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Swami (Dr) Parthasarathy
 

Swami (Dr.) Parthasarthy,the monk of the Ramakrishna Cult since 1996 Swami (Dr.) Parthasarthy is an eminent personality of management academia in India and abroad. 

He is the Board Member: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), MHRD, GOI, and Chairman: High Power Tribunal Committee for AICTE, GOI.
He is currently the Chairman of different Govt. committees.
Apart from that he is closely associated with the academia as :
• Sir John Alex Stuart Chair Professor of International Business, University of Bridgeport, USA.
• Visiting Professor: UBS, University of Northern California, USA

For his outstanding contribution in Management Education in India and abroad, recently he has been honoured by conferring “INDIAN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP” by AIMA. He has also been conferred six nos. Hony. D. Litt from different Universities of India and abroad. 

Swamiji, is on the one hand an embodiment of high spirituality with diversified versatile intellect and on the other is a unique combination of Indian traditional spiritual culture and modern dynamic thought.

Swamiji is an MBA in International Business and Ph.D. in Management from University of Chicago. Swamiji has done his D.Litt in indigenous management techniques. He had his bachelor degree in Agricultural Science from University of California, Boston Campus.

While working for the World Bank and the United Nations, high Status could not chain him for long and he came away chucking the coveted positions in just a span of six years. “Life is not just working and earning a salary”, quips Swamiji. He has set lofty goals for himself beyond merely hankering after power and pelf.

As wandering monk and mendicant Swamiji has travelled whole Deva Bhumi (the land of divinity) Uttarakhand, Himalaya on foot for 26 months with a single cloth and without a penny and passed the days in different caves and survived on Bhiksha and madhukary (mendicancy). Such is the resolve in him to renunciate everything in search of absolute Truth.

During his Deva Bhumi travel he undertook intense and comprehensive spiritual practices and was an eye-witness for different Himalayan mysteries.

He is also Chairman of the well-reputed Ramakrishna-Vivekananda International Foundation.
In addition, he is also chairing and holding different prestigious portfolios in several national and international bodies. 

Being an eminent man of management academia he is associated with several world institutions and universities for research and training. His exponency in Management Science, Corporate Governance, International Strategic Management and Human Values and Ethics in Management is well recognized throughout the corporate and business world.

Presently, he has diverted all his energy and efficiency for propounding the indigenous management techniques for Indian sub-continent through an intensive and comprehensive research on Management Techniques and Traditions. He has developed different management training modules that are widely accepted in the country and abroad. He has authored 17 books. “Human Values & Management”, “Transforming Personality” are of his books of global repute. His recent publication, "The Corporate Governance- Principles, Mechanisms & Practices" has shown the new dimension to this and an outstanding seminary work of Swamiji, the first in the world of its kind which describes complete mechanism including case studies of best.

Swamiji is proficient in a good number of languages apart from English, Hindi and Sanskrit. These are German, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Nepali, Jharkhandi and Urdu. 

Let us take a close look at Swamiji’s life and times to know how he has moved from one milestone to another and how much he achieved in a short time.

Current Research Work

The intensive and comprehensive research project on ‘Management’. The Excellence and the Quality of Human Being as the Heritage of India and Originated thereof; the Indigenous Views on Vedantic Approach 
in Management”.

Swamiji is the student of Sir John D. Fox, the Eminent Nobel Laureate Economist of the world and his doctoral thesis paper was on “Industrial Behavior of Post Colonial Culture and Intra-Organizational Understanding” guided by Sir. John D. Fox.

Swamiji’s areas of specialization

Corporate Governance, International Business Competitive Strategies, International Trade strategies for Competitive Advantages, Operation, Policies and Principles of WTO, Competency Building and Profiling, Training and Development on Values and Ethics base, Excellence and Stress Management, International Strategic Human Resource Management, Trade Blocks, Indian Indigenous Management Techniques and Comprehensive Leadership, Training for Corporate Executives, Holistic Management, Corporate Restructuring and Corporate Consultancy on EHP, etc.

Swamiji’s multifaceted exponency

• Exponent of Indian Management Excellence. This system of purest of Management Science has been made on base of Vedanta, Indian Scripture, Traditional Science and Indian Ethos.
• Developer of Internationally Famed Management Training Module; “Excellence of Human Potentially Programme”.
Developer of Different Management Training Module like Human Excellence for Effective Management (HEEM) Psycho Cognitive Evolution (PCE), Introspection for Management Ethics Course (IMEC), Steadfastness of Mind for Innovative Management (SMIM), Positive Thought for Creativity (PTC), Rajarishi Model of Leadership etc.

Authorship of Books & Article

Swamiji has authored about 18 titles for different books on Vedanta, Gita, Human Values, Management, International Business and Personality Development published in India and abroad viz. Human Values and Management, Corporate Governance, Business Management Redefined, Transforming Personality, Global Trade in New Millennium etc.
He has got the unique Excellency of publishing 112 working and research papers to his credit.

He is also a regular columnist for The Economic Times and The Times of India.

Past positions held in the past

• Former Member: University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt of India.
• Technical Director (Agricultural commodities) on special project of World Bank, DFID as on Official Deputation in WTO, NATO, HQ, New York.
• Project Director on Special Duty (PDSD), UNO-HQ, Empire State Building, New York, USA.
• Subordinate Deputation at UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) posted at Ethiopia, Zambia and Uganda.

Faculty and Lectureship

• Sir John Alex Stuart Chair Professor of International Business, University of Bridgeport, USA.
• Visiting Professor: UBS, University of Northern California, USA
• Guest Faculty: Nairobi City State University, Nairobi City, Kenya.
• Member: Board of Studies, All India Management Association (AIMA).
• Visiting Professor: FMS, Benaras Hindu University.
• Visiting Professor: Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and Bangalore.
• Hony. Professor: IMS, M.G. Kashi VidyaPith University, Varansi.
• Hony. Visiting Professor: School of Management Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin University.
• Paper Setter, Moderator and Evaluator: University of Bridgeport, USA, UP Technical University, Lucknow, University of Bangalore, Cochin University off Science and Technology.
• Professorship in several other Universities and Business school in India and abroad.