1 Preface 2. A very brief early history of algological research 3. Review of algological studies in India 4. Association of algae with animals and economic importance of algological researches in India 5. Notes on the periodicity and bionomics of algae, an outline of the general classification of algae 7. List of literature on Indian algae 8. Glossary 9. Systematic enumeration of the most common species of fresh and Brackish water algae.