Renowned author Radhakrishnan Pillai, fondly known as CHANAKYA Pillai, is a teacher to his students, an author to his readers, a management trainer, a consultant, and a guide to his clients. Dr. Pillai is the Director at SPM Foundation and Founder Director of Atma Darshan Pvt Ltd and Chanakya Aanvikshiki Pvt Ltd and is by far India's No. 1 bestselling business author. Having an experience of more than 25 years in the industry and academics, he has 21 bestselling books under his name.
The winner of the Sardar Patel National Award 2009, a keen bibliophile, Dr. Pillai has written more than 200 articles for various magazines, newspapers, and journals and hosted radio shows as well. Leading with a thoughtful perception, he has imbibed and incorporated his research on Kautilya's Arthshastra in the modern world of business in an engrossing manner. He has represented India at various national and international conferences and platforms including the World Philosophy Congress in Greece, the Academy of Management in the USA, and the Indian Philosophy Congress. His vibrant ideas and intuitive inspirations make him an important asset to the Orange City Literature Festival (OCLF).
He firmly believes that management is an art to be implemented in all fields. Blending ancient wisdom with present-day situations and attitudes, he is effortlessly practicing the art of management to solve all corporate issues. CHANAKYA - the Indian polymath and management guru, has always been Dr. Pillai's inspiration to embark on the journey of discovering the art and implementing it, and the endeavor led him to research Kautilya's Arthshastra.
With an aim to promote Indian concepts in business, management, and various sciences and to benefit the masses, he on-boarded as the Director of the SPM Foundation. Through the SPM Foundation, he visits many Indian and International Business schools as a faculty and conducts lectures, workshops, and training sessions for them.
His consistent efforts to spread CHANAKYA's traditional and ancient ideas took him through immense challenges that he turned into opportunities. These include being a business strategy consultant to more than 200 organizations and training over 10,000 executives.
