DEAR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES
NAMASTE
NIPA SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN THE YEAR 2006 HAVE BEEN PUBLISHING AUTHORS/EDITORS OF GREAT REPUTE ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE. OFF LATE, WE WISH TO BRING TO YOUR KIND NOTICE THAT SOME TRADE-COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHING TITLES WITH SIMILAR NAMES AND DUMMY AUTHORS.
THE AUTHORS OF NIPA WITH RANGE FROM THE RANKS OF PROF. M.S.SWAMINATHAN, PROF. K.V.PETER, PROF. PRANAB HAZRA, DR.S.K.JINDAL, DR. HARI BABU, DR. R.K.ROY (NBRI), DR. NARANASWAMY, DR.A.M.RANJITH.
LIST OF SIMILAR TITLES IS ATTACHED AS AN ATTACHMENT
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN HONEST ATTEMPT ON THEIR PART TO MISGUIDE AND SELL THEIR POTENTIALLY PLAGIARIZED (POPULARLY KNOWN AS "CUT COPY, PASTE") AND DUBIOUS MATERIAL TAKEN FROM INTERNET. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THE FOLLOWING IN SUCH TITLES:
01. IN MANY CASES IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THAT THE AUTHOR IS FROM FACULTY/DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF A UNIVERSITY, WHERE THE SUBJECT IS NOT EVEN TAUGHT, E.G. UNIVERSITY OF ROORKEE.
02. THE INTRODUCTION TO THEIR AUTHORS CONTAIN GENERALIZED INFORMATION, SUCH AS, THE AUTHORS ARE DOING/HAVE DONE "RESEARCH IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES", ARE "WIDELY TRAVELED/PUBLISHED". HOWEVER, IMPORTANTLY, SUCH AUTHORS HAVE INCOMPLETE DETAILS AND HAVE NO PROPER BACKGROUND OF THE FIELD, AND IN MANY CASES DO NOT EVEN EXIST.
03. THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION OF SUCH BOOKS IS ALMOST ALWAYS SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE OF THE GENUINE PUBLISHERS TO KEEP THEIR TITLES NEW OR IMPOSE AS NEWER EDITION.
04. GENERALLY, SUCH TITLES ARE ALWAYS PRICED VERY HIGH AS THEIR PUBLISHERS KNOW THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SELL SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF COPIES AND NEED TO RECOVER/MAKE MONEY FROM A HANDFUL COPIES.
IF YOU REQUIRE ANY SAMPLE COPY OF THE ABOVE TO COMPARE PLEASE DROP AN EMAIL TO SEE AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF