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| About Chanakya |
| Chanakya, who lived in the 4th century B.C. in India, was a teacher, philosopher and Royal advisor. His was well known for his strategies and thinking models. Used by various kings for managing and leading their kingdoms, for centuries the principles of Chanakya’s teachings have been practiced and are useful even in the modern world.
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| A 7 pillars model for the effective functioning of a kingdom, the ‘Saptangas’ given in his book the Kautilya’s Arthashastra, gives a complete insight into management and leadership systems as available nowhere else. This model has been converted into a business management film drawing insights from the real-life business leaders of India. |
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| About The Author |
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| Radhakrishnan Pillai |
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Radhakrishnan Pillai from the University of Mumbai, Department of Philosophy is the founder-director of Chanakya Institute of Public leadership (CIPL), a research based organisation that is working to promote Indian concepts in leadership. He has done an extensive research on “Kautilya’s Arthashastra”, the well known book on management written in 4th BC from Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF), Kerala under the guidance of Dr Gangadharan Nair, the dean of Adi Shankara Samskrit University. He later proceeded to do his MA in Sanskrit and a PhD. in the subject. He is a certified management consultant from the International Institute of Management consultants. He is the director at SPM Foundation and founder Director of Atma Darshan a spiritual tourism company. |
| With nearly 20 years of combined working and business experience he is a well known management speaker, trainer, author and consultant. He has written nearly 200 articles and papers for various magazines, newspapers, journals and periodicals including Times of India group (Mumbai Mirror) as a weekly columnist. He has also hosted a radio show “Ask Chanakya’ on Moksha Channel of Worldspace satellite radio which has completed nearly 100 shows. |
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| He has represented India in various national and international conferences including the Academy of Management (AOM) in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Presented papers in Indian philosophical congress (IPC) and chaired session at Afro-Asian Philosophical congress (AAPA), taught in London (Oxford, Cambridge Universities & London Business School), Germany (Heidelberg and Cologne universities), Dubai, Muscat, Singapore, Indonesia. |
| His first book ‘Corporate Chanakya’ has been on the “best-seller” list since its launch in 2010 and used as a text book in various Business schools in India and abroad. The book has the unique distinction of being made into an audio book, translated into 10 regional languages and a training film ‘Chanakya speaks’. He is a visiting faculty in prestigious institutes in India and aborad including the IIT, IIM, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) among others. He has been a trainer and strategy consultant to over 200 organisations like Indian Army, Navy, Airforce, Indian police, various NGOs, private, public sector and government organisations including Indian oil, HPCL, BPCL, L& T etc. He has been awarded the prestigious Sardar Patel International award 2009 for his research and contribution in field of management & Industrial development. |
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