A Role Model for Academic Excellence through Socio-Economic-Cultural Factors: The Case of SAIL Schools in India

Abstract The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL

Biomolecular interaction simulation of supramolecular topologies of organometallic assemblies of Bi(V) with antibiotic Tetracycline Amoxicillin drugs and their experimental activities evaluation

This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by IS Publications in Journal of Biomedical & Therapeutic Sciences on 30/09/2020, available online: http://www.pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jbts/article/view/926/594 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.Antibiotic drugs i.e. tetracycline and amoxicillin, were used mixed ligands (ML), for designing, architecturing, tailoring and synthesis for synthesis of supramolecular topologies of organometallic assemblies of Bi(V), represented as OMCs‐Bi(V), having O5 set for bonding. Molecular models were proposed as a standard to judge specific interactions in topologies of molecules of ML and derived organometallic assemblies. In OMCs‐Bi(V), on chelation, polarity of Bi(V) get reduced to great extent due to overlap of ML orbital. As a result, delocalization of π‐electrons density clouds get spread over the surface of chelating ring and enhances penetration power of OMCs‐Bi(V) into lipid membranes. This influenced binding with enzyme sites in microorganisms. Some electron set for bonding groups present in ligands moieties display extensive biological activity that may be responsible for increase in hydrophobic character and liposolubility of supramolecular topologies of organometallic of assemblies; ultimately enhanced biological activity of OMCs‐Bi(V)

RNAi-Mediated Downregulation of Inositol Pentakisphosphate Kinase (IPK1) in Wheat Grains Decreases Phytic Acid Levels and Increases Fe and Zn Accumulation

Enhancement of micronutrient bioavailability is crucial to address the malnutrition in the developing countries. Various approaches employed to address the micronutrient bioavailability are showing promising signs, especially in cereal crops. Phytic acid (PA) is considered as a major antinutrient due to its ability to chelate important micronutrients and thereby restricting their bioavailability. Therefore, manipulating PA biosynthesis pathway has largely been explored to overcome the pleiotropic effect in different crop species. Recently, we reported that functional wheat inositol pentakisphosphate kinase (TaIPK1) is involved in PA biosynthesis, however, the functional roles of the IPK1 gene in wheat remains elusive. In this study, RNAi-mediated gene silencing was performed for IPK1 transcripts in hexaploid wheat. Four non-segregating RNAi lines of wheat were selected for detailed study (S3-D-6-1; S6-K-3-3; S6-K-6-10 and S16-D-9-5). Homozygous transgenic RNAi lines at T4 seeds with a decreased transcript of TaIPK1 showed 28–56% reduction of the PA. Silencing of IPK1 also resulted in increased free phosphate in mature grains. Although, no phenotypic changes in the spike was observed but, lowering of grain PA resulted in the reduced number of seeds per spikelet. The lowering of grain PA was also accompanied by a significant increase in iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) content, thereby enhancing their molar ratios (Zn:PA and Fe:PA). Overall, this work suggests that IPK1 is a promising candidate for employing genome editing tools to address the mineral accumulation in wheat grains

Improved collision strengths and line ratios for forbidden [O III] far-infrared and optical lines

Far-infrared and optical [O III] lines are useful temeprature-density diagnostics of nebular as well as dust obscured astrophysical sources. Fine structure transitions among the ground state levels 1s^22s^22p^3 \ ^3P_{0,1,2} give rise to the 52 and 88 micron lines, whereas transitions among the $^3P_{0,1,2}, ,^1D_2, ^1S_0$ levels yield the well-known optical lines 4363, 4959 and 5007 Angstroms. These lines are excited primarily by electron impact excitation. But despite their importance in nebular diagnostics collision strengths for the associated fine structure transitions have not been computed taking full account of relativistic effects. We present Breit-Pauli R-matrix calculations for the collision strengths with highly resolved resonance structures. We find significant differences of up to 20% in the Maxwellian averaged rate coefficients from previous works. We also tabulate these to lower temperatures down to 100 K to enable determination of physical conditions in cold dusty environments such photo-dissociation regions and ultra-luminous infrared galaxies observed with the Herschel space observatory. We also examine the effect of improved collision strengths on temperature and density sensitive line ratios.Comment: Letter in press, Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 5 pages, 6 figure