In this issue
p. 1175

Chemistry: In search of icons
p. 1177 | Balaram, P.

Decline in scientific publication in India: Is high energy physics an exception?
p. 1179 | Godbole, Rohini M.

Winds of change
p. 1180 | Rao, T. S. R. Prasada; Turaga, Uday T.

Academic standards in Indian universities
p. 1181 | Swarnkar, P. L.

Beyond the laboratory
p. 1182 | Biswal, Bibhuti Narayan

Schizophrenia brain research
p. 1183 | Rao, A. Venkoba

M. P. Government orders closure of Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme
p. 1183 | Joshi, Sushil

ICMR spurs public debate on infertility clinics
p. 1185 | Sen, Nirupa

ICMR Awards 2000
p. 1186 | Sen, Nirupa

New initiatives in organic chemistry research funding
p. 1187 | Brakaspathy, R.

K. R. Sreenivasan appointed Director, ICTP
p. 1188

Goverdhan Mehta named ICSU President-elect
p. 1188

Random selections
p. 1189

Does resistin resist insulin?
p. 1190 | Ehtesham, Nasreen Z.

From the archives
p. 1192

Determination of absolute hydrogen peroxide concentration by spectrophotometric method
p. 1193 | Banerjee, Dibyajyoti; Kumar, P. Amar; Kumar, Bharat; Madhusoodanan, U. K.; Nayak, Sudhakar; Jacob, Jose

In vitro flower induction in callus from a juvenile explant of sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum L., var. CoC 671
p. 1195 | Virupakshi, S.; Manjunatha, B. R.; Naik, G. R.

Design and development of the Scanning Force Microscope for imaging and force measurement with sub-nanonewton resolution
p. 1197 | Brar, L. K.; Paranjape, Mandar; Guha, Ayay; Raychaudhuri, A. K.

A halotype in the Himalaya
p. 1199 | Chhetri, Dhani Raj

S&T collaboration of India with other South Asian countries
p. 1201 | Gupta, B. M.; Munshi, Usha Mujoo; Mishra, P. K.

Marine mammal research in India - a review and critique of the methods
p. 1210 | Kumaran, Pl.

Vegetation mapping and characterization in West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India - a satellite remote sensing-based approach
p. 1221 | Singh, T. P.; Singh, S.; Roy, P. S.; Rao, B. S. P.

Quantum and classical propagation of a Gaussian ensemble: Two examples
p. 1231 | Das, S. K.; Sengupta, S.

Retrieval of aerosol parameters using IRS P4 OCM data over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal
p. 1235 | Dey, Sagnik; Singh, Ramesh P.

New chemical shift signatures of bound calcium in EF-hand proteins
p. 1240 | Atreya, H. S.; Chary, K. V. R.

Why are mangroves degrading?
p. 1246 | Kathiresan, K.

Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of the ribosomal protein S19 from amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtaunese
p. 1249 | Liu, M.; Zhang, S.; Liu, Z.; Yuan, J.; Xu, A.

Osmium isotopic compositions in Ganga river sediments
p. 1253 | Chakrapani, G. J.; Gaillardet, J.; Dupre, B.; Allegre, C. J.

Middle Eocene prosimian primate from the Subathu Group of Kalakot, northwestern Himalaya, India
p. 1255 | Kumar, Kishor; Hamrick, Mark W.; Thewissen, J. G. M.

Implications of novel results about Moho from magnetotelluric studies
p. 1259 | ., Shalivahan; Bhattacharya, Bimalendu B.

The World Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability
p. 1265 | Kishore, V. V. N.; Ranganathan, Malini

Neutron Scattering with a Triple-Axis Spectrometer
p. 1266 | Krishna, Radha

Tourism, Biodiversity and Information
p. 1266 | Daniels, R. J. Ranjit; Vencatesan, Jayshree

Biophysics
p. 1267 | Sahal, Dinkar

Liquid Membrane Phenomena: Biological Implications
p. 1270 | Chattoraj, D. K.

Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus
p. 1270 | Jameel, Shahid

A New Kind of Science
p. 1271 | Narasimha, Roddam

WOMEN SCIENTISTS SCHEME
p. 1274

Indian Council of Medical Research
p. 1278

Centre for Sponsored Schemes and Projects Indian Institute of Science
p. 1279

Department of Science and Technology (Science and Engineering Research Council) Special Promotional Initiative in Organic Chemistry
p. 1280

MACS-Agharkar Research Institute
p. 1281

DST sponsored Contact Programme Applications of Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) in Structural Geology/Tectonic Investigations
p. 1282

Call for proposals for Instrumentation Development Programme (IDP)
p. 1283

Conservation Biology Course at Eastern Himalayan Region from 21 January-4 February 2003
p. 1284

SERC School On Precision Spectroscopy of Atoms, Molecules and Bose Condensates
p. 1285

Department of Geology
p. 1286

INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY (ICMR) MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE CAMPUS
p. 1286

SPIC SCIENCE FOUNDATION
p. 1287

ORISSA BIGYAN ACADEMY
p. 1287