Even as India’s privatisation programme gathers steam, there is a perception, reflected in the pronouncements of ministers as well as in writings in the popular press, that the benefits of privatisation can be taken as axiomatic. There is little in the literature on privatisation that lends...

This review article has attempted to highlight the trends in financial management research in India. It has shown how methodologies such as regression analysis, factor analysis, multiple discriminant analysis, control theory, survey methods etc have been applied to financial data by the Indian...

This paper reviews the development of the Indian machine tools industry since independence. It analyses the key capabilities and growth experiences of the industry in the domestic and international context. It presents the findings of field and mail surveys aimed at understanding the nature of...

In the context of chronic balance of payments problems in most Third World countries, public enterprises (PEs) of the Third World are a major under-utilised source for stepping up exports. In many Third World countries PEs produce an impressive array of goods and services. But their domestic...

Indian Railway was one of the first few government departments to introduce computers in the country. Computerisation on Indian Railways started in the late 60s with the induction of IBM 1401s in the nine zonal railways, three production units, and the Railway Board. Many applications were...

In this paper we obtain a clear statement of the second order necessary condition for isoperimetric problems in dynamic optimization.

Concern on Population-Development issues has been a long standing one in the demographic literature. Major emphasis of research and thinking in this area has been on the impact of population growth on certain developmental variables. This paper tries to focus on the current understanding of how...

The Task Force on Revival of Rural Co-operative Credit Institutions (Vaidyanathan Committee) submitted its final report in February 2005 and there have been a few meetings with the state governments to work out the modalities of the implementation of the report. This paper lists out the issues...

Presents a blueprint for developing an integrated human settlement in Ahmedabad City in the stretch of land on the east side of the Sabarmati River admeasuring approximately 3000 acres where the Pirana Sewage Farm is currently located. The design specifications include provisions for...

In this report we present some of the operating characteristics of an empty box solar cooker, under climatic conditions of Ahmedabad.