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B. Mahadevan is a Professor of Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, where he has been teaching since 1992. He was the founding Vice Chancellor of Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, a University for Sanskrit and Indic Knowledge.

In this assignment, he was responsible for creating new generation of academic programs in the higher education space that seamlessly blends Ancient Indian Knowledge traditions with Contemporary Knowledge Systems. He was also the Dean (Administration) of IIMB and a member of the Governing Board of IIMB for four years. Professor Mahadevan is also in the Board of IIM, Kashipur, IIT Madras, and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan. He is also in the International Advisory Board of California Management Review. Earlier he was in the Board of Indian Oil Corporation.

Professor Mahadevan received his M.Tech. & Ph.D. from the Industrial Engineering and Management Division of IIT Madras. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering (production engineering) from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras.

Professor Mahadevan has been playing a very significant role in the field of Sanskrit and Samskriti for the past 20 years. These include

• Visioning and execution of Sanskrit promotion activities in India and abroad through a variety of roles in Samskrita Bharti including being the President of Samskrita Bharati trust

• Shaping the trajectory of Sanskrit educational space in the country by providing thought leadership initiatives involving all Sanskrit University Vice Chancellors

• Helping the Government in policy decision making through membership in Central Sanskrit Board and invited membership in Rashtriya Sanskrit Parishad

• Disseminating Sanskrit and Samskriti to the global audience through public lectures, books, writings, you tube channels and seminars

• Introducing Sanskrit and Samskriti to mainstream audiences such as Top Management Corporate and Management graduates at IIMB through seminars, elective courses and a series of lectures

• Widely disseminating Sanskrit and Indic Wisdom through a number of public speaking assignments in various parts of the country

He has recently authored a book “Introduction to Indian Knowledge System: Concepts and Applications” along with V R Bhat and Pavan R Nagendra, published by Prentice Hall of India (PHI Learning), which is first of its kind in the subject.