Prof. B. Mahadevan
Sri B. Mahadevan is a professor of Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru. He has close to 30 years of experience in teaching, research, consulting, and academic administration at IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Bengaluru and other reputed institutions such as IIT Delhi and XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Professor Mahadevan was the founder Vice-chancellor of Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth – a university for applied Sanskrit and Indian Wisdom.
He was a visiting scholar at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.
Professor Mahadevan’s research interests include researching the possibility of using ancient Indian wisdom to address contemporary concerns, spirituality in the workplace, and management paradigms from Bhagavad Gita.
Prof. Sushant Joshi
Registrar, Chanakya University
Dr. Sushant Joshi is an academician, teacher, technocrat,
and trainer. His areas of expertise include Computer Science, Marketing, Strategy, Research and
Employability Skills. He has served as the Dean of M.B.A. at Jain College – Belagavi; and Controller of Examinations at the KLS Institute of Management Education and Research. Being on the board of Industry, Academic and Social organizations, he is the Co-convenor of Prabuddha Bharat Belagavi – a distinguished Intellectual Social Responsibility Initiative, renowned for its National Conclaves.
Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy
Director, Centre for IKS
Area of Specialization: Psychological insights in the Vedas, Sanskrit, English, Yogic Science and Applied Psychology.
Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy, being one of the members of the Founding Team of the Chanakya University, currently holds the position of the Director – Communications and as the Director -Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems at the University. He is also a Co-founder of Indica Yoga, a platform that offers authentic, immersive and transformative yoga experiences across the world. Recently, he has set up Ritambhara Retreat, an idyllic space for contemplation and learning close to Bengaluru city.
Dr.Vinayachandra is a dedicated teacher who has been traveling across the world conducting courses, lectures and workshops with a unique blend of Yoga, Psychology and Sanskrit.
He has had the privilege of being a tutor at the European Union of Yoga Congress, Zinal, Switzerland during the years 2013 and 2014. He was also the Guest of Honour at the same event in 2017. He has also served as a visiting faculty at the Department of Contemplative and Behavioural Sciences at Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Orissa
Vinayachandra brings with him nearly two decades of rich experience in the domains of research, teaching and policy formulation owing to his varied engagements. He has served as a Senior Consultant to the Committee – to Draft the National Educational Policy (NEP) under the chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan – set up by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India;
He has also served as the Director of Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, a Bengaluru-based research centre dedicated to Sanskrit and Shastric studies; Research Associate at Development Foundation, Bengaluru; Research Associate and Head of Centre for Indian Psychology, Jain University, Bengaluru and Research Associate at Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Govt. of Karnataka. Lecturer, Dept. of Sanskrit, Jain College, Bengaluru and Lecturer, Dept. of Yoga and Spirituality, SVYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru.
His publications include a report on Standardization of Yoga Terminologies for WHO; a book co-edited with Dr. Anuradha Choudry titled ‘Perspectives on Indian Psychology’, published by Jain University Press. Another book co-authored titled ‘Happiness: Indic Perspectives’ was published by Development Foundation – besides a few articles, papers, booklets on Yoga, Indian Psychology, Culture and Spirituality.
C.A. Sujiban Ghosh
An FCA and Finance professional, hailing from West Bengal, with over 3 decades of Experience across Multi-National Corporations and Educational Institutions, he has helped establish financial systems at new Universities, such as Manipal and Others. As the Chief Financial Officer at Chanakya University, he is responsible for the establishment of financial administration and systems.
YUVA KRIDOTSAVA
March 19, 2023
Eleven students from Chanakya University took part in the Yuva Kridotsava (n Inter-Collegiate tournament) held at Vidyashilp academy, Jakkur on 18th & 19th March 2023. Students participated, with great spirit and enthusiasm, in the event across three disciplines viz. Badminton, Chess, and Volleyball. The Chanakya Team was accompanied by coach Sri. Hemanth N V (Asst
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