SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

13682-13692

Authors: Sameer Patil

Drug addiction is assuming alarming proportions and has become a worldwide phenomenon, spreading across nations. However, it is varying in magnitude and characteristics in the different areas and spectrums of society. It has grown as a raging epidemic, that has shaken the entire fabric of society, India being no exception. Every day there is an increasing number of people initiated into drugs, being addicted and getting caught in the vicious cycle of life and death. Addiction, not just affects the individual, but causes problems in terms of social disorder, increased expenditure, and transmission of infectious diseases, leading to disturbances in the socio cultural and political fabric of society. While there are different models of treatments available across the world, as well as in India, one model that stands out is the 12 step recovery model. Studies have shown that 12 step groups like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) among others have proved to be an effective and cost efficient approach to tackle this ever growing menace of addiction in our society. Across the globe, there are numerous addiction treatment facilities that recognise the 12 step recovery model as evidence based treatment. The therapeutic approach as, against othertherapies seems to work better, as it helps the individual to cope with life on a daily basis. However, there seems to be a missing element, either in treatment or post discharge, considering the low success rates for individuals with substantial long term recovery. There being no set standard in measuring recovery, according to the Betty Ford Foundation, in the U.S, “Recovery is achieving complete abstinence as well as wellbeing”. It is precisely in this context that the 12 Step recovery model assumes significance. This study has in no way received endorsement from Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous or any other 12 step fellowship. This study has been solely done for research purposes, to educate service givers and organisations working in addiction treatment, about the significance of the12 step model in long term recovery for addicts, and to help them to facilitate their clients active participation in AA and NA or other 12 step support fellowships.In this analysis thefocus is on the significance of the 12 step model of recovery and its significant psycho-social and spiritual benefits along with theadvantages in lifelong recovery. There will also be a discussion on perspectives and success rates with the information derived through AA and NA literature, websites as well as from other research materials and journals. The study will conclude with a summary on understanding the scope and scale, and recommendations on implementing the right strategies to achieve the desired results.

13703-13708

Authors: Divyaraj Parkar

Organizations acknowledge the reality "employees are most vital resource" this is permissible confining of good arrangements and execution of those so representatives have great workplace, the achievement mantra of organizations are cooperation, common regard, respectability and pride of workforce the present aggressive world requires exceptionally energetic workforce with high in require accomplishment. One of the key components which draw in and hold performing representatives is inspirational state of mind and development openings gave to them absence of good workplace and development openings prompts high turnover. The association should plan strategies and plans for worker maintenance and make excellent inside culture to draw in and hold gifted representatives. The present case has made an attempt to study the retention strategies adopted by TCS, HCL, Wipro, and Infosys to retain their employee, to meet this objective secondary sources which include books, journals, articles and newspapers, websites were referred.

13709-13715

Authors: Anuprita Deshmukh

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13738-13746

Authors: Mohd Naseem Khan

Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) was introduced by the government of India, under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005 to render health care services to rural population with major focus on vulnerable groups i.e. women and children. In India, poor accessibility health care services for children resulted with high child mortality, and Uttar Pradesh, stands below than national average. The ASHAs endeavour for the survival of every child through rendering care services in every village. The efforts of the ASHAs for child survival in Aligarh are reflected in the several studies by DLHS, NFHS, and AHS. District Level Household Survey-3 (DLHS, 2007-08) reported that Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Child Deaths Under- 5 years were 85 and 73 respectively. Subsequently, DLHS- 4 (2013-14), reported some improvement in which IMR came down 72 and Child Mortality Under- 5 were reduced by 65. Immunization indicators also improved as full immunization of children in Aligarh District was of 30.4 percent in 2011 which improved to 56.62 in 2015 (Annual Health Survey, 2013). National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 4, 2015- 16) also supports some improvement in child health indicators in Aligarh. This study is based on data by secondary sources from studies, surveys, reports, and modules etc. The current study attempts to highlight intervention of the ASHAs at grass root level for ensuring child survival.

13757-13762

Authors: Malavika Menon, Meera B. Nair, Meera K. Manikandan, Nandini N. V. , Nanditha Satish, Reshma S. R. & Sruthi Sreekumar

The project titled “An Analytical Study On The Practices Of Menstrual Hygiene Among Different Age Groups” throws light upon the Menstrual practices carried out by women of age group eighteen to twenty-five and twenty-six to forty five. It aims on finding out the hygienic routine during their monthly periods. As a woman is usually compared to Mother Nature the scope of the study is also extended into finding out a sustainable routine that is also nature friendly. Menstrual hygiene is a symbol of healthy lifestyle and it should be taught to girls who attain puberty. In India due to sociocultural and economic condition many rural and even urban girls are not aware of these practices. Due to many stigmas, to understand how girls do keep menstrual health is a real challenge to the researchers. Using a survey questionnaire, the investigators will collect data from fifty women in age group of eighteen-forty-five after getting their informal consent. The data will be coded into statistical software for statistics. There will be a significant difference in the menstrual practices among the different age groups. Results of the study will definitely have counselling and social implication and it will help health professionals and researchers to further applications.

13774-13785

Authors: Moolchand Meena & Prof. Saroj Garg

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13792-13805

Authors: Rahul Kamble

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13431-13444

Authors: Miss. Supriya. C. P. & Prof. Madhu Kapani

Man had been inquest for peace, since time immemorial. The contemporary world, focuses on implementing Peace education to the children as they are docile. The children when they grow up to become adults can become the agents of peace building in the world bereft of peace and harmony. India is the land of values, where every living creature is valued and worshiped. It also harbours the world’s largest democracy where all the major religions co-exist in harmony. The present article provides an insight on the different strategies used in imparting peace education in Indian schools and the opportunities it provides for the students to practise it through its curriculum.

13459-13466

Authors: Usha Rana

Swami Vivekananda’s man-making is particularly referred to individual perfection and total human development is the manifestation of the perfection already in man. He has given certain ideas and directions to make our education truly oriented to total human development. He had given various dimensios of man-making education to grow a man into a real spiritual man with excellent human qualities. Present study based on the comparison of dimensions of man-making education present in the aims of present education of class IX and X. Present study revealed that various dimensions of man-making education finds a place in the present aims of education of class IX and X.

13478-13489

Authors: Praveen Bobby Binjha & Prof. Hrushikesh Senapati

The study examined students’ usage web2.0 tools in education, level of awareness and adoption in their classroom learning. The results indicated that wikis, social networking sites, email and presentation tools are frequently and most used web2.0 tools. Moreover, the awareness is high in case of different types of email and social networking sites compare to other web2.0 tools. There exists significant difference in student’s awareness and usage of web2.0 application in learning biology at senior secondary school level. The students indicated the positive polarity towards the adoption of web2.0 tools in classroom learning and beyond it. It can be concluded that student awareness and adoption of web2.0 tools can support the instructor to integrate technology with pedagogy and content effectively.

13495-13501

Authors: Anu Kumari & Dayachand

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13508-13526

Authors: Pankaj Parik & Purnima Naraniya

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13539-13543

Authors: Purnima P. Sable

Survey of post-harvest disease of fruits was made. It was noted that the fruits are Infected with Aspergillusniger, Fusarium oxysporium,Rhizophus slonifer,Alternaria Species and Cercospora species. The Aspergillusniger was found to be on maximum Number of Ber verities and hence its sensitivity tested against Benomyl. There was Variation in the sensitivity in different isolates. The most sensitive isolate indicated The MIC 10/mg/ml on agar plates and also on the fruits.

13550-13558

Authors: Shivani

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13578-13584

Authors: Rutuparna Mohanty

Jambubati Devi was a front lined woman freedom fighter of Western Odisha. She joined the freedom movement being inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Rama Devi. Ghandhiji’s clarion call for women to participate in the Nationalist Movement echoed in her heart. She made up her mind to join the movement and served the motherland. She encouraged many men and women of Western Odisha to join the Satyagraha. Due to her encouragement and indomitable spirit people actively joined in the civil disobedience movement, Anti liquor movement, Harijan Padayatra etc. She was a great social activist. She served the poor, earthquake victims and so called untouchables in various ways. During The Quit India Movement, she led the procession of students of a training school in Bihar. Thus an Odia lady could lead the freedom movement in the neighboring state with great courage. She suffered imprisonment several times. At last she passed away there in Bihar on 17th July 1943. This paper intends to throw light on the role of Jambubati Devi of Western Odisha in the freedom movement. Her contributions and dedications for the motherland can never be relegated to background.

13593-13600

Authors: Pravin Laxman Kothawade

In this study an attempt has been made to study the Study of Spiritual intelligence of Trainee teacher. Standardized stress scale by Dr. Santosh Dhar & Dr. Upindar Dhar has been used for the Present study to measure Spiritual intelligence of Trainee teacher. The random sample technique has been followed to data collection. The sample includes 104 male & female Trainee Teacher of college of Education. For purpose of analysis and interpretation of data, descriptive and inferential statistical techniques like Mean, S.D., Skewness , kurtosis, correlation & t-test were used. Major findings of the study were i) There is no significant difference in spiritual intelligence level of Male & female Trainee teacher. ii) More than 50% trainee teachers have normal spiritual intelligence

13606-13615

Authors: Mohmed Ali & Mohammed Arshad Ur Rehman

The impact of globalization and technological development, internet revolutionized the total world and created the platform to access the online shopping. It was emerged in the 21stcentury as most of the people are busy with their hectic schedules. In such a situation online shopping became the easiest and most suitable means for their shopping requirements. The Internet has changed the way of customer perceptions and behaviour. An online shop of buying products as well as services with the medium of exchange as Internet is called as the business-to-consumer transactions. The enhancement in the number of internet users in India provides bright prospects for online shopping. Many companies have started using the Internet with the objective of reducing marketing costs, thereby reducing the price of their product and service in order to stay ahead in the highly competitive globalized world markets. The present paper focuses on the various theoretical aspects related to online shopping

13623-13631

Authors: Rutuja Sonawane

Telecommunication industry is one of the most emergent industries which evolved very speedily in last decade. Currently India is the world’s second largest telecommunication market and still growing. Mobile economy in India is increasing very fast and will add significantly to India’s GDP. Both Indian network providers’ international providers receive considerable market share in the Indian mobile industry. Recently Reliance Jio has gave a big jolt to Indian telecom industry, schemes like free internet, free calling, 4g network provide a serious threat to others. Reliance Jio emerge as a new choice and other service providers face a new kind of challenge and find difficult to cope up with new circumstances. This case discusses the features of the Jio and also through some light on the competitive edge over other service providers.

13638-13644

Authors: Chanchal Jangid

Employee Relation has been evolve by years and is typically a part of the Human Resource. It is a strategy designed to ensure that there is more effective utilization of the people so that to accomplish the organization objective and mission. Employee Relation majorly focuses on the issue which is faced by the employees and make efforts to manage the relationship of the employer and the employee. To have an effective Employee Relation the organization needs to have an effective policies which describes the organization philosophy, rules & regulation, procedures to address the employee related matters and also to resolve the problems at the workplace. Many organization also have one or two employee relation representative, the human resource department always ensure that the organization policies are followed fairly and consistently. The employee relation representative work with both the employees and the supervisor to resolve the problems and address the concern. Presently the Employee Relation plays an important role in any of the organization to be successful and be competitive in the market. This become an important aspect for human resource department or the Employee Relation representative to maintain a healthy relationship between the employer and employee by solving the conflicts and problems between them as soon as possible.

13657-13666

Authors: Miss. Neha Agrawal

Banking industry over the last decade has made it stronger, faster, well-organized and is more competitive. From last many years banking sector has been reform in a better manner. Banking industry has been provided with some innovative products to the customers. The use of technology has brought a rebellion in the working style of the banks and it has pervaded each and every aspect of human life and drastic manner. By bringing internet banking, mobile banking and other services is helpful for the customer and bank has made it easy and convenient for the customer to use it. It helps the customer to save their time and energy and they can do their transaction in a second without finding any difficulty.

13678-13694

Authors: Mohinder Kumar Slariya & Hardeep Singh

India, the 7th largest hydropower making country in the world, had an installed hydro capacity of around 45,400 MW by end 2018. The annual growth in capacity last year was just 1 per cent, which was the lowest since 2009. It is estimated that about 35 hydel power projects of 12,000 MW are under construction at various stages, but at least half of them worth over 6,000 MW have been stalled due to many issues from environmental issues to local protest, land acquisition and funding. Expanding the electricity user base in the country is constantly taken as a ground for pushing hydropower, as around 280 million in India do not have access to electricity. But these grid connected hydropower projects never benefit the local populations. In any case, such large hydropower projects are not the best way to make electricity accessible to those that do not have access currently. The protests of locals trying to safeguard their villages and livelihoods and the concerns of environmentalists are quelled in the name of the greater ‘national interest’. Recently Himachal Pradesh, has been marked as the ‘Power state’ with a good potential to produce electric energy. The pressure is not just to make electric power, but to make clean power with good technology use which is less damaging and more environmental friendly. The protests in a number of localities of study area have indicated that these projects are damaging livelihood and environment in different ways.

13951-13961

Authors: Khushpreet Kaur

Internet of Things refers to the giant network of interconnected devices which can make decisions without any human intervention. It is basically a platform through which everyday things which are embedded with sensing equipment can be connected to the internet enabling them to collect and exchange data.The primary objective of this paper is to provide an overview of IoT, its key characteristics and detailed view of various stages of architecture of Internet of Things. This paper also includes several applications areas of IoT providing examples in those sectors of Internet of Things.

13966-13981

Authors: Marina Abdullah Bukeir Al-Saqqaf

This paper, as the title implies, deals with the fantastic elementsin of one of the greatest Fantasy works of George MacDonald. Fantasy and the fantastic contradicts reality in the sense thatit is opposite to the norms of our world.Thus, the paper investigates what Mendlesohn and James refer to as“the presence of the impossible and the unexplainable”(3). that are present in MacDonald’s Phantastesdue to its great impact on fantasy in the modern sense of the genre. The Researcher uses analytical approach based on close observation and investigation of the fantastic elements in the novel to reach to broad identity of the fantastic. The paper is divided into three parts. The first partprovides an idea about Fantasy and Fantastic elements. The second discusses and summarizes the novel, the third part is the most important one because itpresents all the fantastic that appeared in the novel. The last part is the conclusion. The paper concludes that MacDonald made a brilliant use of a complicated fantasy. created fantastic world with layers of smaller worlds within, diverse unexpected forms of fantastic creatures like evil spirits in natural forms, magical animals, goblins, giants, and fairies. He presented multitudes of characters and finally heavy use of objects or aspects but dressed them magical outfits. For instance, singing has the power to bring people alive, to free people and find them,sea changes it quality to be theatre-like. they are time transparent, and food is magical that not only satisfies hunger but magically broaden senses and sharpens intellect. In short, it highlights George MacDonald creativity, sorts out Phantastesrichness in Fantastic and highlights its importance in Fantasy genres.

13990-13997

Authors: Nalini Patil & Uttara Deolankar

Relation of self-instructional material (SIM) and distance education begins with a consideration of the concept of ‘learning through distance mode of education’. Distance education is defined as learning which is implemented with a geographical separation between the teachers and the students. Self-instructional material is described as a learning material given to distance learners so that they can grasp the concepts without the presence of the teacher. Self-instructional materials are given to adult students who are especially interested in learning that arises from the roles they play as they pass through the stages of human development (i.e., parent, consumer, employee, citizen). The teachers teaching through the face to face mode are experts in teaching the subject content through face to face mode. If the same content has to be taught through the distance mode of education then the subject content has to transform to self-instructional material. Hence this paper discusses the creation of self-instructional material and the implications which follow for newer avenues in strengthening the teaching profession.

14005-14018

Authors: Jay Shankar Sharma & Ms. Laxmi

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War Two. But the pandemic is not just a health crisis. It's also an unprecedented socio-economic crisis. Stressing every one of the countries it touches; it has the potential to create devastating social, economic and political effects that will leave deep and longstanding scars. Every day, people are losing jobs and income, with no way of knowing when normality will return. (1) The COVID-19 pandemic has constrained organisation all over the world to move to remote working. This move is making extraordinary and unanticipated administrative challenges identified with employees prosperity, profitability and coordinated effort. How associations react to the test of acclimating to remote working will have huge effect for the time being – and an enduring effect on the future of work. In the present study an attempt is made by researcher to investigate the perception and experiences of the employers during lockdowns because of shift to remote working that is work from home (WFH) due to Covid 19 pandemic and draw conclusions from it. For this purpose a survey has been conducted by designing and circulating an online questionnaire.

14027-14034

Authors: Ms. Nirupama Tete

The Tribal population constitute about 8.2 percent of the population of India .According to 2001 census the population of scheduled tribes has increased to 84.3 million from 67.8 million in 1991.With Odisha scheduled tribes of 62 tribes accounts for 22.21percnt of Odisha population. However in spite of various efforts of the government of India Odisha is lagging behind various socioeconomic factors. As a result a major number of the tribal communities suffer from various health conditions especially those who are vulnerable or backward social group live in remote hilly and forest or desert area where there is less access to education, portable water, lack of personal hygiene and sanitation making them more vulnerable to disease. They still depend upon the old traditional methods of health treatment rather practicing the modern medical health care services .The main objective of this paper is to analyse the status of child health and it makes a comparative trend analysis of the change in tribal health status in comparison to other social groups by using different rounds of NFHS data with the other communities.

14042-14048

Authors: Maya Shankar Yadav

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14057-14072

Authors: Nidhi Shanker

na

12961-12976

Authors: O. E. Taiwo

Solid waste management challenges facing the cities of Johannesburg and Lagos are real; where residents hardly bother about issues pertaining to environmental care. As landfills reach their capacity, composting has become an increasingly viable means of organic waste management. The paper identified environmental and economic benefits of composting. Through the review of quantitative data, the composition of municipal solid waste arising from the two cities was obtained in order to ascertain the potential for composting organic waste fraction of the waste stream. The data showed that the organic fraction of the waste stream of Johannesburg and Lagos are 38% and 50% respectively. The aim of this paper is to examine composting as a sustainable waste reduction strategy in two developing cities in Africa namely, the cities of Johannesburg (South Africa) and Lagos (Nigeria) which have similar solid waste management problems. Recommendations were also made on the sustainability of composting in both cities.

13015-13021

Authors: Navnath Laxman Wayal

Literacy and sex ratio both are important parameters for the study of demographic, socio-cultural and economic status of any region. Literacy is a sensitive indicator of the cultural advancement of an area. It develops the personality and rationality of individuals, qualifies them to fulfill certain economic, political and cultural functions and, thereby, plays an active part in the socio-economic transformation of society. The sex composition is also an important demographic component of human development. It is the basic biological attributes of any demographic group. It can be expressed either in the form of a proportion of a particular sex in the population or as a ratio between the population of two sexes. The sex ratio represents the most radially recognizable components of the population. It is in advance and rising objective consequence with a growing emphasis on the regional planning and regional approach to the population policy. Information about the pattern of sex ratio helps to enlighten the employment and consumption pattern, social requirement of the peoples and perhaps the psychological characteristics of a society. Besides, the ratio can reflect the social, economic, biological and migration characteristics of the population. According to a census of India, the general literacy rate in Maharashtra state and Ahmednagar District was 82.34 and 79.05 percent respectively in 2011. About 50.15 percent of the tribal population of Ahmednagar district recorded as literate in 2001, which have experienced an upward trend up to 56.18 percent in 2011. While the sex ratio of the tribal population is declining from 977 (2001) to 971 (2011) in the district. There is a wide variation in the spatial pattern of literacy and sex ratio in the district. In the present study, literacy and sex ratio are taken under consideration and further relation between literacy and sex ratio has to find out by applying Spearman’s Rank Correlation method.

13028-13031

Authors: Mahima Mishra

The root of Play-way method of joyful learning, when children enjoy several activities merged with happiness, curiosity and satisfaction. This idiom was first introduced by H. Caldwell Cook. A German educator, Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel, is well known as the father of Kindergarten concept. The concept of play-way learning is used by him in his integration school and turn out to be very popular

13042-13048

Authors: Ms. Musharraf Jahan

The Vocational education and training are essential mechanism of any strategy to improve the condition of women. Skill is the bridge between job and workforce. Women often have different training needs than men, since they are more likely to work as contributing family workers, subsistence farmers, home based micro entrepreneurs, or low paid seasonal labourers, in addition to handling their domestic work and care responsibilities. Skills development is a key to improving household productivity, employability and income earning opportunities for women and also for enhancing sustainable rural development and livelihoods. Skill development is important because of its contribution to enhance productivity at the individual, industry and also national levels because of the complementaritiesthat exist between physical capital and human capital on the one hand and between technology and human capital on the other. This research paper deals with skill development for empowering women through analyzing the several governments’ schemes such as vocational training through PM KausalVikasYojna, National Skills Development Programmes and number of initiatives in the field of skill development and employment concerning women empowerment.

13058-13064

Authors: Mohammad Saheel Khan

Our entire education system is centered on examinations. In the present Evaluation system we conduct the examination and give marks and ranks to students. Student’s knowledge is often limited to memorization and reproducing the same in the examinations. Each student has its own innate talents which are not recognized; instead their capability in writing examination is being tested. It is restricted to only by – rote memory. The present day examinations are only testing the memory power of the students. The examination should be designed in such way that they should measure the higher order skills of learning, like analysis synthesis and problem solving. The examinations are mechanical in nature so it is a work of correcting and posting of the marks routinely. There is no scope for diagnostic and remedial teaching. This type of testing is not able to know how far a student is lagging behind. These Examinations are not helping the teacher in assessing the all-round development of the student. The all round development means to develop cocurricular, social, personal qualities and health status. It is also not helping in testing their level of competency. However, in constructive teaching, the process of gaining knowledge is viewed as being just as important as the product. Thus, assessment as per constructivism is based not only on tests, but also on observation of the student, the student’s work, and the student’s points of view. Portfolio assessment is one of the best methods of evaluation which is very popular forms of performance evaluation. The teachers will use it for understanding the learners learning ability and he will truly understand their students. The students are the products of significant instructional activity so the portfolios reflect contextualized learning and complex thinking skills. The decisions for constructing items for portfolio should be based on the purpose of the portfolio. If we take a right decision for item construction so it will prevent for becoming simply a folder of student work. Portfolio exists to make sense of students’ work, to communicate about their work, and to relate the work to a larger context. They may be intended to motivate students, to promote learning though reflections and selfassessment, and to be used in evaluations of student’s thinking and writing process.

13070-13071

Authors: Soni Mishra & Manju

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13084-13088

Authors: Prof. Kailas R. Khonde

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13100-13111

Authors: Sudarshan Mishra & Subhashree Pattananaik

NCF-2005 says, "Each school should evolve a flexible and implementable scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), primarily for diagnosis, remediation and enhancing of learning" (p.115). Right to Education Act, 2009 in its section-29 (2), clause-h recommended for comprehensive and continuous evaluation of child's understanding of knowledge and his/her ability to apply the same. CCE scheme has already been implemented in our schools. However, whether the real aim of CCE is achieved or not needs to be studied. The investigators conducted a study on the perception of children about the practice of CCE at elementary stage in Odisha. Qualitative survey method was followed for the present study. Target population is restricted to all the elementary schools of four districts of Odisha: Balasore, Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Ganjam. Ten elementary schools were selected randomly from each district. In each school, one FGD with students was conducted. A total of forty FGDs were conducted with students. A guideline for focus group discussion with students was developed and used by the investigators. The data were analysed by using qualitative data analysis techniques. Findings and suggestions are given related to the study.

13125-13135

Authors: Eesha Vinayak Deshpande & Kishor L. Salve

Maharashtra, a state in India, having residents of almost all prominent religions like Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism respectively, has a heterogenous composition of religious centres. Religious tourism is the most popular form of tourism in India. Since the religious practices and visits to various religious centres are rapidly gaining popularity, studying the expectations of the devotees from such religious tourism centres would prove to be salubrious to the management of such centres as well as to the visitors. There is a need to bridge the gap between the expectation of facilities by the visitors and the provision of such facilities from the management’s side. This paper is an attempt to understand the expectation of the facilities by the visitors to the various religious tourism centres. This will help to understand the need for further infrastructural development as well as other facilities offered by such centres.

13163-13175

Authors: Subhash Singh

India is next only to China and USA in student enrollment in the higher education sector. The higher education system in India has grown in a remarkable way, particularly in the post-independence period, to become one of the largest system of its kind in the world. However, the system has many issues of concern at present, like Issues of Governance, Access and Equity, Professional Ethics and Value Education, Evaluation and Assessment Systems, Sustaining Quality, ICT initiatives, Promoting Research, Convergence, Skill Development, Enhancing Employability, and others. These issues are important for the country, as it is now engaged in the use of higher education as a powerful tool to build a knowledge-based information society of the 21st Century. Recognizing the above and the basic fact, which the Universities have to perform multiple roles, like creating new knowledge, acquiring new capabilities and producing an intelligent human resource pool, through challenging teaching, research and extension activities so as to balance both the need and the demand. Higher education is no longer a luxury. Higher education is essential for any nation for its social and economic development.

13181-13192

Authors: Sunil Kumar

This research paper is an attempt to study the two years D.El.Ed. training programme organized under the Directorate of Elementary Education in Himachal Pradesh . The sole responsibility to organize these training programme is of the District Institute of Education and Training in Himachal Pradesh as well as the privately managed colleges of teacher education. The study focused on the evaluation of two year D.El.Ed. programme in terms of need and relevance of the curriculum adapted for the preparation of the elementary teachers in the state. Researcher has also made an attempt to study the instructional methodologies adopted during the classroom interaction. All major components like use of ICT, skill development programme, school experience programme and strategies adopted during the evaluation and assessment of student teachers have been studied by the researcherin the course of the study. The major findings would make understandingof teacher- educators, policy makers and curriculum designer to think about the developmental progress in the teacher education policies.This paper would help the state authorities toreview the present system of preparation of elementary teachers and also empower the teacher educational institutions in state.The quality of education especially at primary level is continuously deteriorating day by day and is the major concern of every state of India. Quality of school education highly depends on quality of teacher education. Also new paradigm shifts in NCF-2005 and as desired in NCFTE-2009, there is a demand of quality teachers especially in elementary education where the role of a teacher is expected as facilitator, an expert of educational technology (ICT) and a leader in all the activities organized in school education.

13204-13222

Authors: Kalelkar Navita Prabhakar

The paper throws light on the settlement of the harlots in Triliṅga janapada during 15th century A.D. during the rule of the king Vema of the Reddi dynasty narrated in Vemabhūpālacaritam by Vāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa. It also depicts the behavioural pattern of harlots, their mothers and the procuresses.

13229-13241

Authors: Mugdha Sangelkar

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13253-13263

Authors: Mugdha P. Sangelkar

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13270-13279

Authors: M. Sambaiah

Investment banking is an important constituent of the financial market. As financial institutions, banks have an irreplaceable part in the functioning of the world’s economies. Together with fiscal documents and financial markets they constitute the fundaments of the financial system. The financial market is a complicated system of interconnected relations of particular segments of the market, and investment banking is one such part. Its existence makes it possible to shift the savings of financial resources from saving subjects to ones in deficit by means of mediatory activities, which is performed with the help of various kinds of financial instruments, which are called investment instruments. The mediatory function of investment banking is a basic feature which makes a distinction between investment and commercial banking. Investment banks are main mediators that place released resources (savings) into the stock market. As is well known from the inherent laws of economy, the role of investments is crucial for a healthy circulation and functioning of the state economy. Without them the steady economic growth would be impossible. Due to these reasons I decided to analyze investment banking: its development and economic context, as well as the legal basis of these institutions and their activities in Czech system of law. In this diploma thesis I analyze particular aspects of investment banking and at the same time I point attention to regulations that might lead to interpretation problems.

13280-13284

Authors: Saheb Ali H Niragudi

Competence is a great creator. It is the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. Competencies are the basic traits in every field. In bringing quality education, competency is one of the most influencing factors among others. The present study explores the various factors of competency and reviews of the study taken up on several issues viz., academic teaching competence, professional competence of a teacher, professional competencies for effective teaching-learning, influence on students’ achievement etc. So, the researcher assimilated all the above mentioned issues in the form of review paper. Nearly 10 studies were reviewed and analysed systematically. The main aim of the study is to highlight the factors influencing teacher competencies at higher education. In this regard the researcher tried to analyze the professional competencies of the University teachers they should have. Therefore it is to suggest that improvements should be made from the initial stages only. It is to summarize that the quality of teachers and teaching are the most important factors for student outcomes.

13290-13295

Authors: Rutuparna Mohanty

Ratnagiri, the Hill of Jewels is one of the famous Buddhist establishments in India. It is situated in Bari block of modern Jajpur district in Odisha. This monastery like Nalanda, Takshashila and Vikramshila Mahavihara of ancient India disseminated spiritual knowledge of Buddist philosophy and culture. This site is regarded as a segment of Diamond Triangle comprised of Ratnagiri, Udayagiri and Lalitgiri of Odisha. Manmohan Chakravartti discovered this site in 1906. Many scholars, historians, Buddhist philosophers and monks visited this site. In 1958 Prof. Devala Mitra started exploring this centre undertaking excavations in three successive phases (1958-1961). From the excavations it is clear that this site was a Mahayana Bhuddhist centre. Lama Taranath states that Buddhapaksha, the last Gupta king built this Mahavihara. Eminent Acharya Pito was a yoga teacher here. In 7th century Hiuen Tsang visited Odra (Wucha). He says that many Mahayana Buddhist centres were there in Odisha and majority people followed this religion. In 8th century Bhaumakara rulers of Odisha patronized Mahayana Buddhism. During their reign this Mahavihara flourished to its zenith. By 9th century Mahayana Buddhism being influenced by Hinduism converted to Tantric Buddhism; Bajrayana. Ratnagiri became the main centre of Bajrayana till 12th century. Due to rapid growth of Vaisnavism under the Ganga rulers of Odisha, Buddhism gradually declined. Suryavanshi king Pratapdeva tried to root out this faith from Odisha. As a result this religion lost its ground and the popularity of Ratnagiri faded.

13302-13308

Authors: Namesh Kumar Kharwal

The student in question will be able to improve his performance gradually with time. Parents can appoint mentors who will be able to give personalized and individualized attention. Proper guidance and regular practice will turn the conditions in the favor of the student. Together you can help your children overcome their fears and make them confident about the subject. The biggest challenge for any teacher is to seek each student’s attention and conveying ideas effectively that create a lasting impression. As a teacher, to tackle this challenge effectively, you should implement innovative ideas that make the classroom experiences much more enjoyable for your students. So here are different innovative ideas that will help you rejuvenate your teaching methods and make your teaching more interesting.

13320-13326

Authors: Sonakambale Chetana Pralhad & Deepak Sanjure

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13341-13344

Authors: Kaluram Nathu Bhise

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13352-13366

Authors: R. K. Singh

Companies worldwide are trying to implement green supply chain management practices at various levels of their supply chains. “The word green is fast catching among companies and success today is being evaluated on this vibrant word green.” The success of any industry depends largely upon its supply chain management (SCM). Hence Industries/Corporate have started focusing on greening all the phases of their supply chain (Vijayvargy and Agarwal, 2014). Min & Galle (2001) found that green supply chains are lean supply chains with minimal or zero waste. In recent times, SCM is focusing in two important aspects; one its impact on natural environment and second on the generation of environment performance changes. This process is triggered by multiple factors such as increasing awareness about environmental deterioration, increasing legislations and pressures from the government to comply with regulatory requirements, etc. GSCM is a good way to balance the environment, profitability and social benefits (Carter and Narasimhan, 2000; Govindan et al., 2013). GSCM, which has already been mature in some European, Japanese, Chinese and American countries, is still a new concept in India. The objective of study is to analyse the current adoption level of green practices by industries in their processes and to assess their impact on organizational performance such as environmental, financial and operational performance in developing countries. The research shows that there is significant positive relationship between Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices and organizational performances which induces the study to develop GSCM practices model for Indian industry. The research is conducted by a conceptual model for GSCM practices which includes internal environmental management, green designing, green purchasing, customer cooperation for environmental and investment recovery.

13379-13388

Authors: Taksha Shambharkar

Educational technology plays a very important role in every aspect of education. Technology is very efficient medium of instruction. This particular research focused on the use of smart boards for teaching science at primary level students. In order to observe the effect of impact of E-learning with smart boards on achievements in science on primary school students, researcher used smart board for teaching science to experimental group. It was seen that smart boards are comparatively effective than traditional method of teaching of science. The researcher has selected this topic as it is the demand of the present situation. As we all know most of the schools have already started using these smart boards. Parents also want their children to be studying in such schools where these kind of latest educational implements are being used. Students also enjoy the new learning experience especially the ones in primary school. But does the use of these implements really have an impact on the overall development of the students especially on their achievements at the primary school level is to be studied. This research will surely help in deciding the latest trends in technology like smart boards be utilized for better learning outcomes in primary level students.

13401-13407

Authors: Bhure Prashant

Smart materials are those that change one or more of their properties (shape, color, size, etc.) when subjected to an external change in environment. These materials possess adaptive capabilities and perform better than ordinary, dumb materials. They are considered smart because their in-built sensing and actuation capability. Modern products increasingly use them. There are many products on them out of which this paper provides details of „polymers‟.