Monday, 17 December 2012

BOOK OF THE DAY


Rice biofortification: lession for global science & development / Brooks, Sally. Earthscan Publishing, London, 2010. 178p., ISBN 9781849711005. Pathways to Sustainability Series.

Biofortification - the enrichment of staple food crops with essential micronutrients - has been heralded as a uniquely sustainable solution to the problem of micronutrient deficiency or 'hidden hunger'. Considerable attention and resources are being directed towards the biofortification of rice - the world's most important food crop. Through an in-depth analysis of international rice biofortification efforts across the US, Philippines and China, this book provides an important critique of such goal-oriented, top-down approaches. These approaches, the author argues, exemplify a model of global, 'public goods' science that is emerging within complex, international research networks. It provides vital lessons for those researching and making decisions about science and research policy, showing that if this model becomes entrenched, it is likely to channel resources towards the search for 'silver bullet' solutions at the expense of more incremental approaches that respond to locality, diversity and the complex and uncertain interactions between people and their environments. The author proposes a series of key changes to institutions and practices that might allow more context-responsive alternatives to emerge. These issues are particularly important now as increasing concerns over food security are leading donors and policy makers to commit to ambitious visions of 'impact at scale' - visions which may never become a reality and may preclude more effective pathways from being pursued. Published in association with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Contents

1. Introduction: Why Biofortification?
2. 'Old Lessons and New Paradigms': Locating Biofortification
3. Building the Argument: The Case of Iron Rice
4. An Institutional Model? The Case of Golden Rice
5. An Alliance around an Idea: The Shifting Boundaries of Harvestplus
6. Global Science, Public Goods? A Synthesis.
7. Conclusion. 

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Book of the Day


A History of Japanese Political Thought,1600-1901 / Watanabe Hiroshi ; translated by Noble David; Published by I-House Press, 2012, ISBN-4903452247, 9784903452241, 543 pages.

In 1853 a flotilla of U.S. Navy warships led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in Japan. A scant fourteen years later the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, which had lasted two and a half centuries, was at an end. What lay behind the sudden collapse of samurai rule?Watanabe Hiroshi traces the quiet changes in political thought that culminated in the dramatic events of the Meiji Revolution in 1868. Confucian ideals such as a universal Way and benevolent government under a virtuous ruler possessing the mandate of heaven were taught by successive Japanese Confucians and came to permeate the country, posing an implicit threat to military rule. Over time the development of a national consciousness, the rising prestige of the imperial court in Kyoto, and increased knowledge of the Western world created the conditions for a national debate over opening up to the West-and for radical political change.Quoting extensively from contemporary sources, Watanabe provides a concise but wide-ranging introduction to three centuries of political thought in Japan. In examining the implications of applying Chinese political philosophy to a very different Japanese culture, he offers a fascinating look at early modern Japan, touching upon, for example, the sorrows of the samurai, avenues of protest for the peasantry, sexuality and the social order, and the excitement of new ideas and freedoms in the early Meiji Period.

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Invitation to attend a Seminar at NASSDOC on 10.12.2012 @ 5 PM



Society for Library Professionals (SLP) 
and
National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), ICSSR
Cordially invite you to attend a Seminar
Speaker:
Kanako Sakai (Ms.)
Institute of Developing
Economies-JETRO
Chiba, Japan
Topic:
IDE library and Distribution system of the Indian government information and its
accessibility in the digital network era.
(Chair: Dr. P R Goswami, Director, NASSDOC)
on Monday, 10 December 2012at 05:00 p.m. at
National Social Science
Documentation Centre (NASSDOC)
35, Firozshah Road, New Delhi-
110001
RSVP 
9899110787
9818981644
9811392242

PROGRAMME
(Monday, 10 December 2012)
05.00 – 05.30 pm        Interactive Session (Tea)
05.30 – 05.35 pm        Welcome by Dr. P K Jain, IEG
05.35 – 06.25 pm        Presentation by Ms. Kanako Sakai, IDE, Japan
06.25 – 06.35 pm        Questions from the floor
06.35 – 06.40 pm        Vote of Thanks by Dr. Debal C. Kar, AUD 

(Note: Please confirm your participation at pkjain1310@gmail.com or 9899110787. 
Prior confirmation is necessary)

Friday, 23 November 2012

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Library Seminar at NASSDOC on 24.11.2012 at 10:30 a.m.


Society for Library Professionals (SLP)

and

National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), ICSSR

Cordially invite you to attend a Seminar

Speaker:
Dr. Siva Chidambaram, NIPFP
Digital Library Consortium Development in India

and  

Dr. Shantanu Ganguly, TERI
Managerial Competency for Library Professionals
  
 on

Saturday, 24 November 2012 at 10:30 a.m.

at

National Social Science Documentation Centre (IInd Floor)
35, Firozshah Road, New Delhi- 110001

     RSVP
9818981644
9811392242
----------------------------------------------------------
PROGRAMME
(Saturday, 24 November 2012)
10.30 – 11.00 am        Interactive Session
11.00 – 11.10 am        Welcome address by Dr. P R Goswami, NASSDOC
11.10 – 12.00 pm        Presentation by Dr. Siva Chidambaram
12.00 – 12.55 pm        Presentation by Dr. Shantanu Ganguly, TERI
12.55 – 01.00 pm        Vote of Thanks by Dr. Debal C. Kar, AUD
01.00 pm                      Lunch
01.30 pm                     Meeting of the SLP Members
(Note: Please confirm your participation at pkjain1310@gmail.com or 9899110787
Prior confirmation is necessary)

Friday, 9 November 2012

Fresh Arrivals for Circulation


1. Scholarly communication and bibliometrics / Borgman, Christine L. --New
   Delhi: Sage Publications, 1990
   302.224401 SCH-

2. Libraries for the new millennium: Implications for managers / Raitt, David. –
   -London: Library Association Publishing, 1997
   027 LIB-

3. Information specialist's guide to searching and researching on the internet
   and the world wide web / Ackermann, Ernest. --Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn
   Publishers, 1999
   004.678 ACK-I

4. Economic growth and CO2 emissions with a focus on India / Ghoshal,
   Tapas, 2010
   TG.0360 (Dissertation)

5. Myth, memory and politics: a study of the language of grassroot mobilisation 
   of dalits / Narayan, Badri, 2005
   RN 0101 (Research Project)

6. Risk-return parity and pricing of securities in Indian capital market: an
   empirical investigation for the period 1996-20 / Patrick, Martin, 2011
   RP 0273 (Research Project)

7. Study of cross border trade in north east India: a sociological investigation
   of the flow of foreign goods to Manipur and Nagaland states/ Lanunungsang, A. 
   --2008
   RL 0036 (Research Project)

8. Knowledge society and the marginalised in India issues of inclusion,
   exclusion and identity / Singharoy, Debal K.
   RS 0687 (Research Project)

9. Sensitization of parents and teachers towards academic skill disorders among
   elementary school children / Vig, Deepika. , 2011
   RV 0115 (Research Project)

10. India-Sudan agricultural cooperation: potential and opportunities / Malakar,
    S.N. , 2011
    RM 0310 (Research Project)

11. Chinese politics and ideology since Tiananmen (1988-2002) / Sharma, Ravindra
    Nath. , 2008
    RS 0682 (Research Project)

12. Ancient tradition in geography: the western and oriental perspective / Rana,
    Lalita. , 2011
    RR 0256 (Research Project)

13. Gender implications of interface between personal and customary laws: the
    meos of Mewat / Chauhan, Abha.
    RC 0120 (Research Project)

14. Inter-regional divergence in J & K: a study of Ladakh region / Thakur,
    Harish K. , 2012
    RT 0095 (Research Project)

15. Facilitating attitude change through training in sexuality education and
    gender sensitization for youth between age 14-1 / Lavalekar, Anagha. , 2011
    RL 0036 (Research Project)

16. Dynamic and institutions in community-based fisheries resources management:
    a sustainable development option- a study of / Rajasenan, D. , 2009
    RR 0258 (Research Project)

17. Efficacy of creative problem-solving, inquiry training & brain storming in
    the development of creative thinking of minor / Nanda, Renu. , 2010
    RN 0102 (Research Project)

18. Impact of economy, culture and environment on health status of Meitei women
    in Manipur / Joshi, P.C. , 2008
    RJ 0145 (Research Project)

19. Non-resident Indian entrepreneurs in the gulf countries: a case study of the
    United Arab Emirates / Jain, Prakash C. 2007
    RJ 0133 (Research Project)

20. Education in colonial and post-colonial Malabar: 1920-2006: a socio-economic
    study / Mathew, K. S.
    RM 0305 (Research Project)

21. Structural model for customer bahaviour and service quality in insurance
    sector: a SERVQUAL approach/ Rajaram, S. , 2011
    RR 0255 (Research Project)

22. Interface between policy options and market measures of agri-business
    development in Orissa / Das, Kshitibhusan. 2009
    RD 0222 (Research Project)

23. Aspects of the Naxalite movement in India / Bhatia, Bela. 2008
    RB 0246 (Research Project)

24. Prevalence of unmet counselling needs in female and male professional
    college students / Suneetha, K.--2011
    RS 0675 (Research Project)

25. Trends in intelligence testing of persons with mental retardation and its
    implication for certification of disability an / Thomas Kishore, M.
    RT 0094 (Research Project)

26. Rajasthan me panchayti raj sansthao mein mahila sashaktikaran Barmer jile k
    vishesh sandharb mein / Gahalot, N.S. 2006
    RG 0188 (Research Project)

27. Higher education of SC/ST girls in Orissa: a study of participation and 
    attainment / Mishra, Bijoya. 2006
    RM 0300 (Research Project)

28. Myopic overexploitation or Hobson's choice:drivers of forest loss in North
    East India / Saikia, Anup. 2007
    RS 0678 (Research Project)

29. Janjatiyon mein shiksha ki pravrattiyan- Rajasthan ke anjati upyojana  
    kshetra ka ek adhayayan / Jangeed, Rajesh Kumar.
    RJ 0143 (Research Project)

30. Consumer use of ingredient and nutritional information on packaged food
    products / Handa, Meenakshi. 2009
    RH 0049 (Research Project)

31. Stress Management programme for pre-university college students / Manjula, 
    M. 2011
    RM 0294 (Research Project)

32. Study of the educational status of the denotified and nomadic tribes in 
    Maharashtra / Jain, Ambika. 2006
    RJ 0142 (Research Project)

33. Study on entrepreneurial propensity among engineering students in Chennai   
    Sundar, C. 2010
    TS.1078 (Dissertation)

34. Study of growth, motivational factors and academic success in technical
    education in Uttar Pradesh/ Tandon, Anju. 2009
    TT.0186 (Dissertation)

35. Testing the applicability of porter's generic competitive strategies for 
    shopping malls: a case study of The Great India / Tandon, Sanjeev. 2011
    TT.0185 (Dissertation)

36. Transformational leadership for change management in information centres in
    India: a study of transformation leadership / Singh, Dharm Veer. 2011
    TS 1079 (Dissertation)

37. Development of open source evaluation criteria software for selection of
    simulation tools used by automobile manufacture / Gupta, Ashu. 2011
    TG.0363 (Dissertation)

38. Study of managerial effectiveness and its co-relates in selected Indian
    organizations / Gupta, Rachna. 2012
    TG.0362 (Dissertation)

39. Study of development of higher education in Manipur since nineties / Binita
    Devi, Leisangthem. 2009
    TB.0409 (Dissertation)

40. Empowerment of women in Karnataka / Shidagnal, M.V. 2011
    TS.1080 (Dissertation)

41. Poverty eradication programme and it's impact on the rural poor: a case
    study of Hazaribag district of Jharkhand during 1995-2005 / Sharma,
    Shailendra Kumar. 2010
    TS 1082 (Dissertation)

42. Development of validation of "competency based teaching programme" in
    enhancing teaching competencies of secondary student teachers in the context
    of globalization / Kantharaj, H.M. 2010
    TK.0428 (Dissertation)

43. Social impact of migration in Kolkata metropolitan area/ Dhar, Sarbendu
    Bikash. 2011
    TD.0313 (Dissertation)

44. Impact of service quality on customer loyality: a study in organised retail
    sector / Samridhi. 2011
    TS 1081 (Dissertation)

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