“n c mukhopadhyay”

Plant taxonomy is the science that deals with the identification, nomenclature and classification of plants. Plant taxonomy remains an important and relevant aspect of modern botany. This book attempts to redress the balance by providing an introduction to the taxonomic theory upon which the identif... More

Increasing concern surrounding the loss of natural forests and the decline in biodiversity has lead to a rise in research and policy initiatives in recent years. However, interest has focused primarily on lowland tropical rainforests. Tropical montane and temperate rainforests, which face similar pr... More

Process Biotechnology practice has advanced substantially in more recent years. The advancements have taken place not only with microbes or microbial systems but also with mammalian, animal and plant cell culture process biotechnology systems. For protecting these advancements by contributors variou... More

Experimental Process Biotechnology is one of the basic requirements for Biochemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology. Theoretical basis of this course encampusing analytical bio-chemistry, microbiology, cell biology,biochemical and chemical engineering sciences, general and appl... More

In the amazing advancement of process biotechnology, the pressing need of the current millennium is to exploit biological processes. In order to do this various fundamental aspects of process biotechnology need to be understood adequately. This book in its second edition is intended for teaching sen... More

The Continent of Circe is the result of the author’s life-time effort to understand the nature of things. It describes the human situation in India after Independence. The author resorts to the historical method, and surprisingly encounters not staticity, but a continuing dynamic and even explosiv... More

Anyone who wishes to understand what has happened in India in the twentieth century - politically and culturally - must read Nirad C. Chaudhuri. Among her men of letters he is unique; for the fertility of his mind and the polymathic range of his interests, as well as for the lucidity of his prose an... More

Culture in the Vanity Bag is an informal but ecological study of Indian clothing and adornment. It is mainly about the historical evolution of costumes and seeks to illustrate their relationship with different cultures that have been seen in India. Chaudhuri’s descriptions are animated by great a... More