This book proposes ecology of wisdom as a new field of study and interdisciplinary research, with Institutional Wisdom-in-Design at its core. It examines how Institutional Wisdom-in-Design can be identified, developed, and applied to transform global institutions, from schools and universities to research laboratories and international organizations. Through a methodologically structured exploration across a preface, an acknowledgement, an abstract, an introduction, fourteen chapters, and an epilogue, it introduces a unifying methodological framework to address new frontiers of institutional and interdisciplinary inquiry. Central themes in focus include an Institutional Copernican Revolution for academic and international bodies; the World-5 of Methodology of Wis-Design Improvement Science as a foundation for advancing moral progress in education, healthcare, and human rights; and Culture of Wisdom Inquiry driven science and technology to address global challenges. The volume develops a theory of Knowledge Resources Dynamics across the sciences and humanities, focused on human well-being interests in terms of Planetary Imperatives of Inclusive Sustainable Development. By linking Institutional Wisdom-in-Design with human well-being, it articulates a framework for rethinking the role of institutions in securing brighter prospects for humanity’s future. Because ecological human well-being interests are seriously undermined by the unending race for competitive war-industries capable of proliferating “nuclear weapons bazaars” globally, it envisages a world-order which can free humanity from making new types of dangerous weapons, from investing in the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and from the looming totalitarian catastrophes such as a nuclear war.

Born in the village Saelia (Saely, in Kashmiri), Anantnag, South of Kashmir Valley, on the 27th May 1945, Giridhari Lal Pandit received his school education at the Government High School Doru, Anantnag, Kashmir University, Srinagar, studying Mathematics, Sanskrit, History, Geography and Hindi (1949-1959). At the Government Intermediate College Anantnag, Kashmir University, Srinagar he studied Mathematics, Economics, English Literature, Hindi, and Sanskrit (1959-1961). He then studied Economics, Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics, Hindi and English Literature at the Government Sri Pratap College Srinagar, Kashmir (1961-1963), earning a B. A. Degree in 1963. In July 1963, Giridhari Lal Pandit was admitted by the University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as a student of M.A. (Philosophy) in the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. In 1965, Pandit was awarded “Dr. Cameron Devi Dayal Misra Gold Medal” by the University of Lucknow in recognition of his earning the M. A. Degree in Philosophy with distinction, securing the First Position in order of merit. In November 1965, Giridhari Lal Pandit was awarded a Doctoral Fellowship at the world-famous Central University of Visva--Bharati, Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal, founded by the poet-seer Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1921. In 1972, Visva- Bharati awarded Giridhari Lal Pandit the Ph. D degree in Philosophy: Philosophy of Science, at its Annual Convocation that was presided over by the then Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi in her capacity as the Chancellor (herself its former student).