Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Ramani, K. V."
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Adolescent health in India: still at crossroads
Mona Gupta; Ramani, K. V.; Werner Soors (Advances in Applied Sociology, 2012)Internationally, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) has become a priority programme approach to help the future generations have a safe, healthy and satisfactory life. India is yet to develop a comprehensive ... -
American electronics limited
Ramani, K. V.; Choung, Samchu; Singh, Jasbir; Alfred, Tan (1997-10-08) -
Bharat seaport authorities
Ramani, K. V. (1999-10-14) -
Bharat seaport authority
Ramani, K. V. (1999-10-13) -
Coaching stock utilisation on Indian railways
Ramani, K. V.; Raghuram, G. (1979-08-30) -
Coherence between health policy and human resource strategy: lessons from maternal health in Vietnam, India and China
Martineau, Tim; Mirzoev, Tolib; Pearson, Stephen; Bui, Thu Ha; Qian Xu; Ramani, K. V.; Xiaoyun, Liu (Health Policy & Planning, 2013)The failure to meet health goals such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is partly due to the lack of appropriate resources for the effective implementation of health policies. The lack of coherence between the ... -
Computerization on Indian railways
Ramani, K. V. (1991-09-29) -
Computers for improving rolling stock productivity in Indian railways, planning for 2000 A.D.
Ramani, K. V. (1991-09-29) -
DHL goes open : case study
Ramani, K. V.; Mckinney, Rick (2010-10-05)DHL is the market leader in the worldwide air express industry. During the late 1980s DHL moved to an open architecture based on Unix for all its operations worldwide. The business benefits of this move have been recognized ... -
Do the pre-service education programmes for midwives in India prepare confident 'registered midwives'? a survey from India
Ramani, K. V.; Sharma, Bharati; Hildingsson, Ingegerd; Johansson, Eva; Prakasamma, Malvarappu; Christensson, Kyllike (Global Health Action. 2015; 8: 10.Taylor & Francis, 2015)The graduates of the diploma and degree programmes of nursing and midwifery in India are considered skilled birth attendants (SBAs). This paper aimed to assess the confidence of final-year students from pre-service education ... -
A DSS enabled materials management process at MP trust hospital
Ramani, K. V. (2001-10-15) -
The effect of surveillance and appreciative inquiry on puerperal infections: a longitudinal cohort study in India
Hussein, Julia; Ramani, K. V.; Kanguru, Lovney; Patel, Kalpesh (PLoS ONE, 2014)Objective: To evaluate the effects of an intervention comprising surveillance and an organisational change called Appreciative Inquiry on puerperal infections in hospitals in Gujarat state, India. Methods: This longitudinal ... -
Energy planning in India: relevance of regional planning for national policy
Moulik, T. K.; Dholakia, Bakul H.; Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Ramani, K. V.; Shukla, P. R. (1992-10-01) -
An evaluation of mid-day meal scheme
Deodhar, Satish Y.; Mahandiratta, Sweta; Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Ghosh, S. (Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 2012)With the twin objectives of improving health and education of the poor children, India has embarked upon an ambitious scheme of providing mid day meals (MDM) in the government and government-assisted primary schools. ... -
An expert system for Drug preformulation in a Pharmaceutical company
Ramani, K. V.; Patel, M. R.; Patel, S. K. (1991-09-30)We designed, developed, and implemented a computer-based expert system for Cadila Laboratories to aid pharmaceutical experts in drug preformulations. Drugs, such as tablets, contain many chemicals (called excipients) in ... -
A GIS approach to plan and deliver health care services to urban poor: a public-private model for Ahmedabad city, India
Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Patel, Amit; Mehandiratta, Sweta (2007-11-08)Purpose – To provide a public private partnership (PPP) model for urban health centres (UHC) in developing countries that can be useful for urban local governments and private service providers willing to enter into ... -
Good and governance and corruption in the health sector: lessons from the Karnataka experience
Huss, R.; Green, A.; Sudarshan, H.; Karpagam, S.S.; Ramani, K. V.; Tomson, G.; Gerein, N. (2012-09-07)Strengthening good governance and preventing corruption in health care are universal challenges. The Karnataka Lokayukta (KLA), a public complaints agency in Karnataka state (India), was created in 1986 ... -
A graphics based computer aided learning package for integer programming: the branch and bound algorithm
Ramani, K. V.; Rao, Rama T. P. (1994-10-06)In this paper, we discuss a graphics based computer-aided learning program INTEGER for understanding the Branch and Bound algorithm for solving integer programming problems. It presents the algorithm step by step, by ... -
Graphics based instructional software for decision tree analysis using Bayesian methodology
Ramani, K. V. (1992-10-01)We have designed and developed a graphics based software package “BAYES” to demonstrate the Bayesian methodology (before and after sampling) for solving decision problems under uncertainty involving two decision alternatives. ... -
Health system in India: opportunities and challenges for improvement
Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep (2006-11-01)Purpose – The paper seeks to show that health and socio-economic developments are so closely intertwined that is impossible to achieve one without the other. Design/methodology/approach – This paper sees that building ...