pp 229-229 December 1997

Preface

C. N. R. Rao

pp 231-240 December 1997

MBR as the relic of big bang

Tarun Souradeep

pp 241-249 December 1997

Evidence for evolution as support for big bang

Gopal-Krishna

pp 251-255 December 1997

Microwave background radiation related evidence in favour of the standard model

Ravi Subrahmanyan

pp 257-261 December 1997

Evidence for the standard model through QSO absorption lines

Pushpa Khare

pp 263-269 December 1997

Cosmic thermal neutrino background: Can it be detected?

Pijushpani Bhattacharjee

pp 271-294 December 1997

A case for the standard model

G. A. Tammann

pp 295-301 December 1997

The ages of the galactic globular clusters

Ram Sagar

pp 303-311 December 1997

Constraints on big bang models from structure formation

T. Padmanabhan

pp 313-319 December 1997

Accelerator information on SUSY and its implications for dark matter

Rohini M. Godbole

pp 321-322 December 1997

Epoch of galaxy formation

Arati Chokshi

pp 323-333 December 1997

Some critiques of the big bang cosmology

Jean-Claude Pecker

pp 335-338 December 1997

Singularities and cosmic censorship

T. P. Singh

pp 339-342 December 1997

Brans-Dicke class of cosmologies

T. R. Seshadri

pp 343-347 December 1997

Inhomogeneous imperfect fluid spherical models without big-bang singularity

Naresh Dadhich

pp 349-351 December 1997

An alternative approach to cosmogony and cosmology

G. Burbidge

pp 353-362 December 1997

The quasi-steady state cosmology: Some recent developments

Jayant V. Narlikar

pp 363-379 December 1997

Absence of initial singularities in superstring cosmology

Sanjay Jain

pp 381-387 December 1997

Solving the graceful exit problem in superstring cosmology

Sukanta Bose

pp 389-392 December 1997

A search for a problem free cosmology

Daksh Lohiya

pp 393-406 December 1997

Quasar creation and evolution into galaxies

Halton Arp

pp 407-414 December 1997

An analysis of 900 rotation curves of southern sky spiral galaxies: Do rotation curves fall into discrete classes?

D. F. Roscoe

pp 415-433 December 1997

Redshift quantization in the cosmic background rest frame

W. G. Tifft

pp 435-440 December 1997

Quasars in variable mass hypothesis

P. K. Das

pp 441-447 December 1997

Periodicity in the redshift distribution of quasi stellar objects

Debiprosad Duari

pp 449-454 December 1997

Velocity dependent inertial induction: A possible mechanism for cosmological red shift in a quasi static infinite universe

Amitabha Ghosh

pp 455-463 December 1997

Quantized redshifts: A status report

W. M. Napier B. N. G. Guthrie

pp 465-475 December 1997

Panel discussion

N. Mukunda H. C. Arp Geoffrey Burbidge Ramnath Cowsik T. Padmanabhan J. V. Narlikar Geoff Burbidge Arati Chokshi J. C. Pecker Tarun Souradeep Pasupathy Rohini Godbole Gopal Krishna D. F. Roscoe

pp 477-489 December 1997

Questions and comments that followed the panel discussion

J. V. Narlikar T. Padmanabhan Geoff Burbidge H. C. Arp R. Cowsik Arati Chokshi J. C. Pecker Tarun Souradeep Pasupathy Rohini Godbole Gopal Krishna R. Cowsik D. F. Roscoe N. Mukunda