India is a developing country, and hence today’s infrastructure and high rise building development is much more demanding in metro cities as well as in developing cities (tier 1, tier 2). In developing cities high rising buildings of 5 to 20 stories are now most widely used. Reinforced Cement Concrete framed construction is generally used for 5 to 20 stories as thi...

The polythene bags have become an important part of human beings all over the world. Due to such heavy usage, it has become an environmental problem to dispose these polythene bags thus creating pollution in the environment in recent years. Since, these bags are not biodegradable, it has to be utilized in construction industry so as to reduce its effect on envir...

Materials are essential in every manufacturing sector. Natural composite fabrics have replaced synthetic materials in modern times due to the promising properties of common fibres such as light, water resistance, high tensile strength, eco-friendliness. While natural fibres are not as strong as synthetic fibres, they are widely available, low in thickness, low cost...

The present study entitled “an experimental investigation on thermal comfort of community kitchen” was undertaken to study the thermal performance of community cook stove, to assess thermographic behaviour of cook stove in actual use and to analyse indoor air quality parameters. All these data were helpful in examining the thermal comfort of community kitchen. A ba...

With the popularity of digital cameras and smart phones, digital images play an important role in day to day life. However, when images are captured in low light environment, generally at night, the quality of image descends rapidly because of loss of contrast, low dynamic range and noise. Besides deteriorating visual quality of the images, this low light image...

The present study was undertaken to explore the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of private companies in Rajasthan, study the mode of implementation of CSR initiatives followed by companies for economic empowerment of rural women, assess the impact of CSR initiatives on economic empowerment of rural women and study the constraints experienced by ru...

Rainfall forecasting plays an important role for flood mitigation, water resources allocation and management. The present study entitled “Integrated water resource planning of Chaskaman irrigation project” was undertaken for efficient management of water resources. One of the objective of the present study was to develop and validate stochastic time series model f...

The environmental protection with power generation of an acceptable level of reliability, quality and safety is the need of the modern generation. Recent advancement in technology which includes effective power production and simultaneous utilization of renewable energy resources. The rooftop installed Photovoltaic (PV) system has gained much popularity due to ...

The research work “Job performance and satisfaction among Supervisors of Integrated Child Development Services scheme in Udaipur Division (Rajasthan)” was undertaken with the objectives to study the Supervisors knowledge of job responsibilities along with the job performance, extent of job satisfaction, constraints faced in job performance and factors associate...

Detailed knowledge of solar radiation is of fundamental importance in meteorology. The appropriate design of many solar power plants requires a detailed knowledge of solar radiation availability. In India 45 solar radiation stations are available in India for measuring solar radiation. The development of calculation procedures is required to provide radiation e...