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Perspectives on Learning Disabilities in India: Current Practices and Prospects
By Komilla Thapa Geerdina M. Van Der Aalsvoort Janak Pandey. 2008
Learning disabilities (LDs) remain one of the least understood and most debated disabling conditions that affect children. Perspective on Learning…
Disabilities in India: Current Practices and Prospects showcases how researchers and practitioners in the country have evolved strategies to resolve the fundamental questions related to LDs, while focusing on marginalized and disadvantaged groups. It not only highlights the basic issues and controversies in this field but also presents innovative, theory-driven approaches to the assessment and remediation of LDs. It also emphasizes the role of teachers—a useful resource in the absence of trained professionals—in the identification of LDs in children. The book offers a rich overview of ways to proceed in case of LDs, thus making it a must-read for researchers, experts, and professionals associated with this field. The expert contributors to this volume provide heuristic insights that can facilitate the formulation of a research agenda and services for people with LDs in India, where research and practice in the field is still at a nascent stage.Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in Development Organisations: Sharing Training and Facilitation Experiences
By John De Coninck, Khilesh Chaturvedi, Ben Haagsma, Hans Griffioen, Mariecke van der Glas. 2008
Planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) remains a challenge for many development organisations, increasingly faced with the rigours of designing and…
using a well-structured monitoring and evaluation system, and of linking this closely with their planning cycles. Effective PME is, nevertheless, essential for their organisational survival and to enable them to make an effective contribution to sustainable development. This book shares the ′real-life′ experiences of 20 PME trainers and facilitators from Africa, Asia and Europe and offers some suggestions for effective support to PME processes. It focuses on civil society organisations, including NGOs, church-linked development offices, networks, and people′s organisations. A rich selection of examples, success stories, challenges and practical tips are offered. The authors advocate careful and sensitive PME facilitation.Renewable Energy in India: Economics and Market Dynamics
By Pramod Deo, Sushanta K Chatterjee, Shrikant Modak. 2021
The scope of renewable energy generation technologies has far exceeded that of a laboratory, as they now require large-scale commercial…
generation. With them relying heavily on policy support, contemporary debates in energy are grappling with how exactly renewable energy should be priced and integrated into market. This book, written from an economics perspective, critically examines the aspects of pricing, regulatory oversight and rules governing the market for electricity generation from intermittent renewable energy sources and associated green product. This book discusses various policy and regulatory initiatives for renewable power generation technologies in India by comparing them with similar measures in some leading countries of the world. It contextualizes the pricing of renewable energy and looks at market-determined renewable energy certificate (REC) mechanism. Finally, it seeks to advance scholarship on green energy and introspects on policy dilemma facing the renewable segment in India and explores the possibility of achieving a level playing field for renewable energy vis-à-vis traditional methods of power generation, through appropriate market mechanism.Why I Am Not a Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture and Political Economy
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd. 2019
‘The most gratifying thing for me [is] that [this book] was listed as a millennium book [by The Pioneer] along…
with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste. Moreover, it has been translated into several Indian languages. In a way it has become a weapon in the hands of Dalitbahujan activists’. -from the Afterword to the second edition. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes with passionate anger, laced with sarcasm, on the caste system and Indian society. He looks at the socioeconomic and cultural differences between the Dalitbahujans and Hindus in the contexts of childhood, family life, market relations, power relations, Gods and Goddesses, death and, not the least, Hindutva. Synthesizing many of the ideas of Bahujans, he presents their vision of a more just society. In this second edition, Ilaiah Shepherd presents an Afterword that discusses the history of this book, often seen as the manifesto of the downtrodden Dalitbahujans. He talks of its reviews as well as of the abuse he has received from its detractors. He reminds us of the need for an ongoing dialogue. As he says, he wrote the book ‘for all who have open minds. My request to Brahmin, Baniya and neo-Kshatriyas [upper class Sudras] is this: You learnt only what to teach others—the Dalitbahujans. Now in your own interest and in the interest of this great country, you must learn to listen and to read what we have to say.’Economic Reforms in India and China: Emerging Issues and Challenges
By B. Sudhakara Reddy. 2009
This first-of-its-kind collection summarizes current trends in the economic scenario of India and China in the backdrop of globalization and…
outlines not only the goals and strategies for development but also the policies to achieve those goals. It provides a frame of development by addressing various issues such as how to expand the services sector, how to keep pace with the incredible growth of the manufacturing sector and how to ensure widest possible diffusions of the huge economic gains. Economic Reforms in India and China: Emerging Issues and Challenges presents the latest data and appraises issues pertaining to the economic reforms of India and China—two of the major contenders for global power. The two countries have followed different paths to economic growth and yet both have emerged as fast growing economies. Thus, it is interesting to know the comparative views of the growth stories of the two countries to see where they are heading. The volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics from India and China. They address issues that include the governance as well as the historical perspective of globalization, poverty, inequality of income and the potential for conflict, agriculture, WTO and its relation with trade prospects, and the nature and characteristics of institutions and markets. The compilation is a significant addition to the existing literature on development and reforms, as it puts forward in a single volume, a vast range of academic concerns—those of economists, sociologists, policy makers, agricultural scientists and research scholars.Spatialising Politics: Culture and Geography in Postcolonial Sri Lanka
By Cathrine Brun Tariq Jazeel. 2009
Spatialising Politics: Culture and Geography in Postcolonial Sri Lanka brings together a collection of essays that take as their theme…
the spatial politics of Sri Lanka. It highlights the importance of space in the ongoing ethnic conflict fuelling Sri Lanka′s continuing civil war and invokes a number of aspects less frequently cited in the dominant approaches to understanding postcolonial Sri Lankan nationhood and identity. The essays in the volume examine the role of ′spatialities′ often occluded within the debates on Sri Lankan politics—amongst them, cities and built-space, diasporic productions and imaginations, commodity cultures and their concordant networks, knowledge spaces and ′foreign′ interventions, landscape and sacred spaces. Situated at the intersection of human geography and postcolonial studies, the book signals the ways that postcolonialism and geography are intimately linked, their intersections evoking the social, spatial and political effects of enduring colonial representations and materialities. The book will be of immense relevance to postgraduate students of human geography and South Asian studies, and will find enthusiastic readership amongst researchers in related disciplines, such as cultural studies, anthropology and sociology, who are interested in the spatial turn in postcolonial theory and its approaches to conceptualising nation, identity and belonging.God as Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to Brahminism
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd. 2019
In this provocative and scholarly book, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd propounds a view of Gautama Buddha as India’s first social revolutionary.…
Buddha did his best to give the principles of tribal democracy and egalitarianism a sanctuary in his own sangha. In so doing, he foreshadowed modern India’s experiment with parliamentary democracy. Critical of the caste system, Buddha inducted low caste members into the sangha and made them his trusted advisers. He gave women an honoured place in the sangha. Dissent was indeed permitted, and even Buddha was not above the law. Pre-dating Socrates and Plato by some years, Buddha also foreshadowed key elements of their philosophy.HRD Score Card 2500: Based on HRD Audit
By T V Rao. 2009
HRD Score Card 2500: Based on HRD Audit ( HRD Audit was published by Response Books in 1999) presents for…
the first time a systematic and scientific way of measuring the maturity level of HRD, its systems and strategies, competencies, culture and values, and business impact through a score card. Lucidly written, the book provides a set of easily usable guidelines for assessing HRD with the help of the 2500 point score card. It would serve as an invaluable guide to CEOs and HR chiefs to evaluate and improve their Human Resource. The book is a highly recommended reading for students and faculty of Human Resource Management, Social Work, Business Alignment, and Talent and Personal Management.Salespeople Don’t Lie
By Roshan Louis Joseph. 2018
Sales malpractice accounts for huge losses in businesses worldwide. The way to bring attention to this malaise is to ensure…
that salespeople worldwide understand the damage this malpractice causes. This book is a mission to spread the word on how sales can be a profession that does good for customers and adds value to their lives. A salesperson can be someone who does good for the society and to every individual who needs help in making the right decision about a product they wish to purchase. One of the basic tenets of a sales team that meets customers face-to-face is that sales grow as the relationship grows between the customer and the salesperson. Trust is the principal ingredient that keeps relationships going. When a salesperson lies, it is an assault on the very core of the relationship. Truth and transparency while hard to choose, is less painful in the long run. The book advocates using a professional sales system that facilitates sales successes in an easy and legitimate way. A robust sales system not only helps in achieving sales targets but has an overall impact on the motivation of the sales team, thereby curtailing attrition. When you don’t fear sales, you never have to lie.Soft Skills for Workplace Success (SAGE Back to Basics)
By SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd. 2021
From the ninjas of corporate world comes a curated recipe book on how to be happy and content in our…
professional lives. Soft skills for Workplace helps us in dodging the derailers such as ego and stress that can negatively impact our behaviour, and replacing them instead with humour and emotional intelligence as tools to find joy at the workplace. SAGE Back to Basics is a distilled compilation of proven and timeless ideas and best practices for new-age and experienced leaders alike. The hand-picked collection of books—on management, leadership, entrepreneurship, branding and CSR—offer advice from management experts whose knowledge and research has impacted and shaped business and management education. Other books in the series: Timeless Leadership | Advertising and Branding Basics | Leadership Lessons from Dr Pritam Singh | Corporate Social Responsibility in India | Basics of Entrepreneurship | Human Resource Development Insights | Ideate, Brainstorm, Create | Building Professional Competencies | Timeless ManagementThe Whole Brain Leader: 8-Dimensional Approach
By Ingvar Jonsson, Sjoerd De Waal. 2018
With the Whole Brain Leader Development Model as its foundation, this book describes the steps that leaders need to take…
to become Whole Brain Leaders. Whole Brain Leaders focus on their own development as well as on the development of their organization. They lead as coaches and apply the power of Whole Brain Thinking within and beyond their organizations. Becoming a Whole Brain Leader is the result of a process of horizontal as well as vertical leadership development. Horizontal leadership development is about improving skills and knowledge and vertical leadership development is about expanding your mindset and improving your way of thinking. This book presents four steps of development, and leaders at each stage of development can coach their colleagues in their unique development journey. This book helps you to translate your individual leadership to leadership as a process for your whole organization. You will be able to set up a transformation plan fit for your organization, and coach as a leader, engaging your team in a leadership process.Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future
By Pawan Agarwal. 2009
India is in the throes of great developments in the field of higher education. This book identifies the needs and…
gaps in this sector and provides suggestions for improvement based on the lessons learnt from the experiences of other countries. It facilitates a clear and holistic understanding of the sector′s complex nature and breaks several myths related to it. The availability of quality higher education in India, though increasing, is unable to meet the demands of a growing youth population, improvements in school education and a growing middle class. At the same time, it has been widely recognised that the country has a unique opportunity to convert its demographic surplus into its economic strength by providing its young people the right kind of skills. Following this understanding, and due to the persisting problems in the sector, higher education now occupies a central position in the country′s strategy for global competitiveness and inclusive growth, and several steps have been taken for its improvement. Apart from an analysis of the prevailing situation, the author also suggests a framework for the creation of a competitive environment in higher education that would ensure better utilisation of public funds and improvement of both public and private institutions. This book will be a valuable resource for centres of education and higher education in universities and research organisations, as well as think-tanks. It would also be a useful tool for consultants and private organisations working in the higher education sector.Systemic Risk and Macroprudential Regulations: Global Financial Crisis and Thereafter
By Rabi N. Mishra. 2019
The Global Financial Crisis is undoubtedly the most severe financial crisis the world witnessed since the Great Depression of 1929.…
The crisis has been analysed by a number of experts offering distinct narratives and counter-narratives. Systemic Risk and Macroprudential Regulations examines causes and consequences of the global financial crisis and proposes a regulatory reforms policy—macroprudential regulations. The book emphasizes ‘systemic risk’ as the new-found villain of the financial space and narrates how such risk can be addressed through macroprudential tools. It, thus, offers a possible solution to avoid financial crises in future and facilitates building a safer financial system globally. The book also examines major crisis management frameworks, stress testing, relevant regulatory and supervisory development, and early warning mechanism with detailed cross-country analysis.Entrepreneurial Management
By Shivganesh Bhargava. 2008
A prerequisite for good entrepreneurial management is an enterprising attitude on the part of the people involved. Productivity of an…
organization can only be improved with proper management. The influences of family, social institutions, governance and leadership also play a significant role in the management of an organization. Common managerial challenges such as competition, resource scarcity, shortage of power and capital, technology upgradation and cost of production require the attention of policy makers. Creating and developing an entrepreneurial mindset in people, would help an organization face all challenges to enhancing the life of a product in the marketplace. To motivate people and achieve growth, leaders are required to navigate both internal and external conflicts. Consequently, the role of entrepreneurial leadership and management becomes important for students as well as entrepreneurs. All these issues are dealt with in this volume on entrepreneurial management consisting of 14 papers, written by management professionals, faculty, research scholars, consultants and administrators.Patterns of Middle Class Consumption in India and China
By Christophe Jaffrelot Peter van der Veer. 2008
Patterns of Middle Class Consumption in India and China explores the complex history and sociology of the middle class from…
a comparative perspective. It has papers written by sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists rather than economists, so the emphasis is on cultural shifts rather than economic statistics.The major contribution of this volume is that these two emerging powers of Asia are not, as is usual, compared to the West, but with each other. Considering that these two societies have so much in common in scale, civilization history and as emerging economies, the book is timely. The focus of the book is on the social and political implications of the new consumption patterns among the middle classes of India and China in the context of economic growth, liberalization of markets and globalization. Reflecting upon and critically engaging with the traditional sociological notions on which definitions of the middle class have been based, the book analyzes the intermingling of these notions with new attitudes in the wake of the consumer revolution. More specifically, an entire gamut of aspects of the consumer culture have been explored-tourism, leisure activities and the entertainment industry (art, Karaoke and soap operas)—as well as the consumption of experiences through these. It is argued that these phenomena have particular Indian and Chinese incarnations, which need to be analyzed in a manner that does not privilege a limited western experience of globalization. With its fresh insights and perspectives, the book will appeal to students of anthropology, sociology, political science, media studies and cultural studies. It will also be useful for market research professionals.Making the Elephant Dance: The Turnaround Story of SAIL
By Sanjay Kumar, Arvind Pande. 2021
At a time when businesses stare at unprecedented uncertainty, the SAIL turnaround story brings to us lessons of how companies…
can make miracles happen. Making the Elephant Dance talks about how the greatest business challenges can become the harbinger of the biggest corporate transformations, and how leadership can be the key influencer when companies face existential threats. The economic reforms of 1991 transformed the Indian steel industry overnight from the most controlled to most open. This book is a narrative of the steel mammoth, SAIL, which fought back an existential threat to emerge as a winner when a combination of domestic and global factors plunged the industry into its worst ever crisis. The book delineates its in-house strategies, implementation challenges and the actions undertaken to bring about an unprecedented organizational transformation by those who participated, experienced and lived it.Accounting Simplified (SAGE IIM-Kozhikode Series for New Managers)
By Rachappa Shette. 2021
Accounting Simplified is a manager’s guide to accounting for making effective corporate decisions. The accountant’s lingo consists of difficult language and…
financial jargons existing in the mainstream literature of finance. Understanding P&Ls, costing, balance sheet, income and cash flows statements for a fresh graduate or a rookie manager from a non-financial background can be challenging, leading to total disinterest in the area or dependency on finance managers or even erroneous decision-making. This book will help managers in understanding the analysis of balance sheet, statement of profit and loss and cash flows statement. It includes case studies of financial statements of major listed companies and checklists to understand the financial health and performance of the organization. The book will help young managers, accounting executives and academicians use accounting insights for improving business performance.Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity (Women and Migration in Asia)
By Meenakshi Thapan. 2006
This volume, the first in the series entitled Women and Migration in Asia, focuses on Asian women`s experience of immigration…
and the impact this has on their identity in the context of transnational migration. It highlights the gendered dimension of migration, the differential experience of men and women, and the consequences of this for women. It also examines the complexities that women encounter in the process of migration, emphasizing both the constraints that women experience, and the strategies they deploy in making life in the new country more bearable. The volume draws attention to the fluid nature of a migrant woman`s identity while also pointing out that this fluidity and her identity are regulated to a certain extent by the state and various social institutions. Moreover, it examines the manner in which she negotiates with these larger institutions and structures—such as the state, employers, the community and welfare institutions—and how these engagements help in defining and restructuring her identity in different ways.In Forest, Field and Factory: Adivasi Habitations through Twentieth Century India
By Gauri Bharat. 2019
In the early twentieth century, Adivasi villages typically comprised small wooden huts amid a thickly forested landscape. Today, Adivasi dwellings…
are larger, more permanent, built of mud and often covered with elaborate murals. Drawing out stories of everyday lives that have largely remained hidden from history, In Forest, Field and Factory: Adivasi Habitations through Twentieth Century India uncovers how and why Adivasi dwellings changed, and what it reveals about communities’ relationships with their environments. The book focuses on Santals, one of the largest Adivasi communities in eastern India, who are particularly renowned for precision and craftsmanship in domestic architecture and mural art. Why did Santal families shift from using wood to building with mud? How did different Santal villages develop distinctly different mural art traditions? In answering these questions, a new kind of historical narrative emerges—one that is not about buildings alone but also provides insights into Adivasi people’s lives and their engagements with social, environmental and historical environments via architecture. This book will be of equal interest to students and scholars of architecture, history, environment studies and anthropology.Social Work Practice and Men Who Have Sex With Men
By Sherry Joseph. 2005
Society at large tends to marginalize homosexuality even though men who have sex with men have always existed within it.…
This book is a significant contribution in the endeavour to understand this segment of society and its concerns. Employing a blend of qualitative and quantitative methods, Sherry Joseph analyses the extensive data collected through formal networks of such people in Kolkata, and places them in a socio-ecological perspective. He shows how the lives of men who have sex with men are very stressful in their efforts to fit into an environment that is predominantly homophobic, heterosexist, heterocentrist and where heterosexuality is the prescribed norm. The book argues that understanding the stress that men who have sex with men experience and their coping strategies will assist sympathetic groups and professionals to work with this community.