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Leadership Coach, Corporate Trainer - Answered on Mar 16, 2023

Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai is the director of the Chanakya International Institute of Leadership Studies, University of Mumbai.
He holds a PhD in leadership from the University of Mumbai and has 25 years of industry and academic experience training and mentoring future leaders and PhD aspirants.
Dr Pillai is an expert on Chanakya's Arthashastra, an accomplished TEDx speaker and has written 17 books on Chanakya including the bestselling Corporate Chanakya.... more
Asked by Anonymous - Mar 16, 2023Hindi
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Apart from Arthashastra what are some of the non-Sanskrit books MBA students can read in order to learn strategic management skills and leadership?

Ans: Thanks for the question. You can refer to Mahabharata, Ramayana, Panchatantra and even Tirukkural (original book in Tamil). All books are available in English translations by different experts. These books teach us strategic management and leadership skills...
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