Several universities in India have recognized the need tointroduce a course in Human Values and Professional Ethics. In viewof the degradation of moral values and degeneration of culturalvalues it is a development in the right direction. This book iswritten to be of assistance to all such courses. This book differsfrom the existing few books in this field in the fact that itcontains information about the ancient Indian culture along withvarious other cultures that developed around the world. This formsthe foundation for the value system in this country. It is expectedthat the present day youth should derive inspiration from the pastglory and great achievements, ignoring the deficiencies if any. Progress is always from the past into the future taking the bestfrom everything and every where. It is hoped that this small book will be found to be useful bythe academicians in this field dealing with culture, values andprofessional ethics. About the Author Born on 4th April 1939 the author obtained his Bachelor'sdegree in Electrical Engineering from Govindram Sakseria Instituteof Science and Technology, Indore in 1961 and his Master's degreefrom University of Poona (Pune) in 1964. After a period of threeyear senior fellowship from Ministry of Education