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    Technology and Sickness: A Study of Small Engineering Enterprises in the district of Howrah, West Bengal
    (University of North Bengal, 2014-03) DasGupta, Manidipa; Dandapat, Dhruba Ranjan
    In India, Small Enterprises (SEs) {formerly Small Scale Industries (SSIs)} are regarded as the most powerful organizations for socio-economic development. Among different states of India, West Bengal (WB), is notable for sickness of its engineering sector in the district of Howrah, the former Birmingham or Sheffield of the East. Howrah Small Engineering sector today has lost its glorious position in Indian economy due to reasons such as lack of adequate technical know-how of managerial personnel and the lack of application of updated and appropriate technology. The present paper primarily aims at detecting how far and to what extent the lack of technical knowledge of the managerial personnel is responsible for sickness in Small Engineering Enterprises of Howrah and suggesting some remedial measures for improvement of the prevailing situation.