Handbook of Happiness

Happiness research in the psychological perspective: Thoughts of an optimist.- Blissful space within and without: Explorations through mandala and vastu.- Self-architecture for sukha: Mind++ for integral wellbeing.- Harmony Theory: Positive Organisation with Philosophical Foundations.-  Public health as a paradigm for happiness: Understanding vaccine impact.- Linguistic and cultural exploration of Indian concept of happiness.- Gross National Happiness: The interdependent domains of happiness.- New economy for happiness.- Happiness & hope in education.- Interdisciplinary perspectives on social-ecological wellbeing.- Post-capitalism: Towards social and ecological wellbeing.- The constant of happiness and comparative ecologies.- The economics of happiness: An exploration for guiding principles.- What if Happytalism becomes the next step of human existence.- From Stress to Happiness.- Is there a positive correlation between forgiveness and happiness?.- Happiness: Developing skills for meditation.- A multidisciplinary approach to understanding wellbeing in dying.- Communication, happiness & wellbeing.- The economics of happiness: An experience from Ladakh.- Characteristics of happy people. 

Saamdu Chetri, a pilgrim of love and compassion, was born in a cowshed in remote Bhutan. After working for 25 years in the private and development sectors and five years in the first democratically elected Prime Minister's Office as Head of Good Governance, he instituted the GNH Centre as one of its founding members and headed it for five years. In his 35 years of life's working journey, he has been teaching, consulting, and speaking at various international and national occasions on various topics, including in the House of Commons in the British Parliament, Senators of Philippines, among others, and dozens of universities and colleges in the world including India. He has many interviews with all kinds of media and wrote three books with several contributions to many books. Since December 2017, he is engaged as Visiting Faculty (Professor) at the Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness, IIT Kharagpur, India, and his mindfulness journey continues. He is a recipientof Lord Buddha Peace 2016 from Samata Sahitya Academy, and he is reflected in the 100 Prominent People of Modern Bhutan, 2008, in the book by Dr. C.T. Dorji. He is dearly referred to by BBC as a Happiness Guru.
Tanusree Dutta has been working as Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi. Prior to this, she has been working in other prestigious Institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Rajasthan, Banaras Hindu University, etc. Dr. Dutta had obtained her postgraduate and doctorate degrees from Banaras Hindu University and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2000 and 2004, respectively. She has research publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals, which have been cited in manuscripts and books of national and international repute. She also has her credit to an edited book entitled 'Bias in Human Behaviour' and a book on 'Neuromarketing in India: Understanding the Indian Consumer'. Apartfrom academics, she has also