Annotated Bibliography 2009-13
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Research Publications of Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Annotated Bibliography 2009-2013 Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (Established vide an Act of Parliament in 2009) 1 CONTENTS PAGE NO. A Message from the Vice Chancellor 3 B Foreword 4 C About the university 5 Section - I 1. Bibliography: - Research Papers i. February 2009 - June 2010 6 ii. July 2010 - June 2011 7-8 iii. July 2011 - June 2012 8-10 iv. July 2012 - October 2013 10-13 2. Bibliography:- Books & Book Chapters February 2009 - October-2013 14-15 Section - II 16 3. Abstracts of the Publications: February 2009 - October 2013 17-98 Section - III 99 4. Author Index: February 2009 - October 2013 100 5. Journal Index: February 2009 - October 2013 101-102 6. Publisher Index: February 2009 - October 2013 103-104 2 Annotated Bibliography Message From The Vice Chancellor The soul of any university is research and its quality indicates the academic status of that institution and capabilities of its researchers and faculty. The best measure to ascertain the caliber of research is the evaluation of publications, which also reflects the inherent potential and talent available in the institution. The Central University of Punjab, since its inception in 2009, has laid emphasis and given priority to establish a sound research base. The university, being one of fourteen new central universities established by the Government of India, confronted myriad of problems and numerous hurdles during its inception and infancy. In spite of these, the university has made firm and steady progress and earned itself a rightful place in the list of respected educational and research institutions. The university has equipped itself with the state of art infrastructure, academic facilities and has developed expertise for in-depth learning and cutting edge research. It is now offering some prudent innovative academic programmes designed in tune with the challenges of present and future times. These achievements have made the university, in a very short time, a beacon of higher education in Punjab. The university has attracted exceptionally qualified, highly motivated and dedicated young teachers and researchers in its various schools in this educationally backward 'Malwa' region of Punjab. In just four years, the faculty of university has demonstrated its commitment towards research, by publishing an impressive number of research papers having high impact factor in several peer reviewed national and international journals in diverse areas of science, engineering and humanities. I am pleased that a document compiling the abstracts of research papers published by the faculty and research scholars of the university has been prepared. The documentation of research output of the university will provide stimulus to the young researchers and reinforce our commitment to carry out cutting edge research to be the pioneers in all areas. The university fraternity is committed to strive hard for finding solutions to the unresolved scientific and engineering riddles and to the wider issues of society involving languages, humanities, etc. Our endeavor and resolution is to make the Central University of Punjab, a global destination for higher learning. The suggestions and constructive criticisms to achieve our mission are always welcome. Prof. Dr. Jai Rup Singh Foreword Research is pivotal for the progress of modern society. Particularly excellent research work is essential for breakthroughs in our knowledge of the world. Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) is committed to research and its thrust area of research is health and environment with a special reference to the local area. The university encourages interdisciplinary approach. Interdisciplinary cross-roads of basic and applied research in different fields with social responsibility are the basis of discovery and technological innovation. From the day of its inception, the University is making an all out effort to provide an ecosystem to carry out research and to inculcate the habit of creative & critical thinking and communication amongst its researchers. Communication, i.e., exchange of results, is the driving force in research. Work of high quality provokes reactions of peers. As a result of these efforts, University could publish 169 publications (139 papers and 30 books & book chapters) during the last four years i.e. since its inception and an attempt is made to compile all the abstracts of these papers in a booklet form. The most crucial parameter in the assessment of research performance is international scientific influence. A cursory glance of these abstracts indicate that as many as 67 papers are from sciences and published in the high impact fact journals. These papers are having 493 citations and an average citation index is 7.35 and having a cumulative impact factor of 159.27 (avg. 2.37). In this booklet, the abstracts of the research papers of the faculty and research scholars are compiled for the benefit of fellow researchers and to acquaint the reader with the nature of the research work being carried out at CUPB. Further, the Centres of Study and Schools existing and to be created in future and the infrastructure in the university to carry out the research are also given. The entire compilation of the abstracts is done by Mr. Bhupinder Singh, Professional Assistant, University Library. I appreciate Mr. Bhupinder Singh's efforts. I am highly thankful to our Honourable Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Jai Rup Singh for his keen interest in research and constant inspiration and critical observations in preparing this compilation. I record my appreciation to all my fellow researchers who carried out research and published it. (P. Ramarao) Dean Academic Affairs Central University of Punjab, Bathinda 4 About The University The Central University of Punjab, established by an Act of Parliament in 2009 at Bathinda, is amongst the fastest growing newly established central universities of the country and is situated in an educationally backward region of Punjab. It offers some of the most innovative non-conventional academic programmes designed in tune with the challenges of 21 century. Within a short span of nearly four years of existence, the university has demonstrated its commitment to excellence and it is emerging as a hub of advanced learning through its unique interactive and experiential approaches. The university at present is functioning from its 37 acre transit campus called “City Campus”, located just 5 kms away from the heart of Bathinda city. The campus has lush green lawns, beautiful trees, enchanting landscape and has state of the art air-conditioned lecture rooms furnished with latest audio-visual devices, well equipped science laboratories, a conference room with video-conferencing facilities, a 100-seater seminar hall and a 300-seater air-conditioned auditorium to support academic activities. Semi furnished transit faculty hostels accommodate the newly appointed faculty free of cost for first three months of their joining the university. It has a guest house, and separate hostels for boys and girls. The banking facilities including an ATM are available at the campus. The science laboratories are equipped with facilities like 96 capillary DNA sequencer, RT-PCR, several DNA thermocyclers, Gel Documentation System, Ultra Low Deep Freezers, High Speed Cooling Centrifuges, CO2 Incubators, Milli Q Water Purification System, Automated Karyotyping System, Fluorescence Microscope, Vacuum Concentrators, Accelerated Solvent Extractor, Muffle furnance, Trace Metal Analyser, Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectrometer, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, UPLC system, Gas Chromatographic Mass Spectrometer etc. for training students and conducting research in the disciplines of Biosciences, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Environmental Science and Technology, Genetics and Molecular Medicine. Excellent facilities for plant tissue culture, culturing and genetic transformation of animal and human cell lines have been created in addition to the availability of cold rooms for long term storage of experimental materials. The air-conditioned Computer Centre is equipped with 170 Dell and 15 Apple Macintosh desktop computers and six high end computing machines with graphic card, 8GB RAM and 42" LCD monitors for academic pursuits of faculty and students. All the laboratories, class rooms, offices, guest houses, residences have 1 GB connectivity. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled. The air-conditioned University Library is equipped with elegant modular furniture, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and electromagnetic security systems to facilitate self-issue, return and renewal. A security arrangement comprising of 20 CCTV cameras has been provided in the library. The library has over over 15,000 book titles on its racks and subscribes to 85 national and international peer-reviewed print journals. Apart from these, over 9000 full text online journals are available under several bibliographic databases and full text resources, including ‘UGC INFONET’ programme, Science Direct, Springer, J-STOR, Wiley-Blackwell, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Project Muse, Science Online, IEEE/IEL online, ACS, Cambridge university press, Oxford university press, Indiasat.com and PROWESS. Library is providing access to periodical collections of 22 university libraries in India through, JCCC UGC INFONET, World Bank E-Library and has institutional membership of DELNET. A reprographic service, with latest photocopying machines and sophisticated scanners like