In this issue
p. 1288

Metrics of Science: Loosening the Stranglehold
p. 1289 | Balaram, P.

The sociology of biology as a profession
p. 1291 | Vidyasagar, M.

Biology in India
p. 1293 | Rine, Jasper

Higher education in India - aiming higher?
p. 1294 | Prathap, Gangan

Antibiotic liquid waste disposal - A potential threat and environmental compatibility
p. 1297 | Saravanane, R.; Tamijevendane, S.

Cellulosic ethanol
p. 1297 | Mehta, M. H.

Geoelectric arrays
p. 1298 | Szalai, S.; Szarka, L.

Indian Physics Association awards
p. 1299 | Sheth, Parul R.

74th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences
p. 1300 | Gad, Suman D.

Emerging directions in global education
p. 1301 | Kurup, Anitha; Mohan, Ambika; Patwardhan, Bhushan

Coal and organic petrology
p. 1303 | Singh, Alpana

pVR37, a new binary promoter-probe vector with xylanase reporter
p. 1305 | Medi, Virupakshi G.; Bhat, R. S.; Kuruvinashetti, M. S.

Role of BCG vaccination in tuberculosis control
p. 1307 | Rao, V. G.; Gopi, P. G.; Bhat, J.; Yadav, R.; Wares, D. F.

Occurrence of bryozoa Chiplonkarina dimorphopora (Chiplonkar 1939), in the Kakara Formation from type area Subathu, Himachal Pradesh: its stratigraphic and palaeogeographic significance
p. 1308 | Juyal, K. P.

The looming challenge of the mixed marketplace for tobacco products
p. 1314 | Samet, Jonathan M.; Wipfli, Heather

Building tobacco control training capacity in India
p. 1315 | Samet, Jonathan M.; Wipfli, Heather

The hookah - the Indian waterpipe
p. 1319 | Ray, Cecily S.

Bidis and smokeless tobacco
p. 1324 | Ray, Cecily S.; Gupta, Prakash C.

Bidi - A short history
p. 1335 | Lal, Pranay G.

A new scheme for large-scale natural water storage in the floodplains: the Delhi Yamuna floodplains as a case
p. 1338 | Soni, Vikram; Gosain, A. K.; Datta, P. S.; Singh, Diwan

Post-1980 world of biotechnology patents in the US
p. 1343 | Bera, Rajendra K.

Automatic gravity inversion for simultaneous estimation of model parameters and regional gravity background: an application to 2D pull-apart basins
p. 1349 | Chakravarthi, V.

Clarification of pectin-containing juice using ultrafiltration
p. 1361 | Rai, P.; De, S.

A simple procedure for slow growth maintenance of banana (Musa spp. ) embryogenic cell suspension cultures at low temperature
p. 1372 | Kulkarni, V. M.; Ganapathi, T. R.

Study of quartz grain surface texture by electron microscopy - a tool in evaluating palaeoglacial sediments in Uttarakhand
p. 1377 | Mathur, Anil K.; Mishra, V. P.; Singh, Jaya

A special core liner for sub-sampling of aqueous sediments
p. 1382 | Valsangkar, Anil B.

Study of the Salem-Attur shear zone, east of Salem, Tamil Nadu: a new kinematic interpretation
p. 1386 | Biswal, T. K.; Thirukumaran, V.; Ratre, Kamleshwar; Sundaralingam, K.

Monitoring bird diversity in Western Ghats of Kerala
p. 1390 | Praveen, J.; Nameer, P. O.

Excursions in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics by K. P. N. Murthy
p. 1396 | Gopal, E. S. Raja

The Mysterious Moon & India's Chandrayaan Mission by Narendra Bhandari
p. 1397 | Jagadeesh, G.

Introduction to Mechanics by Mahendra K. Verma (ed. )
p. 1398 | Gundiah, Namrata

Frontiers in Fungal Ecology Diversity and Metabolites by by K. R. Sridhar (ed. )
p. 1399 | Srinivasan, M. C.

Wildlife Biodiversity Conservation by M. Vikram Reddy (ed. )
p. 1400 | Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A.

Kelkar centenary (1909-1990) (1402)
p. 1402 | Rao, C. N. R.

N. Kondal Rao (1924-2008)
p. 1403 | Balaramamoorthy, K.

Fibroblast growth factor regulates early mesoderm and neural development in chick embryo through its action on brachyury, goosecoid, ERNI and noggin
p. 1403 | Borgave, Seema; Ghaskadbi, Surendra

The Indian Institute of Science: Reflections on a Century
p. 1404 | Balaram, P.

Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences Graduate Programme
p. 1412

PERIYAR UNIVERSITY
p. 1413

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
p. 1414

TATA INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP
p. 1415

RAMALINGASWAMI FELLOWSHIP
p. 1416

MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
p. 1417

JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR 342 001
p. 1418

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
p. 1419

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
p. 1419

SRM University - Junior Research Fellow: One post
p. 1420

SRM University - Junior Research Fellows: Two Posts
p. 1420

SRM University - Junior Research Fellow: One Post
p. 1421

Department of Biotechnology
p. 1421

PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
p. 1422

CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
p. 1422

RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
p. 1423

SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY, KOLHAPUR
p. 1423

SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY, KOLHAPUR
p. 1423

Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore, India
p. 1424

Snakebite: A Book for India
p. 1487 | Vijayaraghavan, B.