Management Guru-Chanakya

Had the scenario been different as below, the world would have definitely known Niccolo Machiavelli as the Italian Chanakya .But  Chanakya,a professor of Takshashila University is known as the Indian Machiavelli. His works were 1800 yrs earlier than the Italian diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli’s. As his works were lost by the end of the Gupta dynasty and discovered in the year 1915, so he was not known to this world before.

Thanks to Chanakya’s outstanding strategy for, it was he, who was credited for the establishment of the Maurya  Empire which was the first empire among  archeologically recorded history. His initial attempts with Chandragupta Maurya to defeat the Nanda dynasty failed.He heard a mother scolding her child to prefer the cooler edges as he burnt his hand by eating porridge from the middle of it, as  mothers are the best managers and true socialization of a baby comes from her, he knew his strategic error and attacked the periphery of the Nanda dynasty  instead of focusing on Magadha. He was succeeded. Nobody will think like him. That’s why when a genius’ mind ceases to work, his cognition initiates.

Who will dare to stop the greatest conqueror of the world, Alexander-the great’s army to conquer the Maurya Empire? He did so by infiltrating the Greek army by spreading the rumours about greatness of the Indian army. He is the greatest diplomat, manipulative thinker .

It is believed that he has authored the Arthashatra and Neetishatra.The Arthashatra  discusses about monetary policies, fiscal policies, international relations, welfare economics ,war strategies and outlines the duty of a ruler. The Neetishatra  is about how to lead an ideal way of life.His contribution to the field of Economics and political science is tremendous.

Chanakya,the then chief advisor of Chandragupta Maurya was giving small doses of poison to the king to make him immune to it,as a strategy against the enemies .Unknowingly the king gave some food to the queen when she was nine months pregnant. The queen could not resist and died.Chanakya saved  the heir to the throne,Bindusara by cutting the queen’s belly.His management skills are really brilliant.He is the real Management-guru,the world has seen before.

His quotations are soul-touching.His wisdom is divinely-gifted. His way of thinking  is applicable to the contemporary field of management, business,commerce,economics,politics,diplomacy.A question arises frequently to our mind that unscrupulous methods are not legally accepted,so why we will follow Chanakya.His own saying that ,  “ A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first” is it’s answer.

It is very true. Another example is the Lord Krishna in the great Indian epic Mahabharat.Here the god himself plays lots of tricks with diplomacies to deceive the enemies. But we should focuses on one thing which is above all,i.e,”All ambitions are lawful, except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind”.