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.