1996 RAMAMURTHY, Valangiman Subramanian (b. 1942) PhD,FNA,FASc,FNAE,FTWAS, Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore – 560012; Res. Apartment No.S1(Second Floor), SLC EUPHORIA, Lottegollahalli, RMV 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 560094; Tel: (080) 22185127(O), 23515920(R), 09900002178(M); Email: ; ; Sp. Inter-disciplinary Approaches to Science, Technology andSociety, S&T Communication, Managing Public Perceptions andPublic Acceptance of Public Risk with Specific Reference to