Tandon: 27 books

This book by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) undertakes rigorous empirical research relating to competitiveness of states and federal territories in India. The competitiveness framework employed by ACI computes the rankings for the 35 states and federal territories of India by factoring in...

Colonel Sandeep Mehra has the enviable task of being one step ahead of an increasingly domineering China, more so due to a formidable presence in the neighboring countries. Sandeep is boldly innovating the concept of seeking civilian co-operation in keeping the Dragon at bay. Supporting Sandeep...

The aim of this text is to analyze the conditions for a good society and, from extensive international research, to show how citizens can be put at the centre of the political process. This has enormous importance for future policy which the authors explore. With support from the Commonwealth Foundation,...

The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and sending money to their wives and families in their home countries, while women are often left out of these...

Successful reproduction is the basis not only for the stability of the species in their natural habitat but also for productivity of our crop plants. Therefore, knowledge on reproductive ecology of wild and cultivated plants is important for effective management of our dwindling biodiversity and for...

This title was first published in 2002: There is a multitude of assessment methods available for analyzing and reporting on the impacts of policies, all with different underlying assumptions and a wide range of criteria. Since the 1950s, much research has gone into creating guidelines for policy analysis,...

The book contains a collection of 1,218 extracts selected out of a vast literature of Vinoba Bhave's speeches and writings mostly in Hindi. They give his ideas practically on all important issues having social and political implications. The collection is likely to be very useful to academicians, scholars and students of the thought of Vinoba Bhave and Gandhian thought.

In Indonesia the past two decades have been a time of great progress but also massive transformations and abrupt setbacks. In this context this book reviews the main characteristics of - and trends in - demand for skills in Indonesia. It seeks to document the existence of a possible skills mismatch between...

Quantum robotics is an emerging engineering and scientific research discipline that explores the application of quantum mechanics, quantum computing, quantum algorithms, and related fields to robotics. This work broadly surveys advances in our scientific understanding and engineering of quantum mechanisms...

This book undertakes rigorous empirical research on competitiveness of the sub-national economies of India. One of the cornerstones of Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI)'s research strategies is to factor in the diversity of sub-national economies in a large and diverse country like India and undertake...

Globalization has given rise to new meanings of citizenship. Just as they are tied together by global production, trade and finance, citizens in every nation are linked by the institutions of global governance, bringing new dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. For some, globalization provides a sense...

A trusted textbook for undergraduate students for more than 100 years, which also caters to the basic needs of postgraduate students and practitioners.   The book was first published in 1907, and on account of its clear and friendly presentation style as well as its authoritative coverage of ocular...

Implementing Inclusion in Schools School restructuring initiatives worldwide indicate a paradigm shift towards inclusion.  Even though inclusive education has come a long way, its effective implementation at different levels in school, as well as higher learning institutions, is a challenging...