This book covers all aspects of project management, dealing particularly with the Indian context. It contains the essence of the author's 30 years of research findings, based on his rich and varied experience gained from actual involvement in projects of various types and complexities in different countries and his teaching experience. Besides innovative methods of project planning, monitoring and controlling, the book contains details on complex Indian policies and procedures of appraisals, clearances, financing, capital issues, foreign collaboration, with guidelines for updating them and sources of information and other related factors, for future changes. The wide coverage makes the book unique, complete and total, as a guidebook as well as a textbook. Students of engineering, management and economics; managers of all disciplines engaged in setting up projects, consultants, project owners, executing agencies, banks and financial institutions, contractors, vendors, architects, arbitrators, financial consultants, revenue officials and foreigners who are interacted in Indian projects will benefit immensely from the book. "Dr Joy's book on Total Project Management is a considerable achievement."- John H. Nebiker, Procurement Policy Advisor, Operational Policy Department, the World Bank. "...a comprehensive treatise on management and deals with the subject in all its accepts."
