In this issue
p. 0346

Ageing of academic institutions
p. 0347 | Dattagupta, Sushanta

CSIR institutions in SIR 2019
p. 0349 | Prathap, Gangan

Crisis in the university system
p. 0349 | Krishna, M. Ghanashyam

Science Last Fortnight
p. 0351

Women in Science at IUCAA
p. 0355 | Mane, Rahul

Ancient Indian glass
p. 0355 | Kanungo, Alok Kumar; Trivedi, Mudit

Anthropogenic impacts and their management options in different ecosystems of the Indian Himalayan Region
p. 0358 | Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra; Bhat, Sami Ullah; Singh, Huidrom Birkumar

Teaching geoscience in a changing world
p. 0360 | Sorkhabi, Rasoul

Butyrate: a simple gut microbiota metabolite in the modulation of epigenetic mechanism
p. 0362 | Shekar, Chandra; Kaul, Gautam

The 3.6 metre Devasthal Optical Telescope: from inception to realization
p. 0365 | Sagar, Ram; Kumar, Brijesh; Omar, Amitesh
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/365-381

Research dynamics in Indian fisheries and aquaculture: a scientometric analysis
p. 0382 | Singh, Nirmal; Datta, Surjya Narayan; Handa, Tarvinder Singh
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/382-389

India needs genetic modification technology in agriculture
p. 0390 | Datta, S.; Dhillon, B. S.; Gautam, P. L.; Karihaloo, J. L.; Mahadevappa, M.; Mayee, C. D.; Padmanaban, G.; Parida, A.; Paroda, R. S.; Sharma, M.; Sharma, T. R.; Singh, N. K.; Singh, R. B.; Sonti, R. V.; Tyagi, A. K.; Varma, A.; Veluthambi, K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/390-394

Aerobic granular sludge: the future of wastewater treatment
p. 0395 | Nancharaiah, Y. V.; Sarvajith, M.; Mohan, T. V. Krishna
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/395-404

Wildlife conservation through Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in India
p. 0405 | Baroth, Anju; Mathur, V. B.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/405-411

Enhancing security in medical image informatics using geometrical attacks
p. 0412 | Umamageswari, A.; Vijilious, M. A. Leo
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/412-421

BOP1 – a key player of ribosomal biogenesis
p. 0422 | Borah, Nabajyoti; Nukala, Krishna Madhav; Vadlapudi, Varahalarao; Gubbala, Satya Prakash; Amanchy, Ramars
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/422-433

Ecological status of areas awarded to tribals under Forest Rights Act 2006 – a geospatial study of Adilabad Forest Division, Telangana, India
p. 0434 | Guntuka, Deepthi; Kukrety, Sidhanand
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/434-439

Evaluation of superoxide anion level and membrane permeability in the functionally different organs of Triticum aestivum L. exposed to high temperature and antimycin
p. 0440 | Batjuka, A.; Škute, N.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/440-447

Bioavailability of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in long-term sewage-drained soils of Tamil Nadu
p. 0448 | Kathavarayan, Veeramani; Avudainayagam, S.; Banu, K. Sara Parwin; Chandrasekharan, N.; Karthikeyan, S.; Bhuvaneswari, K.; Ramesh, P. T.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/448-459

Characterization of different forms of chalcopyrite disease through fractal analysis
p. 0460 | Tripathi, Shubham; Singh, Sushil K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/460-469

China’s export evolution in the dynamic global product space from 2000 to 2011
p. 0470 | Li, Shan; Lang, Wei; Li, Xun; Chen, Haohui
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/470-479

Impact of observed climate change on the classification of agroclimatic zones in India
p. 0480 | Chattopadhyay, N.; Sahai, A. K.; Guhathakurta, P.; Dutta, S.; Srivastava, A. K.; Attri, S. D.; Balasubramanian, R.; Malathi, K.; Chandras, Swati
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/480-486

Soybean methylation analysis during strontium stress using methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism
p. 0486 | He, Qingyuan; Huang, Shoucheng; Wang, Songhua; Li, Zhengpeng; Shu, Yingjie
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/486-491

Parameter optimization of banana crown-cutting machine using combined cutters
p. 0492 | Xu, Zeyu; Yang, Zhou; Zhu, Zhengbo
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/492-497

Estimation of soil properties and leaf nutrients status of oil palm plantations in an intensively cultivated region of India
p. 0497 | Behera, Sanjib Kumar; Shukla, Arvind Kumar; Suresh, Kancherla; Mathur, Ravi Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/497-502

Crustal depth estimation over the Indian lithospheric plate using satellite geoid and a gravimetric–isostatic model
p. 0502 | Majumdar, T. J.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/502-506

Geostationary satellite-based observations for ocean applications
p. 0506 | Agarwal, Neeraj; Sharma, Rashmi; Thapliyal, Pradeep K.; Gangwar, Rishi Kumar; Kumar, Prateek; Kumar, Raj
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/506-515

Non-native Neotropical nesting whitefly, Paraleyrodes minei Iaccarino on coconut palms in India and its co-existence with Bondar’s nesting whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari Peracchi
p. 0515 | Mohan, Chandrika; Josephrajkumar, A.; Babu, Merin; Krishna, Arya; Prathibha, P. S.; Krishnakumar, V.; Hegde, Vinayaka
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i3/515-519

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2018. Raymond Jeanloz and Katherine H. Freeman (eds)
p. 0520 | Rajendran, C. P.

Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Machine-Generated Summary of Current Research. Beta Writer
p. 0521 | Pillai, Vijayamohanan K.

Ramesh Maheshwari (1940–2019)
p. 0524 | Chaudhuri, Amitabha; Vyas, Alka; Sinha, Anindya

Sir Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan (1898–1961): the scientist and the man
p. 0526 | Mukherji, Purabi

Advanced Research and Innovation Fellowship Program
p. 0530

Plant Biologics and Immunodiagnostics - IV - UGC-UKIERI Sponsored Workshop, Bharathiyar University
p. 0531

Research Associate and Junior Research Fellow - Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute
p. 0532

Nominations are invited for the following two Awards - Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science
p. 0532

Science Undergraduate Research Conference - Azim Premji University
p. 0533

Junior Research Fellow and Project Assistant-III - SRM Institute of Science and Technology
p. 0533

Admission for Ph.D. Programme - Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation
p. 0534

Faculty Positions at All Levels - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
p. 0534

Ph.D. Research Fellowship in Biotechnology - BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
p. 0534

Junior Research Fellow - P.E.S.’s Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce
p. 0534

Junior Research Fellow - SRM Institute of Science and Technology
p. 0535

Junior Research Fellow - SRM Institute of Science and Technology
p. 0535

Workshop on Science Writing - Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal
p. 0540