Magazine – RESEARCH HORIZONS

RESEARCH HORIZONS

ISSN 2229 – 385X

July 2012

Vol. 2

Editor

Dr. Harshada Rathod

Editorial Office

Maniben Nanavati Womenb s College,

Vallabhbhai Road, Vile Parle (W)

Mumbai – 400 056.

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Place of Publication

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Annual

ISSN 2229 – 385X

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: Shree Art Printers

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Maniben Nanavati

Womenb s College,

Vallabhbhai Road,

Vile Parle (W),

Mumbai – 400 056.

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Dr. Harshada Rathod

Maniben Nanavati

Womenb s College,

Vallabhbhai Road,

Vile Parle (W)

Mumbai – 400 056.

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DISCLAIMER

Articles in this journal do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the college. All material

is protected by copyright and cannot be used in any manner without the permission of the

respective authors and the institution.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

RESEARCH HORIZONS 2013

Guidelines for paper submission

Contributors are requested to submit their research papers/articiles for RESEARCH

HORIZONS 2013, Vol.3 to be published in 2013. THE DEADLINE FOR THE

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS IS 15TH DECEMBER 2013. PLEASE SEND TWO HARD

COPIES OF THE PAPERS AT THE COLLEGE ADDRESS.

b “

Contributions A Section I – Academic papers are invited from the

faculty of Arts (Languages, Humanities

and Social Sciences) and Commerce in

English, Hindi and Gujarati (Max. 10 typed sheets)

B. Section II -Creative Writing

–

Poems, short stories (1200-1500 words)

One Act plays (Max. 10 pages)

b “

Papers/articles should be typed on A4 size papers, leaving margins on both the

sides, in 12 point font size with double spacing.

All the manuscripts are to be typed in MS Word. The regional language papers

should be typed in Akruti. (Akruti Dev Priya, Akruti Guj Lekha).

The First page of the paper should contain full name of the contributor,

designation, name of institution, contact numbers, address (office and residence),

e-mail id, the title of the paper & subject.

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The Second page should contain the Abstract of the paper. The research paper

should begin thereafter.

After the research paper is scrutinized by the expert panel, it is sent to the

contributor. The contributor is then required to incorporate the suggested

changes, if any and send it to us within a week of the receipt of the paper at :

researchhorizons3@yahoo.co.in

KINDLY INFORM US ABOUT THE CHANGE IN ADDRESS, IF ANY.

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Smt. Sunderbai Hansraj Pragji Thackersey

(

11-06-1885 to 12-01-1980)

Smt. Sunderbai, a soul of religion and education, selfless service and philanthropy, had

lived a meaningful life, just short of only five years, to become a Centenarian.

At just the blooming age of 12 years, she was honoured with the nuptial sanctity in the year

1897, with Shri Hansarj Pragji Thackersey, the grand son of Shri Thackersey Muljiseth. At a very

young age, Shri Hansarj Pragji Thackersey had settled down well in business and won laurels in the

social and political arena as well.

At the age of 39 years, having lived a wedded life for 27 years, the cruel fate snatched away

from her, Sheth Shri Hansraj. At that time, though miserably bereaved of the lifeb s partner, her profound

faith in Almighty and her religious mental spirit, accorded in her great courage and strength, to take

up faithfully and creatively all the responsibilities of unfulfilled assignments and cherished dreams of her

loving counter-part.

She created a Trust, b Hansraj Pragji Thackersey Education Fundb in memory of her late

husband and from its corpus, set up the Hansraj Pragji Thackersey Girlb s School.

She channelised her wealth for many good causes. Her donations for the development and

maintenance of educational institutions in Dwarka and a college at Nasik are worth the note in the

history of the progress of education for girls.

She had made a royal donation to Vanita Vishram, at Bombay and Surat, and offered her

devoted services, for about three decades, on its Managing Committee.

She also encouraged many students to go abroad for studies or business. For more than half

century, this spacious building at Maharshi Karve Road (Queenb s Road) stands monument, now housing

the Gujarati medium H. P. T. Girlb s School, an English medium – The Blossoms Sunderbai

Thackersey English High School, and a large Assembly Hall, popularly known as Sunderbai Hall.

She was also one of the pioneers and the main supporter of the Bhatia General Hospital, which

she equipped with the latest equipment and made it as one of the leading hospitals. Here she rendered

her services as the Hon. Secretary for many years.

She, under the close association with Lady Premlila Thackersey, her nearest relative, the founder

of the S.N.D.T. Womenb s University, Mumbai, had directed her donations to this University and to-day,

in her memory. stands SHPT School of Library Science and SHPT College of Science at Mumbai and

one of the Sections of Polytechnic of this University at the Juhu Campus. She was a member of the

Senate of this University, for a number of years.

The heritage she has left behind her, is benevolently utilised with the same zeal and spirit,

bearing in mind her ideals of life, by her devoted loyal Trustees, who execute her cherished dreams,

with no axe to grind.

She had lived a life in the service of humanity,

keeping her goal, b Work is Worshipb .

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It is indeed a matter of pride for the college that Research Horizons is now in

the eleventh year of publication. The college has always been sensitive to the need of

promoting a pervasive research culture among the faculty members.

I must thank the members of the expert panel for scrutinizing the research papers and

for having given their valuable feedback to the contributors. Congratulations to the

members of the editorial board for their hardwork to get the journal published in time!

Congratulations to the paper contributors for sharing their research experiences and

knowledge! We are very grateful to Shri. Chandrasen Merchant for providing the

necessary financial support for the publication of the journal for last 11 years.

The patronage, goodwill and support of many well wishers have helped to make

Research Horizons a quality peer reviewed journal. It is my view that the phrase

research culture must be taken to refer to both internal and external enlightenment, to

individual and institutional attitude. Every effort must be made to actively and

continuously awaken intellectual curiosity. This is what our institutions of higher learning

are expected to aim and strive to achieve if we wish to be called the honorable

members of the knowledge society.

Research, particularly academic research, had been relatively isolated from the

demands of economic utility. It is complained that the academic underperforms in

research and also that a good deal of research in our universities is marginal and

deficient in originality and quality. One of the reasons usually given is that our universities

have not created pervasive research culture among their products, that there is no

encouraging ambience in our society for creativity, for producing quality and or doing

research. With the UGC norms teachers should have research aptitude.

I wish all the teachers the very best in this endeavor. Certainly Research Horizons will

continue its efforts to become a journal that attracts the best and the brightest scholars.

Dr. Harshada Rathod

Principal

EDITORIAL TEAM

Dr. Harshada Rathod

Dr. Falguni Desai

Dr. Rajshree Trivedi

Dr. Jayashree Palit

Dr. R. Katyayan

Ms. Sejal Shah

Ms. Trupti Sabharanjak

Ms. Geeta Varun

Ms. Vaishali Randive

Ms. Rashmi Sawant

Dr. Sujata Rao

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Expert Panel

Dr. Ram Sable

: Head, P. G. Dept. of Commerce,

S.N.D.T. Womenb s University,

Mumbai – 400 020.

Dr. S.K.G. Sundaram

Dr. Kaveri Pal

: Ex-Head, P.G. Department of Economics

S.N.D.T. Womenb s University,

Mumbai – 400 020.

: Head, Dept. of English

M. M. P. Shah College, Matunga,

Mumbai – 400 019.

Dr. Meena Godhia

: Associate Professor

S.V.T. College, Juhu,

Mumbai

Dr. Nutan Jani

: Head, P. G. Dept. of Gujarati

S. N.D. T. Womenb s University,

Mumbai – 400 020.

Dr. Madhuri Chheda

: Ex. Director, BCUD

S.N.D.T. Womenb s University,

Mumbai – 400 020.

Dr. Reeta Sonawat

: Head. Dept. of. P. G. Studies &

Research in Home Science

S. N. D.T. Womenb s University.

Santacruz, Mumbai.

Dr. Mangala Purandgare : Head, Dept. of History

Bhavanb s College,

Mumbai.

Dr. Sujata Gokhale

Dr. Durga Parikh

: Head, P. G. Dept. of Sociology

S. N. D. T. Womenb s University,

Mumbai – 400 020.

: Retd. Head, Dept. of Psychology

R. D. National College,

Mumbai.

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