Globalizing Indian Thought: Insights from Indian Knowledge Systems

by Debashis Chatterjee (Editor), Deepa Sethi (Editor), Surya Prakash Pati (Editor)

The overarching principle that once integrated India's institutions is often described by the word 'dharma'. The notion of dharma goes well beyond what is known as 'rule of law'. Rule of law is about publicly disclosed legal codes and processes. Dharma, on the other hand, is the holding principle that encompasses the whole of nature, including human nature. Dharma is much more nuanced and yet, paradoxically, more unambiguous than rule of law.

The research presented in Globalizing Indian Thought tells us that India will do well to hark back to its 'sanatana dharma'. The book decodes and deliberates on a few big ideas with the hope to shape India's story on the world stage. It would be of interest to anyone who wishes to know how we can bring in ideas that are inherently Indian to broaden the discourse on matters of national and international importance.

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Published November 29, 2021

About the author

Professor Debashis Chatterjee has taught leadership classes at Harvard University and at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) of Calcutta, Lucknow and Kozhikode for nearly three decades.The longest-serving director of a first-generation IIM, he was reappointed to head IIM Kozhikode for a third five-year term in June 2023. Prof. Chatterjee has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship twice for pre-doctoral and postdoctoral work at Harvard University. A prolific author, he has published fiction and non-fiction, including Leading Consciously, Krishna: The 7th Sense and Timeless Leadership, which have been translated into several national and international languages. He has taught the art and practice of leadership to more than hundred thousand managers globally in Fortune 500 corporations and over fifty thousand school leaders. Prof. Chatterjee is credited with transforming a small-town B-school into an institution of global recognition that is now counted among the top three IIMs in India and the top seventy-five management schools worldwide according to the Financial Times rankings. He can be reached at:

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