Synergy Books India

08/06/2016

New Release!
Title: Architecture and Urbanism
Author: A.J Jain
ISBN: 9789382059387
Price: Rs.1595.00
Publisher: Synergy Books India

Book Review in Architecture- Time Space & People by Ar. Lovit Jain

20/02/2016

We would like to inform you that the most awaited book of the year India 2016 is out in both English & Hindi. You can grab your copies exclusively at www.synergybooksinida.com with a guaranteed dispatch within 2 days!

India 2016 - A Reference Annual is a comprehensive digest of country's progress in different fields. The book deal with all aspects of development-from rural to urban, industry to infrastructure, science and technology, art and culture, economy, health, defense, education and mass communication. The sections on general knowledge, current affairs, sports and important events, are a must read for comprehensive understanding of these fields with its authenticity of facts and data, the book is a treasure for students, researchers and academicians.

31/12/2013

Synergy Books India would like to wish everyone a very Happy new year. We hope you have a prosperous year ahead.

20/12/2013

Product Information:
Title: Dillinama The Cities of Delhi
Author: A.K Jain
Publisher: Synergy Books India
ISBN: 9789382059165
Year of Publication: 2013
Binding: PB and HB
Price: PB-Rs595
HB-Rs995

Author:
A.K Jain had been intimately involved with Delhi. As commissioner (Planning), he worked on the Master Plan for Delhi 2021, National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy, and National Urban Transport Policy. As a member of the Advisory Board of the UN-Habitat he worked on World Habitat Reports. He is a member of the Committee on New DMC Act. He Studied at SPA, New Delhi, Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam and University of Birmingham. Mr Jain is visiting faculty at Delhi School of Planning and Architecture. His works and writings have been widely published.


About the Book:
Delhi, a megacity of 16.75 million and capital of India, is a living legend with 2000years of history. Its fabric is imprinted by many cultures of innumerable kingdoms. Its tapestry is embellished with the annals of glorious cities that have risen and fallen here. It is a city of contrasts and contradictions, of triumph and tragedy and of chaos and order. All this adds up in a unique charactera vibrant, throbbing, inimitable charm, which is aptly described by Firdaus in the inscription in the Diwan-e-Khas at Red Fort, “Agar Firdaus barre Zamin ast, hamin asto, hamin asto” (if there is paradise on earth, it is this, Oh! It is this). Its Ganga-Jammuni Tahzeeb, found expression in its language, literature, music, poetry, food, dress and architecture which influenced the entire sub-continent.
The Imperial New Delhi celebrated its 100 years in December 2011, which was built as the new capital of India, Edwin Lutyens its architect, called it the Rome of Hindoostan. In 1911, Delhi had a population of 2.30 lakh which grew to 2.3 million in 1961 and would be 23 million in 2021. Delhi today is the national centre of powers governance, business, sports, and education. Its culture, morphology, ecology, and infrastructure are undergoing rapid changes that reminds of what Jawaharlal Nehru said, Delhi is a symbol of old and the new.
The book tells the story of Delhi, its heritage, evolution and transformation. It should be of interest to all those who love Delhi for its beauty, contradictions and multi-cultural heritage. The author, A.K Jain, has been intimately connected with Delhi’s heritage and its planning.

20/12/2013

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20/12/2013

Product Information:
Title: Sustainability Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Author: Hiroshi Komiyama, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Hideaki Shiroyama & Takashi Mino (Editors)
Publisher: Synergy Books India
ISBN: 9789382059011
Year of Publication: 2012
Binding: HB
Price: HB-Rs1595

Author:

Hiroshi Komiyama is Chairman of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., and President Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Kazuhiko Takeuchi is Deputy Executive Director of the Integrated Research system for Sustainability Science (IR3s) and Professor at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, and Vice-Rector of the United Nations University, Japan.

Hideaki Shiroyama is Professor at the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Takashi Mino is Professor the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

About the Book:
Sustainability science is a new academic discipline emerging in response to threatened sustainability of the global environment. The purpose of this discipline is to help build a sustainable society by developing solutions to climate change, resource exhaustion, ecological destruction, and other environmental crises that threaten humanity.
Sustainability science demands a realignment of existing academic disciplines. Whereas academia has moved inexorably toward fields of in-depth specialization, sustainability science seeks comprehensive, integrated solutions to complex problems. It therefore requires a restructuring of education and research that spans multiple disciplines.
This volume offers diverse approaches to the development of a transdisciplinary perspective that embraces the natural, social, and human sciences in the quest for a sustainable society. It strives for a global perspective while incorporating the wisdom and experience of societies on the local level. This book is originally published by United Nations University Press and is Co-published in India by SYNERGY BOOKS INDIA, New Delhi.

20/12/2013

Product Information:
Title: Achieving Global Sustainability: Policy Recommendations.
Author: Takamitsu Sawa, Susumu Lai, &
Seiji Ikkatai.
Publisher: Synergy Books India
ISBN: 9789382059035
Year of Publication: 2012
Binding: HB
Price: HB-1195

Author:
Takamitsu Sawa is Adviser to the Chief Director of the Kyoto Sustainability Initiative, Professor at the Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, and Project Professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Japan.

Susumu Lai is Chief Director of the Kyoto Sustainability Initiative and Professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan.

Seiji Ikkatai is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University Japan.


About the Book:
The deterioration of global sustainability, caused in large part by climate change, is the most serious issue facing humanity. Solving this difficult problem requires a drastic redesign of all aspects of society —technological, economic, and social. This book looks at how to achieve a more secure level of global sustainability and offers a range of recommendations to that end.
The book begins with a review of the current status of global sustainability. The relationship between globalization and sustainability is analyzed, together with arguments on the necessity of a paradigm shift in economic growth. The authors then discuss the need for major changes in socioeconomic development in terms of social common capital, contemporary social discipline, and economic valuation of the environment. They examine various strategies for achieving a sustainable society, including a basic strategy for mitigating climate change, a strategy of technology development toward global sustainability, and a post-2012 international policy framework. Finally, the book offers policy recommendations for achieving global sustainability. This book is originally published by United Nations University Press and is Co-published in India by SYNERGY BOOKS INDIA, New Delhi.

18/12/2013

Book review of our book "Mis-measuring our lives" in the prestigious "The Hindu"

18/12/2013

Product Information:
Title: The Dark Side of Globalization
Author: Jorge Heine & Ramesh Thakur
(Editors)
Publisher: Synergy Books India
ISBN: 9789382059004
Year of Publication: 2012
Binding: HB
Price: HB-Rs1295

Author:
Jorge Heine is Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI); CIGI Chair in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International affairs; and professor of political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University.

Ramesh Thakur is professor of International Relations, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University; and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law based at Griffith University.


About the Book: "This remarkably fine book constitutes the elegant bridge between academic theorizing about globalization and the inspired anecdotage of Thomas Friedman." Tom Farer, University Professor and past Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.

"Indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand the full range of contents and discontents caused by globalization." Thomas G. Weiss, Director, Ralph Bunche Institute of International Studies, CUNY; and past president, International Studies Association

Seen by some as a desirable and irreversible engine of prosperity and progress, globalization is resisted by others as the soft underbelly of a corporate imperialism that plunders and profiteers in the global marketplace. Globalization has brought many benefits, including the reduction of poverty in several countries. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time and space made possible by modern technology. Examples include the transnational flows of terrorism, drug and human trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and global pandemics.

How do these various expressions of "uncivil society" manifest themselves? How do they exploit the opportunities offered by globalization? How can governments, international organizations and civil society deal with the problem?

From arms trafficking in West Africa through armed insurgencies in South Asia and the upsurge of jihad in the age of globalization, this book examines the challenges that the dark forces of globalization pose to the international system and the responses they have triggered. Written largely by authors from developing countries, the book's goal is to help maximize the beneficial consequences of globalization while muting its baleful effects. This book is originally published by United Nations University Press and is Co-published in India by SYNERGY BOOKS INDIA, New Delhi.

18/12/2013

Product Information:
Title: Mis-Measuring Our Lives
Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen & Jean-Paul Fitoussi
Publisher: Bookwell Publications
ISBN: 9789382059042
Year of Publication: 2011
Binding: PB
Price: PB-Rs395

Author:
Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist, known for his critical perspective on the management of international institutions like the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. He is currently a professor of Economics at Columbia University. He won the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize In Economic Sciences. Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who helped create the United Nations Human Development Index. His contributions to social choice theory and welfare economics won him the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Jean-Paul Fitoussi is a French economist. His areas of interest include the role of macroeconomic policy, unemployment, and inflation.

About the Book:
In February of 2008, amid the looming global financial crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist Jean Paul Fitoussi, to establish a commission of leading economists to study whether Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - the most widely used measure of economic activity - is a reliable indicator of economic and social progress. The Commission was given the further task of laying out an agenda for developing better measures. Mismeasuring Our Lives is the result of this major intellectual effort, one with pressing relevance for anyone engaged in assessing how and whether our economy is serving the needs of our society. The authors offer a sweeping assessment of the limits of GDP as a measurement of the well-being of societies - considering, for example, how GDP overlooks economic inequality (with the result that most people can be worse off even though average income is increasing); and does not factor environmental impacts into economic decisions.In place of GDP, Mismeasuring Our Lives introduces a bold new array of concepts, from sustainable measures of economic welfare, to measures of savings and wealth, to a ''green GDP.'' At a time when policymakers worldwide are grappling with unprecedented global financial and environmental issues, here is an essential guide to measuring the things that matter. This book is originally published by The New Press and is Co-published in India by BOOKWELL PUBLICATIONS, Delhi.

18/12/2013

Product Information:
Title: Implementing the World Intellectual Property Organizations Development Agenda
Author: Jermy de Beer
Publisher: Bookwell Publications
ISBN: 9788192102320
Year of Publication: 2011
Binding: HB
Price: HB-Rs795

Author:
Jeremy de Beer is a law professor at the University of Ottawa who teaches, among things, Global IP Policy and Social Justice. His research and recent publications relate mainly to the intersection of intellectual property, technology, and international development.

About the Book:
The newly adopted World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda presents a real opportunity to revolutionize the international governance of intellectual property law and policy. The litmus test for its success, however, will be if and how the agenda is implemented in practice. This edited collection brings together a series of incisive essays written by leading thinkers from emerging economies, Canada, and elsewhere to develop concrete strategies for implementing the agenda.
The essays cover a range of fundamental issues surrounding the agenda and examine its recommendations from multidisciplinary and multi-regional perspectives. Several essays explore the role of WIPO and its member states in steering the direction of future reform as well as potential approaches to achieve this goal. Other contributions examine specific recommendations on WIPO's activities within the broader context of development.
This volume will be a useful source of reference for informed but non-expert readers, including government officials and delegates at international and “capital” levels, leaders of the international business community, individuals in inter- and non-governmental organizations, and scholars in the fields of law and international governance.
Co-published with the International Development Research Centre and the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
And is Co-published in INDIA BY BOOKWELL PUBLICATIONS, DELHI.

18/12/2013

Title: WTO Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century(Indian Edition)
Author: Debra P. Steger
Publisher: Bookwell Publications
ISBN: 9788192102313
Year of Publication: 2011
Binding: HB
Price: HB-Rs1595

Author:
Debra P. Steger is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, where she teaches international trade, international dispute settlement, and international investment law. She is also the founder and director of the EDGE Network on the emerging, dynamic, global economies-a multidisciplinary research network focused on institutional reform of the World Trade Organization. She served recently reform as chair of a WTO panel and from 1995 to 2001 was the first director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Secretariat of the World Trade Organization in Geneva. She is the author of Peace through Trade: Building the World Trade Organization (2004) and co-editor of Law in the Service of Human Dignity: Essays in Honour of Florentino Feliciano (2005).


About the Book:
Two high-level commissions the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007 addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, participation by non-governmental organizations and civil society, and relationships with regional trade agreements.
Co-published with the International Development Research Centre and the Centre for International Governance Innovation
And INDIAN EDITION is Co-published by BOOKWELL PUBLICATIONS, Delhi.

Title: WTO Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century(Indian Edition)
Author: Debra P. Steger
Publisher: Bookwell Publications
ISBN: 9788192102313
Year of Publication: 2011
Binding: HB
Price: HB-Rs1595

Author:
Debra P. Steger is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, where she teaches international trade, international dispute settlement, and international investment law. She is also the founder and director of the EDGE Network on the emerging, dynamic, global economies-a multidisciplinary research network focused on institutional reform of the World Trade Organization. She served recently reform as chair of a WTO panel and from 1995 to 2001 was the first director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Secretariat of the World Trade Organization in Geneva. She is the author of Peace through Trade: Building the World Trade Organization (2004) and co-editor of Law in the Service of Human Dignity: Essays in Honour of Florentino Feliciano (2005).


About the Book:
Two high-level commissions the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007 addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, participation by non-governmental organizations and civil society, and relationships with regional trade agreements.
Co-published with the International Development Research Centre and the Centre for International Governance Innovation
And INDIAN EDITION is Co-published by BOOKWELL PUBLICATIONS, Delhi.