The South Asian security complex refers to security interdependencies between the states in the region, and also includes the effect that powerful external actors, such as China, the US and Russia, and geopolitical interests have on regional dynamics. This book focuses on the national securities of a number of South Asian countries in order to discuss a range of issues related to South Asian security. The book makes a distinction between traditional and non-traditional security. While state-centric approaches such as bilateral relations between India and Pakistan are considered to be traditional realist approaches to security, the promotion of economic, environmental and human security reflect global concerns, liberal theories and cosmopolitan values. The book goes beyond traditional security issues to reflect the changing security agenda in South Asia in the twenty-first century, and is a useful contribution to studies on South Asian Politics and Security Studies.

The South Asian security complex refers to security interdependencies between the states in the region, and also includes the effect that powerful external actors, such as China, the US and Russia, and geopolitical interests have on regional dynamics. This book focuses on the national securities of a number of South Asian countries in order to discuss a range of issues related to South Asian security.

The book makes a distinction between traditional and non-traditional security. While state-centric approaches such as bilateral relations between India and Pakistan are considered to be traditional realist approaches to security, the promotion of economic, environmental and human security reflect global concerns, liberal theories and cosmopolitan values. The book goes beyond traditional security issues to reflect the changing security agenda in South Asia in the twenty-first century, and is a useful contribution to studies on South Asian Politics and Security Studies.

Most Indians are unaware that the territory depicted on maps as Bharat is not entirely under Bharat's. This book attempts to fill in the knowledge gap about Bhartiya territories under foreign occupation. It specially focusses on the territories of union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir that are under Pakistan and China's Occupation. This book tries to analyse the circumstances under which these territories came under adverse possession and gives a brief description of their history, geography and other characteristics, primarily with an intention to enlighten citizens of Bharat about these forgotten regions.

Information technology is integrated in the fabric of all major organizations. From improving efficiency to ensuring effectiveness, IT has become a guiding force for organizational excellence. The present work is a compilation of selected papers aiming to disseminate the knowledge generated by the researchers. This book presents thoughts, ideas, experiences and findings of the practitioners and academia across the country. It has 56 chapters divided into four sections namely Technology enabled Management Practices, IT in Service Sector and E-Governance, Next Generation Computing, and Social and Security Concerns in Knowledge Economy. These four parts of the book focus on a wide range of subjects and issues related with innovative IT practices. There is a dire need for innovative and indigenously developed IT strategies, practices and processes to cope with the current challenging and dynamic situation. Prestige Institute of Management and Research in association with Indore Chapter of Indian Society for Technical Education has organized the Fourth Annual National IT Conference on 'Innovative IT Practices for Organizational Excellence' to give a platform to the researchers and practitioners to ponder upon some of the most emerging critical issues of information technology and come out with some viable solutions for organizational excellence. The objective of this book is to decipher the observations of the enthusiastic researchers of IT and management disciplines to provide a pool of updated knowledge to the interested community.