The Entrepreneurship for Rural Tourism Growth series brings together interdisciplinary research and practical insights to show how innovative entrepreneurial approaches can stimulate rural economies while preserving cultural heritage and environmental resources. Bridging theory and practice, the series covers a wide range of themes, including community-based tourism, agritourism, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable practices such as waste management and gastronomy tourism. It also exp...

Part memoir, part analysis, this is a polemical study of the state of higher education in India. Drawing on his extensive experience as educator and academic in India and abroad, Amrik Singh provides the reader with a much-needed critique of policymaking in the area of higher education - its shortcomings, the reasons for these flaws, as well as measures for improvement. He focuses on the procedural and financial changes that are essential for improving standards so India can be at par with...

This book comprehensively describes the complex technologies now available for the sustainable management of municipal waste, and the economic and policy implications of their implementation. It combines varied perspectives from the field of environmental engineering, offering readers an interdisciplinary approach to environmentally sustainable waste management strategies. Featuring contributions from experts around the globe, the book presents a diverse array of insights, experiences and ...

The Entrepreneurship for Rural Tourism Growth series brings together interdisciplinary research and practical insights to show how innovative entrepreneurial approaches can stimulate rural economies while preserving cultural heritage and environmental resources.Bridging theory and practice, the series covers a wide range of themes, including community-based tourism, agritourism, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable practices such as waste management and gastronomy tourism. It also expl...

Farm-House, My Pilgrimage and Holy Place To have a glimpse of the ‘Most Beloved’ I wandered around in whole the world. In the process, I picked up all kinds of unbearable heavy loads, followed all kinds of virtues, and turned all kinds of stones but could not achieve anything significant. Tired and broken by duality of mind and hopelessness when once I returned to my farm-house, someone told, “The one in search of whom, you all the way ran to the far away worlds, He, your Beloved was non-s...

This exciting book presents diverse applications of microalgal renewable resources to meet modern demands for energy and value-added products. It also comprehensively describes the role of algae in sustainable and cost-effective wastewater treatment strategies, and highlights the latest research on, advances in and biotechnological relevance of algae in the areas of bioenergy, bioremediation, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and green economy. The book addresses gaps in the fields of bioene...

This book gathers the proceedings of the 7th International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Energy and Advanced Materials (ICE-SEAM), held on November 2021, a virtual conference organized in Melaka, Malaysia. It focuses on two relatively broad areas—advanced materials and sustainable energy—and a diverse range of subtopics:Advanced materials and related technologies: liquid crystals, semiconductors, superconductors, optics, lasers, sensors, mesoporous materials, nanomateria...