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PSYBER NEWS, 1, 4, 2010 CONTENTS From the Editor-in-Chief ON POINT Psychological Research In SAARC Countries ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Tribute to Professor Kuppuswamy - M. Basavanna The history of every academic discipline in any country is punctuated with names of individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of rhe discipline through teaching, research, and writing. Professor B. Kuppuswamy is one such name in the field of psychology in India. CENTRE OF BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES - Narayanan Srinivasan With the support of University Grants Commission under the scheme of Centre for Excellence, the University of Allahabad established the Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS) in 2002. Autistic Behaviour Analysis : Pre-Post And Repeated Measure Design- Debdulal Dutta Roy and Kakali Basu Autism is the pervasive developmental disorder characterized by qualitative abnormalities in reciprocal social interactions and in patterns of communication, and by restricted, stereotyped, repetitive repertoire of interests and activities Behavioural issues in forest management practices in INDIA: A changing paradigm - Parul Rishi India has one of the world's most extensive networks of forests, including National Parks and sanctuaries and covering over 4.5 percent of the territorial area (Ministry Of Environment And Forest, Government Of India , 1995). Researches on Meditation – Kaveri Chauhan, Mandeep Sharma and Nov Rattan Sharma Generally, meditation is considered as a worship or prayer. But it is not so. Meditation means awareness. ­Cognitive impairment in HIV/AIDS - Bishakha Majumdar Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with an increased risk for human herpes viruses (HHVs) and their related diseases… Gender differences in personally and socially perceived self esteem of tribal college students of Tripura - Anjana Bhattacharjee The word self-esteem refers to confidence and satisfaction in oneself. Self-esteem is the product of two internal assessments or judgments, the global judgment and one`s self-worth. NVivo: Software for qualitative data analysis - Ketoki Mazumdar Nvivo software developed by researchers of QSR International includes five principal ways in which NVivo supports analysis of qualitative data: Book review-Jayanti Basu Dr. Rakesh Kumar has contributed timely to fill in a vacuum for the students of Psychology.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Editorial board of PSYBER NEWS acknowledges with gratitude the help of the following persons who have kindly reviewed and provided expert opinion on manuscripts published in PSYBER NEWS, 1,4,2010.

Nilanjan Chakraborty, Scientist C, ICMR Virus Unit, ID & BG Hospital, Beliaghata Kolkata.	M.S. Thimmappa, Former Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Professor of Psychology, Bangalore University.
Giridhar Prasad Thakur, Retd. Prof. of.Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi.	J M Deo, P G Centre of Psychology College of Commerce, Patna
Vedagiri Ganesan, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore	Joseph Indelicato, Touro College School of Health Sciences, New York
Jayanti Basu, Department of Applied Psychology, Calcutta university	Kamlesh Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
S.P.K. Jena, Department of Applied Psychology, University of Delhi , (south campus)	Kalpana Srivastava, Scientist 'F' (Clinical Psychologist), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
Prasanta Kumar Roy, Department of Psychology, Calcutta university, Kolkata

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Nilanjana Chatterjee, Department of Psychology, Calcutta University, Kolkata

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