The leadership book that began in a classroom at IIM Ahmedabad
The Ethical Leader’s Gita is published by the author, Hyuma Mahadevia. The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad is where it began, and two of its professors wrote the forewords. Readers looking for a leadership book with an IIM Ahmedabad connection should know exactly what that connection is, so here it is in plain words.
Hyuma Mahadevia is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad. One of the courses he took there, under Prof. Dr. Sunil Maheshwari, showed him how the Bhagavad Gita is built, how to read a verse and what to do with it. Prof. Dr. Vishal Gupta opened another side of it for him, the way the text works on a person psychologically as the conversation goes on. The book is what happened when he went home and tried to read the Bhagavad Gita the way it deserves, one verse at a time, asking of each one what it says to a person who leads others.
Both professors read the finished book and wrote its forewords. Prof. Dr. Sunil Maheshwari, Professor of Human Resources Management, writes that the book is able to connect eternal principles with the realities of daily life. Prof. Dr. Vishal Gupta, Professor and Chairperson of the Organisational Behaviour Area, calls it a must for every leader who wants to contribute to society in a positive way.
What is in the book
All 700 verses, one to a page
Each page carries the Sanskrit, a transliteration, the meaning in English and in Hindi, a short Context, The Teaching on what the verse asks of a leader, one line to hold through the day, and a Reflect question.
Group Summaries
The verses are gathered into conversation groups, and each group closes with its lessons, the pitfall it warns against, and a question to ask yourself.
An Index of Management Areas
Accountability, anger, bias, change management, decision-making, difficult conversations, ego, failure, stress and pressure, succession and continuity, trust and loyalty, and many more, each pointing to the verses that speak to it.
For leaders of every faith
The book treats the Bhagavad Gita as a text on duty, decision and self-mastery, in plain English and Hindi, so that it can be read, and gifted, across a whole organisation.
The Ethical Leader’s Gita
Each of the 700 verses of the Bhagavad Gita on a page of its own, with the Sanskrit, a transliteration, the meaning in English and in Hindi, and a reflection on what the verse asks of a person who leads others. An 880-page hardback with jacket, 11 by 8.5 inches, with forewords by Prof. Dr. Sunil Maheshwari and Prof. Dr. Vishal Gupta of IIM Ahmedabad. MRP ₹4,995. On this site ₹4,295 including courier within India, and from ₹4,160 per copy for 10 copies or more.