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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND FOURTH PARTY LOGISTICS Introduction 1.       Supply chain, on material level is defined as flow of materials through procurement, manufacture, distribution, exploitation and disposal while on human level it is an entity of people  organisation  as structures and systems delivering the desired value and goods.  Supply chain management is undergoing a paradigm change in aligning its activities, measures and customer focus.  No longer does supply chain  management  operate as mutually exclusive teams with separate sets of matrix in managing their activities.  These days successful organisations use a master strategy of “Vital three” elements – people, process and enabling technology, in addressing future growth,  organisation  transformation and  organisation  resource planning enabling initiatives.  This is more binding in view of the fact that t...

ठंडी हवा यूँ निकली है मेरे गाल को सहलाकर महकती साँसों की सिसकी ज्यूँ निकाली थी उसने, हल्का सा दबाव मेरे सीने पे वैसा ही है धड़कन तेज़ तेज़ ज्यूँ चलीं थी उसकी ! गले में मेरे सिहर कर बंधी है जो बेल फूलों की घेर कर सारा जहाँ ज्यूँ डाली थी बाहें उसने, एक सन्नाटा सा छाया है चुप हैं सभी वैसे ही जैसे वक़्त ठहर गया था जब पहली मुलाकात थी मेरी उसकी !! हर रोज़ हर लम्हा हर ज़र्रा जिया हूँ यूँ मैं रूह में मेरी ज्यूँ घर कर लिया हो उसने, ले चलो मेरे दोस्त मुझे अब समय हो गया है रुखसती का सालों अलग रह लिए और यादें बहुत तड़पाती हैं उसकी !!!

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 1.         Threat of terrorism is no longer limited to a particular country or region. It transcends international boundaries. Advance in technology and communications has extended the reach of groups and States sponsoring terrorism. Sarin gas attack in Tokyo some years ago has raised the danger of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists. Terrorists use electronic media to organise their subversive activities. They have access to flow of funds from abroad, including money raised through so called charitable organisations. They enjoy foreign sanctuaries. They are answerable to none. They violate international standards of human rights, and humanitarian law, with impunity. Organised terrorism as an instrument of policy by certain states is very different in scale, nature and consequences than actions of stray individuals and groups. Sustained campaign of terrorist violence is not possible witho...

जनाब मत पूछिये हद्द हमारी गुस्ताखियों की हम आईना ज़मीन पर रख कर आस्मां कुचलते हैं मेरा यही अंदाज़ ज़माने को खलता है कि मेरा चिराग हवा के खिलाफ भी जलता है

While stir for reservations / quota system on one side and debates on definition of nationalism / patriotism / sedition on other are hogging the nation's attention, two CRPF jawans have lost life while nine are seriously injured in J&K today safeguarding these great citizens of our great country who are hell bent of destroying it from within. A passing thought though...country's superior services who deserve better and higher protocol (read politicians, bureaucracy and judiciary) have once again failed and turned to a inferior service (read armed forces) to restore the situation for them so that they can rule the country from their higher pedestal once again.. till the time they screw it up again.. all the while when veterans are peacefully sitting at Jantar Mantar demanding their due for last one year.

TRANSITIONAL WORLD: PRESENT DAY GLOBAL SCENARIO AN ARTICLE BY ATUL KUMAR PUBLISHED IN WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL 1.         Already one and a half decade has passed since the end of  the  Cold War,  symbolised  by  the disintegration  of  a Super  Power, breaching  of the Berlin wall and consequent embrace  of   market economy  and  political pluralism by the ex-communist  states  in Eastern   Europe.  In Aug 1991 with the falling apart of the Soviet Union, like nine pins, the peoples witnessed the emergence of an uni-polar world where the power would now be in the hands of a single super power, at least in the near future. However, economic globalization is decentralizing power widely and regional power centres with credible military capabilities are emerging.  The  Uni-polar  Movement  which  appeared to crystallise rema...

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY AN ARTICLE BY ATUL KUMAR PUBLISHED IN WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL 1.         Indian foreign policy in real terms came into being with the advent of independence in 1947. Till then, the nation, as a satellite of the British Empire , had no diplomatic identity and eschewed those postulates of foreign policy as were dictated by the erstwhile rules. India ’s role in the First World War and the subsequent course of its rudimentary diplomatic overtures were constrained by the prevailing British influence. A fair idea of the ambiance that prevailed at the time of independence can be had from an excerpt of an address by Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru [1] as the Vice Chairman of the Viceroy’s Executive Council (A precursor to self-governance) of 07 Sep 1946 , who said      “We propose, as far as possible, to keep away from the power politics of groups aligned to against one another which have...