Golden Jubilee Year Research Articles

The Catalysis Society of Japan (CATSJ): History and Activities

The Catalysis Society of Japan (CATSJ): History and Activities

Four decades of Indian Journal of Pharmacology: An overview

Indian Journal of Pharmacology (IJP) will step into the fifth decade in 2009. It is customary to celebrate ‘jubilee’ years with some sense of gratification and achievement; a time for looking back to take the account of progress made along with a note of milestones that are yet to be achieved. The next introspective analysis may be taken up in 2018-19, the golden jubilee year of IJP.

Annus Mirabilis

That the Golden Jubilee Year as a whole would be a resounding success was confidently predictable; that it gained generous sponsorship and support is a matter for gratification and warm acknowledgement rather than surprise. But the imaginativeness, skill and verve which went into the making of the whole programme, and the enthusiasm with which it was greeted, exceeded anything which could reasonably have been expected. The same verdict applies to the strength of the desire evinced on every side that there should be a fitting 'legacy' from a wonderful Year. This survey, written in a Commonwealth perspective, and making no claim to total comprehensiveness, reviews the events of the Jubilee Year of 2002 in the UK; discusses the values of which those events were so vibrant an expression; and then examines the question of 'legacy', in the light of both events and their underlying values, and of the extraordinary reception they enjoyed. The Year of the Golden Jubilee must be no Cheshire Cat, allowed to vanish, leaving nothing but a fading grin.

The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church

A Eucharist set the Synod in motion, the preacher being the Bishop of Manicaland, Zimbabwe. A formal welcome by the Primus followed, in which he encouraged the Synod, since conflict was intrinsic to human experience, to engage in it creatively and in a way which would enliven the mission of the Church. The good wishes of the Synod were then sent to Her Majesty the Queen in this her golden jubilee year. A break ensued for lunch before the Synod pursued its agenda.

NATION AND INSTITUTION Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Indian Independence

This essay examines the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Indian independence in 1997. The construction and legitimation of an institutional identity for the state, and the specification of a particular relation between the state and the society/nation, were the dominant imperatives of the celebrations in the golden jubilee year. This state-centrism of nationalist commemorative practices in India allows me to develop an argument about the broader categories of nationalism and national identity, and to suggest that the ideological work of nationalism is marked by a strong institutional impulse. In the theoretical revision that informs this essay, a nation is a political community produced by nationalist activities, in which individuals are bound by horizontal ties to each other, and by a 'vertical' bond to a particular state-institution. The nation thus embodies both an expression of identity or sameness, and an expression of subjectivity or the sense of being subject to the power of the state-institution. Consequently, to imagine the nation is also, and equally, to imagine the state. I develop this argument through my study of official commemorative practices in 1997. The organizational approach, the linguistic/discursive conventions, and the thematic content of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations construct a particular statist edifice, and in the name of the nation and national identity, speak of the role, attributes and relations of the state. I supplement my study of official nationalism with an examination of corporate/commercial commemorative practices in the same period. Despite fundamental differences in form and approach, the content of corporate-produced public-sphere celebrations is marked by an institutionalist understanding of Indian identity that mirrors the official nationalist definition of Indianness.

Golden Jubilee Year of Independence: India ranks 138 out of 178 countries in Human Development Index and 47th out of 78 countries in Human Poverty Index

Golden Jubilee Year of Independence: India ranks 138 out of 178 countries in Human Development Index and 47th out of 78 countries in Human Poverty Index

From the Editor's Desk

50 Years of our Independence : In this Golden Jubilee Year of our Freedom, we join the nation in remembering the sacrifices, the toils and sufferings of our countrymen in achieving our independence, and we humbly pledge ourselves to uphold the ideals and values that we have inherited.

Presidential Address: State of the Institute

In this Golden Jubilee year of the Institute it is befitting that the theme of my Presidential Address should be ‘The State of the Institute’. Since the formation of the Institute in 1947, Council has continually addressed this theme, recognizing the need throughout the years to maintain a twin-track approach. One track has been to address navigation issues, relying heavily for solutions on the expertise of members, and the other track has been to adopt measures which secure the future for the Institute. The first track has presented little problem, for within the Institute there are many experts, ranging from the practitioners of the art of navigation to the practitioners of the science and understanding of navigation and its associated disciplines. It is the second track, concerned with the future of the Institute, that requires Officers and Council to steer a sensible safe course around ominous thunder clouds that develop as rapidly as those in the Intertropical Convergence Zone.

Golden Jubilee Year of Independence: Progress of Telecom Services in India and Looking Ahead

Golden Jubilee Year of Independence: Progress of Telecom Services in India and Looking Ahead

Golden Jubilee Year of Independence: Roadmap of Broadcasting in India

Broadcasting in India during last fifty years, has seen a tremendous growth in terms of its reach and impact. Starting from six medium wave and twelve short wave transmitters in 1947, it has at present a massive network of 192 programme generating centres, 144 medium wave, 52 short wave and 101 FM transmitters for sound broadcasting. On the TV side, it has 41 programme generating centres, 92 high power and 831 low power transmitters. This paper traces the history of this growth and the future of broadcasting in the country.

Golden Jubilee Year of India's Independence: Progress of Indian Electronics Industry

E LECTRONICS occupies a key position in modern science and technology. It has a vital role to play in the field of Atomic Energy, Space, Communication, Defence, Education, Agriculture, Manufacture, Services, Entertainment, Employment Generation and in tackling national priorities. Electronics is essentially a 'Meta Resource' working for the nation development essentially for improving productivity and quality of life in all its dimensions. It is one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy. Infact the revolution being witnessed by Information Technology is being termed as the second Industrial Revolution.

Golden Jubilee year of Independence India still ranks 135th out of 174 countries in Human Development Index

Golden Jubilee year of Independence India still ranks 135th out of 174 countries in Human Development Index

The role of the speech and language therapist in psychiatry

Speech and language therapy is a small profession. It only reached its golden jubilee year in 1995 and misleadingly, remains for many highly associated with the elocution training in which the profession had its genesis. In the last few years the greatest developments have been in the area of cognitive neuropsychological and functional (pragmatic) models for the assessment and management of language and communication. It is the premise of this article that speech and language therapists are likely to prove flexible and valuable members of the multidisciplinary team, with the ability to contribute a further dimension to care planning – that of specific clinical input to the wide range of language, speech and communication impairments associated with the major mental illnesses (Gravell & France, 1991).

Bridgewater Hospital

Bridgewater Hospital

Through the years: individualizing instruction in mathematics

Annivcrsaries provide a time for celebration, a time for reflection, and a time for speculation. The Golden Jubilee Year (1970) of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is no exception as one identifies issues of long standing that confront teachers of mathematics.

Editorial comment: As we read

As you read this month's issue of the journal, note the fine representation that we have from classroom teachers. The key to quality mathematics education is the teacher and the approaches he uses to reach his children. One of these approaches is the use of the mathematics laboratory. Sometimes referred to as an activitycentered approach, the mathematics laboratory has taken on increased importance in the curriculum. This theme in our first month's issue of the Golden Jubilee Year of the National Council will be welcomed by all whose interest is the teaching of mathematics to children.

Early research contributions to elementary school mathematics

In the first month of the Golden Jubilee Year, it seems appropriate to reflect upon selected pioneer researches on elementary school mathematics. This article presents thirty-four examples of research that touch the following eight topics: beginning instruction; content selection; role of drill and practice; basic operations; problem solving; readability and vocabulary; disability; history and summaries of research. Since most of the researches presented here are well known, the methods and results will be described only briefly; more important, they illustrate the tremendouszeal and insight with which elementary school mathematics, and the methods of teaching it, have been studied from the time of the initial professionalization of the subject matter for the elementary school (1915-20) to about the conclusion of World War II in 1945. This period corresponds roughly to the first twenty-five years of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Golden Jubilee Year Activities of the Affiliated Groups

The Golden Jubilee Year of 1970 is an excellent means for affiliated groups all over the United States and Canada to emphasize with their members and associates the activities and services of their own group and those of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Compiled below, to be shared with each other, are special activities and services reported by NCTM's affiliated groups during this Golden Jubilee Year.

Golden Jubilee Year Activities of the Affiliated Groups

The Golden Jubilee Year of 1970 is an excellent means for affiliated groups all over the United States and Canada to emphasize with their members and associates the activities and services of their own group and those of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Compiled below, to be shared with each other, are special activities and services reported by NCTM's affiliated groups during this Golden Jubilee Year.

Golden Jubilee Year Activities

Reaching a fiftieth birthday or anniversary is always cause for a celebration—but what kind of a celebration? Like a rooster, shall NCTM stand on a fence and crow about what it has done? Like Lot's wife, shall NCTM look back to contemplate the past and run the risk of turning into a pillar of salt? Like a prophet, shall NCTM look into the future and make great predictions?