In this issue
p. 1412

The two faces of simulation
p. 1413 | Balaram, P.

Lack of motivated students in science
p. 1415 | Raghunath, M. R.

Research non-guides
p. 1415 | Rao, Chandu Subba

Hazardous waste dumping in India by developed countries should be discouraged
p. 1415 | Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy; Hsu, Minna J.

Need for evolving a methodology to measure groundwater discharge to the ocean to address coastal ecological problems
p. 1417 | Reddy, P. R.

Netravali and Rao bag the highest award in science and technology in USA
p. 1417

A neglected disease - Lymphatic filariasis now targeted for elimination in India
p. 1418 | Sen, Nirupa

Random selections
p. 1419

Interview with C. P. Thakur, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
p. 1420 | Sen, Nirupa

Radon and helium monitoring in some thermal springs of North India and Bhutan
p. 1423 | Virk, H. S.; Sharma, A. K.; Sharma, Navjeet

Comparative studies on growth patterns and metabolic status of aflatoxin-producing and non-producing strains of Aspergillus flavus
p. 1425 | Singh, Ishwar; Singh, Ved Pal

Green chemistry in Indian context - Challenges, mandates and chances of success
p. 1427 | Bora, Upasana; Chaudhuri, Mihir K.; Dehury, Sanjay K.

Plantations as a tool for mine spoil restoration
p. 1436 | Singh, A. N.; Raghubanshi, A. S.; Singh, J. S.

Determination of thermodynamic parameters of antigen-antibody interaction from real-time kinetic studies
p. 1442 | Selvi, P. Tamil; Ashish, Banerjee; Murthy, G. S.

Anomalous fluorescence in supercooled organic liquids: Correlation with glass/phase transition
p. 1449 | Kishore, V. V. N. Ravi; Periasamy, N.

Functional recombinant antibodies against human chorionic gonadotropin expressed in plants
p. 1452 | Kathuria, S. R.; Nath, R.; Pal, R.; Singh, O.; Fischer, R.; Lohiya, N. K.; Talwar, G. P.

Antagonism of Bacillus species (strain BC121) towards Curvularia lunata
p. 1457 | Basha, Saleem; Ulaganathan, Kandasamy

Genotyping of antifungal compounds producing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens
p. 1463 | Kumar, N. Ramesh; Arasu, V. Thirumalai; Gunasekaran, P.

Pollination ecology and fruiting behaviour in Acacia sinuata (Lour) Merr. (Mimosaceae), a valuable non-timber forest plant species
p. 1466 | Raju, A. J. Solomon; Rao, S. Purnachandra

Enhanced biological production off Chennai triggered by October 1999 super cyclone (Orissa)
p. 1472 | Madhu, N. V.; Maheswaran, P. A.; Jyothibabu, R.; Sunil, V.; Revichandran, C.; Balasubramanian, T.; Gopalakrishnan, T. C.; Nair, K. K. C.

Assessment of large-scale deforestation in Sonitpur district of Assam
p. 1479 | Srivastava, Shalini; Singh, T. P.; Singh, Harnam; Kushwaha, S. P. S.; Roy, P. S.

Pattern of yolk internalization by hatchlings is related to breeding timing in the garden lizard, Calotes versicolor
p. 1484 | Radder, Rajkumar S.; Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A.; Saidapur, Srinivas K.

Fractal dimension and b-value mapping in northeast India
p. 1486 | Bhattacharya, Pankaj Mala; Majumdar, R. K.; Kayal, J. R.

Jagadish Chandra Bose: The First Modern Scientist
p. 1492 | Bhattacharjee, S. K.

Rice Tungro Disease Epidemic - An Analysis
p. 1494 | Muralidharan, K.

Homogeneous Catalysis - Mechanism and Industrial Applications
p. 1494 | Samuelson, A. G.

Victor Frederik Weisskopf (1908-2002)
p. 1495 | Rao, K. R.

Institutional Members
p. 1498

Refresher Course in Immunology
p. 1500

Refresher Course in Reproductive Biology
p. 1501

Ministry of Science & Technology BOYSCAST Fellowship 2002-2003
p. 1502

CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ICAR)
p. 1507

Prof. G. M. Reddy Research Foundation
p. 1507

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
p. 1508