A Handbook of Human Development: Perspectives From India

This book offers an integrated perspective of theory, research, and applications in human development across the life span in the Indian context. It addresses central aspects of human development and presents an overview of research trends, issues, and concerns as well as applications in areas of contemporary relevance. The book engages with indigenous cultural models and frameworks to examine and understand human development. It offers directions for future research and highlights a wide range of social applications for positive human development. The book showcases the work of renowned scholars in human development from India and abroad, underlining the immense potential of the discipline for human wellbeing across the globe. The book thus contributes to global scholarship across a wide range of academic and practice domains and is of enormous use to scholars of human development, psychology, and other social science disciplines.

Shagufa Kapadia is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. Her scholarly interest centers on cultural foundations of human development with focus on adolescence and youth development, self and identity, morality, parenting and socialization, and gender issues. Prof. Kapadia has received prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship (2003-04) and the Shastri Indo-Canadian Faculty Research Award (2006 and 2010).

Rachana Bhangaokar is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. Her research interests include cultural psychology, Indian perspectives on moral development including concepts of Dharma, Karma Yoga and Shraddha, youth civic engagement, and Gandhian philosophy. She has received research funding from various national and international bodies. She has been Recipient of the Fulbright Junior Research Fellowship at the University of Chicago, USA (2004-05), and has participated in the Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administration Seminar (2015).