The definitive story of India's most iconic institution -- and the millions of lives it has shaped.Essential listening for IIT aspirants, alumni, educators, policymakers, and every Indian family that has ever dared to dream.From the ruins of a colonial prison in 1951 to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, the Indian Institutes of Technology have produced the engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who built the modern world.But behind the INR 1-crore placement headli...

‘Exemplary’ Ravish Kumar'A wonderful selection’ Rana SafviFor generations, domestic servants in India have been subjected to neglect, apathy and cruelty. Though they are known nowadays as the domestic ‘help’, ‘aid’ or ‘staff’, often merely to meet the requirements of political correctness, their condition remains unchanged for the most part as the country’s privileged classes have failed to truly address the most pervasive inequalities in their households.In Les...

Based on the 5th Dean’s committee of ICAR and NEP 2020, this book provides an overview of the important aspects of fruit crops. It covers all important fruit crops including tropical, subtropical, temperate, and arid fruits. The subject matter in this book also discusses the importance and scope of fruit and plantation crop industry in India and the importance of rootstocks.Print edition not for sale in India.

Our World of personal life and work is set to change dramatically over the next decade as Artificial Intelligence (AI) strikes deeper roots with new products and services, robots take charge of manufacturing and warehouses, and drones reach the remote corners to deliver orders to customers. AI services and robots will particularly facilitate the life of the older people and the visually-impaired. AI has raised the bar of competition in the international market place and countries are busy ...

Phytoremediation with wetland plants is an eco-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, cost-effective, solar-driven, passive technique that is useful for cleaning up environmental pollutants with low to moderate levels of contamination.

This SpringerBriefs is an overview of the emerging field of wireless access and mobile network virtualization. It provides a clear and relevant picture of the current virtualization trends in wireless technologies by summarizing and comparing different architectures, techniques and technologies applicable to a future virtualized wireless network infrastructure. The readers are exposed to a short walkthrough of the future Internet initiative and network virtualization technologies in order ...

A story born from the real world of metal mines — where amidst the rush of production, the pressures of safety, and the grind of technical planning, a tender love story blossoms like a sprout in the lanes of the mining township.Its characters endure the sting of fate just as the old mining industry struggles against decline in a difficult era.But do they both ever truly rise above it?Across decades marked by change and resilience, EARTH HAS A STORY TO TELL is a grip...

Arsenic in PlantsComprehensive resource detailing the chemistry, toxicity and impact of arsenic in plants, and solutions to the problemArsenic in Plants: Uptake, Consequences and Remediation Techniques provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, detailing arsenic in our environment, the usage of arsenicals in crop fields, phytotoxicity of arsenic and arsenic’s impact on the morphology, anatomy and quantitative and qualitative t...

This book includes high-quality research papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC 2026), which is held at the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, on 6–7 February 2026. Introducing the innovative works of scientists, professors, research scholars, students, and industrial experts in the field of computing and communication, the book promotes the transformation of fundamental research i...

This book includes high-quality research papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC 2026), which is held at the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, on 6–7 February 2026. Introducing the innovative works of scientists, professors, research scholars, students, and industrial experts in the field of computing and communication, the book promotes the transformation of fundamental research i...

This book includes high-quality research papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC 2026), which is held at the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, on 6–7 February 2026. Introducing the innovative works of scientists, professors, research scholars, students, and industrial experts in the field of computing and communication, the book promotes the transformation of fundamental research i...