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Teaching quality in an education system becomes the foundation and roadmap to the development of young people and country at large. If the quality of education declines the productivity of the country also declines. Whatever the type of education institutions running in the country must emphasize on improving the quality of education they are intended to provide. Nowadays it can be noticed that many education institutions are becoming commercial and mainly focusing on getting grades, certifications, rankings and recognitions. The purpose of presence study is to examine the impact of non-academic responsibilities on quality of teaching. For this purpose study adopted descriptive research design to analyse the collected data from the teachers teaching in higher education. This study observed that non-academic responsibilities are significantly influencing on teaching quality in India. Thus, the higher education institutions and regulators should work together to bring policies, strategies and methods to balance both academic and non-academic responsibilities without compromising with the teaching quality. If this will be the reality the competencies of the students for their survival will be enhanced and in turn the overall productivity of young people will also go up for the long run.

Adsorbents fabricated on polysaccharides have captivated growing attention in water treatment owing to their low-cost and biodegradability. Modification of polysaccharides by incorporation of functional groups with potential binding ability towards pollutants is a good strategy to develop adsorbent materials. Imparting magnetic property to the materials facilitates easy separation of the adsorbent after use. The present work reports development of a magnetic hydrogel adsorbent material based on the polysaccharide, gum acacia. The graft copolymer nanocomposite hydrogel of gum acacia and poly(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropylmethacrylate) containing magnetite nanoparticles has been prepared using microwave assisted technique and evaluated as adsorbent for sequestration of cationic dyes and metal ions from aqueous solutions. The FTIR, XRD, SEM, TGA, VSM and BET studies have been performed to characterize the sample. The nanocomposite displayed super-paramagnetic nature owing to the existence of magnetite nanoparticles. The presence of magnetite nanoparticles is observed to influence the adsorption characteristics favourably as evident from the comparative studies performed with the non-magnetic parent gel. It exhibited larger surface area of 2.524 m2g− 1 compared to the parent hydrogel with surface area of 0.481 m2g− 1. The adsorption capability of the parent hydrogel towards methylene blue, rhodamine 6G, Cu(II) and Hg(II) are 224.4, 283.5, 282.4 and 275.3 mgg− 1 respectively are enhanced to 265.2, 344.4, 307.5 and 292.8 mgg− 1 respectively in the case of nanocomposite. The adsorption isotherm and kinetic data fitted well with Freundlich and pseudo second order model respectively. Desorption studies indicated excellent reusability characteristics of the novel adsorbent developed, indicating its potential use in wastewater treatment.

Chitosan biological macromolecule is a versatile polymer; chemical modification has been carried out that lead to the formation of chitosan grafted polymers composites (Chito-g-PC). We proposed synthesis of six various Chito-g-PC as sorbents for toxic dyes. A novel graft copolymerization method based on radical polymerization with vinyl monomer like acrylic acid, acrylamide, N-isopropylacrylamide, methacrylic acid and polyacrylonitrile were utilized in order to address the large amount of swelling at four different pH buffers solution. The effect of initiator and monomer concentration, time and temperature on % grafting and % grafting efficiency were performed. Comparative characterization of Chito and Chito-g-PC were evaluated by SEM, XRD and FTIR, as well as solubility characteristics of the composites were determined by various pH buffer solution. Cationic toxic dyes Malachite green (MG) and Methylene blue (MB) were selected as the sorbet, and Chito-g-PC were used as biosorbents. Thermodynamic analysis showed that the sorption process was spontaneous and endothermic with an increased randomness. The sorption experiments were realized with six different Chito-g-PC for MG and MB at various pH.

Today there are many advancements in accounting practices across the globe. But the accounting curriculum in the higher education institutions of India are still out dated. This in turn indirectly impacting on the transversal competencies of accounting graduates. Therefore, in the present study the opinions from academicians and professionals are gathered on the cuurent status of accounting education in India and the collected opinions are analyzed through independent samples t-test and concluded that higher education institutions in India needs to redesign accounting curriculum in par with professional educational curriculum like professionals education curriculum followed by professional institutes such as ICAI, ICSI, ICWA and IIMs at large.

An efficient hydrophilic-antimicrobial thin film coating of functionalized polymaliamides for controlling pathogenic microorganisms is reported in this article. The article is enriched with synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial studies of polymaliamides and its thin film. FTIR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR details of the polymaliamidesis explicated,and the thermal properties of the polymer are revealed using TGA, DSC studies and detailed explanation is provided in the article. The activity of the polymer and thin film against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, tuberculosis variant bacteria Mycobacterium smegmatis and Candida albicans are also reported ornately. The morphological behavior of film when interacting with the microbes is studies using SEM and AFM studied and presented elaborately.

The study intends to design a simple and powerful synthesis of piperazine-methacrylate monomer and its homopolymer. The synthesized piperazine-methacrylate monomer was polymerized by solution polymerization technique in the presence of freeradical initiator azobi (2-methylpropionitrile) resulting in the formation of multifunctionalized piperazine polymer. The structural investigation was done by FTIR and NMR (1H and 13C NMR). The thermal properties and degradation of the polymer were examined by DSC and TGA techniques. The polymer exhibited glass transition temperature (Tg) at 88.4 �C. The polymer surface was found to be soft and nonporous which was examined by FESEM. The synthesized polymeric compound exhibited good antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli, tubercular variant Mycobacterium smegmatis, and Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus with a zone of inhibition at a range of 15.60–19.33, 15.33–17, and 15.67–18 mm diameter, respectively. The polymer also showed good activity against fungus Candida albicans with a zone of inhibition at a range of 16.33–22 mm diameter. The percentage inhibition of microorganisms increased with increase in concentration (1.5–12 mg) which is carried out by optical density method. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019, 136, 47521.