B Mahadevan

Dr. B Mahadevan,
Professor, Operations Management,

IIM Bangalore

Has three decades of wide ranging professional experience in teaching, research, consulting and academic administration at IIM Bangalore and other reputed academic institutions such as IIT Delhi and XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Education Content

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.), "Design and Operational Control issues in Automated Guided Vehicle Based Material Handling System in Flexible Manufacturing Systems", Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1988 - 1991.
• Master of Technology (M.Tech.) (Industrial Management), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1986 - 1987.
• Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) (Production Engineering), College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras, 1981 - 1985.

Awards

Teaching Honours

• Top five teaching faculty in Post Graduate Programme (1998, 2002,2008)
• Top five teaching faculty in Executive training Programmes
• Top five teaching faculty in Management Programme for Technologists (1998)

Academic Honours

• University Gold Medal for securing first rank in Bachelor of Engineering in Production Engineering
• TAC Corporation award for the Best all round performance in Bachelor of Engineering in Production Engineering
• Gold Medal for securing First rank in Master of Technology in Industrial Management
• Coka Parthasarathy award for the Best all round performance in Master of Technology in Industrial Management

Professional Recognition

• Visishta Sevavrati Sanman, Ministry of Human Resources Development (Rashtriya Samskrit Samsthan), 2016.
• ICFAI Best Teacher Award from the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) for the year 2005
• First Prize in ISB-Ivey Case Competition 2011

Membership in Advisory Boards

• Member, International Executive Education Board Nyenrode Business Universiteit, The Netherlands (2008 – 2009)
• Life Member, Society of Operations Management, INDIA.
• Member, Production & Operations Management Society, USA.
• Member, Academic Council, Anna University (Feb. 2001 - Feb. 2004).
• Member, Board of Studies, Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM)
• Member, Executive Advisory Board, Special Interest Group in Multimedia for Arena (SIGMAA), Aptech Ltd. (2002).
• Member, Board of Studies of Several Business Schools & University Departments in India
• Nominated Member, Central Sanskrit Board, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of
• India (September 2002 - September 2005).

Editorial Board Member

• Member, International Advisory Board, California Management Review
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• International Journal of Business Excellence (http://www.inderscience.com/ijbex)
• Production & Operations Management Journal (USA)
• International Journal of Six sigma for competitive advantage (UK) until 2007
• IIMB Management Review
• Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective

Current Research

Order allocation issues in B2B Electronic Markets

Electronic market places for Business-to-Business (B2B) applications take several forms. Amongst these, “Aggregators” is one popularly available application. The market maker in the case of an aggregator brings together fragmented supply and demand and helps allocate the supply meet demand. We study some of the strategic issues that the market maker faces in this process. We analyze a problem where a market maker on behalf of a buyer allocates a given amount of order among N suppliers each with finite capacity. We model this problem to understand how the market maker could maximize his earnings by addressing certain incentive compatibility issues of the buyers and the supplier.

 

Design of Online Auctions

Online auctions is one of the popular business models both in B2C and B2B electronic markets. We are currently making an exploratory study of the critical success factors of B2C auctions with data on competed auction history from a range of product categories from three different countries. We specifically investigate if there are significant differences in the bidding patterns between online and offline auctions and the factors that influence the bidding patterns of individuals.
 

Inventory Control Policies in Product Remanufacturing

Several nations are bringing legislative framework to tackle environmental degradation and excessive consumption of scarce natural resources. Manufacturers are mandated to take back products after customer use. This opens up new research questions especially in the area of Inventory control. We currently study some of the implications of push and pull strategies in periodic review systems.
 

Development of a software for design of manufacturing cells

Cellular manufacturing/Group Technology is the philosophy behind manufacturing system design for the last three decades. Yet, there is very little effort to design a software to help industrial managers come up with alternative designs and evaluate them. Based on a seed funding from the Ministry of Human Resources Development, a proto-type for such a software has been designed. The software is under testing using some real life data.

Books

• Mahadevan, B. (2015), “Operations Management: Theory & Practice”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
• Mahadevan, B. (1999). "The New Manufacturing Architecture", Tata McGraw Hill Co. Ltd. New Delhi.

Publication in Journals (Refereed)

• Setty GAG, Subramanya P. and Mahadevan B. (2017). “Effect of Yoga on Adolescents’ Beliefs about Aggression and Alternatives”. Int J Med. Public Health, 7(3), pp. 166-171.
• Govindaraja Setty, A.G., Subramanya, P. and Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Effect of Yoga on Adolescents’ Attitude towards Violence”, Journal of Human Values, 23(2), pp. 1–11.
• Mahadevan, B., Hazra, J. and Jain, T. (2017). “Services Outsourcing under Asymmetric Cost Information”, European Journal of Operational Research, 257 (2), pp. 456–467.
• Govindaraja Setty, A.G., Subramanya, P., and Mahadevan, B. (2016). “Effect of Yoga on Human Aggression and Violent Behaviour- A Review of the Indian Yoga Scriptures and Scientific Studies”, Social and Education History 5(1), pp. 82 – 103.
• Mahadevan, B., Sivakumar, S., Dinesh Kumar, D. and Ganeshram, K. (2013). "Redesigning Mid-day meal logistics of Akshaya Patra Foundation: OR at work in feeding hungry school children", Interfaces, Vol. 43 (6), pp 530 - 546.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Spirituality in Business: Sparks from the Anvil". IIMB Management Review, Vol. 25 (2), pp 91 - 103.
• Uma, K. and Mahadevan, B. (2012). "A review of strategic sourcing literature during 1997 - 2010: Trends and emerging issues for research", South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 19 (2), pp 78 - 98.
• Punniyamoorthy, M., Mahadevan, B., Shetty, N.K and Lakshmi, G. (2011). “A framework for assessment of brand loyalty score for commodities”, Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing, Vol. 19 (3/4), pp 243 – 260.
• Adhia, H., Nagendra, H.R. and Mahadevan, B. (2010). “Impact of adoption of yoga way of life on organizational performance”, International Journal of Yoga. Vol. 3 (2), pp 55 – 66.
• Adhia, H., Nagendra, H.R. and Mahadevan, B. (2010).“Impact of adoption of yoga way of life on the reduction of job burnout of managers”, Vikalpa. Vol. 35 (2), pp 21 – 33.
• Adhia, H., Nagendra, H.R. and Mahadevan, B. (2010). “Impact of Adoption of Yoga Way of Life on the Emotional Intelligence of Managers”. IIMB Management Review. Vol. 22, pp 32 – 41.
• Mahadevan, B. (2009). “Global Sourcing through Electronic Markets: Academic Perspective”, IIMB Management Review, Vol. 21 (4), pp 323 – 327.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2009). “A procurement model using capacity reservation”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 193 (1), pp 303 -316.
• Mahdavi, I. and Mahadevan, B. (2008). “CLASS: An algorithm for cellular manufacturing system and layout design using sequence data”, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 24 (3), pp 488 – 497.
• Mahadevan, B. and Venkataramanaiah, S. (2007). "Realigning research objectives in Cellular Manufacturing System Design: A users' perspective". Asian Journal of Operations Management.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2006). “A procurement model for electronic markets”, International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Vol. 7, pp 475 – 489
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2006). “Impact of supply base heterogeneity in electronic markets”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 174 (3), pp 1580-1594.
• Hazra, J., Mahadevan, B. and Seshadri, S. (2004). “Capacity Allocation among Multiple Suppliers in an Electronic Market”, Production & Operations Management, Vol. 13 (2), pp 161-170.
• Mahadevan, B. (2003). "Making sense of the emerging market structures in Business to Business E Commerce". California Management Review, Vol. 46 (1), pp 86 - 100.
• Mahadevan, B. and Pyke, D.F. and Fleischmann, M. (2003). "Periodic Review Inventory Policies for Remanufacturing". European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 151, pp 536 - 551.
• Mahadevan, B. (2001). "The ERP Conundrum". IIMB Management Review. Vol. 9 (2), pp 96-104.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). "Business Models for Internet based E Commerce: An anatomy". California Management Review. Vol. 42 (4), pp 55 – 69.
• Mahadevan, B. (1998). "Principles of World Class Manufacturing" The Management Accountant. Vol. 22 (9), pp 645-649.
• Mahadevan, B. (1997). "Are Indian Companies ready for Just-in-Time?" IIMB Management Review. Vol. 9 (2&3), pp 85-92.
• Mahadevan, B. (1996). "Top Gear Manufacturing". IIMB Management Review. Vol. 8 (2), pp 60-66.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1994). "A hybrid modelling approach to the design of an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 32 (9), pp 2015-2030.
• Mahadevan, B. (1994). "Emerging trends in technology and new challenges for management accounting". The Management Accountant. Vol. 29 (9), pp 646-649.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1993). "Estimation of number of AGVs for an FMS: an analytical model". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 31 (7), pp 1655-1670.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1993). "Buffer levels and choice of material handling device in Flexible Manufacturing Systems". European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 69, pp 166-176.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1992). "Determination of unit load sizes in an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 30 (4), pp 909-922.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1990). "Design of an automated guided vehicle based material handling system for a flexible manufacturing system". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 28 (9), pp 1611-1622.
• Srinivasan, G., Narendran, T.T. and Mahadevan, B. (1990). "An assignment model for the part families problem in Group Technology". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 28 (1), pp 145-152.

Publication in Journals (Non-Refereed)

• Govindaraja Setty A.G., Mahadevan, B. and Subramanya, P. (2017). “Parenting & Child Development: Insights from Ancient Indian Texts”. Under review.
• Mahadevan, B. (2005). “Journey to the Deming: Implications for Corporate Transformation and Competitiveness”, IIMB Management Review, Vol. 17 (2), pp 59 – 70.
• Mahadevan, B. (2005). “Instilling Business Skills through Management Games”, Business Today (Sri Lanka), Vol. 10 (1), pp 78 – 81.
• Mahadevan, B. (2004). “Applying theory to practice”, Business Today (Sri Lanka), Vol. 8 (11), pp 23 – 30.
• Kumar, K. and Mahadevan, B. (2003). "Evolution of business models in B2C E-Commerce: The case of Fabmall", IIMB Management Review, Vol. 15 (4), pp 23 - 30.
• Mahadevan, B. (2002). "The Manufacturing Dilemma". Search. Vol. 5 (2), pp 80 - 81.
• Mahadevan, B. (1998). "Management Education: Time for Soul searching", IIMB Management Review, Vol.10 (1&2), 129 - 132.

Collaborative white papers with consulting firms

 

• (2001). “Business Model Innovation: Deconstructing the formula for uncovering value-creating opportunities in familiar places”, A competitive strategy study by Deloitte Consulting and Deloitte & Touche, Deloitte Research.

Working

• Mahadevan, B. (2003). "Productivity Paradox". Working paper.
• Mahadevan, B. and Venkataramanaiah, S. (2002). "Incorporating Product Information in the design of a cellular manufacturing system". Working Paper. April 2002.
• Mahadevan, B., Pyke, D.F and Fleischmann. (2002). “Periodic Review, Push Inventory policies for remanufacturing”, ERS-2002-35-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Mahadevan, B. (1997). "Globalisation of Indian Automobile Industry: Prospects, Problems & Priorities - The case of Passenger Car Segment". Working Paper.

Conferences

• Mahadevan, B. (2015). “Management Paradigms in Ancient Indian Wisdom: Spiritual – Religious – Social Perspectives”, The International Conference on Contribution of Advaita Vedanta to Humanity, Chinmaya Vibhooti, Post Kolwan, District Pune, Maharashtra, November 18 – 21, 2015.
• Mahadevan, B. (2015). “Management thoughts in Puranas”, Conference on Mahāpurāṇas jointly organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore and ISKCON, Bangalore, June 24 – 29, 2015, Bangalore.
• S. Sivakumar, B. Mahadevan (2015), “Implementation Strategy alternatives for Co-productive services; A comparative study”, Proceedings of 2015 Manufacturing and Service Operations (MSOM) Conference, Toronto, CA.
• S. Sivakumar, B. Mahadevan (2015), “Configuring and Pricing Customized Co-productive Services”, XIX Annual Society of Operations Management (SOM) conference held at IIM, Kolkata.
• S. Sivakumar, B. Mahadevan (2015), “Configuring and Pricing Co-productive Services”, IMR Doctoral Conference held at IIM, Bangalore.
• S. Sivakumar, B. Mahadevan (2015), “Role of Resource Flexibility and Service Modularity in Design of Co-productive Service systems”, 3rd Pan-IIM, World Management Conference, held at IIM, Indore.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2010). Sourcing Strategies in the presence of Low Cost Suppliers in a Supply Base. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin TX, November 2010.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2007). “Capacity sourcing using a reservation contract”, IEEE Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Dec. 2007, Singapore, pp. 1544 – 1548.
• Mahadevan, B. and Deb, M. (2007), “A survey based framework for Recovery and Re-manufacturing issues of Orphan Products”, 18th Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, May 4 – 7, 2007.
• Mahadevan, B. (2006). “A single period model for manpower planning in Software Firms”, Xth Annual Conference of Society of Operations Management, December 22 – 23, 2006, IIM Ahmedabad.
• Mahdavi, I. and Mahadevan, B. (2006). “Cell and layout design in CMS using sequence data”, GT/CM 2006, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, July 2 – 5, 2006.
• Mahadevan, B. (2004). "A framework for business model innovation", IMRC 2004 Conference, December 16 - 18, 2004. Bangalore, INDIA.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2004). "A business to business procurement model with Coordination costs", Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Logistics, July 11 - 14, 2004, Bangalore, INDIA.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2003). “Supplier selection models for a heterogeneous supply base”, International Workshop on IT-Enabled Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management, December 15-16, 2003, Bangalore.
• Mahadevan, B. and Srinivasan, G. (2003). "Software for manufacturing cell formation: Issues and Experiences", GT/CM World Symposium. July 28 - 30, 2003, Columbus, OH.
• Hazra, J., Mahadevan, B. and Seshadri, S. (2002). "Modeling Capacity Reservation Contract", Sixth National Conference of the Society of Operations Management. December 20 - 22, 2002, Kozhikode, INDIA.
• Mahadevan, B. (2002). "An exploratory study of periodic review inventory policy framework in reverse logistics", Sixth National Conference of the Society of Operations Management, December 20 - 22, 2002, Kozhikode, INDIA.
• Mahadevan, B. (2002). "Emerging Market Mechanisms in Business-to-Business E-Commerce", International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, e-Science, and e-Medicine on the Internet (SSGRR 2002s), Rome, ITALY, July 29 - August 4, 2002.
• Hazra, J., Mahadevan, B. and Seshadri, S. (2001). "Order allocation issues among multiple suppliers in B2B E-market places", Fifth National Conference of the Society of Operations Management. December 2001, Mumbai, INDIA.
• Mahadevan, B., Venkataramanaiah, S. and Shah, J. (2000). "Design of a cellular manufacturing system for a product oriented plant". Proceedings of the Third International Conference in Operations & Quantitative Methods. University of Western Sydney, Australia, Dec. 17 - 20, 2000 pp 44 - 60.
• Mahadevan, B. and Venkatesh, N.S. (2000). "A framework for building online trust in business to business E Commerce: Issues & Challenges," IT Asia Millennium Conference, Bombay, November 28 - 29, 2000.
• Venkataramanaiah, S., Mahadevan, B. and Shah, J. (1998). "Conversion of functionally organised manufacturing system into product focused cellular manufacturing system: A heuristic approach". Second National Conference of the Operations Management Group. December 1998, Bangalore, INDIA.
• Mahadevan, B. (1998). "Designing an appropriate manufacturing architecture". Second National Conference of the Operations Management Group. December 1998, Bangalore, INDIA.
• Mahadevan, B. (1995). "New Manufacturing Systems – Implications on Cost Management". Cost Management – Vision 2000, National Cost Convention 1995, ICWA Institute, Madras, pp 3-1 to 3-7.
• Mahadevan, B. (1994). "Some Managerial Issues Concerning Implementation and Maintenance of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: An Indian Perspective". Proceedings of the Third AMDISA Conference: Management of Change in South Asia. pp 482-494.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1992). "A hybrid modelling approach to the design of an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS". 8th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, Metz, France, August 17 - 19, 1992.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1991). "Estimation of Buffer for an FMS: A simulation approach based on response surface methodology". Proceedings of Modelling, Simulation & Control C conference. ASME Press, Vol. 28, No.3, pp 43 - 54.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1990). "A mathematical programming approach to the unit load size problem in an automated guided vehicle based FMS". Proceedings of the XXIII Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India, Dec., New Delhi, INDIA, pp 685-694.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1989). "A simulation analysis of AGV dispatching rules in an FMS". Proceedings of XXII Annual convention of Operational Research Society of India, Kharagpur, INDIA., pp 59-62.

Cases

Regular Cases

1. ABC Transport Equipment Ltd.

2. ABC Transport Equipment Ltd. (B)

3. Advanced Light Helicopter, HAL

4. Emergency Healthcare in Rural Areas

5. INDCOSERVE: Stirring up!**

6. K B Pumps

7. Operational Excellence at Bosch India Limited

8. Personal Finance Limited

9. PFY Plant at PG Complex, RIL

10. Swastik Electricals Limited

11. TEASERVE: Electronic Auction of Tea

12. XYZ Limited

Short Cases

1. A Tale of Two FMSs - I

2. A Tale of Two FMSs - II

3. ABS Caterers*

4. Aerospace India Limited*

5. Bangalore Garment Exports Limited*

6. Bharath Auto components Limited*

7. Bharath Controls Limited Mysore*

8. Braking Systems Incorporated*

9. Distribution Transformer Company Limited*

10. Ginger Hotels*

11. INDCOSERVE: An Industrial Co-operative of Tea Factories in the Nilgiris*

12. New Age Electronics Limited*

13. The New Product Development Process at ENERGYX*

14. Vasudhri Tooling Limited*

15. Waiting Time at Post Offices*

 

* Full text of these cases are available in the book, Mahadevan, B. (2010), "Operations Management: Theory & Practice" Pearson Education, 2nd Edition. New Delhi.

** Full text of this case is available in the Harvard Business School (HBS) Case Collections.

Management Games

Cellular Manufacturing Systems Planning Game

Short Articles

• Mahadevan, B. (2011). “Trends & Implications for SMEs”, eCargolog, July 2011, pp 24 – 25.
• Nayadu, A. (2007). “Dawn of a phenomenon called India Inc”, Search, 10 (8), pp 72 – 80.
• Jayatilake, C. (2004). “The stuff that economic success stories are made of”, Daily News (Sri Lanka), March 30, 2004.
• (2004). “Management Education in SL has much to learn”, Sunday Leader (Sri Lanka), March 21, 2004.
• Mahadevan, B. (2001). "The Great Privacy Debate, Business Line, May 3, 2001.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). "Dotcoms Vs Notcoms", Business Line, December 6, 2000.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). “Why Supply Chain Management is important for SMEs”, Experts Corner, Indian Markets Online.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). "E Commerce: A true killer application?". Business Line. February 4, 2000.
• Mahadevan, B. (1999). "Economic worth of Indian austerity". Business Line. August 18, 1999.

Bhagavad Gita & Management

Resources pertaining to Bhagavad Gita & Management

MBA Course on Bhagavad Gita

Business Management curriculum provides a variety of theoretical inputs that enables an individual to take decisions for effective running of an organization. In the current state of affairs theses inputs are based mainly on the western paradigm of the “world view”. Moreover, the current management theories are by and large prescriptions for the business organizations. This overwhelming focus on organizations has over time pushed the “individuals” to the residual in the equations. It is increasingly felt that the current ideas do not adequately cover all the issues of major concern to individuals and organizations. This course is an attempt to bring new perspectives using Bhagavad Gita as the main reference frame for culling out ideas from Ancient Indian wisdom.

For more details on the course outline, please click here: MPBG Course Outline

Management Paradigms from Bhagavad Gita (MPBG)

There are a number of videos pertaining to various ideas from Bhagavad Gita pertaining to management aspects. These are part of the MPBG Course offered in IIM Bangalore as an elective for the MBA students. To access these videos, click here: MPBG You Tube Playlist

Online Respository on Bhagavad Gita

The audio (partial set), PPTs and videos (partial set) pertaining to Bhagavad Gita are available in an online repository. To access these resources check at the following:http://www.practicalvedantaiimb.com

Book on Bhagavad Gita

Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Śānti – Samṛddhi – Amṛtam: Pearls of Wisdom from Bhagavad Gītā”, Sumathi Samskriti Trust, Bangalore.

Lectures on Bhagavad Gita

• There is a collection of 23 videos of 90 minutes each, covering chapters 8 to 18 of Bhagavad Gita. To access these videos, click here: Youtube Playlist 1
• There is also a collection of 16 Audio of Bhagavad Gita Lectures of 90 minutes each covering chapters 1 to 8 of Bhagavad Gita. To access these , click here: Youtube Playlist 2
• Inspirational Leadership Lessons from Gita - A Lecture delivered to the top management of Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL). Youtube link to the lecture
• Lectures on Chapter 10 of Bhagavad Gita delivered in Shri Aurobindo Complex Trust, J P Nagar Bangalore. Youtube link to the lecture series.
• Lectures on Chapter 3 of Bhagavad Gita: Saptaha delivered in Shantiniketan Layout Sai Baba temple, Hulimavu, Bangalore. Youtube link to the lecture series

Articles on Bhagavad Gita

1. Mahadevan, B. (2018). “Divinity: An all-inclusive affair”

2. Mahadevan, B. (2018). “Bhakta’s efforts never go in vain”.

3. Mahadevan, B. (2018). “How does true Bhakti manifest?”.

4. Mahadevan, B. (2018). “As we pray so we will evolve in Life”.

5. Mahadevan, B. (2018). “Managing the two dials in our dashboard of life”.

6. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The trajectory to the Heaven and back to this mundane world”.

7. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Appreciating Divinity in several worldly things”.

8. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Prakriti: The Architect of the Universe”.

9. Mahadevan, B, (2017). “Divinity: Matter & Energy forms of reality”.

10. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Sraddha: The firm boat to cross the ocean of Samsara”.

11. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The Recursive Southern Path”.

12. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The Great Northern Path”.

13. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The God Particle in all living beings”.

14. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The Great Creation – Destruction Cycle of the Universe”.

15. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The Great Game of Life”.

16. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Ideal state for the final moment”.

17. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The Art of Dying”.

18. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The Importance of Final Moment in our life”.

19. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The birth and death process of individuals”.

20. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The attributes of Supreme Bhaktas”.

21. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Perils of imperfect devotion”.

22. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The end goal for a true Bhakta”.

23. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “Our trajectory in the highway called Bhakti”.

24. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “The relationship between God & the Universe”.

25. Mahadevan, B. (2017). “True meaning of Strength & Desire”.

26. Mahadevan, B (2017). “How to recognize the Divinity around us?”

27. Mahadevan, B (2017). “Divinity – A Universal existence”.

28. Mahadevan, B (2017). “Divine Nature: Absolute and Relative”, Sadguru’s Blessings, Vol. 14 (6), February 2017.

29. Mahadevan, B. (2017). "The trajectory of self-evolution?”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 14 (5), January 2017, pp 23 - 26.

30. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "Sustaining our efforts towards self-evolution”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 14 (4), December 2016, pp 20 - 23.

31. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "Taming the all powerful mind”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 14 (3), November 2016, pp 20 - 23.

32. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "Making steady progress in the practice of Yoga". 

33. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "Dhyana Yoga – A tool to root out all sorrows”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 13 (12), August 2016, pp 22 - 24.

34. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "The state of mind established in Dhyana Yoga”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 13 (11), July 2016, pp 19 - 21.

35. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "Creating an ambience for effective meditation”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 13 (10), June 2016, pp 21 - 24.

36. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "Mind: One’s own friend or enemy”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 13 (9), May 2016, pp 20 - 22.

37. Mahadevan, B. (2016)." The Vision of Oneness". 

38. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "The universal law of cause and effect”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 13 (7), March 2016, pp 21 - 23.

39. Mahadevan, B. (2016). "The yuktas and ayuktas in life”, Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 13 (6), February 2016, pp 22 - 24.

40. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "The secret behind detached attachment", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 13 (2), October 2015, pp 15 - 17.

41. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "The acid test for reaching the state of worklessness", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (12), August 2015, pp 15 - 17.

42. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "The True Spirit of Renunciation", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (10), July 2015, pp 14 - 15.

43. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "Axioms of Superior Knowledge", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (10), June 2015, pp 14 - 15.

44. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "Right Knowledge - our means to cross the ocean of woes", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (9), May 2015, pp 22 - 23.

45. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "The consequences of not acquiring right knowledge", Sadguru's Blessings,Vol. 12 (8), April 2015, pp 10 - 12.

46. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "How to acquire Superior Knowledge", Sadguru's Blessings,Vol. 12 (7), March 2015, pp 7 - 9.

47. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "The Value of Spontaneous Rewards", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (6), February 2015, pp 13 - 15.

48. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Discovering freedom from the effects of work",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (4), December 2014, pp 19 - 21.

49. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Work and its impact on a wise person",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (3), November 2014, pp 17 - 19.

50. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Detached Attachment - An expression of Godliness", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (2), October 2014, pp 15 - 17.

51. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Dharma - Universal principle of equilibrium",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (1), September 2014, pp 9 - 12.

52. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Our perspective towards the world outside",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (12), August 2014, pp 12 - 14.

53. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Axioms of meaningful work", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (11), July 2014, pp 13 - 15.

54. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Know the chariot of your life journey", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (10), June 2014, pp 15 - 17.

55. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Two main enemies in Life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (9), May 2014, pp 15 - 17.

56. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "The importance of aligning with one’s own nature",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (8), April, 2014, pp 25 - 27.

57. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Traits of Inspirational Leaders", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (7), March, 2014, pp 19 - 21.

58. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Walking the Talk", Sadguru's Blessings, February 2014, Vol. 11 (6), pp 15 - 17.

59. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "The Principle of Peaceful Co-existence",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (5), January, 2014, pp 14 - 16.

60. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Evolving Oneself through Work", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (4), December, 2013, pp 19 - 21.

61. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Being Alert in Life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (3), November, 2013, pp 19 - 21.

62. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Bhakti: A path for realizing our ultimate goal in life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (2), October, 2013, pp 45 - 49.

63. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Developing a Steady Mind", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (1), September 2013, pp 20 - 21.

64. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Decision Making Dilemmas in Life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (11), July 2013, pp 19 - 20.

65. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Reality of Difficult Decision Making Situations",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (10), June 2013.

66. Mahadevan, B. (2013). " The World of Duality - Relevance to our work",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (9), May 2013, pp. 26 - 27.

67. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "A sensible approach to discovering peace of mind", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (8), April 2013, pp. 19 - 21.

68. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "The immutable self within us", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (7), March 2013, pp. 15 - 16.

69. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "How to cope with changes?", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (6), February,2013, pp. 29 - 30.

70. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Understand the power of senses", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (5), January 2013, pp. 20 - 21.

71. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "How to react to real time events and outcomes?", Sadguru's Blessings, December 2012, Vol. 10 (4), pp 18 - 19.

72. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Work and Executional Excellence", Sadguru's Blessings, November 2012, Vol. 10 (3), pp 19 - 20.

73. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Working your way to contentment", Sadguru's Blessings, October 2012, Vol. 10 (2), pp 19 - 20.

74. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Landing in troubles and failures in life - a root cause analysis", Sadguru's Blessings, September 2012, Vol. 10 (1), pp 19 - 20.

75. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Unshaking ourselves from the fear of outcomes",Sadguru's Blessings, August 2012, Vol. 9 (12), pp 17 - 18.

76. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Leadership lessons from Bhagavad Gita", Impact, July 2012, pp 13 - 16.

77. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Meaning of Life and Innovation", Sadguru's Blessings, July 2012, Vol. 9 (11), pp 17 - 18.

78. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "The notion of Change and Changelessness",Sadguru's Blessings, June 2012, Vol. 9 (10), pp 17 - 18.

79. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "The power of concentration", Sadguru's Blessings, May 2012, Vol. 9 (9), pp 17 - 18.

80. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Developing a sustained commitment", Sadguru's Blessings, April 2012, Vol. 9 (8), pp 17 - 18.

81. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Yajna: The cardinal principle of sustainability",Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 9 (7), March 2012, pp 16 - 17.

82. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "The value of mutual dependence", Sadguru's Blessings, February 2012, Vol. 9 (6), pp 16 - 17.

83. Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Measuring progress in one's life", Sadguru's Blessings, January 2012, Vol. 9 (5), pp 16 - 17.

84. Mahadevan, B. (2011). "Developing a right perspective of life", Sadguru's Blessings, December 2011, Vol. 9 (4), pp 14 - 15.

85. Mahadevan, B. (2011). "Avoid being a victim of situations", Sadguru's Blessings, November 2011, Vol. 9 (3), pp 13 - 14.

86. Mahadevan, B. (2011). "Breaking the connection between work and stress", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 9 (2), October 2011, pp 16 - 17.

87. Mahadevan, B. (2011). "Managing stress in our daily life", Sadguru's Blessings, September 2011, Vol. 9 (1), pp 22 - 23.

88. Mahadevan, B. (2009). "Shrimad Bhagavad Gita - Ideas for Modern Management", IIM Bangalore, December 12, 2009.

89. Mahadevan, B. (2008). "Management Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita",Vedanta Kesari, December 2008, pp 558 - 561.

 

Sanskrit Matters

• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "The Art of Man Making & Character Building: Inspirations from Swami Vivekananda", Second International Youth Conference on "Shaping a drudgery free world -Swami Vivekananda's perspective", G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, during January 11 – 13, 2013.
• Mahadevan, B. (2010). “Strategic Transformation of Samskrit institutions in India”, Sanskrit Promotion Foundation, New Delhi, September 12, 2010.
• Mahadevan, B. (2003). “Relevance of Sanskrit in Contemporary Society”, Sri Tirunarayana Trust Bangalore, (August, 2003).

Ancient Indian Wisdom

Articles/Papers

1. Mahadevan, B. (2015). "Management Thoughts from Puranas", National Conference on Message of Mahapuranas, June 23- 27, 2015, Bangalore.
2. Mahadevan, B. (2014). "The Law of Conservation of Divinity", January 2014.
3. Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Thoughts on Sandhya Vandanam", May, 2013.
4. Mahadevan, B. (2011). "Ramayana: Relevance for today's youth and contemporary society", Yuagayatri Seminar, February 18, 2011, Mysore
5. Mahadevan, B. (2010). "Sustainable Societies: East Vs West?", August 28, 2010, Bangalore.
6. Mahadevan, B. (2009). “Towards a new paradigm of management – Alternative Perspectives from Ancient Indian Wisdom”, IIM Bangalore, December 12, 2009.
7. Mahadevan, B. (2004). “What constitutes good management? Lessons from Ancient Sanskrit Scriptures”, Sri Tirunarayana Trust Bangalore, (August, 2004)

 

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