The National Academy of Sciences, a private organization established by Congress in 1863 to advise the Federal Government, has elected 60 new members. The election brings the number of active members to 1,683.

The academy also named 15 nonvoting foreign associates, bringing their total to 298.

Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded an American scientist or engineer. The academy said election recognized “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

Following are the new members and their affiliations at the time of the election. New Members

Yakir Aharonov, professor of physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Paul G. Ahlquist, professor, Institute for Molecular Virology and department of plant pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Bishnu S. Atal, head, speech research department, A.T.& T. Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.

Bruce S. Baker, professor of biological sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.

Ransom Lee Baldwin Jr., professor of animal science, University of California, Davis.

Denis Baylor, professor and chair of neurobiology, Stanford University.

Malcolm R. Beasley, professor of applied physics and electrical engineering, Stanford University.

Klaus Biemann, professor of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Claude R. Canizares, professor of physics, head of the astrophysics division and director of the Center for Space Research, M.I.T.

Charles P. Casey, Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin.

C. Thomas Caskey, chief of medical genetics; professor of medicine and biochemistry; director, Institute of Molecular Genetics; Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Molecular Genetics, and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

It is an election with a gap of the city leadership training body of the Deccan Education (FR)-Company.

The 120 years of society, ie a number of educational institutions in Maharashtra, including the famous Fergusson College in Pune, struggling with mounting concern has never been in its ranks, as it does so elects from among its members, governors (CG).

The Council elections are never a stormy affair. This time, however, 21 senior members of society, grouped in a body for the elections. They also made public that the Council for its alleged violation of the advancement of society at the national level. The new body is the fee in January 2004.

The challenge is to put in place to ensure prudent in the city of education and political circles. Until now, all disputes in the Top Management of the company, informally by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have never been made public.

But the new group formed under the leadership of former Vice-President of the Council Padmakar Pardeshi, have launched a campaign to overthrow the current body, she threw the failure of the gross formation of the advancement of society and symbiosis Bharati Vidyapeeth did.

In addition Fergusson, other renowned institutions of society include Brihan Maharashtra Commerce College (BMCC) in Pune and Kirti College, Mumbai.

The current Vasantrao Kanitkar led by chairman and vice-president Suryakant Pathak, has rejected these allegations and criticism senior members of the “Miss credit to one of the oldest and most prestigious educational institutions in the country.

Kanitkar Pathak and the polls are against the 21 members of the GC Lokmanya Panel, while Pardeshi is the leader of the opposition to Pragati path Panel.

Some prominent members of the panel have Pragati: Yashwant sane, a representative of the Sanmitra Sangh, which is considered the most prestigious organization, working for the promotion of sports in India; Kulkarni RR, Principal of the new school of English, Pune; Anand Mehendale, owner of Hindustan bakery and Neelkantha Joshi, director of the Institute of Economics and Research (IBMR), Puna.

The Secretary General of the nation state Ali tables Congress Party (NCP), Krushnakant Kudale also for Pragati path Panel.

Kudale, who is also the chairman of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) and Pune, the coordinator of the Organizing Committee of the festival is also against the elections on behalf of the Pragati Panel.

The panel Lokmanya tries its best to their property in society. Pathak has put into circulation, a brochure of 4500 members of society (voters) indicating the main achievements of the body.

The brochure argues that the stalwarts in various fields, including Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, veteran actor of the stage Chittaranjan Kolhatkar, Shivshahir Babasaheb Pura Dare and writer Mirasdar DM, pledged to support Lokmanya Panel.

On the political front, MP Pradeep Rawat, BJP MLA Girish Bapat, Shiv Sena MLA Vinayak Nimhan and City Congress chief Mohan Joshi, care of the Lokmanya Panel.

The presidents and directors of several cooperative banks in the state, have also pledged their support for the GC.