In this issue
p. 0004

The Birth of the Indian Institute of Science
p. 0005 | Balaram, P.

Impact of Indian Journal is escalating
p. 0007 | Jain, N. C.

Tissue culture technology and transgenic biology - A boon or bane?
p. 0007 | Tripathi, Mayank

Forest destruction in Eastern Himalayas
p. 0008 | Agarwal, Anil; Srivastava, Gaurav

Equitable sharing of benefits from marine genetic resources
p. 0008 | Qanungo, Kushal

Kolleru regains its grandeur
p. 0009 | Pattanaik, Chiranjibi; Prasad, S. Narendra; Nagabhatla, Nidhi; Finlayson, C. M

Distribution and status of the endangered Nilgiri tahr
p. 0010 | Daniels, R. J. Ranjit; Easa, P. S.; Alembath, Mohan

The next good meal
p. 0012 | Vencatesan, Jayashree

Genetically modified seeds
p. 0013 | De, Minakshi

Coastal problems and mitigation measures including the effects of tsunami
p. 0014 | Jayappa, K. S.

Small molecule natural product from a fungus induces thermotolerance in plants
p. 0016 | Maheshwari, Ramesh

Revitalizing India's farm science institutions
p. 0017 | Abrol, I. P.; Chopra, V. L

Quantitative vs qualitative: Which side of the fence?
p. 0020 | Rajendran, C. P.

Nano-agrobiotechnology: A step towards food security
p. 0022 | Datta, P. S.

Codon adaptation index analysis of RNA genome plant viruses
p. 0024 | Kadam, U. S; Ghosh, S.B

Antibacterial principles from the bark of Terminalia arjuna
p. 0027 | Singh, D. V; Gupta, M. M.; Kumar, T. R. Santha; Saikia, Dharmendra; Khanuja, S. P. S.

Indian Ocean dipole mode and tropical cyclone frequency
p. 0029 | Singh, O. P

'Orange sand' - A geological solution for arsenic pollution in Bengal delta
p. 0031 | Pal, Taraknath; Mukherjee, Pradip Kumar

International flow of students - An analysis related to China and India
p. 0034 | Kumar, Naresh

Use of cost-effective construction technologies in India to mitigate climate change
p. 0038 | Sengupta, Nilanjan

Stilbenes with tyrosinase inhibitory activity
p. 0044 | Likhitwitayawuid, Kittisak

Assessment of carbon dioxide sequestration potential of ultramafic rocks in the greenstone belts of southern India
p. 0053 | Mani, Devleena; Charan, S. Nirmal; Kumar, B.

Damage forecast for masonry infilled reinforced concrete framed buildings subjected to earthquakes in India
p. 0061 | Hashmi, Arshad K.; Madan, Alok

Microscopic evaluation of coal and coke for metallurgical usage
p. 0074 | Choudhury, Nandita; Mohanty, Debadutta; Boral, Prabal; Kumar, Saroj; Hazra, Sushanta K.

Effect of increasing temperature on yield of some winter crops in northwest India
p. 0082 | Kalra, Naveen; Chakraborty, D.; Sharma, Anil; Rai, H. K.; Jolly, Monica; Chander, Subhash; Kumar, P. Ramesh; Bhadraray, S.; Barman, D.; Mittal, R. B; Lal, Mohan; Sehgal, Mukesh

PTC-1: A homologue of TFL1/CEN involved in the control of shoot architecture in Beta palonga
p. 0089 | Datta, Siraj; Basu, Debabrata; Mukherjee, Kalyan Kumar

Incorporating heuristics for efficient search space pruning in frequent itemset mining strategies
p. 0097 | Kalpana, B.; Nadarajan, R.

Solar photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from hydrogen sulphide using CdS-based photocatalysts
p. 0102 | Priya, R.; Kanmani, S.

A quantitative study on the chemical composition of renal stones and their fluoride content from Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
p. 0104 | Sathish, R. Sai; Ranjit, B.; Ganesh, K. M.; Rao, G. Nageswara; Janardhana, C.

Diversity of nifH gene amplified from rhizosphere soil DNA
p. 0109 | Sarita, S.; Priefer, U. B.; Prell, J.; Sharma, P. K.

Isolation and fusion of protoplasts in Vanilla species
p. 0115 | Pillai, Geetha S.; Babu, K. Nirmal; Peter, K. V.; Divakaran, Minoo

Computer simulation studies on Delhi Iron Pillar: Estimation of weight
p. 0120 | Kulkarni, A. P.; Deshpande, P. P.

Berthierine-rich ooidal ironstone from the Late Palaeocene-Middle Eocene Subathu Formation, Dogadda area, NW Himalaya and its stratigraphic significance
p. 0123 | Siddaiah, N. Siva

Annual Review of Public Health, 2007
p. 0128 | Vaz, Mario; Sankar, R. Kiruba

Annual Review of Immunology, 2007
p. 0129 | Agrewala, Javed N.

Herbert Saffir (1917-2007)
p. 0131 | Mahakur, M.

Āryabhata on the heliacal rise and set of canopus
p. 0132 | Hari, K. Chandra

DUPONT
p. 0135

Wiley InterScience
p. 0136

NCBS
p. 0137

Eklavya
p. 0138

Ministry of Science and Technology COGNITIVE SCIENCE INITIATIVE
p. 0139

Ocean Atmospheric Science and Technology Cell (OASTC)
p. 0140

Advanced School on Applications of High Resolution X-Ray Techniques
p. 0141

MAHARASHTRA ASSOCIATION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCE
p. 0142

Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases
p. 0142

INDO-U. S. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM
p. 0143

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
p. 0143

T. N. Khoshoo Memorial Endowment Fund
p. 0144

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS
p. 0144

Tropical Forest Research Institute
p. 0145

Department of Geology
p. 0145

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH Second Cover Fourth Cover Announcements
p. 0146

Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE)
p. 0146