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The Indian higher education system has introduced noticeable changes from time to time for academic development as well as administrative improvement. Autonomy is one of the widely accepted initiatives in education policy and practice in India. Several institutions of higher education have been converted from non-autonomous to autonomous. This conversion has created a big change in the institutions. The individuals' experience during organizational changes is a relevant topic for inquiry and study in the field of organizational development. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the study on occupational stress due to organizational change among academic faculty of autonomous colleges in Madhya Pradesh, India. The results confirm that there is moderate level of occupational stress due to change in work environment. A comparison of stress levels between the faculty of government and private autonomous colleges and between male and female faculties is also presented. A t-test has been applied to test the hypotheses. The results show that there is no significant difference on stress levels between the faculty of government and private autonomous colleges and between male and female faculties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tremendous demand for electricity makes the entire power grid system very complex to monitor. There is an essential requirement to continuously monitor the power grid for making it smarter and reliable. Traditional measurement system, i.e., Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system is getting replaced by Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), which enable the online monitoring of the power system more effectively. Improvement in power system control and protection is achieved by utilizing real-time synchronized phasor measurements. PMU with the help of GPS can measure the phasor values of voltages at the bus where it is placed and the current through the branches connected to that bus. The current measurement enables us to estimate the voltages at the neighboring buses. Because of this, placing PMUs at all buses for the complete monitoring of the power system is redundant. Finding the optimal locations of PMUs to make the power system completely observable is an area of research interest. This paper proposes the optimal locations of PMUs for the power grid of Madhya Pradesh state, India, using Integer Linear Programming (ILP). PMU placement problem has been formulated and optimization has been carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Climate change poses new and unprecedented challenges to businesses and governments. The automobile sector is one of the main targets for emission reduction policies, increasing its risks and opportunities. Understanding such risks and opportunities can advance the efforts to engage automobile industry in achieving the global emission reduction targets. The Indian automobile sector already accounts for 40% of total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of the country. This paper explores the status and perception of automobile industry based in central India to face the challenges posed by climate change and its mitigation on the business strategies. The study finds that there is greater awareness within the automobile industry sector on issues of climate change. The automobile industry accepts its contribution to climate change. The industry believes that the government and industry should jointly work on tackling issues of climate change. It also believes that both should work on creating awareness among consumers and other stakeholders as a better way to mitigate and reduce the impacts of climate change. The study finds that the industry needs the government to take the lead in developing policies that help tackle the challenges posed by climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Huge fluctuations have been observed in the prices of agricultural commodities including coriander in the recent years. Coriander is known as a traditional crop which occupies a significant position among the spices in national and international markets. In India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha are the major producers of coriander. The recent changes in future trading of coriander contract have led to concerns among the regulators and stakeholders. Using data obtained from NCDEX for the period 2008-2016, the present study examines the performance of coriander futures market and its efficiency, using econometric techniques like Johansen's cointegration test, vector error correction model, impulse response and variance decomposition. The study investigates both the long- and short-term mechanisms of prices between spot and futures market. In addition to it, Granger causality test is also applied to examine the casual relationship among the variables. The results of Granger causality indicate bidirectional causality between futures market and spot market. The impulse response graph reflects that the spot market has a larger response to stocks in the futures index than the futures' response to spot market. The study gives support with regard to the concern for the traders, hedgers and regulators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]