Higher education in India is facing numerous challenges. Lack of faculties, overcrowded or vacant class rooms, deteriorating standards, poor infrastructure facilities and several imbalances are among them. Specially, ensuring quality education for learners coming from poor, rural and remote location families is a major challenge. The time now is to think beyond boundaries and welcome the new way of learning called e-learning. The role of e-learning in education is becoming more and more important and this importance will continue to grow and develop. This paper highlights the various aspects of e-learning and explore how this will impact on the way programs will be offered and delivered in the universities and colleges of the future.

The chalcone derivative 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(pyridin-3-yl) prop-2-en-1-one has been investigated by quantum chemical calculations carried out using density functional theory. The nonlinear optical properties of the molecule are studied in the gas phase. The study shows that the molecule is transparent in the entire visible range. The effect of position of functional groups on the mobility of charges in push-pull type of structure has been discussed. Nonlinear properties of the molecule show that the molecule has a potential candidature for organic NLO material.

In this paper, we discussed the effects of discount price on demand and profit in a diminishing market. A production plan has been suggested for an imperfect production system. Here, demand is considered to be price sensitive and negative power function of the selling price. This problem is solved by optimization, using the Hessian matrix of order three. The main objective is to find the optimal expected average profit, optimal selling price, discount rate, backorder level, and lot-size. The recommendations are provided to offer a price discount for limited sale season on different occasions. A numerical example is presented to validate the model and is graphically illustrated accordingly.