Vol 109, No 6 (2015)

Table of Contents

Vol 109, No 6 (2015)

In this Issue

In this Issue
Somendra Singh Kharola
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1006-1006 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1006-1006
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Guest Editorial

Academic Phantoms
R. Ramaswamy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1007-1008 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1007-1008
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Correspondence

Teaching Taxonomy
B. Mallik, S. Ramani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1009-1009 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1009-1009
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Ph D Thesis Title
Subir Bandyopadhyay, Avishek Bhattacharjee
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1009-1009 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1009-1009
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Animal Dissection: to be or not to Be?
Ananta Dnyanoba Harkal, Satish S. Mokashe
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1010-1010 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1010-1010
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Popularization of Manilkara hexandra (Khirni) - an Endangered Underutilized Fruit Tree for Conservation and Utilization
A. Keerthika, A. K. Shukla, Vikas Khandelwal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1010-1011 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1010-1011
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Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. (Asteraceae) - an Eco-Friendly Natural Hair Dye
Sayantan Tripathi, Amal Kumar Mondal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1011-1012 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1011-1012
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Tribute to Two Departed Leaders
P. J. Lavakare
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1012-1012 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1012-1012
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News

Policy Watch: Pollution Versus Health
Chiradeep Sarkar, Taoyuan Wei, Jaimini Sarkar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1013-1014 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1013-1014
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World Environment Day 2015
Debosree Ghosh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1015-1015 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1015-1015
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The Black-Spotted Yellow Shoot-and-Fruit Borer, Conogethes Spp. (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) - a Global Perspective
A. K. Chakravarthy, Vasudev Kammar, D. Lokeshwari, A. T. Rani, T. Nagaraj, V. Varun Rajan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1016-1018 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1016-1018
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Opinion

Making a Case for Estimating Environmental Flow under Climate Change
C. T. Dhanya, Arun Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1019-1020 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1019-1020
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Commentary

What will it take for Indian Science, Technology and Innovation to Make Global Impact?
R. A. Mashelkar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1021-1024 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1021-1024
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The Science of Inequality and the Inequality of Science
Sumit Bhaduri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1024-1026 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1024-1026
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Scientific Correspondance

Rediscovery of Presumed Extinct Impatiens Concinna Hook. F. (Balsaminaceae) from the Western Ghats
K. M. Prabhukumar, P. E. Sreejith, M. G. Prasad, A. Kabeer, I. Balachandran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1027-1028 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1027-1028
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Snowflake Coral, Carijoa riisei from Grand Island, Goa: a Case of Invasion of an Alien Species or Re-establishment of a Native Species?
Shesdev Patro, P. Krishnan, M. Gopi, S. Raja, C. R. Sreeraj, Purvaja Ramachandran, R. Ramesh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1028-1030 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1028-1030
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Intrusion of Coral-Killing Sponge (Terpios hoshinota) on the Reef of Palk Bay
T. Thinesh, P. Arul Jose, Saqib Hassan, K. Muthamizh Selvan, J. Selvin
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1030-1032 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1030-1032
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General Article

Establishing a national fungal genetic resource to build a major cog for the bioeconomy
T. S. Suryanarayanan, Venkat Gopalan, Dinkar Sahal, Kaustuv Sanyal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1033-1037 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1033-1037
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Factors that influence the behaviour of consumers of smartphone services in multinational companies
T. Roman, S. Vasilache, E. Maxim, A. Manolica
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1038-1046 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1038-1046
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Special Section: Mars Orbiter Mission

Preface
S. Seetha, S. K. Satheesh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1047-1048 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1047-1048
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Foreword
A. S. Kiran Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1049-1049 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1049-1049
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Concept Design and Planning of India's First Interplanetary Mission
V. Adimurthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1050-1054 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1050-1054
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PSLV-C25: the vehicle that launched the Indian Mars Orbiter
M. Vishnu Nampoothiri, L. Sowmianarayanan, B. Jayakumar, P. Kunhikrishnan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1055-1060 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1055-1060
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Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft and its challenges
S. Arunan, R. Satish
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1061-1069 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1061-1069
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Mission Automation and Autonomy for the Mars Orbiter Mission
Ritu Karidhal, Nandini Harinath, P. Robert, V. Kesavaraju
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1070-1075 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1070-1075
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Mars Colour Camera: the payload characterization/calibration and data analysis from Earth imaging phase
A. S. Arya, S. S. Sarkar, A. R. Srinivas, S. Manthira Moorthi, Vishnukumar D. Patel, Rimjhim B. Singh, R. P. Rajasekhar, Sampa Roy, Indranil Misra, Sukamal Kr. Paul, Dhrupesh Shah, Kamlesh Patel, Rajdeep K. Gambhir, U. S. H. Rao, Amul Patel, Jalshri Desai, Rahul Dev, Ajay K. Prashar, Hiren Rambhia, Ranjan Parnami, Harish Seth, K. R. Murali, Rishi Kaushik, Deepak Patidar, Nilesh Soni, Prakash Chauhan, D. R. M. Samudraiah, A. S. Kiran Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1076-1086 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1076-1086
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Methane Sensor for Mars
Kurian Mathew, S. S. Sarkar, A. R. Srinivas, Moumita Dutta, Minal x Minal Rohit, Harish Seth, Rajiv Kumaran, Kshitij Pandya, Ankush Kumar, Jitendra Sharma, Jalshri Desai, Amul Patel, Vishnu Patel, Piyush Shukla, S. Manthira Moorthi, Aravind K. Singh, Ashutosh Gupta, Jaya Rathi, P. Narayana Babu, Saji A. Kuriakose, D. R. M. Samudraiah, A. S. Kiran Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1087-1096 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1087-1096
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Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer for Mars Orbiter Mission
R. P. Singh, Somya S. Sarkar, Manoj Kumar, Anish Saxena, U. S. H. Rao, Arun Bhardwaj, Jalshri Desai, Jitendra Sharma, Amul Patel, Yogesh Shinde, Hemant Arora, A. R. Srinivas, Jaya Rathi, Hitesh Patel, Meenakshi Sarkar, Arpita Gajaria, S. Manthira Moorthi, Mehul R. Pandya, Ashwin Gujrati, Prakash Chauhan, Kuriakose A. Saji, D. R. M. Samudraiah, A. S. Kiran Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1097-1105 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1097-1105
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MENCA experiment aboard India’s Mars Orbiter Mission
Anil Bhardwaj, S. V. Mohankumar, Tirtha Pratim Das, P. Pradeepkumar, P. Sreelatha, B. Sundar, Amarnath Nandi, Dinakar Prasad Vajja, M. B. Dhanya, Neha Naik, G. Supriya, R. Satheesh Thampi, G. Padma Padmanabhan, Vipin K. Yadav, A. V. Aliyas
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1106-1113 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1106-1113
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Lyman Alpha Photometer: a far-ultraviolet sensor for the study of hydrogen isotope ratio in the Martian exosphere
Raja V. L. N. Sridhar, M. V. H. Rao, K. Kalyani, Anand Chandran, Monika Mahajan, J. D. P. V. Tayaramma, K. V. S. Bhaskar, K. B. Pramod, L. V. Prasad, A. S. Laxmiprasad, P. Chakraborty, J. A. Kamalakar, G. Nagendra Rao, M. Viswanathan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1114-1120 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1114-1120
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Review Article

Towards more individual-based and fitness-oriented captive mammal population management
Werner Kaumanns, Mewa Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1121-1129 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1121-1129
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Research Articles

River–human harmony model to evaluate the relationship between humans and water in river basin
Jinxin Zhang, Deshan Tang, Ijaz Ahmad, Mei Wang
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1130-1139 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1130-1139
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound excursions and K/Pg transition in the late Cretaceous–early Palaeogene succession of the Um Sohryngkew river section, Meghalaya
Sucharita Pal, J. P. Shrivastava, Sanjay K. Mukhopadhyay
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1140-1150 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1140-1150
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Research Communications

Shelf-Life Enhancement of Donor Blood by He-Ne Laser Biostimulation
Al-Khalid Isam Zuhaier, Kosa Mohammad, Sandhanasamy Devanesan, Mohamad Saleh AlSalhi, Saradh Prasad, Vadivel Masilamani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1151-1153 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1151-1153
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Spatio-temporal changes in temperature over India
Markand Oza, C. M. Kishtawal Kishtawal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1154-1158 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1154-1158
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Research performance evaluation of leading higher education institutions in Malaysia
Gangan Prathap, K. Ratnavelu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1159-1164 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1159-1164
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Effect of processing condition on the quality and beany flavour of soymilk
M. K. Tripathi, S. Mangaraj, Manoj Kumar, L. K. Sinha, S. K. Giri, N. Ali
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1164-1171 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1164-1171
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Agronomic fortification of rice and wheat grains with zinc for nutritional security
Hari Ram, V. S. Sohu, Ismail Cakmak, Kuldeep Singh, G. S. Buttar, G. P. S. Sodhi, H. S. Gill, Indoo Bhagat, Parminder Singh, S. S. Dhaliwal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1171-1176 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1171-1176
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Determining the recharging capacity of an injection well in a semi-confined alluvial aquifer
S. N. Dwivedi, R. R. Shukla, Rakesh Singh, S. K. Adhikari, K. A. Nambi, S. S. Purty, G. K. Roy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1177-1181 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1177-1181
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Living Legends in Indian Science

R. P. Bambah: Renowned Mathematician, Enthusiastic Teacher and an Able Administrator
R. J. Hans-Gill, Sudesh Kaur Khanduja
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1182-1185 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1182-1185
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Book Reviews

Indian Astronomy: Concepts and Procedures
B. S. Shylaja
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1186-1187 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1186-1187
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Genetically Engineered Crops in Developing Countries
S. Natesh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1187-1188 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1187-1188
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Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga
Darshan Shankar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v109/i6/1188-1190 ,  Vol 109, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1188-1190
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