Usha Uthup, India's undisputed icon of pop music, has enthralled an entire generation of listeners with her unforgettable voice and continues to do so. Completing fifty years as a professional singer in 2020 was just another milestone in her fabled career. In this vivid biography, which was originally written in Hindi, Vikas Kumar Jha captures the entire arc of Uthup's career in music. From her childhood days in Mumbai and her first gigs singing with jazz bands in Chennai's glitzy nightclu...

Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways they address these challenges. The book explores the development of major crop...

Network Evolution and Applications provides a comprehensive, integrative, and easy approach to understanding the technologies, concepts, and milestones in the history of networking. It provides an overview of different aspects involved in the networking arena that includes the core technologies that are essential for communication and important in our day-to-day life. It throws some light on certain past networking concepts and technologies that have been revolutionary in the hist...

Environmental Metagenomics, Water Quality and Suggested Remediation Measures of Polluted Waters: A Combined Approach is a reference handbook for scientists, engineers and early-career researchers seeking guidance in the areas of water quality, and remediation studies. The comprehensive book, which includes case studies and applications from a range of contributors in the field, offers an essential resource in the science of water quality assessment. - Includes a range of applications and c...

This book presents both qualitative and quantitative approaches to cloud reliability measurements, together with specific case studies to reflect the real-time reliability applications. Traditional software reliability models cannot be used for cloud reliability evaluation due to the changes in the development architecture and delivery designs. The customer–vendor relationship mostly comes to a close with traditional software installations, whereas a SaaS subscription is just a start of th...

'This novel has the same charm as John Steinbeck's Cannery Row. Intensely nostalgic and engrossing*.' -* Hansda Sowendra ShekharDenis McGowan left India for Hong Kong to make his fortune.As the years passed and his printing press prospered, he losttouch with home. But as news of Hong Kong's impendinghandover by Britain to China trickles in, McGowan's stablelife seems suddenly uncertain. And it stirs up his memory,filling him with nostalgic ache for his village in India. Th...

Quality has quickly become one of the most important decision-making factors for consumers. And although organizations invest considerable resources into building the right quality management systems (QMSs), in many instances, the adoption of such quality improvement tools are just not enough. Building Quality Management Systems: Selecting the Righ

Poetry is art without boundaries—a blend of emotions, thoughts, and capturing the moments that shape our lives. Wordsworth called it "emotions recollected in tranquillity," but in today’s fastpaced world, poetry must be more. To me, it is the beauty and brevity of thought—a sharp, vivid reflection of life’s struggles and triumphs.This collection is born from the questions that haunted my youth, the battles we all fight in silence. Each poem is an idea given to form—raw and precise ...

This book, COMPENDIUM ON IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE PRACTICES by Er. Bipin Bihari Sahay & Planner Vikas Kumar discusses the recent situations in the core sectors in the country related to water, like irrigation, drainage, sewage, etc. with best practices and recommendations of the same.In addition, few new and interesting topics like virtual water is also explored. The readers would get more detailed insights of the deepening problems in the water scenario. Moreover, the book also throw...

This book provides a detailed overview of the causes, effects, and solutions to climate change as well as net zero policies in order to harness emerging technologies in order to address global warming and adopt sustainable practices for future generations without damaging the resources of today. It also offers various practical solutions and approaches for addressing global warming and the impact of net zero emissions across a range of sectors in addressing climate change and addressing gl...

This book is for directors, consultants, practitioners, and professionals aspiring to effectively manage operations, but is targeted at applying innovation to the management of operations, including supply chains. It is appropriate for those establishing a career in innovation and operations management. This book will: Equip readers with understanding of the nature of innovation, operations management concepts, business models, methods and tools; Explore best practices and most commonly us...

In the current age of manufacturing revival in the U.S. and other developed countries, companies are looking for ways to maintain or gain advantage over competitors from low-cost countries. This book presents a firsthand account of actual projects in three different industries to help leaders and middle managers structure their own turnaround or improvement projects.The book uses a case-based approach for Lean implementation and presents a summary of lessons learned and insights on...