1st International Conference on Vedic Foundations of Indian Management

Welcome To VFIM

The long list of failed corporate giants and banks caught in these scams and the magnitude of their mismanagement for profit maximization with complete disregard to well beings of their employees and common shareholders tells us that something is seriously missing or has gotten lost in this race to economic prosperity.

One of the ways to search the alternative paradigms in management and leadership is going back to our roots – ancient Indian culture and traditions. The known economic history of India begins with Indus Valley Civilization that was the first known permanent and predominantly urban settlement that flourished between 2800BC to 1800 BC and had an advanced and thriving economic system.

Corporate life was in vogue in India since Vedic times.According to economic historian Angus Maddison in his book ‘The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective’ published by the OECD Development Center in Paris in 2001, India had the world’s largest economy in the 1st century and 11th century and in the 18th century, with a 32.9% share of the world GDP in the 1st century and 28.9 % in the 1000 AD, and in 1700 AD with 24.4%.

Vedic Foundations of Indian Management is an initiative started by Sunita Singh Sengupta, Founder of ISOL Research Foundation and supported by same spirited people to rediscover the ancient business models to suit the needs of modern societies. Efforts will be made to integrate the insights drawn from ancient Indian wisdom traditions (Vedas) with modern management practices to promote stakeholder engagement and enlightened corporate citizenship behavior.
For more information please contact:

Sunita Singh Sengupta, Ph.D.
Founder & Honorary Convener
Vedic Foundations of Management
Email: sunita.singhsengupta@gmail.com, sengupta.sunitasingh@gmail.com
Mobile: +91-9873167484

Conference Publications

The volume is the collection of papers being presented by the scholars across the globe during the 1st International Conference on Vedic Foundations of Management organized by ISOL Research Foundation during April 19- 21, 2012 in Haridwar.
The volume is the collection of papers being presented by the scholars during the 1st National Conference on Relevance of Vedic Texts in Modern Management organized by Vedic Foundations of Indian Management (A Unit of ISOL Research Foundation) and hosted by Department of Business Administration, Tezpur University, Assam

Announcement for Summer Internships – 2013

ISOL Research Foundation invites applications from the post graduate students from various disciplines, i.e., Management, Philosophy, Indic and Vedic studies, Literature etc. to do summer internship in Vedic Foundations of Indian Management during June – July, 2013.

This is an online internship. You can work from wherever you are. The selected candidates will be asked to work on different projects of the Foundation. After the successful completion of the internship the students will get the performance letter.

Please send your resume to
Sunita.singhsengupta@gmail.com or Sengupta.sunitasingh@gmail.com

2nd International Conference on Vedic Foundations of Indian Management

Welcome To VFIM

The long list of failed corporate giants and banks caught in these scams and the magnitude of their mismanagement for profit maximization with complete disregard to well beings of their employees and common shareholders tells us that something is seriously missing or has gotten lost in this race to economic prosperity.

One of the ways to search the alternative paradigms in management and leadership is going back to our roots – ancient Indian culture and traditions. The known economic history of India begins with Indus Valley Civilization that was the first known permanent and predominantly urban settlement that flourished between 2800BC to 1800 BC and had an advanced and thriving economic system.

Corporate life was in vogue in India since Vedic times.According to economic historian Angus Maddison in his book ‘The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective’ published by the OECD Development Center in Paris in 2001, India had the world’s largest economy in the 1st century and 11th century and in the 18th century, with a 32.9% share of the world GDP in the 1st century and 28.9 % in the 1000 AD, and in 1700 AD with 24.4%.

Vedic Foundations of Indian Management is an initiative started by Sunita Singh Sengupta, Founder of ISOL Research Foundation and supported by same spirited people to rediscover the ancient business models to suit the needs of modern societies. Efforts will be made to integrate the insights drawn from ancient Indian wisdom traditions (Vedas) with modern management practices to promote stakeholder engagement and enlightened corporate citizenship behavior.
For more information please contact:

Sunita Singh Sengupta, Ph.D.
Founder & Honorary Convener
Vedic Foundations of Management
Email: sunita.singhsengupta@gmail.com, sengupta.sunitasingh@gmail.com
Mobile: +91-9873167484

Conference Publications

The volume is the collection of papers being presented by the scholars across the globe during the 1st International Conference on Vedic Foundations of Management organized by ISOL Research Foundation during April 19- 21, 2012 in Haridwar.
The volume is the collection of papers being presented by the scholars during the 1st National Conference on Relevance of Vedic Texts in Modern Management organized by Vedic Foundations of Indian Management (A Unit of ISOL Research Foundation) and hosted by Department of Business Administration, Tezpur University, Assam

Announcement for Summer Internships – 2013

ISOL Research Foundation invites applications from the post graduate students from various disciplines, i.e., Management, Philosophy, Indic and Vedic studies, Literature etc. to do summer internship in Vedic Foundations of Indian Management during June – July, 2013.

This is an online internship. You can work from wherever you are. The selected candidates will be asked to work on different projects of the Foundation. After the successful completion of the internship the students will get the performance letter.

Please send your resume to
Sunita.singhsengupta@gmail.com or Sengupta.sunitasingh@gmail.com

National Conference On Relevance of Vedic Texts in Modern Management

Modern business organizations grew from the womb of the entrepreneurial spirit evident during the industrial revolution. The fundamental paradigm in which this system worked was profit – maximization. The recent incidences of corporate fraud and greed that resulted in economic burst of 2008 and triggered one of the worst economic recessions worldwide in decades has forced us to take a fresh look at both the current management programs and prevailing business practices. The year 2010 – 2011 was the year of scandals and scams. The long list of failed corporate giants and banks caught in these scams and the magnitude of their mismanagement for profit maximization with complete disregard to well beings of their employees and common shareholders tells us that something is seriously missing or has gotten lost in this race to economic prosperity. That brings us to the core of this problem – a total lack of conscience or moral bankruptcy. There is an urgent and dire need to address these issues to create a morally healthy business environment for sustainable individual, social and economic growth.

This requires a major transformation in organizations and such a transformation is possible only by constantly striving towards a disciplined and purified consciousness. It is only then that a sense of moderation, justice, and consideration for others can be developed while at the same time preserving moral integrity. This self-culture, when extended into the social plane, gets translated into democratic and moral responsibility as an abiding and sustaining value. And thus it is possible to bridge the gap between public accountability and private morality, to resolve the apparent contradiction between work and life. History is full of examples to show that structures, systems, or for that matter, civilizations, without ethico-moral content as their foundation, are sooner rather than later bound to collapse.

The Focus of the Conference

The proposed two days National Conference on Relevance of Vedic Texts in Modern Management during November 17-18, 2012 will focus on the essence of leadership and management by drawing insights from Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Bhagwat Gita and Ramayana. Efforts will be made to integrate the insights drawn from ancient Indian wisdom traditions with modern management practices to promote stakeholder engagement and enlightened corporate citizenship behavior. The churning will enable to come up with indigenous business and financial models for good governance and responsible business practices.