Niti

Indian Wisdom Lessons on Business Success, Wealth and Power


The way of wisdom is both timeless and universally applicable. Thus, it applies equally to success, fortune, and the power of kingdoms as to modern organizations, to governance as to corporate management, to wars as to today’s business competition, to facing crises and adversity, to harmonious human relations and fostering teamwork, to the importance of sound counsel and marshalling human resources.


This book is an eclectic compendium of extracts from classical Indian sources, including the Panchtantra, the Hitopadesa, the Buddha’s sermons, and the Arthasastra the redoubtable work of the master strategist Chanakya.


It offers wisdom lessons and astute guidance on the path and nature of success, wealth and power for contemporary administration, businesses and individuals.


Come, savour the fine cadences of wisdom — and profit from it


About The Author(s):


Ashu Dutt is a financial markets guru and one of the best known and respected faces in Indian financial markets. He is the author of numerous best selling books on subjects, ranging from commodities to value investing to trading. Ashu strives to bring to retail investors the trading secrets, techniques and market strategies that are typically the exclusive domain of big investors.


Ashu was the Associate Editor at CNBC TV 18, Chief Consulting Editor at Bloomberg, Senior Anchor at NDTV and Star News, anchoring some of India's marquee programmes on financial markets.


Ashu has also been a Master Trainer and a Conference speaker across Asia speaking at investment banking, private equity, real estate structured conferences like Barclays, UBS and Citibank. He has also been invited as a Master Trainer by prestigious investment banking associations, such as the Malaysian Investment Banking Association and Euro Money. He is considered an authority in several areas, including mergers and acquisitions, wealth management, private equity and real estate finance.


Ashu has held several key positions at top tier investment banks like MD-South Asia at Northbridge Capital and Celadon RE. Before returning to India in 1996, Ashu was Manager-International Taxes and Special Projects at Continental Grain Company, the world's fourth largest private company and the second largest trader of commodities and commodity options and a member at the Chicago Board of Trade headquartered in New York. He has also worked as a Tax Policy Analyst with the Office of Tax Policy, New York City Department of Finance in New York.


Ashu is a Certified Public Accountant, certified in the state of Maryland, USA. He holds an M.B.A. and a B.B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Finance and Investments from Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York, New York.


Anav Dutt is the recipient of the Asian Institute of Finance 2015 Award for the “Best Original Paper on Finance” for his paper on “The Psychological Impact of Losses on the Future Performance of Futures & Options Traders.” He is also the recipient of the School Alumni Network’s 2016 Citation for Excellence in English Literature. Anav has worked on two books as a co-author with Ashu Dutt and is completing his first novel.