Reflections and Reminiscences of Police Officers

by Sankar Sen

Overview

Bacteriology, the branch of biology devoted to the study of bacteria- Bacteriologists are concerned with the structure and functions of bacteria, with the environmental conditions that affect bacterial growth, with the effects of bacteria on the other organisms, and with the uses for bacteria. Bacteriology is important in medicine, public health and sanitation work, agriculture, food-processing, and industry. There are many branches of this science, each dealing with special problems that have arisen from the complex effects that bacteria have upon civilization. The relation of bacteria to disease has given rise to the sciences of pathologic bacteriology (conceming treatment and causes of disease),immunology (concerning immunity to disease), antiseptic surgery veterinary bacteriology, and sanitary bacteriology. The book is intended as a reference book for practical classes of under-graduate and postgraduate students for studying bacterial diseases of plants. The book covers basic and applied aspects of the subject. Contents: introduction; Diversity of Metabolism in Prokaryotes; The Norma! Bacterial Flora of Humans; Epidemiology; principles of Diagnosis; Nutrition and Cultivation of Bacteria; Nutrition and Growth of Bacteria; Staphylococcus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354399787
Publisher:	Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date:	06/30/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	276
File size:	479 KB

About the Author

Sankar Sen, former Director General, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi and former Director of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad, joined the Indian Police Service in 1960. He graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta, and obtained Master's degree in History from Calcutta University and LLB from Utkal University. He was allotted to Orissa cadre and held a number of posts with distinction. He joined the Border Security Force as the Inspector General in 1987 and was later on promoted as the Additional Director General. Thereafter, he was posted as the Director of the SVP National Police Academy (NPA), the premier institution for training of senior police officers in the country. He was awarded the Police Medal for meritorious service in 1979 and President's Police Medal for distinguished service in 1986. On completion of his assignment in the NPA, he joined as the Director General of the National Human Rights Commission and later on functioned as the Special Rapporteur, in charge of custodial justice programmes of the NHRC. He has to his credit many books, including Police Today and Human Rights in a Developing Society; Tryst with Law Enforcement and Human Rights; Law Enforcement and Cross Border Terrorism; Human Rights and Law Enforcement, etc. At present, he is a Senior Fellow in the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi.