The three authors have been working on this topic for several years and bring considerable expertise to the book What determines international competitiveness is of great interest and relevance to policy makers and academics India is a particularly relevant case study for international competitiveness theories The book is concise and well written

This book analyzes the process of financial liberalization in India in the post-1991 period. The authors detail the key changes in each segment and market, and hypothesize possible paths that different constituents of the financial sector may take in the future.

About the Book: कविता ही लिहावी लागत नाही. ती अनुभव सिद्धीतून नकळत उमटते. कविचा हात फक्त माध्यम असते आणि एखादा चार पाने लेख लिहीणं जमेल. पण ४ अंत-याची कविता लिहीणं हे सोपं काम नाही. त्यात गीत लेखन ही तर प्रत्येक वेळी कविची कसोटीच असते.शब्दांच चपलखपणा आणि लवचिकतेने शब्दांची व्यूहरचना करणं दर्दी कविलाच जमतं. अभंग, लावणी, प्रेमगीत, अंगाई गीत, ह्यातील भावना गीतातून सुयोग्य रितीने मांडण्यात तोच कवि यशस्वी होतो. ही एक कला आहे. थट्टांचा विषय नाही. काळजाला हात घालणारे शब्द वापरण्यात कवि राजेंद्र वैद्य – कल्याणकर हे नक्कीच यशस्वी झाले आहेत. कविता लिहीणं ही नैसर्गिक व अभिजात देणगी आहे. ती कोण्या देवाला नवस करून अथवा दुस-याचे शब्द चोरून लिहिण्याने सिद्ध होत नाही. इथे ह्या संग्रहातसुद्धा कविने अनेक विषय लिलया आणि सोप्या भाषेत शब्द बद्ध केले आहेत. ह्यामागे त्यांची ४५ वर्षांची शब्द तपस्या आहे हे प्रत्येक कविता वाचताना जाणवते. केवळ मनाला गुदगुल्या करणारी प्रेमगीते तर आहेतच पण अन्य दैनंदिन घडामोडीवर काव्य रूपाने केलेले त्यांचे भाष्य, सहज मनाला भावते. नवी उमेद, नवा विचार, नवी उत्तरे सांगून जाते. आज माध्यमे आणि कवितांचा सुकाळ झालाय. पण दूर रानात स्वमग्न असलेल्या वनलतिकेप्रमाणे कवि सर्व मोहातून दूर राहिलाय.अनेक नामवंत कविंचे आशिर्वाद घेऊन तो सतत नव चैतन्याने कविता लिहीतोय. तीच त्याची आंतरिक उर्मी वाचकाला मोहात पाडते आणि वाचकालाही ‘शब्द माझे सोबती’ आहेत अशी ऊर्जा प्राप्त होते. आम्ही हा कवि शोधून काढला तो तुम्हा काव्य प्रेमीसाठी. दाद द्या. मोजदाद करा. हा घ्या ' शब्द माझे सोबती '. एकटयाने जीवनवाट चालतानाचा मित्र. About the Author: आठवणीतील कविता, काव्य तरंग, शिरिज फुले यांचे मार्फत यु टयुब साठी कविता वाचन. प्रा.प्रदिप ढवळ यांच्या “शिवबा” नाटकाचे गीत लेखन. ११० प्रयोग संपन्न. बावीस प्रातिनिधीक कविता संग्रहातून कविता समाविष्ट. कल्पतरूची उंची हा कविता संग्रह प्रकाशित.काव्य किरण मंडळ, कल्याण, शब्द सुमने मंडळ यांच्या राज्यस्तरीय काव्य संग्रह स्पर्धेत, परीक्षक.प्रसार भारती (आकाशवाणी) ने अकरा गीते दैनिक प्रसारणासाठी बावीस केंद्रावर ऐकवण्यासाठी घेतलेली आहेत. सन १९८७ व २०१९ या सालात राज्य पुरस्कार प्राप्त. नऊ कथा संग्रह प्रकाशित. कथावली भाग १,२,३ ह्या मेनका प्रकाशन, पुणे ह्यांच्याकडील प्रातिनिधीक संग्रहात कथा आहेत. पाच नविन कथा संग्रह लवकरच प्रकाशित होत आहे. सातत्याने लेखन हे उदिष्ट मात्र पुरस्कारांची अपेक्षा नाही.

Significant research is being conducted to derive environment-friendly, sustainable and fully biodegradable polymers and composites. These help avoid the environmental pollution created by the conventional non-degradable plastics that end up in landfills. Starch is a yearly renewable plant-based resource that is most abundantly available around the world. Increasing number of scientists have modified starches from potato, corn, rice, etc., to create resins that can replace the more common petroleum based ones. Understanding the gravity of the situation, the major objectives of this research are as follows: 1. To develop a fully 'green' resin using raw plantain starch and banana microfibrils with the help of minimal and green/ food grade chemicals. 2. To study the effects of chemical and mechanical treatments on morphology, orientation, crystallinity and ultimately tensile strength of the inherently strong liquid crystalline cellulose fibers. 3. To devise an easy to scale up method for fabricating advanced 'green' fiber reinforced composites as a contribution to the greener world. On these lines, starch was isolated from raw plantain pulp using alkaline and non-alkaline methods. A comparative study of the processes used and resulting starch contents was carried out. Starch content of above 80% was successfully isolated from the plantain fruit by alkaline steeping method using Sodium bisulfite (NaHSO3), a food grade chemical. The physical and mechanical properties of the obtained starch were characterized and compared with the conventional starches. An environment-friendly cross linker 1,2,3,4-butane tetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) along with a catalyst, Sodium hypophosphite-monohydrate (SHP), was used to crosslink the plantain starch into a thermoset resin. Further, banana stem fibers were harnessed to extract cellulosic microfibrils and used as the reinforcing element to enhance the modulus (stiffness) of the resin and make it truly 'green'. Liquid Crystalline Cellulose fibers were used as fillers to make a fiber reinforced composite using RP starch based resin. These fibers were characterized for their tensile properties, diameter and crystallinity in order obtain control data and device methods to improve them further. The fibers were subjected to physical (tension) and chemical treatments to enhance their mechanical properties and make them high strength. Various parameters like treatment chemical, load value, duration were varied to carry out a deep study of their effect on the mechanical properties of LCC fibers. A gradual increase in the percentage crystallinity and mechanical properties was seen on optimizing each parameter. A dramatic increase compared to the control fibers was obtained in the tensile modulus and strength on testing the Sodium bisulfite treated fibers under tension at optimum parameters. In summary, a convenient and easy to scale up process was developed to obtain a fiber reinforced composite from plantain-based resin using its pulp, banana stem fibers and LCC yarns. The mechanical and physical properties of this starch suggest that it can be used in place of conventional starch based resins. In addition, the developed process allows using large quantities of raw cull plantains and potentially eliminating the waste problem created by excess production as well as damage caused during their harvest and transportation.

EN monitoring is faster and less labor intensive than water quality monitoring and represents a significant advance for controlling metal release in drinking water distribution systems. The EN models were found to be comparable to water quality models developed from this study for metal release, and since EN is a real-time technique it offers a tremendous advantage over traditional water quality sampling techniques. Remote access of EN monitoring equipment is possible and the system requires little to no maintenance with the exception of a power supply or battery. The rapid turn around of corrosion rates from EN can be used to estimate metal release in drinking water proactively and mitigating measures can be implemented before the full adverse impacts are realized.