiento mostró mejoría en el 84.2% (16 pacientes).Conclusiones: el TEV de los aneurismas disecantes de circulación cerebral posterior por oclusión del aneurisma muestra una alta frecuencia de éxito técnico 94.7%, con un 84.2% de los pacientes con resultado favorable a los 30 días después del tratamiento. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2015;6(2):298-308
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Dhameja, Nand Lal, Manish Dhameja, Amandeep Dhaliwal, and Ridhi Khatter. "Good Governance in India - Current Scenario: Issues of Concern: A Policy Perspective." Delhi Business Review 23, no. 2 (2022): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v23i2.232202205.
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Purpose: The government believes in minimum government and maximum governance; the study is an attempt to examine it by analysing aspects relating to social security and social justice; prisons and prisons’ occupancy; corruption and bribery rate; judiciary and pressure on judiciary highlighting pendency at different courts. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study is exploratory and descriptive in nature. The data for the study has been drawn from government policy documents, published reports, and research studies and publications. The study is presented in five parts. Current economic scenario and prospects are contained in part one. The second part discusses aspects relating to social security and social justice; it also deals with norms relating to legislatures; prisons and prisons’ occupancy; corruption and bribery rate; judiciary and pressure on judiciary. Findings: Financial inclusion is in the progressive stage though is not very bright and the number of districts in states is below par bank branches. India’s ranking on the ease of doing business (EoDB) has improved to 63 ranks and has an objective to enhance it to 50. Research Limitations: The major limitation of the study is that the study is limited to the extensive review. Managerial Implications: The managerial implications reflect the following policy changes: (a) Universal Basic Income (UBI) promising farmers and the poor Rs. 6,000 pa, should be on top of public health and education to make a direct transfer to an individual’s bank account, (b) Uniform policy on the bonanza announced by political parties in their election manifesto, (c) Simultaneous elections for the states and the Union, (d) Politics does not impinge on the laid-out economic policies. Originality/Value: The study showcased the original work of the authors in the discussing the policy issue with respect to Governance.
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Bielko, Sylvanna L., Khalid M. Khan, and M. Margaret Weigel. "Perceptions, Beliefs, and Attitudes Toward Various Hearing Conservation Approaches Reported by Indiana College Agriculture Students." Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 26, no. 4 (2020): 109–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/jash.14090.
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HighlightsNoise-measuring applications (apps) and in-person classroom presentation were identified as the most preferred approaches by the college agriculture students.Multiple features of noise apps and in-person intervention were identified as beneficial.A subset of participants reported that a combination of approaches could influence hearing protection use.Abstract. Noise-induced hearing loss is a major public health challenge for agricultural communities. However, there is limited hearing conservation research addressing the issue, especially for youth and young adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions and practices of Indiana undergraduate students who lived or worked on a farm. The students were asked to rank the most common and current hearing conservation educational approaches, including in-person classroom presentation, mailers, and technology-based approaches, i.e., computer-based training, interactive websites, static websites, and smartphone noise-measuring applications (apps). A total of 91 undergraduate students enrolled in agriculture classes at four Indiana higher educational institutions participated in the study. They completed a sociodemographic and farm activity survey, followed by a 30-minute in-person presentation on hearing health conservation. After the presentation, each participant completed a questionnaire that included items about their perceptions of the feasibility, sustainability, rankings, and preferences of the various educational approaches discussed in the presentation. Participants ranked the noise-measuring app and in-person classroom presentation as their most preferred educational approaches for hearing conservation (39% and 28%, respectively). They identified multiple features of these two intervention approaches as beneficial. Sixty-four percent of participants indicated that a combination of approaches could influence hearing protection use and should include in-person classroom presentation and one of the technology-based approaches (noise-measuring apps, 37.3%). These findings are expected to assist health interventionists and program designers in developing future hearing protection education programs for farm youth, who may otherwise lack access to resources for preventing premature hearing loss due to loud noise exposure. Keywords: Agricultural workers, Hearing conservation, Hearing protection, Undergraduate college students, Youth education.
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Granasztoi, György. "Gy. Ranki, Hungarian History. World History, Budapest, Akademiai Kiado, « Indiana University Studies on Hungary », 1, 1984, 316 p." Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales 41, no. 5 (October 1986): 1012–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0395264900074369.
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