CONTENTS
Editors’ Page
Lead Articles/Overviews of New Developments
Present status and the application of statistical tools in marine microbial biodiversity
Surajit Das, P.S.Lyla and S. Ajmal Khan…147
Science & Technology Development and Policy Issue
Biobriquette:A better option for controlling forest fires
V. K Purohit, D. S. Bisht, Mukesh Joshi and D. S. Rawat… 159
Fifty years of nuclear physics in India
P. C. Sood, F.N.A.Sc…. 163
On providing congenial work environment to our budding scientists
Suresh C. Gupta, F.N. A. Sc…. 179
Short Research Communications
Conservation of soil microbial diversity associated with two hot spring sites in Uttaranchal Himalaya
Pankaj Trivedi, Bhavesh Kumar and Anita Pandey … 185
Titrimetric and spectrophotometric assay methods for ciprofloxacin in pharmaceuticals based on neutralization reaction
K Basavaiah and P. Nagegowda … 189
The mass of the electron in Shubnikov-de Haas effect: Spin-charge locking
Keshav N. Shrivastava, F.N.A.Sc…. 195
Photo-voltaic studies on hydrogenated Pd-Si (n) diodes
Deepti Tripathi… 201
Sensitive analysis of electroencephalography signals to human facial expressions
Vrushsen Pawar, S. C. Mehrotra, F.N.A.Sc. and Arun Marwale… 207
Paleoceanographic significance of Early Miocene deep sea benthic foraminifera at the Wombat Plateau, eastern Indian Ocean
Abhayanand Singh Maurya and Ajai Kumar Rai… 213
Academy News
A Report on the Celebration of National Technology Day and Symposium on ‘Advancements and Scope in Biotechnology’
…. 221
A Report on the Summer School 2006
… 222
List of the scientists selected for the Membership (Physical Sciences) of
The National Academy of Sciences, India, in the year 2006
… 225
List of the scientists selected for the Membership (Biological Sciences) of
The National Academy of Sciences, India, in the year 2006
… 226
Change in Address/Designation of the Fellows/Members of the Academy
… 228
Chapter -Activities
… 229
Awards/Honours
… 230
Call for nominations-INSA medal for young Scientist – 2007
… 231