CORPORATE CHANAKYA Successful Management the Chanakya Way Radhakrishnan

CORPORATE CHANAKYA Successful Management the Chanakya Way Radhakrishnan Pillai Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai

BOOK REVIEW GROUP-1 • • • Shri Bandaru Ratna Kishore(IA&AS) Shri Prasoon Verma(ISS) Shri Samir Kumar(IFS) Ms Shweta Pachaury(IRS, C&CE) Shri Dinesh Kumar(IES) Shri Gaikhonlung Panmei(IRS, C&CE) Ms Sugandha Srivastava(ISS) Shri Mahender Singh(IFS) Shri T Uniel Kichu Ao(IRS, IT) Ms Karamjeet Kaur(IES)-group coordinator

Radhakrishnan Pillai Director, SPM Foundation Founder-Director, Chanakya Institute of Public Leadership

CHANAKYA (VISHNUGUPTA, KAUTILYA) 4 TH Century BC Chandragupta Maurya Arthashastra

CORPORATE CHANAKYA

OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK

Ø 03 parts § Leadership § Management § Training Ø 175 chapters Ø More than 150 verses from Chanakya’s work referred

BODY OF THE BOOK

• Writing style • Relevance for today’s world “This science(of arthashastra) brings into being and preserves spiritual good, material well being and pleasures, and destroys spiritual evil, material loss and hatred” • Language used

STRONG POINTS

• Simple language • Makes Arthashastra relevant for today • Small sections • Lucid • Contemporary examples

WEAK POINTS

• Stating the obvious • More details required • Repetition • Not very convincing • Could have been more interesting

CONCLUSION

• For management professionals • For lay man • For public officials