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Modern design is just a century old but it is today one of the world’s most attractive, even seductive, occupations. But how many know that under the cover of this immense glamour and beauty, it is a very serious profession of power? And with great power comes great responsibility. The famous design writer Victor Papanek…
S. Balaram is one of the pioneers who commenced design education in India. His championship of Universal Design Education won him the Grand Jury Award of the International Association of Universal Designers. “Majority World”, the term he coined to replace the biased terms “Developing World” and “Third World”, is now accepted globally as appropriate. He is the only Indian to get the “Ron Mace / Designing for the 21st Century Award”. He is one of the very few designers who publishes regularly and has authored ten books on diverse aspects of design.
Dr. Lata Suresh, a luminary with over 30 years of remarkable achievements, serves as the Head of the Knowledge Resource Centre and Head of Institutional Partnership and Corporate Communications at the prestigious Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. With an impressive array of qualifications, including a PhD from the University of Pune, she has been internationally and nationally recognized for her contributions. Dr. Suresh is a sought-after speaker and trainer in various domains, offering expertise in leadership, soft skills, POSH, and corporate training. Her diverse knowledge spans information science, marketing, leadership, knowledge management, cyber law, and much more, enriched by a global professional journey with many books and papers in her credit.
Dr. Appasaheb Naikal, is the winner of the 2023 Karnataka State Best Librarian Award and brings an impressive twenty-four years of continuously advancing and highly responsible leadership experience in business management and technological institutes of higher learning in India and abroad. Currently, he serves as the Librarian and Convener of the Indian Business Museum at IIM Kozhikode, India’s foremost business school, where he embodies the essence of a cutting-edge library. Under his guidance, the Library has transitioned into the digital age, providing online access to 95% of its collections and operating as an open-access facility, available 24/7 to users. His illustrious career includes roles as a Librarian at IIM Indore, another prestigious management institute in India. Furthermore, he made significant contributions during his nearly decade-long tenure as a Global Campus Librarian at S P Jain School of Global Management, Singapore. Additionally, he served as a Knowledge Manager at Kuder Visions Unlimited, Singapore, and as a Librarian at Tech Mahindra Ltd, Mumbai.
Dr. Satish Kanamadi is presently serving as Librarian at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His areas of interest are Web resources, Cataloguing and Metadata, Digital Library Systems, Knowledge Management, etc. He was awarded Two Gold Medals at his Masters (1995) and UGC Junior Research Fellowship (1997) and has completed his Graduation, Masters and Doctoral studies from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He was conferred with Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, UK (2010) and was a Fellow at London School of Economics, London, UK for three months. He is also the Chairperson of Centre for Library and Information Management Studies at TISS and teaches at PG Diploma and Masters programmes. He has successfully supervised 7 PhDs.
Dr.T.S. Gugapriya is currently working as a professor of Anatomy and coordinator of the Centre for Medical Education Technologies at AIIMS Nagpur. She is a passionate teacher with 20 years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience. She is a FAIMER fellow and an innovative trainer for faculty development programs. She mentors research in medical education to develop evidence-based educational interventions. Loves interacting with people and being a team person.
Unlock your full potential with The Art of Living Well. This transformative self-help book, written in a clear and accessible style, delves into three essential and transformative themes for anyone looking to enhance their lives.
– Self-Mastery: Learn to harness the power within you. Navigate and diminish self-doubt, cultivate resilience, find true emotional balance, and attain lasting inner confidence and peace. Discover your purpose and passion.
– Interactional Excellence: Become proficient in the art of connection. Forge deep, meaningful relationships, enhance your communication skills, learn to stand up for yourself without ruffling others, and become a magnetic presence in both personal and professional spheres.
– Work as Service: Redefine success as service. Align your career with your values, make a positive impact, and create a life that truly matters.
This book is your roadmap to a life of profound contentment and achievement. Begin your journey towards living well and joyfully, today.
As a manager, do you struggle with legal technicalities related to contracts and arbitrations?
As an engineer managing a project, do you feel the immence pressure of the complexity of contracts?
This book presents contracts and arbitration from a business perspective and helps you to deal effectively with them while making strategic business decisions.
While a practicing Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Dr. Pavan Duggal has made an immense impact with an international reputation as an Expert and Authority on Cyber Law, Cyber Security Law, Artificial Intelligence Law & E-commerce law.
While there are numerous legal ramifications of Generative AI, this book has sought to identify and highlight some of the key and more significant legal, policy and regulatory challenges concerning Generative AI. These challenges will have to be appropriately addressed at the earliest possible opportunity as the quantum evolution of Generative AI could potentially throw up new emerging vistas, which will require further consideration by lawmakers.
This book is an ideal compendium for practitioners/management students to review and revise effective business philosophy along with a strong theoretical underpinning. Written in a no nonsense style, it avoids acronyms and depicts management principles in a lucid manner. Worth reading it over and over to sustain clarity in managerial acumen and ability to support better decision making. The book provides depth of detail and at the same time is able to offer an integrated view of the decision-making process in organizations.
Arindam Banerjee is a Professor of Marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. he teaches Marketing Strategy and Marketing Analytics to MBA students at the institute. Previously he has worked as a Management / Marketing Consultant in the BFSI and FMCG sectors in the United States. He has also helped in building / mentoring offshore Analytics operations of MNC Banks in India. He has been a past employee at AC Nielsen Corp. (US operations) and Mitchell Madison Group in Chicago.
Tanushri Banerjee is an Associate Professor of Information Sciences at Pandit Deendayal Energy University Gandhinagar, Gujarat. She teaches courses in Digital Business, Management Information Systems, Analytics and offers a simulation based module on Marketing Strategy in the MBA program. Previously, she has worked for the Duke Corporate Education (Duke University – IIMA collaboration) where she has been a primary member in designing, managing and offering corporate education to multinational companies across Asia, Europe and the United States. Earlier, she was also a group member of the Corporate Information Systems team at Abbott Laboratories, Chicago.
Dive into the dynamic world of startups with our insightful book, where seasoned entrepreneur Kaloian & Kapil shares their invaluable experiences, illuminating the path from ideation to success. Discover a treasure trove of practical advice, strategic wisdom, and inspiring anecdotes that will empower you on your startup journey. Unveil the secrets to navigating challenges, harnessing innovation, and building a resilient business. Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or an industry veteran, this book is your essential guide to thriving in the fast-paced landscape of startups.
Kapil Rampal is a seasoned serial entrepreneur with diverse business involvements spanning Edtech, Mining, Real Estate, Analytics, Marketing, Outsourcing, and beyond. His unwavering conviction in the latent capacities of emerging entrepreneurs drives him to extend comprehensive support to their endeavors. Within this book, he generously imparts a selection of his personal encounters and insights.Despite his achievements, Kapil remains a perpetual student, earnestly pursuing continuous growth and learning. The allure of nascent startups continues to captivate him, a testament to his unrelenting curiosity and enthusiasm for the innovation process.Furthermore, he nurtures a distinct affinity for startups emerging from his esteemed alma maters such as IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIMC, and MICA, reflecting his commitment to fostering innovation within his educational community.
Kaloian Kirilov is an M&A advisor who also have founded two startups in the Edtech field. Mr. Kirilov is also teaching startup financing at Sofia University. Besides this book, he is also author of two other books: “How to sell your company?” and “Who will take over my business?”
‘Understanding Strategic Management’ covers key topics and theories of strategic management. The author has drawn examples of prominent Global and Indian companies. The examples are suitable and well-structured to illustrate numerous strategies in detail, and they cover various business functions. The book will help faculties to check sources and information to flowchart topics and assignments. Students will learn how to conduct a case analysis, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses. In short, the book will help to understand how organizations formulate and implement strategy at different levels to become successful.
Dr. Vidya Hattangadi, q prominent academician known for her passion for research has authored this book. She holds post graduate degree in HRM from Pune University, PhD in Marketing Management from Pune University and D.litt for her research work in Management Studies from University of Mumbai. She has worked successfully few projects as consultant which has added flavour to her writing of this book.
Release Date: 28th, August 2023
No. of Pages: 293
A new HRD function was created in mid-seventies by Udai Pareek and the author of this book recognizing the significance of competent and committed people in helping organizations achieve their purpose and goals. Subsequent studies across the globe have indicated that good HR systems and practices go a long way to make firms effective all the time. Studies have also shown that competent HRD staff and departments are critical to make such systems function well and create a culture of sustainability. Two decades after the start of the new HRD function, gaps have been found in understanding, structuring, disseminating and implementing good HRD in several corporations. In order to enhance the impact of HRD, a systematic review and evaluation of HRD systems, practices, competencies of HRD staff and other stakeholders was invented in early nineties and was called as “HRD Audit”. This book is an outline of such HRD audit to review and rejuvenate good HRD by assigning scores for an organization. Good HRD of any organization stands on four pillars: Systems, Competencies, Culture and Alignment. The strength of each pillar can be improved first be measuring and finding gaps and subsequently by strengthening the areas that need support. This volume presents tools and methodology to evaluate these four pillars of HRD: 1. HR systems, 2. Competencies of HR staff, top management and other employees, 3. HRD values and Organizational culture, and 4. Alignment as indicated by the HRD’s impact on intellectual CapitaLand financial out comes. The book presents detailed guidelines and framework for such measurement using 2500 points. The points are indicative the measures can be adjusted to suit the contextual reality of the user. We hope this volume will help you to examine your HR systems and practices, competencies of all those involved and enable you to create a right kind of culture and maximize your impact in achieving short term and long term goals of your organization.
About the Author
Dr. T. V. Rao is currently Chairman, TVRLS. A former professor and Board member at IIMA, he is the Founder President of National HRD Network and has been in the forefront of HRD movement in the country. Dr. Rao worked as a short-term consultant to UNESCO, Bangkok; USAID Indonesia; UNIDO Malaysia; and Commonwealth Secretariat, London and as HRD Consultant in India to over a hundred organizations in the public and private sectors. He received many awards including Ravi Matthai Fellow (AIMS), Asia Pacific HR Professional of the year 2019 (APFHRM) and Lifetime Achievement Award from Indian Academy of Management. He has authored over 60 books.
Release Date: 15th, August 2023
No. of Pages: 203
“#Whatever: The Alternative Narrative” is a book which will compel readers to question assumptions about many key issues confronting us as we go hurtling towards our very uncertain future, hopefully wondering about why we choose to do what we do. Are we really free? What’s next?
About the Author
Dr. Mansi Kapoor, a renowned academic based in Pune, is an accomplished MBA graduate from India’s leading Central University (B.H.U) and holds a distinguished PhD in Leadership and Spirituality from the renowned Savitri Bai Phule Pune University. Her research interests revolve around sustainability, leadership, business environment, spirituality, philosophy, and culture studies. With two decades of remarkable corporate and academic experience, she brings a unique perspective to her work and writing.
Release Date: 15th, August 2023
No. of Pages: 317
Defending India in the face of multifarious insecurities that it faces is no mean feat. It is surrounded by hostile neighbours with nuclear capabilities and a strategic environment which is continuously in flux. With five major wars, protracted sub-conventional wars and intermittent eruption of localised conflicts, India has dealt with a grim security scenario since independence and continues to deal with it on a daily basis even today. This at the backdrop of a vibrant democracy which also means a continuous struggle of getting to consensus at a political spectrum which is extraordinarily diverse and also confrontational. How has India managed to do it? What have been the key strategic decisions that impacted defence and security apparatus in the country? What have been the key inflections points in India’s Defence and Security Policy making? What more needs to be done to face a new generation of warfare and conflicts? This volume attempts to contemplate these questions and more.
About the Editors
Dr. Uttara Sahasrabuddhe is Distinguished Fellow at the Forum for Integrated National Security, Mumbai. Formerly, she was Professor & Head, Department of Civics & Politics, University of Mumbai.
Akshay Ranade is Assistant Professor (Politics and International Relations) at Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International University. Prior to that, worked as Assistant Professor at the MIT-School of Government and also as a researcher at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.
Release Date: 9th, August2023
No. of Pages: 276
Spreadsheets Databases Analytics Graphs Statistics
Are these words enough to transport you into snooze mode?
Data is not essential for my job / business?
Is that what you think?
Analytical skills require exceptional intellect which is bestowed upon only chosen few.
Is that what you believe?
The ‘science of data’ is an exclusive club meant for data scientists alone.
Is that what you’ve been told?
This book will bust all these myths surrounding Data and the data averse nature in most people.
Data has become an inescapable reality of all our lives, professions, and businesses. And the need for driving decisions with data could not have been more pronounced than it is today. Data is not as complex as it has been made out to be. This book along with other books in the SIMPLY DATA series will simplify data for the most data-averse as also data-savvy person alike, enabling one and all to leverage the true power of data. You do not need any prior data, tools or technological knowledge to pick up this book and learn from it.
The first part of this book will help you understand data better and get more comfortable with it. The second part will guide you on decoding the meaning behind data using both the left – analytical thinking brain and the right – creative or intuitive thinking brain, to achieve whole brain thinking. From Analytical Reasoning to Pattern Recognition and developing an analytical mindset; To introducing for the very first time – the concept of Data Intuition, this book has it all! As a bonus, in part three you will also get an insight on using the storytelling technique for effective data communication.
Sejal Vora – Author, Tedx Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Times 40 under 40 Achiever, is the go-to name in the field of Data Analytics & Storytelling. She uses her practical experience and simplified teaching approach to rid corporate communications of ‘data dumps’, convert them into ‘stories’ and drive a Data to Decisions culture through her consulting & training services for organizations across all industries.
Release Date: 30th June, 2023
No. of Pages: 249
This book describes a method for solving non-standard problems, consisting of 5 steps.
The book contains a description of the logic of inventive problem solving. Much attention in the book is given to the practice of using these tools.
The material is quickly and easily absorbed. It is suitable for solving problems from any field of knowledge. This volume of knowledge is sufficient for solving many inventive problems. Much attention is given in this book to practice of using these tools, therefore, the book contains many tasks for independent work, which are analyzed in appendixes.
The book contains 88 problems of 41 for an independent solution. Author’s analysis of these problems is given in the appendix.
The book is intended for a broad circle of readers and will be especially useful for those who want to learn how to obtain new ideas quickly.
About Author
“Vladimir Petrov is the author of the provided information. He is known as the “Master of TRIZ” and serves as the President of the TRIZ Association of Israel. He is also a co-founder and co-organizer of the TRIZ Developers Summit and a scientific consultant for the European TRIZ Association.
Petrov was a member of the Presidium of the International TRIZ Association (MATRIZ) from its inception until 2006. He served as a member of the Expert and Methodological Council of MATRIZ, as well as the dissertation council for granting the degree of TRIZ Master from the establishment of MATRIZ until 2015.
The author has been involved in TRIZ since 1972. He was a student, colleague, and friend of TRIZ author Genrich Altshuller. Together with Altshuller, he conducted numerous TRIZ training seminars in various cities of the USSR. He co-organized the Leningrad Scientific School of TRIZ with Voluslav Mitrofanov and organized and delivered lectures in many TRIZ courses in the former USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, South Korea, and Israel. He also assisted in organizing TRIZ schools in Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Vietnam, and Israel.
He is a versatile TRIZ specialist with broad scientific interests. He dedicates a lot of attention to the development of laws and patterns of system development, forecasting, systemic research, ARIZ, field analysis, information resources, teaching methods of TRIZ for all age groups, and fostering inventive thinking in adults and children.
He has delivered over 50,000 hours of TRIZ lectures to adult and children audiences. He has trained several thousand students. He has solved over 5,000 inventive problems and completed over 500 projects for leading companies in the USA, Canada, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Israel, including Samsung, Intel, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corp., Boeing, Gillette, Johnson & Johnson, BMW, BOSCH, CompAir, Philips Semiconductors, HP, Applied Materials, Google, Microsoft, and more.
He has delivered lectures on TRIZ at universities in South Korea, Russia, and Israel. He introduced certain concepts in TRIZ, such as resources. He developed specific laws, patterns, and trends of system development and co-created his own system of laws and patterns of system development, forecasting, solving inventive problems in business, and promoting business projects. He is involved in adapting TRIZ for information technologies and business. He created his own TRIZ training methodology designed for people of all ages and a methodology for fostering inventive thinking.
He is the author of over 30 books on TRIZ, more than 300 printed works on TRIZ, and holds 48 patents. In total, he has authored over 400 printed works.
He is the creator and leading specialist of the largest TRIZ groups on social networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook.
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