In this issue
p. 1378

An editor's pleasure
p. 1379 | Balaram, P.

Interlinking of rivers: A climatic viewpoint
p. 1381 | Gurjar, B. R.

Ph Ds and the development of a research culture in Indian universities
p. 1382 | Karuppayil, S. Mohan

On behalf of the resident Indians
p. 1383 | Murukesapillai, K.

More on IITs
p. 1383 | Bose, D. N.

Teaching vs research in Indian universities
p. 1384 | Venkatesha, M. G.

Viviparity in reptiles
p. 1385 | Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A.

Contract teaching: Is permanence the cause of academic woes?
p. 1385 | John, S.

Celebrating the double helix
p. 1386 | Sen, Nirupa

MHD seismology of the solar corona
p. 1388 | Dwivedi, B. N.; Mohan, A.; Pandey, V. S.

Linking of major rivers of India---bane or boon?
p. 1390 | Radhakrishna, B. P.

From the archives
p. 1395

Random selections
p. 1396

Foliar application of Photorhabdus luminescens, symbiotic bacteria from entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis indica, to kill cabbage butterfly Pieris brassicae
p. 1397 | Mohan, Sharad; Raman, Rajagopal; Gaur, H. S.

Microbial contamination of various water sources in Delhi
p. 1398 | Sharma, Sachin; Singh, I.; Virdi, J. S.

A potential Aspergillus species for biodegradation of polymeric materials
p. 1399 | Upreti, M. C.; Srivastava, R. B.

Possible amelioration of hyperthyroidism by the leaf extract of Annona squamosa
p. 1402 | Panda, Sunanda; Kar, Anand

Indian plan for satellite-based navigation systems for civil aviation
p. 1405 | Kibe, S. V.

A coordination chemist's view of the active sites of mononuclear molybdenum enzymes
p. 1412 | Basu, Partha; Stolz, John F.; Smith, Michael T.

Thermoluminescence from spinach leaf without excitation by any radiation or external stimuli: Stimulatory role of thermal fluctuations
p. 1419 | Bhattacharjee, S. K.

Geoid generation and subsurface structure delineation under the Bay of Bengal, India using satellite altimeter data
p. 1428 | Rajesh, S.; Majumdar, T. J.

Self-assembled growth of calcite particles on a tobacco film
p. 1437 | Sinha, Arvind; Chakraborty, Jui; Das, Swapan Kumar; Ramachandrarao, P.

SPOT VEGETATION multi temporal data for classifying vegetation in south central Asia
p. 1440 | Agrawal, Shefali; Joshi, P. K.; Shukla, Yogita; Roy, P. S.

Effect of disturbance on the regeneration of four dominant and economically important woody species in a broad-leaved subtropical humid forest of Meghalaya, northeast India
p. 1449 | Mishra, B. P.; Tripathi, R. S.; Tripathi, O. P.; Pandey, H. N.

Age of the Karakoram fault activation: 40Ar-- 39Ar geochronological study of Shyok suture zone in northern Ladakh, India
p. 1454 | Bhutani, Rajneesh; Pande, Kanchan; Desai, Nikhil

Azadirachtin use efficiency in commercial neem formulations
p. 1459 | Kumar, A. R. V.; Jayadevi, H. C.; Ashoka, H. J.; Chandrashekara, K.

Ropalidia marginata -- a primitively eusocial wasp society headed by behaviourally non-dominant queens
p. 1464 | Sumana, A.; Gadagkar, Raghavendra

Studies on the reproductive behaviour of the common catopra, Pristolepis marginata Jerdon (Nandidae--Perciformes) under captive conditions
p. 1468 | Mercy, T. V. Anna; Jacob, Eapen; Thomas, Raju K.

S. N. Bose -- The Immortal Scientist. C. V. Raman -- The Scientist Extraordinary. Meghnad Saha -- Scientist with a Social Mission
p. 1474 | Bhattacharya, S. K.

Megadiversity Conservation: Flora, Fauna and Medicinal Plants of India's Hotspots
p. 1475 | Daniels, R. J. Ranjit

Arbuscular Mycorrhizae: Interactions in plants, rhizosphere and soils
p. 1476 | Bagyaraj, D. J.

M. R. Das
p. 1477 | Pande, Gopal

Indo-South African Programme of Cooperation
p. 1478

JSPS Ronpaku Programme
p. 1480

Refresher Course on Physics: The Atmosphere and the Ocean
p. 1482

Refresher Course: Experimental Physics
p. 1483

Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
p. 1484

CFTRI, Mysore
p. 1485

NEERI Award: 2002
p. 1486

IACS, Kolkata
p. 1486

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
p. 1487

IIT, Roorkee
p. 1487

Project Directorate on Poultry, Hyderabad
p. 1487