Maslow coined the construct of positive psychology (PP) (1954) and visualized the creation of human-oriented organizations by people pursuing self-actualization (Maslow, 1965). However, it took others three decades to pick up the thread (Seligman, 1991(Seligman, , 1999Snyder, 1995). PP represents a paradigm focused on the strengths of people (i.e. what is right about them) rather than their weaknesses and how people can achieve optimal functioning and full potential (Seligman, 2002). Positive organizational behavior and scholarship have developed on the foundation of PP (Luthans, 2002;Cameron and Dutton, 2003). Positive organizational scholarship (POS) is found to be of great value in almost every aspect of the management of organizations (See Cameron and Spreitzer, 2012). A POS lens looks at the generative dynamics (i.e. life-building, capability-enhancing and capacity-creating) in and of organizations that influences general and developmental experience at work and the cultivation of strengths at individual, group and organizational levels. Normative (i.e. good) aspects of organizational behavior are seriously considered in POS, which in turn affect the nature of relationships between individuals and among team members (e.g. Geue, 2018), organizational performance (e.g. Kelly and Cameron, 2017), organizational strategy (e.g. Stavros and Wooten, 2012) and interaction of business and society (e.g. Mazutis and Slawinski, 2015).The second wave of PP recognizes the difficulty of categorizing phenomena as either positive or negative, and flourishing is said to be dependent upon a complex balance and harmonization of the light and dark sides of life (Lomas and Ivtzan, 2016). For example, self-esteem is a positive trait, but inflated self-esteem leads to vulnerability to depression in the face of challenging situations in life. Or, for that matter, freedom is desirable but excessive choices lead to lower satisfaction. This special issue attempts to bring the contributions from South Asia to the field of PP and positive organizational psychology. This fits well with the ongoing conversation in the second wave of PP, which emphasizes learning from indigenous psychology.South Asia has a population of 1.6 billion with much religious diversity. The traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam have profoundly shaped South Asia both historically and culturally. These three traditions have influenced the socio-cultural moorings of Bhutan,