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Indic Academy Pune Event: Prof Radhakrishnan Pillai To Speak On ‘The Wisdom Of Chanakya’

Swarajya StaffFeb 07, 2017, 12:15 PM | Updated 12:15 PM IST
Prof. Radhakrishna Pillai

Prof. Radhakrishna Pillai


Indic Academy is hosting a talk by Prof Radhakrishnan Pillai on ‘The Wisdom Of Chanakya’ this Saturday, 11th February, in Pune.

About the author:

Radhakrishnan Pillai, from the University of Mumbai, Department of Philosophy is the founder-director of Chanakya Institute of Public leadership (CIPL). He has done extensive research on “Kautilya’s Arthashastra”, the well-known book on management written in 4th BC, at Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF), Kerala under the guidance of Dr Gangadharan Nair. He later proceeded to do his MA in Sanskrit and a PhD. in the subject.

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 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. He has represented India in various national and international conferences including the Academy of Management (AOM) in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Presented papers at Oxford, Indian philosophical congress (IPC) and chaired a session at Afro-Asian Philosophical congress (AAPA), taught in Germany, 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 textbook in various Business schools in India and abroad. He has been awarded the prestigious Sardar Patel International award 2009 for his research and contribution in the field of management & Industrial development.

About Indic Academy

Indic Academy’s mission is to preserve, protect and promote Indic civilisational identity, thought and values. To achieve its mission, it seeks to transform thinkers, nurture networks and promote platforms.

Indic Academy has a target of transforming 2,020 public intellectuals into authors and scholars by the year 2020. The academy is currently nurturing Indic Book Club, a horizontal multi-city network and two vertical networks, Indic Economic Network and Indic Law Network. The academy will be shortly launching other vertical networks in the areas of activism, arts and scholarship. It is actively promoting multiple platforms for academics, activists, artists and authors to express themselves.

Twitter: @indicacademy

Details

Theme: 'The Wisdom of Chanakya'

Date: 11th February 2017

Time: 6.30 pm

Address: The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 812, Shivajinagar, Law College Road, Pune 411004

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