Wolfgang Amann

Pankaj Gupta

Shiv Tripathi

Heartful Leadership - A Primer for Transforming Education

Dr. Shiv Tripathi

Mindfulness has become a very popular concept in recent years. This book positions heartfulness as an additional requirement for holistic leadership in the education sector and beyond. Mindfulness alone will not account for all the progress needed to cope with key challenges of our times, such as the system shock COVID-19 imposed, and artificial intelligence is triggering at the moment. Heartful leaders will spot more opportunities and will create better educational solutions. They will enable truly unique learning journeys and foster more human development.

Masahiro Inuiguchi

Suresh Chandra

Mukesh Kumar Mehlawat

This monograph presents a comprehensive study of portfolio optimization, an important area of quantitative finance. Considering that the information available in financial markets is incomplete and that the markets are affected by vagueness and ambiguity, the monograph deals with fuzzy portfolio optimization models. At first, the book makes the reader familiar with basic concepts, including the classical mean–variance portfolio analysis. Then, it introduces advanced optimization techniques and applies them for the development of various multi-criteria portfolio optimization models in an uncertain environment. The models are developed considering both the financial and non-financial criteria of investment decision making, and the inputs from the investment experts. The utility of these models in practice is then demonstrated using numerical illustrations based on real-world data, which were collected from one of the premier stock exchanges in India. The book addresses both academics and professionals pursuing advanced research and/or engaged in practical issues in the rapidly evolving field of portfolio optimization.

Advances in Hybrid Multi-criteria Methodologies

Fuzzy Portfolio Optimization

Sanjeev P. Sahni

Tithi Bhatnagar

This book discusses the importance of integrating spirituality from diverse knowledge backgrounds to be effective in its everyday use. Bringing together global experts in the field, this book provides an extensive overview of the various spirituality and management themes, models, approaches, and complexities. The chapters in the book include deliberations upon wisdom from the Bhagwat Gita; Buddha; the impact of spirituality on good governance, quality of life; integrating ethics, human values, happiness; meditation; and linking of spirituality and management and their effect on leadership, and workplace environment. A thought-provoking read for scholars, students, and policy-makers, this book provides an Indian perspective on managing spirituality at work. This book is even more relevant in the post-COVID-19 scenario as it focuses on the holistic development of people and organizations.

From Models to Applications

Spirituality and Management

Our life stays on three pillars (love, support, and sacrifice). We all dream and set some goals for ourselves that we want to achieve in our life. Few sacrifice their love for money, and few sacrifice their money for love, so life always has something to keep us busy based on our willingness. This is a story of a protagonist who comes from a small-town middle-class family and has many dreams and goals that he wants to achieve, but life forces him to slow down the velocity, and take a look at other essential dimensions of life. He struggles to find a balance among his love, responsibility, and dreams. In this balancing act, he reaches a stage where he has to choose one over the other. This leaves him open to understand and experience some important lessons that life teaches; most importantly, in the end, he understands, You dont get anything till you are willing to sacrifice something in return. 3D of Life is not just a book but a life tale, which touches the hearts of a million Indians.

3D (Dimensions) of Life (Love, Support and Sacrifice)

3D of Life

Our life stays on three pillars (love, support, and sacrifice). We all dream and set some goals for ourselves that we want to achieve in our life. Few sacrifice their love for money, and few sacrifice their money for love, so life always has something to keep us busy based on our willingness. This is a story of a protagonist who comes from a small-town middle-class family and has many dreams and goals that he wants to achieve, but life forces him to slow down the velocity, and take a look at other essential dimensions of life. He struggles to find a balance among his love, responsibility, and dreams. In this balancing act, he reaches a stage where he has to choose one over the other. This leaves him open to understand and experience some important lessons that life teaches; most importantly, in the end, he understands, "You don't get anything till you are willing to sacrifice something in return." "3D of Life" is not just a book but a life tale, which touches the hearts of a million Indians.

Vijay Kumar Sharma

Sushma Sharma

This book discusses the perception of disease, healing concepts and the evolution of traditional systems of healing in the Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, India. The chapters cover a diverse range issues: people and knowledge systems, healing in ancient scriptures, concept of sacredness and faith healing, food as medicament, presumptions about disease, ethno-botanical aspects of medicinal plants, collection and processing of herbs, traditional therapeutic procedures, indigenous Materia medica, etc. The book also discusses the diverse therapeutic procedures followed by Himalayan healers and their significance in the socio-cultural life of Himalayan societies. The World Health Organization defines traditional medicine as wisdom, skills, and practices based on theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness and maintenance of health. In some Asian and African countries, 80% of the population depends on traditional medicine for primary health care. However, the knowledge of these conventional healing techniques and traditions associated with conveying this knowledge are slowly disappearing. The authors highlight the importance of safeguarding this indigenous knowledge in the cultural milieu of the Himachal Himalayas. This book will be an important resource for researchers in medical anthropology, biology, ethno-biology, ecology, community health, health behavior, psychotherapy, and Himalayan studies.

Pankaj Gupta

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