A conversation with V. P. Godambe

A Conversation with Estate v. Khmaladze

Estate V. Khmaladze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, on October 20, 1944. He earned his B.Sc. degree from the Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in 1964, majoring in physics. and his PhD in mathematics in 1971 and Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1988, both from the Moscow State University. From 1972 to 1990 he held appointments at the Razmadze Mathematical Institute in Tbilisi ...

A conversation with Vaidya C. P. Shukla in Jamnagar

A quote from Charaka Samhita depicts the entire world as a teacher, suggesting Vaidyas should study other systems of medical knowledge in addition to Ayurveda. Chandrakant Prabhushanakar Shukla, former Dean of the Institute of Post Graduate Training and Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar, has practiced this vision himself for over five decades. He is known as ‘Charaka V...

Philosophy, Art and Critique: A (short) conversation with the “other”

The article sketches a nexus between philosophy, art (poetry) and critique with a particular emphasis on the contribution of classical Muslim philosophers. At the same time, it demonstrates how luminaries such as Omar Khayyam and Ibn Sina, contributed to the renewal of philosophy as a freedom seeking exercise and as a means to pursue happiness through knowledge. In the second&nbs...

A Pregnant Woman with Factor V Deficiency

Using Godambe-durbin Estimating Functions in Econometrics

This paper explains why Godambe-Durbin \estimating functions" (EFs) from 1960 are worthy of attention in econometrics. Godambe and Kale (1991) show the failures of Gauss-Markov and least squares and prove the small-sample superiority of EFs. There are many areas of Econometrics including unit root estimation, generalized method of moments (GMM), panel data models, etc., which can use some simpl...