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    Dynamics of Management Education in India: Strategic concerns for Efficiency and Effectiveness
    (2011) Pandey, A.C.; Adhikari, S.
    The quality of higher education is a multifactor process. The governments, the management of institutions, the faculty, the students and the external quality assurances organizations- each of these interest groups have to play an important role in the provision of quality in higher education. A good educational model is the need of the hour to ensure the growth of budding managers and future leaders of the corporate can be created only by an effective synthesis of academic theory, business practices and industrial experience. The management education should be based on practical or simulated and effective case studies by quality faculty, latest ICT facilities and infrastructure. The skills required by the corporate for the future mangers should be contained with the up-to-date syllabi and industry-academic interaction. If quality faculties backed by the educational infrastructure are provided, only then one can expect a strong superstructure in future. There is need of convergence of these components into one and then only delivery of it can be made to all its stakeholders effectively. The strategic model of I-S has been proposed to combat the ongoing battle of quality and employment considerations of its stakeholders.
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    Effects of provincial ban of two toxic organophosphorus insecticides on pesticide poisoning hospitaladmissions
    (Informa Healthcare, 2012) Eddleston, M.; Adhikari, S.; Egodage, S.; Ranganath, H.; Mohamed, F.; Manuweera, G.; Azher, S.; Jayamanne, S.; Juzczak, E.; Sheriff, M.R.; Dawson, A.H.; Buckley, N.A.
    BACKGROUND: Pesticide self-poisoning causes one third of global suicides. Sri Lanka halved its suicide rate by banning WHO Class Iorganophosphorus (OP) insecticides and then endosulfan. However, poisoning with Class II toxicity OPs, particularly dimethoate and fenthion, remains a problem. We aimed to determine the effect and feasibility of a ban of the two insecticides in one Sri Lankan district. METHODS: Sale was banned in June 2003 in most of Polonnaruwa District, but not Anuradhapura District. Admissions with pesticide poisoning to the district general hospitals was prospectively recorded from 2002. RESULTS: Hospital admissions for dimethoate and fenthion poisoning fell by 43% after the ban in Polonnaruwa, while increasing by 23% in Anuradhapura. The pesticide case fatality fell from 14.4% to 9.0% in Polonnaruwa (odds ratio [OR] 0.59, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.41-0.84) and 11.3% to 10.6% in Anuradhapura (OR 0.93, 95%CI 0.70-1.25; p = 0.051). This reduction was not sustained, with case fatality in Polonnaruwa rising to 12.1% in 2006-2007. Further data analysis indicated that the fall in case fatality had actually been due to a coincidental reduction in case fatality for pesticide poisoning overall, in particular for paraquat poisoning. CONCLUSIONS: We found that the insecticides could be effectively banned from agricultural practice, as shown by the fall in hospital admissions, with few negative consequences. However, the ban had only a minor effect on pesticide poisoning deaths because it was too narrow. A study assessing the agricultural and health effects of a more comprehensive ban of highly toxic pesticides is necessary to determine the balance between increased costs of agriculture and reduced health care costs and fewer deaths.