A book launch was held on 25th November, 2024 by the Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems for a new publication by Author Sri Sriram Balasubramanian titled “Dharmanomics”. This comes as a sequel to his earlier book “Kautilyanomics”, the launch of which was also hosted at Chanakya University in 2022. The session began with Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy welcoming the guest and introducing the book, followed by the author’s introduction to the book and setting the context for the discussion. Sri Shivakumar G.V. Director, IKS Change makers at Indica, was a special guest invited to facilitate the discussion on the book. The Discussion explained how the three parts of the book, each delve into various paradigms of Economics from an Indian perspective, like the practice of the ‘Śreṇi’ system which was used as a financial control framework through various kingdoms. Participants included over 120 individuals including students, research scholars and faculty. The session concluded by Prof. Bhavani M.R. from School of Management Sciences honoring the guests and a vote of thanks by Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat, Associate professor, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems.
