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Role of Satra & Namghar in the Evolution of Genesis of Assamese Identity
Authors: Rahman Mehjabeen Suraiya 
Published: May 2015

Assam is the home of different ethnic groups with a variety of cultures and speaking different languages and dialects. The population of Assam consists of the inhabitants who migrated into the region at various periods of history from Tibet, Burma, Thailand and Bengal etc. Over time they got integrated as a population and have given birth to the greater Assamese nation. The amalgamated Assamese identity was initiated by the Great Saint Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva with his Neo-Vaishnavite Movement. The movement evolved new institutions of Satra and Namghar which began to serve not only as the instrument spreading the faith, but also helped to sustain and to stabilize Vaishnavism by making it a part and parcel of Assamese social and cultural life.Though Neo Vaishnavism was a religious movement but it has defined the culture of Assam & has its bearing on the livelihood. As the doyen of cultural renaissance and harbinger of Bhakti Movement, Sankardeva took on the orthodox elements of the society and introduced cultural initiatives like Bhaonas & Borgeet etc which had in actual defined the Assamese identity With its dynamic philosophy of inclusiveness Sankardeva’s Neo-Vaishnavism has given birth to a new Cultural Nationalism focused on a national identity shaped by cultural traditions and language, not on the concept of common ancestry or race. The Cultural Nationalism was brought forward to the indigenous people with the help of Satras and Namghar which has a major role to play in the preservation and development of the indigenous culture of the region.The paper is an attempt to study the role of the institutions of Neo Vaishnavism, the Satra & Namghar in the evolution of genesis of Assamese identity and its inclusiveness in nation building. The managerial structure and operations of the Satra shall also be explored in the perspective of its position in the modern Assamese Society in the study. The paper shall go in toe area wherein in the genesis of the Assamese Identity, the Namghar is one of the major pole bearers, playing the multi-faceted role of Cultural Centre, Proto-type Panchayat, and Forum for Decentralized Planning and Decision-making.The paper is also an attempt to understand the impact of Neo-Vaisnavism on the Economic Organization of the society along with the role of women and their empowerment for the sustainable development of a progressive & egalitarian Assamese. Key Words- Cultural Renaissance, Inclusiveness, NationDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12143 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 108-113
Muslims’ Participation in Education and Employment as Compared to Other Socio-Religious Categories: An Analytical Study
Authors: Parvez Mohammad , Hasan Mohd 
Published: May 2015

Since, the submission of the Sachar Committee Report (2006), several analytical and descriptive studies have been undertaken to analysis the socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in India. Many researchers, educationists, thinkers, politicians, policy makers and common Muslims believe that education is the only panacea to eradicate the each and every ails of Muslims, and it is the only mechanism by which not only their status can be raised but also facilitate their entry into better paid job. This paper aims to evaluate the available evidences on the pattern of Muslim participation in education and employment. It is an attempt to see the Muslims’ participation in education and employment in relation to other Socio Religious Categories of India. Based on different secondary data sets, it attempts to see how the Socio Religious Categories across India have utilised the process of education and achieved educational and employment opportunity higher than the Muslims. Muslims as a homogenous group did not participate actively in the educational development, more especially in the arena of higher education whereas the other Socio Religious Categories have acquired the maximum benefits with the constitutional and political interventions that are taken place in Pre and Post- Independent era. The present paper also try to see the trend of Muslims’ participation in education right from the primary education to higher education as well as sector wise employment and work activities as compared to other Socio Religious Categories.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12196 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 114-118
Kashmiri Women: Vulnerable Section of Society
Authors: Irshad Irshad Ahmad , Dar Mukhtar Ahmad 
Published: May 2015

For last two and half decades tremendous political and social turmoil Jammu and Kashmir is facing by the proxy war between India and Pakistan. This unrest and deteriorated atmosphere has altered the people’s life to the great extent. Their livelihood, health, work culture, education, thinking etc. have altogether changed. Among all the people it is the women of Kashmir, whether Hindu or Muslims, who led a life of great sufferings–psychological disturbance, destitution, poverty, illiteracy, rape, molestation, infertility etc. This paper highlights the problems, miseries, challenges of a weaker sections of society i.e., women who has been confined to child rearing, household duties and have hardly any role in decision making powers. Kashmiri women faced the double burden of a missing husband and social dishonor and isolation of being single women in a conservative society.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12267 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 93-96
Patterns of Indigenous Knowledge in Reproductive Health: A Study in Himachal Pradesh
Authors: Singh Kiran 
Published: May 2015

In the Present era various populations of India have belief in every phase of life sickness. Indigenous knowledge cannot be verified by scientific criteria nor science can be adequately assesses tenets of Indigenous knowledge. Both built on different philosophy, methodology and criteria. These two systems tends to serve contrast exploration of interface. Indigenous knowledge for health concepts articulate physical activity, spiritual emotional element from both individual and communal perspective. Objective: To explore once to indigenous medicine, health local healer. To explore practice used by people during pregnancy discomfort dietary practice source of healing. Area of Study: Himachal Pradesh Village Population Study: Brahmins. It was observed that curing different discomfort during pregnancy women’s are using different local plants. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12285 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 139-142
Information Communication Technology and Human Resource Management in Modern Organisations: A Concept for 21st Century
Authors: Chepkuto Paul , Kipsang Stanley , Kungu Mwangi 
Published: May 2015

Human resource information system is a database system that has been developed to provide the necessary assistance to HR in terms of decision making and reporting of information. It is basically one of the key elements that is critical in the overall management information system (MIS) of an organization. It is an IT-enabled HR service available to the HR managers for data analysis and decision making. HRIS provides the necessary support to the HR managers in making a quality decision by ensuring that there is adequate and timely relevant information that is available. The scope is so wide that it can provide information about every aspect of an employee, starting with his recruitment and ending with his retirement. As such, HRIS facilitates the use of computer technology to streamline HR operations, cut costs and eventually enhance the effectiveness of human resource management. As technology evolves, so does its impact on strategic human resource planning. Human resource information systems are electronic systems that compile information in databases to be easily accessed and analyzed. Some information systems allow automation of processes, such as payroll tax calculations, while others streamline processes by minimizing the need for manual data entry and paper records, thus increasing accuracy and efficiencyDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.122898 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 102-107
A Study on the Waste Disposal Practices and Its Impact in Alappad Panchayat, Kerala
Authors: Subramoniam Vivek , Suresh Veena 
Published: May 2015

Waste is always an important problem in this era, where people are not aware of the waste they produce in their household or institutions. Waste is directly linked to human development, both technological and social. The compositions of different wastes have varied over time and location, with industrial development and innovation being directly linked to waste materials. Examples of this include plastics and nuclear technology. Some waste components have economic value and can be recycled once correctly recovered. Waste is sometimes a subjective concept, because items that some people discard may have value to others. With increase in the global population and the rising demand for food and other essentials, there has been a rise in the amount of waste being generated daily by each household. Alappad is a coastal village in the Kollam District of the Indian state Kerala. It is situated on a narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Arabian Sea a few species of ham and the TS Canal - the village is approximately 16 km long and its narrowest point is as thin as 33 meters. So the household people and petty shop people are not at all aware of the waste disposal they have been practising for a long time. The practise they make every day become a habit which affect their habitat with waste problems. Collective effort from a village can be initiated for a waste management process. Making a prompt step will be intended for effective waste management or disposal solution leads to a proper waste management process. Community level intervention should have to be done for a effective outcome. The purpose of this study is to analyse the waste disposal at the community located in the Alappad Panchayat in Kollam district of Kerala. The scope of this study within the community is assessed based upon following a three-fold approach. Firstly the awareness of community on the waste production within this community is examined. Secondly, the disposal method or model is evaluated and compared within this community. Thirdly, the Waste Disposal of the members of the community is gauged. The study was conducted upon a thin section of the society belonging to a specific ethnographic framework with the focus upon twenty participants. Data was collected via interviews and through the administration of an observation checklist. The results of this study can be extrapolated to project the overall effect Waste Management or Waste disposal in coastal villages throughout the entire nation of India.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12289 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 97-101
Existence and Being: A Philosophical View
Authors: Abbas Sarim 
Published: May 2015

In the contemporary philosophy of existence which coinciding with the thought of the loss of God widely disseminated in the philosophies like that of atheism, materialism and naturalistic humanism have put a modern man into a situation of the dilemma of his existence. Some philosophers have repeatedly disavowed their association with existentialism insisting that their philosophy is primarily concerned with “being” rather than with existence. Terminologies, related to existentialist themes, as coined by like contingency, insecurity, self-extrangement and dereliction of human existence leads to ultimate meaning to temporality, historicity and authenticity has provoked to think about the thought of freedom towards death, the interrelation of ‘being’ and ‘existence’, ‘being’ and ‘truth’, ‘being’ and ‘nothing’, ‘being’ and ‘transcendence’ which ultimately might gave the thinkers the thought of ‘being’, in reality. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12295 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 74-77
Participation of Women in Decision Making in Goat Rearing in Nadia District of West Bengal
Authors: Tudu Nirmal Kumar , Roy Dulal Chandra 
Published: May 2015

The present research work was done in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal during January, 2011 to December, 2013. From the study revealed that women were responsible for the tasks like taking the animals for grazing, fodder collection, chaffing and storage of fodder etc. Almost entire activities, so far as washing and cleaning of goat sheds and feeding of goats, were being performed by the women. Results indicated that the rural women participation in five blocks in breeding activities was found to be minor activities due to social mores and taboos in society. Analysis of the data revealed that women participation in health care activities was found to be minor activities due to lack knowledge regarding health care activities. The women in their late middle and old age actively participated in health care as they had learnt the things by seeing and out of experience. Most of the respondents interviewed were of the view that they require lot of training and knowledge with regard to the health care aspects. From the study it was seen that no women take decision without the permission of their spouse for selling the animals.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12303 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 119-122
Effects of Coaching and Mentoring on Employee Performance in the UK Hotel Industry
Authors: Neupane Ramesh 
Published: May 2015

This research aims to examine the effects of coaching and mentoring on Employee performance in the UK hotel industry. It also examines the extent of employee performance in association to coaching and mentoring; and examines the effects of coaching and mentoring on overall organisational performance. This study is based on cross-sectional method, deductive and quantitative approach. A sample of 172 managers and supervisors who have already worked as coach or mentors in the respective hotels are chosen by using convenience sampling technique. The survey strategy by using structured questionnaires was used for data collection. The collected data was analysed by using arithmetic mean, correlation, regression with the help of SPSS 20. This research confirmed that coaching and mentoring are positively correlated to employee performance and both factors have significant effect on employee performance. As the regression analysis shows that coaching has significant effects on overall employee performance as β = 0.466 and P = 0.007 which is less than 0.05. Similarly, mentoring has also significant effects on overall employee performance as β = 0.457, and P = 0.008 which is less than 0.05. Similarly, coaching and overall organisational performance are positively and significantly correlated as r = 0.707; and mentoring and overall organisational performance are also positively correlated as r = 0.456. The regression analysis shows that coaching has significant effects on overall organisational performance as β = 0.700 and P = 0.002 which is less than 0.05. But, mentoring has not significant effects on overall organisational performance as β = 0.010 and P = 0.961 which is greater than 0.05.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12323 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 123-138
Reservation and Development of Vietnamese Dong Ho Folk Painting
Authors: Bach Thi Ngoc Trang , Kim Young-soon 
Published: May 2015

Dong Ho folk painting is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Dong Ho village (Song H? commune, Thu?n Thành District, B?c Ninh Province). It is a culture heritage of Vietnam; so the preservation and development have been requisite. In this study, we endeavored to discover the meanings and values of Dong Ho folk painting; to find out the reasons why Dong Ho folk painting fell into oblivion and recent status of of Dong Ho folk painting village; then to propose some solutions to restore and develop it. Furthermore, in the trend of globalization, preservation and development of Dong Ho folk painting is the best methods to partly diffuse Vietnam’s traditional culture with its diversification.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12333 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 157-164
Study of Aromatic and Medicated Plants in Uttrakhand, India: With Focus on Role in Employment Generation and Supply Chain Management
Authors: Pangriya Ruchita 
Published: May 2015

India is one of the major exporters of crude drugs including Medicated and Aromatic Plants globally. As per the latest and most recent data available, in 2012-2013 India’s total export of Ayush, Medicinal herbs and their value added products was USD 395.58 million. State of Uttarakhand in India is a natural habitat of the prosperous varieties of herbs, medicinal and aromatic plant species. The Government of Uttarakhand state has also realised this big potential and is continuously trying to tap this wealth. In 2012-2013 the state exported culinary herbs, Aromatic products and medicated products worth ` 29.0 crore. The aim of this study of MAP products in Uttarakhand state is to evaluate the impact of cultivation of MAP products, in relation to the new employment generation and also to study the supply chain management in context to the activities of various agencies engaged in collection, distribution and auction. This paper focuses on the cultivation program running in Uttrakhand by HRDI and its importance in employment generation in the hilly districts. It is very evident in today’s time that a strong supply chain is basic necessity for every organised business to sustain and to be successful in long run. This paper also studies the existing supply chain for MAP products and investigates the loopholes for further improvement so that the cultivators of MAP get maximum monetary benefits with minimum problems. In addition to that, role of different corporations like KMVN, GMVN and Bhesaj Corporation in marketing of these MAP products has also been discussed under the presented study.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12396 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 148-156
Tribal Land Conflicts and State Forestry in Odisha: A Historical Study
Authors: Rout Naresh 
Published: May 2015

The history of human existence and civilizations are intertwined with forests and trees. Forests are crucial for the goods and services they provide, which people all over the world depend on. Strategies to enhance the contributions of the world’s forests to social development, livelihoods and poverty eradication are vital at a time when unsustainable practices and economic crises continue to threaten healthy forests and the people who depend upon them. The survival of tribal communities critically depends on land and forest resources. For historical and ecological reasons, most tribal people inhabit the forest and highly inaccessible regions of the state. These communities practise various customary land tenure systems, which have often been modified by state policies and legislation. The clan-based land tenure system was based on customary rights over land, trees and forest. The land use and tenure systems vary from tribe to tribe, as reflected in the practice and terraced cultivation. The relationship between tribal people and forest resources has been symbiotic in nature. The life-way processes of Odisha’s tribal people are reflected in their economy, religion, polity and social institutions, which cannot be understood without understanding various aspects of the forest surrounding them.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12423 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 143-147
Alternative Funding Practices of Sailaja Acharya Memorial Polytechnic, Morang, Nepal
Authors: Koirala Amit 
Published: May 2015

This study “Alternative funding practices of Sailaja Acharya Memorial Polytechnic (SAMP) explores the approach in practice in the institution even exploring its sustainability and replicability. In so doing the evidences clearly indicate the challenges with the existing practices in the institutions even though the institution has made reliable strategic interventions to overcome them. There are no valid grounds for applying such alternative financing model for its replication in Nepalese context. For carrying out qualitative research, researcher employed case study research design.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12434 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 184-187
The Assessment of Solid Waste Products Management in Ethiopians Municipal Urban Areas
Authors: Fesseha Samuel Nahom , Bin Fan 
Published: May 2015

Due to the rapid and immense quantities of solid wastes products in our city, municipality and urban areas have been increasing day by day due to developments of new Industries. As a result of increasing number of Industries a huge amount of wastes is produced daily in all developing nations and Ethiopia being among them and has surpassed the USA as the world’s largest solid waste (SWM) generator since 2004. The phenomena and critical issues of SW in Ethiopia has inspired this paper to investigate and analyze the SW in an urban area of Ethiopia by comparing the increasing rates of the SW generation with Solid Waste Management (SWM). It is noted that very little effort is being made in handling Solid waste management (SWM) which is one of the public service areas where effectiveness can be easily be gauged, and should not be regarded as a matter of luxury. Addis Ababa in general faces problems which are associated with poor SWM. This study deals with the assessment of Governance in SWM in Addis Sub city. Therefore governance is used as a framework for the study because currently it dominates development discourse and governance policies are implemented by governments aiming at improving urban services such as SWM. The paper has employed both qualitative and quantitative approach with descriptive types of research. Quantitative data was analyzed using statistical tools whereas qualitative data was analyzed in narrative explanation and discussion. The main findings revealed in the paper are: containers are not properly emptied on time, insufficient of support from SWM office, due to the absence of processing and recovery system by MSEs, lack of awareness and poor public attitude towards solid waste management, weak monitoring and evaluation system.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12468 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 165-179