Futurology: Forecasts and Initiatives

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The Age of Permanence, according to Alvin Toffler, is dead. The current era is characterised by complexity, uncertainty and fast changes triggered by technology and competition. In such a situation, it would make a lot of sense if we can forecast the shape of things to come. This need has led to the evolution of futurology as a discipline. Dreaming and crystal-ball-gazing have been pastimes of men in all ages: from Nostradamus to da Vinci to Jules Verne, HG Wells, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell and Asimov and to Arthur C. Clarke. All these were writers of science-fiction. The 20th century brought in a new genre of thinkers like Alvin Toffler and John Nesbitt who shaped the concept of future studies. Futurology as a discipline of study and research arrived. This book, Futurology: Forecasts and Initiatives is designed as a primer to the reader by giving an overview of the evolution of the subject of futurology, its methods, its relevance and related aspects.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. Bala Bhaskaran

P Bala Bhaskaran is the Director of the Icfai Business School, Ahmedabad. He started his career as a technocrat after graduation in technology from IIT Madras. He holds a postgraduate degree in management from IIM Bangalore. After two decades of experience as an executive, in engineering industry initially and financial sector later, he moved into academia and was principally responsible for the development of the Ahmedabad campus of Icfai Business School over the last decade. His areas of interest are strategy, finance and entrepreneurship.