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Dharmic Capitalism
An Indigenous and Sustainable Economic Model
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Did Rajaraja Chola, who built the world-renowned Brihadisvara temple in Tanjore, and Suryavarman II of Kambuja Desa (Cambodia), who built the world’s largest temple complex, Angkor Wat, erect these enduring marvels with a magic wand? Surely not. How did they nurture prosperity? What were the economic models that enabled them to leave the world awestruck?
Sriram Balasubramanian’s sequel to the pathbreaking Kautilyanomics answers these questions by examining Common Era empires and kingdoms ranging from the Cholas, Pallavas, Pandyas and Vijayanagara to Southeast Asian kingdoms. Balasubramanian audaciously puts forward a novel, indigenous and sustainable framework called Dharmanomics—a function of Kautilyan Dharmic capitalism, of a Dharmic ecosystem driven by temples and Sreni (corporate guilds) Dharma—that spans thousands of years. It was put into practice much before the likes of Adam Smith and modern economic thinkers. Dharmanomics seeks to present a coherent and structured economic framework based on the idea of Dharma for at least 1500 years.
In the session, Sriram Balasubramanian will share the key aspects from his book. A Q&A session with the audience will follow.
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Sriram Balasubramanian
Sriram Balasubramanian is an economist and best selling author of Kautilyanomics for modern times. He has worked for several international organizations including the IMF in the past. His areas of interest include global macroeconomics, socio-economic trends in emerging markets and Indic/dharmic culture. He has written for several international publications such as Bloomberg, ForeignPolicy, The Wall Street Journal and Vox EU among others, as an independent columnist and has been an independent panellist on CNBCTV18. He has authored two books, JAMBA: The Joint Family(shortlisted for the Third Annual IAAC Literary Festival organised by the Indo-American Arts Council) and The Wizards, which has been featured in varied publications, including The Hindu. He is an alumnus of Columbia University, New York. He lives in Washington DC/Maryland area in USA.
Vikram Bhat
Vikram is a passionate educator who has had previous successful careers in Technology at Deutsche Bank and Finance as a Portfolio Trader at Sanford Bernstein in New York.
In Education, his areas of interest are Educational Equity, Holistic Integration of the Arts into School Education & School to Work transition. Vikram most recently was a key member of the Education Task force in Delhi which is transforming Delhi’s government schools. His past stints include leadership positions at Dream a Dream, Teach for India and Parikrma Humanity Foundation.
He holds a Bachelors in Electronic Engineering from the University of Mumbai and has a Masters in Computer Science from New York University. For his education career choice, he got himself a B Ed. Degree at age 38 from Christ University. Vikram is an avid film and theatre buff.
Vikram Bhat is presently serving as the Director at the Bangalore International Centre.
