Articles by Baldev R Sharma

Selection for Central Services Baldev R Sharma IN its meeting held at New Delhi on October 30, 197ft, the Union Cabinet decided to remove the language curbs hitherto in force for Central examinations. The new selection policy for Central services, according to the press reports, lays down that (a) the civil services will henceforth have a preliminary qualifying examination; (b) only those qualifying in the preliminary examination will appear at the main examination; and (c) candidates appearing in the main examination will be free to answer their question papers (except for the English and the language papers) in English or any other language listed in the Eighth Schedule.

This paper analyses data on the socio-economic background of students in colleges and institutions of professional training covering the following professions: architecture, engineering, law, management, medicine and social work.

His Origin, Experience and Destiny Baldev R Sharma This paper presents some research findings on the background, experience and aspirations of the Indian industrial worker and discusses their implications for the climate of industrial relations in the country today. It goes on the hypothesis that a given state of industrial relations, whether at the plant or the national level, is the end product of a multiplicity of interacting forces which include, among others, economic considerations, political processes, legal framework, technologist environment, socio-cultural factors, and psychological forces.

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Baldev R Sharma This article examines the process of admission of students to the two-year post-graduate programme at one of the institutes of management. Utilising the admission data for the last five years, a number of findings emerge.

The Industrial Worker Some Myths and Realities Baldev R Sharma This paper seeks to examine the following widely-held beliefs about the industrial worker in India: