In this issue
p. 1494

Supporting Science
p. 1495 | Balaram, P.

Ph D and quality control
p. 1497 | Singh, Gurpreet

Obscuranist criticism
p. 1497 | Chatterjee, Garga

Indian Science Congress Association and the VIPs
p. 1498 | Singh, Rajinder

Cost of developing and commercializing transgenic crops
p. 1499 | Bhatia, C. R.

Mathematics research in India
p. 1500 | Murthy, S. Narasimha

IMD's mode for forecasting monsoon in India
p. 1500 | Varkey, M. J.

Canadian Academy Fellowship for C. N. R. Rao
p. 1501

Nutrition is the key to health and nation's development
p. 1501 | Bamji, Mahtab S.; Bhat, Ramesh V.

Earth system processes related to Gujarat earthquake using space technology
p. 1503 | Singh, Ramesh P.; Malik, Javed N.

From the archives
p. 1506

Anammox - A novel microbial process for ammonium removal
p. 1507 | Shivaraman, N.; Shivaraman, Geetha

Random selections
p. 1509

Induced polyploidy Gossypium: A tool to overcome interspecific incompatibility of cultivated tetraploid and diploid cottons
p. 1510 | Mehetre, S. S.; Aher, A. R.; Gawande, V. L.; Patil, V. R.; Mokate, A. S.

Utilization of pericarp of Citrus sinensis oil for the development of natural antifungal against nail infection
p. 1512 | Patra, Mamta; Shahi, Sushil K.; Dikshit, Anupam

Identification, distribution and conservation of Phyllanthus indofischeri, another source of Indian gooseberry
p. 1515 | Ganesan, R.

Enrichment of helium from hydrothermal gases
p. 1519 | Das, Nisith Kr.; Barat, P.; Sen, Prasanta; Sinha, Bikash

Irritable bowel syndrome: Challenges ahead
p. 1525 | Singh, R. K.; Pandey, H. P.; Singh, R. H.

Identification of new genes in human chromosome 3 contig 7 by graphical representation technique
p. 1534 | Ghosh, Subhagata; Roy, Amit; Adhya, Samit; Nandy, A.

Microbial bioconversion of metabolities from fermented succulent bamboo shoots into phytosterols
p. 1544 | Sarangthem, Kananbala; Singh, Th. Nabakumar

Association of a badnavirus in black pepper ( Piper nigrum L. ) transmitted by mealybug ( Ferrisia virgata ) in India
p. 1547 | Bhat, A. I.; Devasahayam, S.; Sarma, Y. R.; Pant, R. P.

Asymptotic models of species-area curve for measuring diversity of dry tropical forest tree species
p. 1555 | Sagar, R.; Raghubanshi, A. S.; Singh, J. S.

Halocarbon mineralization and catalytic destruction by metal nanoparticles
p. 1560 | Nair, A. Sreekumaran; Pradeep, T.

Association of vitamin D receptor gene variants of Bsm I, ApaI and FokI polymorphisms with susceptibility or resistance to pulmonary tuberculosis
p. 1564 | Selvaraj, P.; Chandra, G.; Kurian, Sunil Mathan; Reetha, A. M.; Narayanan, P. R.

Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators 2003 : Towards a Knowledge-based Economy
p. 1569 | Arunachalam, Subbiah

Name Reactions - A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms
p. 1570 | Maitra, Uday

Analysis of Sedimentary Successions - A Field Manual
p. 1570 | Singh, I. B.

Tectonics of Southern Granulite Terrain: Kuppam-Palani Geotransect. Memoir 50
p. 1571 | Rajendran, C. P.

D. Krishnamurti
p. 1573 | Vishwanathan, K. S.

A. B. Kulkarni
p. 1574 | Ambaye, Ramakrishna Y.

Bright career opportunities in R&D of medicinal and aromatic plants at CIMAP
p. 1575

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
p. 1576

Refresher Course on Earth Sciences
p. 1577

Banaras Hindu University
p. 1578

Institute of Microbial Technology Chandigarh, India
p. 1578

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005
p. 1579

Centre for Science and Environment
p. 1579

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
p. 1580