Minerals of India
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- 333.85 WAD
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In the expanding economy of the country, the importance of popularizing knowledge of India's mineral resources and their exploitation, indigenous fabrication and export by our industrialists and entrepreneurs cannot be over emn phasized. In the present compilation, Mrs. Wadia puts forth, in systematic form and simple language, informa tion on minerals and metals of India.
After graduation and training as a teacher from Bombay University, Mrs. Meher D.N. Wadia worked as an educator for some years in institutions in Ahmedabad and Surat. One of her interests has been production of popular scien tific literature as an aid to general knowledge and adult education. She has published adaptations of elementary scientific treatises on geographical and geological subjects in Gujarati.
Dr. Srivastava who has revised the fifth edition is a fellow of Geological and Mining Society of India, member of the Mining and Geological Institute of India and fellow of the Geo-Chemical Society of India. He has more than 40 years of professional experience in carrying out geological map ping and mineral and ground water investigations in dif ferent parts of India.
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