Institutions Of National Importance Research Articles

Handling the pandemic our way: A qualitative content analysis of the guidelines issued by Apex Institutes of National Importance (INIs) of India to combat COVID-19 crisis.

Introduction:The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created havoc within a few weeks of its outbreak affecting over 100 countries. The rapid increase in the established cases urged for the prevention and control of COVID-19 belligerently on both national and worldwide fronts to prevent the healthcare systems from collapsing. For the sake of successfully preventing and restricting a fatal pandemic outbreak such as COVID-19, it requires the apex health institutions to have a uniform, urgent, flexible and effective policy response framework ensuring strict adherence too. In this regard, the Apex Institutes of National Importance in India (INIs) have released a series of documents on COVID-19 prevention and management.Methods:Documents regarding COVID-19 preparedness and management were retrieved from the official websites of the INIs in India. The general population and healthcare workers’ guidelines, standard operating procedures (SOPs) on COVID-19 prevention and management, action and response plans were included in the study. The full text of each document was analysed in detail and themes and subthemes were derived through content analysis.Results:A total of 68 documents was included in the study. Five major themes and 12 subthemes were formulated after content analysis. A major similarity was found across all INIs on screening and testing and infection prevention control measures. The INIs formulated guidelines adhering to the World Health Organization, Indian Council of Medical Research and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Recommendations.Conclusion:Common measures like quarantine, social distancing, travel bans and mass gathering restrictions were adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the initial period. The INIs have developed policies and standard operating protocols on COVID-19 management based on the Government of India guidelines. Better understanding of these guidelines will help in effective implementation of the nationwide pandemic management.

Legal Protection, Consolidation and Evaluation of IP in Academic Units

Intellectual property (IP) is one such legal area that has evolved with time. IP is very precious in today's economy, and its existence becomes crucial if the creator of such IP is unaware of the commercial potential. The IP creator might not have the expertise to understand the economic intricacies which an IP possesses hold. To understand these economic intricacies and to value IP, experts have suggested various IP valuation methods. However, for any IP valuation to follow, the first step is IP evaluation. The statutes' legal protection does not have much to offer when determining IPs' economic potential. In this paper, the authors have tried to pull all the relevant data concerning IP protection and IP management (IPM) of two of the Institute of National Importance (INIs) academic units and tried to structure the same in an IPM Audit Model. Thus, the system will help IP creators to self-evaluate their IP once they are legally protected. The authors have adopted an exploratory, case study research methodology. The research's focus is limited to 8 types of IP generated by an academic institution. The study demonstrates an exploration of the IPM audit framework to reduce the complexity involved in IP evaluation, which substantiates the legal protection offered to IPs.

Gender policy of the European Union in Ukraine: new trends and constant challenges

This article is devoted to identifying new trends and constant challenges of the EU's gender policy in Ukraine, which has become especially relevant and even inevitable in the context of the post-pandemic global crisis provoked by the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The subject of research in the article is the external and internal steps taken by the authorities to implement gender equality in all spheres of life of the Ukrainian people, from the 90s of the last century to the present day. The purpose of this work is to analyze the main stages of the European Union's gender policy in Ukraine and determine the main ways of its implementation at the economic, legal, social, scientific, and educational levels. Objectives: to draw analogies and identify the main differences in the implementation of various mechanisms of gender equality in our state and the EU member states; carry out a detailed analysis of the key gender milestones and concepts embodied in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); trace the dynamics and main trends of gender ratings in Ukraine based on the Global Gender Gap Report and consider the prospects for overcoming any manifestations of gender inequality in our state with personal recommendations for their elimination. The general scientific methods that were used in this work are as follows: historical – for a clear chronology of certain phenomena of the international arena, which influenced the development of gender policy in Ukraine in a variety of ways; comparative and content analysis – to highlight the main trends in the development of equality between representatives of both sexes and different genders in the EU countries (taken as a model in this case) and in our country, taking into account the peculiarities of the mentality and the so-called "psychological" genotype of each of the selected peoples. The results obtained: the EU gender policy in Ukraine is a component of the social policy of our state and that is why it is still insufficiently supported by a number of leading institutions of national importance. Conclusions: the actualization of the issue of gender equality in our country is explained at the moment by two main factors - an increase in the number of suicides among males as a result of the psychological and economic crisis caused by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a significant "jump" in such a phenomenon as domestic violence due to the spread of the above-mentioned infection; it is necessary to introduce national educational programs to disseminate academic knowledge regarding gender equality issues among all clusters of Ukrainian society, especially among children, youth and the elderly, who are usually considered to be the most vulnerable categories of the population in any country.

The Implicit Impact on Retail Management Education/Research in India Owing to Favoritism in the Recruitment of Faculty Members at IIMs, IITs, NITs, IIITs, IISc, and NITIE

Among about 993 universities and approximately 50,000 higher education institutions (HIEs) in India, the Government of India (GoI) has identified a few institutes and accorded them Institutes of National Importance (INI) status. The key assumption was that these institutes would set higher quality standards for other HEIs in the country by delivering world-class research output that is capable of contributing to the overall social and economic development of the country by choosing the research areas that demonstrate National level importance. Undoubtedly, Retail Management education/research is one such area. Besides, these institutes would adopt unbiased practices in the process of student’s admission and recruitment of faculty members that would set higher quality standards for other HEIs to follow. It is evident that these institutes have adopted a transparent and unbiased practice in admitting students, but there is no evidence of such practice in the process of recruitment of faculty members. In this study, we have evaluated the research interests of 1,361 faculty members working in the Department of Management Studies of these institutes. Going by the definition of favoritism by Arasli and Tumer (2008), that is, “the provision of special privilege to friends, colleagues, and acquaintances, in areas of employment, career and personnel decisions,” the results indicate a significant level of favoritism in the recruitment of faculty members at these institutes and this practice whether or not adopted consciously is implicitly affecting the Retail Management education/research in India negatively.

The Implicit Impact on Retail Management Education/Research in India Owing to Favoritism in the Recruitment of Faculty Members at IIMs, IITs, NITs, IIITs, IISc, and NITIE

Among about 993 universities and approximately 50,000 higher education institutions (HIEs) in India, the Government of India (GoI) has identified a few institutes and accorded them Institutes of National Importance (INI) status. The key assumption was that these institutes would set higher quality standards for other HEIs in the country by delivering world-class research output that is capable of contributing to the overall social and economic development of the country by choosing the research areas that demonstrate National level importance. Undoubtedly, Retail Management education/research is one such area. Besides, these institutes would adopt unbiased practices in the process of student’s admission and recruitment of faculty members that would set higher quality standards for other HEIs to follow. It is evident that these institutes have adopted a transparent and unbiased practice in admitting students, but there is no evidence of such practice in the process of recruitment of faculty members. In this study, we have evaluated the research interests of 1,361 faculty members working in the Department of Management Studies of these institutes. Going by the definition of favoritism by Arasli and Tumer (2008), that is, “the provision of special privilege to friends, colleagues, and acquaintances, in areas of employment, career and personnel decisions,” the results indicate a significant level of favoritism in the recruitment of faculty members at these institutes and this practice whether or not adopted consciously is implicitly affecting the Retail Management education/research in India negatively.

Effectiveness of Interventional Strategies in Modulating Knowledge and Attitude of Health Care Professionals for Promoting Organ Donation: A Study in Tertiary Care Public Hospital of North India.

Objective:To evaluate the impact of interventional “educational module” on knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation amongst resident doctors and nurses in the Institute of National Importance.Study Design:Interventional and prospective.Methods:We devised an interactive educational module covering various aspects of organ donation through a series of audiovisual lectures and information booklets. Resident doctors and nurses posted in those areas of the 1948-bedded Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), where head injury patients were treated and were subject to intervention using this module. The pre and postinterventional scores of their knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation were compared to find out impact of the intervention.Results:A total of 242 nurses and 87 resident doctors participated in this research. Higher knowledge score was observed preintervention amongst doctors as compared to nurses. Significant improvement was seen in total knowledge scores of both groups postintervention. Doctors had better scores for the “concept of organ donation,” while nurses were more familiar with “procedures and protocols.” Both had low knowledge about “clinical criteria for brain death” and “legal issues” preintervention which improved significantly postintervention. The positive impact of intervention was also observed on attitude in both categories. A significant impact of intervention was observed on overall propensity of doctors and nurses to promote organ donation, for pledging their own organs and for counseling of the patient/attendants on this cause.Conclusion:Scientifically designed educational modules have a promising role in improving awareness and attitude of health care professionals regarding organ donation and their propensity to be prospective donors, effective counselors, and advocates of organ donation.

Awareness and attitude about heart transplantation among undergraduate nursing students: An institution-based survey in India

Introduction: Heart transplantation is the currently available and established lifesaving therapy for the end stage heart failure. Considering the paucity of data about nurses' awareness and attitude about heart transplantation, this survey was undertaken. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness and attitude regarding heart transplantation among undergraduate nursing students. A questionnaire based cross sectional survey was conducted among undergraduate nursing students studying in an institute of national importance in India. Materials and Methods: A prevalidated questionnaire was administered among 147 randomly selected participants who were willing to participate in the study. Results: All the students (100%) were aware about organ donation, but majority (77.5%) informed that their source of information on this topic is by Internet/media. Around 18.4% of participants had already pledged permission for organ donation after death and 70.8% were willing to donate the organ after death. Conclusion: Results showed the gap existence and need of addressing this among undergraduate nursing students regarding organ donation and heart transplantation.

Інституційне забезпечення соціального захисту внутрішньо переміщених осіб

Розглянуто теоретичні підходи до інституційного забезпечення соціального захисту внутрішньо переміщених осіб. Розкрито напрями функціонування органів публічної влади в частині врегулювання питань соціального захисту внутрішньо переміщених осіб. Проаналізовано проблематику внутрішньо переміщених осіб та необхідність спеціальних підходів до інституційного забезпечення соціального захисту цієї категорії громадян. Обґрунтовано основні напрями удосконалення інституційного забезпечення соціального захисту внутрішньо переміщених осіб. Акцентовано увагу на важливості підвищення дієвості органів місцевого самоврядування в контексті оптимізації соціального захисту внутрішньо переміщених осіб.

Economics of open source library software: evidences from Indian libraries

The purpose of this paper is to study the adoption and use of open source software (OSS) in the libraries of Institutions of National Importance (INIs) in India vis-a-vis their economic impact on adopting libraries. Besides, it aims to study the business model of OSS.,The paper analyses the adoption and use of OSS in the libraries of INIs, India, and their economic impact on the adopting libraries. An online survey was administrated to library professionals of INIs to know the adoption and use of OSS in their libraries and its acceptability. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s chi-square are used in this study.,The findings of the study reveal that the libraries of INIs adopt and use OSS in integrated library system (ILS) (18.4 per cent), digital repository (95.2 per cent) and library website (65.5 per cent). Koha, DSpace, Drupal and Joomla! are the most favoured OSS among the libraries of INIs. The results reveal that favouring of OSS and having a policy on OSS by the libraries have a positive and significant relationship with their adoption and use of OSS in the libraries. The results of the study show that university libraries of India could save an estimated Rs 417m by adopting open source ILS such as Koha, Evergreen, NewGenLib and ABCD.,The paper will help decision makers to adopt and use open source ILS in their libraries.,This paper is the first of its kind that explores the economic impact of OSS on the adopting libraries and also explicitly discusses the business model of open source library software.

Web-Based Library and Information Services in the Libraries of the Institutions of National Importance in India: A Study with Reference to Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu

This paper focuses on the use of web-based library services in India and examines how libraries in the Institutions of National importance in India provide web access to their collections and other services. The study sample for the present study were Thirteen (13) institutions of National importance located at Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states which were selected using purposive sampling technique based on the research objectives. The data was collected using a web-based survey by examining the library websites of the select institutions using a check-list of 52 items covered topics of library general information, library resources, library services, links to e-resources, Web 2.0 tools and Web 3.0 tools. This particular check-list was developed by the researchers after analyzing the related literature reviews and previous studies related to the topic. Finding shows that many of the surveyed Institutions of National importance in India’s libraries have not fully exploited the potential of the web forms, and are still lagging behind to make the effective use of library websites. Among the selected institutions, few libraries were found to offer web-based library services in different sections. The present paper highlights the present status of the web-based library services in the select Institutions of National importance in India’s librarians in Southern India. The study also highlights the role of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 environment to enhance the quality of web-based library services and suggest new approaches for effective use of web-based library services.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Six decades of Neurology at NIMHANS: A historical perspective.

The Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka has a long tradition of excellence in education, teaching, research, and patient care. Its exceptional alumni, as well as current and past faculty members, have made considerable contributions to the development of neurological services throughout the world. The six decades of its existence have seen a momentous growth in clinical, investigative, and community Neurology. As a result of the immense scientific individual as well as collaborative contributions of the faculty members in various departments, the Institute has had the honour of attaining the status of an autonomous 'Institute of National Importance' under the Ministry of Health, Government of India, through a novel concept of collaboration and partnership of central and state governments. This article traces the dedicated pursuit of members of the Department of Neurology, NIMHANS, in managing neurologic diseases through compassionate patient-centred care, transformative research and education.

Role of Cadaveric workshop in refining the Surgical Skills: an experience and way ahead in an institute of National importance

Cadaveric skill labs are a valuable tool for improving the surgical skills requiring detailed anatomic knowledge. Considering the advantages of cadaveric workshops over other surgical training modalities there is a need to expand the scope. The authors give a view point of conducting cadaveric workshops for acquiring different surgical skills in an institute of National importance. This method provides an opportunity to upgrade both basic and advanced surgical skills for different grades of surgeons and in revisiting anatomy which can be translated to better patient care. Keywords: Surgical skills, Cadaveric workshops, Surgical specialties

Pediatric pharmacovigilance in an institute of national importance: Journey has just begun.

OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to determine the nature and severity of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in pediatric patients.MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, we extracted the data from all the available pediatric ADR forms submitted to ADR monitoring center (AMC) from May 2014 to December 2016. The data including nature, frequency, causality (World Health Organization [WHO] causality scale), and the severity (Hartwig and Siegel scale for severity) of ADR were extracted. We also assessed the preventability of the event on modified Schumock and Thornton scale of ADR preventability.RESULTS:There were a total of 20 pediatric ADRs reported during this period. Nearly two-thirds of the ADRs occurred in patients who were receiving multiple drugs (polytherapy). Antimicrobial agents were the most commonly implicated drugs. The most common ADRs were skin rash (maculopapular, erythematous, and urticaria, itching, etc.). The severity and preventability scales indicated that most reactions (18/20) were moderate in nature and all were preventable. Four reactions were “certainly” and ten ADRs were “probably” related to the suspected drug as determined by the WHO causality assessment.CONCLUSION:Frequency of ADR increased with number of medications patient was receiving. Health-care providers (HCPs) involved in the care of children must be aware of this fact and should use additional drugs when absolutely necessary. They should be involved in pharmacovigilance program by exchanging and updating each other through sharing constructive information, communication, and education concerning the appropriate use of drugs in children. Pediatric pharmacovigilance is the need of the hour and should be given utmost importance for monitoring the safety of drugs in children. Motivating HCPs for voluntary reporting of ADRs for preventing the morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population could be of immense importance.

Cultural roots of the Serbian tavern

The introductory part of this paper examines the psychological and culturological background of catering facilities, aiming to place the original cultural phenomenon marked as the 'Serbian tavern' in a global context. Then, the main body of the paper analyses the origin of certain culture units representing the Serbian tavern as a complex and layered cultural fact, in order to discover its cultural roots. The analysis shows that it is a unique product as a specific combination of West European, oriental and autochthonous cultural elements from the Balkans, East Europe and Serbia. It is an institute of national importance, because of both its role in the national history and the fact that it is a tourist brand. This is why its nurturing, upgrading and tourist valorization need to be well planned.

Inventors'Awarenessabout Patenting in India: An Empirical Study

The present paper attempts to examine the level of awareness among the researchers of different disciplines about the patent procedures in particular and IPRs in general according to their teaching and research experiences, number of national and international publications, number of national and international patents filed and granted, etc. The study is based on primary data collected via a structured questionnaire using five point scale i.e. not at all, little extent, some extent, large extent and full extent, which was administered online to faculties of various disciplines of educational institutes of national importance i.e. Central Universities, NITs, IITs, etc. The collected data are analyzed with the help of frequency distribution and percentage method using SPSS (18 Version). ANOVA technique is used to validate the results of the study. It is found that the respondents from IT and engineering discipline, having teaching experience of 17–24 years and research experience of 21–30 years, having 21–40 publications in national journals and 0–15 publications in international journals, and those who have filed and granted 0–3 patents agree to a full extent that they have the knowledge about the different aspects of IPR management, particularly patenting filing procedure and post filing challenges. The awareness does not differ across independent variables, except according to number of patents filed.

Indian Cloud Computing Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Publications Output During 2004-13

The paper is the result of the examination of 1206 publications on Indian cloud computing research, as covered in Scopus database during 2004-13, experiencing an annual average growth rate of 25.51% during 2008-13 and citation impact per paper of 11.69. The world cloud computing research output (21316 publications) came from several countries, of which the top 10 countries (China, USA, Germany, India, UK, Taiwan, Australia, Italy, Japan etc) accounted for 80.57% share of the global output during 2004-13. The major institutional contribution to cloud computing research comes from universities, followed by engineering colleges, institutes of national importance, industrial enterprises and research institutes during 2004-13. India's global publication share was 5.66% and occupied 4th rank in global publication output during 2004-13. The Indian cloud computing output comes from several organizations and authors, of whom the top 15 and 10 authors contributed 33.25% and 7.30%, share respectively during 2004-13. India's international collaborative share in cloud computing was 11.69% during 2004-13. Computer science accounted for the largest publication share (79.44%) of the output in cloud computing, followed by engineering (22.80%), mathematics (7.30%), social science (2.57%), etc during 2004-13. Suggest the need for the development of a cloud economy and the adoption of cloud services and build suitable policy and regulation to encourage migration of IT services towards the cloud.

Consortia: Access of E-Journals and E-Resources in the Universities of Jammu & Kashmir

This study deals with the indepth information of access of e-journals and e-resources in the Universities of Jammu & Kashmir. This study is limited to the Universities and institute of national importance in Jammu and Kashmir. Universities and organizations of national importance in the state of J&K has been covered in this study. The websites of the organizations were visited to find out the available access of their organization to the eJournals and eResources through the Consortium. In case it is not clear from the organizations’ website then website of the consortium is accessed to find out as to for what are the resources access is being provided to the organizations. From the above study regarding accessibility of of eJournals & eResources it can be concluded that the University Libraries in the state of J&K have access to sufficient information resources and potentiality to collaborate amongst one another for information exchange pertaining to a wide range of subjects including highly specific areas of Humanities & Social Sciences, Agriculture, Science,Technology and Engineering.

Universities, Libraries and No Librarians

Like registrar is the custodian of administrative record base of the university, a librarian is the custodian of its academic knowledge base. Ideally the first senior position after the vice chancellor that should be appointed in a university is its librarian. The report of University Grants Commission (UGC) Pay Review Committee (PRC) which suggested for granting the post of librarian through CAS from the post of deputy librarian finds no implementation so far. There is no doubt about the learner driven supplemental role libraries have in learning, teaching and research in a university as classroom learning is mostly done out of teacher's knowledge in the topic often hindered by interruptions from students. There is also an element of passivity in classroom learning as students are just passive receptors of whatever is provided by the active teacher. Whereas, a student has to be an active recipient in the case of taking advantage of resources of interest available in library. The data collected from the Universities Handbook, 2010 shows 69% of central universities, 62% of state universities, 63% of deemed universities and 60% of institutes of national importance are functioning with the librarian post kept vacant. When the post is vacant, normally it is being looked after by a teacher or junior officer of the library which both has academic and administrative shortcomings. The high experience prescribed for the post of librarian unlike similar academic and administrative positions in the university is making it impossible to fill the post through direct recruitment as evident from the recruitment results from many universities. The paper makes a plea for realistic reduction in the experience prescribed along with implementation of UGC PRC's recommendation of granting career advancement for deputy librarians of universities to provide librarians to these universities.

High Productivity Environmental Research Organizations in India: a Study of their Performance for the Period 2008-12

The publication analyses high productivity organizations in India in environmental science, using publications data from Scopus database for the period 2008 to 2012 for identifying their overall strength and weakness measured on few quantitative and qualitative indicators. It also provides a comparative evaluation and performance of different types of Indian organizations in environment research. The study concludes that IITs (Institutes of National Importance) and research institutes model of funding for research are comparatively more effective in giving performance in terms of quantity and quality. The publication also lists suggestions for national policy formulation for growth and development of environmental science research in the country.