In this issue
p. 0622

Science, scientists and scientometrics
p. 0623 | Balaram, P.

Cause of Indian famines, transgenics, and protecting Indian farmers
p. 0625 | Krishnapillai, M.

Crorepati scientist!
p. 0625 | Chakraborty, Tushar K.

Science' in old Hindu scripts!
p. 0626 | Chattopadhyay, M. K.

Science Citation Index, co-citation and the scientists
p. 0626 | Dastidar, Prabir G.

Web of science: Measuring and assessing science beyond SCI
p. 0627 | Satyanarayana, K.; Jain, N. C.

Response
p. 0629 | Garfield, Eugene

On publication indicators
p. 0629 | Arunachalam, Subbiah

Cautious use of Bt genes in transgenic crops
p. 0632 | Kumar, P. Ananda

Trachycarpus takil Becc. is not a 'rare' palm
p. 0633 | Husain, Tariq; Garg, Arti

From the archives
p. 0634

Brain Research Centre dedicated to the nation
p. 0635 | Sen, Nirupa

Conference on neutron scattering
p. 0637 | Rao, K. R.

A possible role for phototrophic sulphur bacteria in the promotion of anaerobic metal corrosion
p. 0639 | Eashwar, M.; Maruthamuthu, S.; Iyer, S. Venkatakrishna

Effect of gamete selection on segregation of wilt susceptibility-linked DNA marker in chickpea
p. 0642 | Ravikumar, R. L.; Patil, B. S.

Carbonaceous fossils from the Panna Shale, Rewa Group (Upper Vindhyans), Central India: A possible link between evolution from micro-megascopic life
p. 0644 | Srivastava, Purnima

Conservation status of Rudraksh in tropical wet evergreen forests of Arunachal Pradesh
p. 0646 | Khan, M. L.; Bhuyan, Putul; Tripathi, R. S.

Results from the first Argo float deployed by India
p. 0651 | Ravichandran, M.; Vinayachandran, P. N; Joseph, Sudheer; Radhakrishnan, K.

The Biological Diversity Act of India and agro-biodiversity management
p. 0659 | Brahmi, Pratibha; Dua, R. P.; Dhillon, B. S.

Plant taxonomy
p. 0665 | Nair, P. K. K.

Developments in sodium technology
p. 0668 | Kale, R. D.; Rajan, M.

Investigation of the mixed alkali effect in boro-tellurite glasses -- the role of NBO--BO switching in ion transport
p. 0676 | Bhat, M. Harish; Ganguli, Munia; Rao, K. J.

Recession and morphogeometrical changes of Dokriani glacier (1962--1995) Garhwal Himalaya, India
p. 0692 | Dobhal, D. P.; Gergan, J. T.; Thayyen, Renoj J.

Genetic variation of ApoB 3´ hyper variable region polymorphism among Brahmins of North India
p. 0697 | Khan, Faisal; Bhatnagar, Suhasini; Agrawal, Suraksha

Tributyltin chloride-utilizing bacteria from marine ecosystem of west coast of India
p. 0702 | Roy, Upal; Dubey, S. K.; Bhosle, S.

Mass multiplication of AM inoculum: Effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and yeast in rapid culturing of Glomus mosseae
p. 0705 | Bhowmik, S. N.; Singh, C. S.

Excavation of a unique sailboat at Kadakkarappally, Kerala
p. 0709 | Nair, M. V.; Selvakumar, V.; Gopi, P. K.

Solely extension-related origin of the eastern to west-central Mexican Volcanic Belt (Mexico) from partial melting inversion model
p. 0713 | Verma, Surendra P.

Additional information on palyno­logical dating of Chhongtash Formation in eastern Karakoram and its palaeogeographical significance
p. 0719 | Sinha, Anshu K.; Jha, Neerja; Upadhyay, Rajeev

Evidence of formation of potholes in bedrock on human timescale: Indrayani river, Pune district, Maharashtra
p. 0723 | Kale, Vishwas S.; Joshi, Veena U.

CaCO₃ crystallization in primary culture of mantle epithelial cells of freshwater pearl mussel
p. 0730 | Barik, S. K.; Jena, J. K.; Ram, K. Janaki

Science as a Way of Life -- A Biography of C. N. R. Rao by Mohan Sundara Rajan
p. 0735 | Rao, K. R.

Communicating in Style byYateendra Joshi
p. 0737 | Arunachalam, Subbiah

Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao
p. 0738 | Bhaskerrao, B.

IBAB
p. 0740

Centre for DNA FingerPrinting and Diagnostics
p. 0741

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
p. 0742

Astrazeneca India
p. 0743

INAE Young Engineer Award 2004
p. 0744

Department of Chemistry
p. 0745

Course in Tropical Conservation Biology
p. 0745

International Certificate Course in GIS/RS Applications for Landscape Ecology
p. 0746

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
p. 0746

Indo-US Professorship Program
p. 0747

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
p. 0747

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
p. 0747