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Introduction: One of the most important aspects in identifying the personal identity of an individual is stature which is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Stature exhibits a definite proportional relationship with various parts of the body like head, face, trunk, vertebral column and extremities. Rules of body proportions exhibit consistent ratios among themselves and relative to the total body height and are age, sex and race dependent. They are also of great importance in Fine arts, Anatomy, Anthropology and Forensic medicine Aims: To study the relationship of human height with head length Materials and Methods: This is a Cross-sectional study carried out in Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore in 225 individuals aged between 18 and 25 years of age in and around Bangalore. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and Linear regression were employed for the Statistical analysis of the data Results: The mean head length was found to be 21.43±0.94 cm and ranged between 19.39 to 24.74 cms. The gender wise comparison revealed that there was no statistically significant difference in mean values of head length in in males and females. It was observed that there was a weak positive correlation between height and mean head length which was statistically significant(r =0.27, P <0.001). Conclusion:It was observed in the present study, that there was a weak positive correlation between height and head length in both males and females indicating that head length alone is not a reliable indicator in prediction of stature

The Service-Learning Student Facilitator Program originated from the first author who was engaged in service learning and sought to transform her ideas into a sustainable project that could be reproduced annually. The purpose of this program was to train and certify students as facilitators so that they could assist faculty members in implementing service-learning experiences in their courses in various disciplines across the campus. Student participants became effective leaders of service-learning projects, developed great respect for the methods of service-learning, and expressed a desire for a deeper understanding of its theoretical basis. Their feedback, along with lessons learned, helped shape training in subsequent semesters. These lessons, which are shared, are valuable to those planning to develop similar programs in their universities.

Introduction:The height estimation is as important as other parameters like age, sex and race especially in medico-legal cases. The environmental and genetic factors influence the development of various parts of body. Although bilateral symmetry is a feature seen in humans, there is asymmetry in the foot length without gender or handedness bias.Aim: To study the relationship of human height with foot length and to derive a mathematical module to predict the height from foot length.Materials and Methods: This is a Cross-sectional study carried out in Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore in 234 individuals aged between 18 and 25 years of age. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression were employed for the Statistical analysis of the data Results: The overall mean foot length observed was 22.82 ±1.10 cms. There was significant difference in the mean values between right and left foot length which was statistically significant (P value = <0.001). The height showed a statistically significant positive correlation with left foot length in both males and females. Linear regression equation was derived to predict height from foot length in both males and females. Conclusion:In the present study, there was a statistically significant difference in right and left side mean foot length measurements in both sexes. A positive correlation was observed between height and foot length and left foot length had better correlation with height in both sexes. It was concluded from further analysis that other parameters need to be considered for better predictability of height.