Pankaj Nagar

Genotoxicity evaluation of hospital wastewaters.

In hospitals a large variety of substances are in use for medical purposes such as diagnostics and research. After application, diagnostic agents, disinfectants and excreted non-metabolized pharmaceuticals by patients reach the wastewater. Indeed, some of the substances found in wastewaters are genotoxic and are suspected to be a possible cause of the cancers observed in the last decades. Genotoxicity tests are an excellent means to study the toxicity and the risk associated with these releases. This paper points out the areas of concern for hospital wastewater disposal and reports the findings of genotoxicity tests for hospital effluents from 3 major hospitals in Delhi, namely All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Apollo and Escorts. Mutagenicity of hospital wastewaters from effluent treatment plants (before and after treatment) was studied. The results of this study show that the genotoxicity of hospital wastewaters is highly reduced after the treatment process. This study calls for establishment of advanced and effective effluent treatment plants in the hospitals, which are merely dumping the wastewaters in the municipal sewerage system. The results of this study call for further detailed study in this area.

Governometrics: A Quasi-Quantitative Policy Syntax for Optimal Governance

The Governometrics is a neologism introduced by the authors to understand the governmental dynamics for policy syntax. The application of statistical tools to analyze and understand various nuances of policy making is imperative for effective implementation of policy. The inputs based on specific needs provide right fulcrum to make rational choices amongst the available alternatives. But essentially for any policy decision ethics is the given value. In this context this article explores writing policy syntax on the basis of moral values which by implication would improve the quality of services. The focus is on designing the conceptual frame of Governometrics to optimize the governance. No literature is available but some references have been included which may be closer to support the application of statistics in the realm of values and service quality.

Study of Enterprise Resource Planning Performance in Corporate Context

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have come a long way in accelerating business growth. If any business organization or corporate is using an effective ERP packages according to their demand, then the performance of business organization increases. In this paper study on ERP packages is to be carried out in corporate context, keeping the importance of ERP packages in Corporate.