U Mahesh Prabhu
Udupi Mahesh Prabhu is a well-known author, investor, media consultant, and management specialist. He is a member of the International Federation of Journalists and a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, where he received the Sir George Staunton Award for a Young Scholar’s Article in 2009. Prabhu is a skilled classical Sanskrit scholar and researcher in Vedic Sanskrit with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States.
Prabhu’s areas of expertise include leadership, management, politics, and diplomacy. He is the author of seven best-selling books that continually emphasize the use of Vedic knowledge and wisdom in tackling humanity’s difficulties. He has been able to reach a global audience through his self-funded research endeavors and publications. Prabhu founded Vedic Management Group LLC, a multi-million dollar investment firm with a wide portfolio in advanced robotics, IoTs, advanced telecommunications, FinTechs, Edu-Tech, Spacetech, vegan/plant-based food technologies, and renewable power technologies. He is also Chairman Emeritus of Vedic Management Group LLC.
Through the Vedic Management Centre, Mahesh Prabhu’s work has challenged the traditional understanding of management and leadership by introducing the world to the ancient notion of Neeti Rajaneeti & Kootaneeti. This comprehensive approach to administration, leadership, and management is based on Vedic Sanskrit writings such as Vyasa’s Mahabharata, Valmiki’s Ramayana, Kautilya’s Arthashastra, Vetala Panchavimshati, and Simhasana Dwatrimshika, and emphasizes ethics, morality, and spirituality. Individuals and organizations can nurture virtue and attain success and well-being by adhering to the concepts of Neeti Rajaneeti and Kootaneeti.
Prabhu’s work on such advanced Vedic Management subjects has established a new paradigm in politics and diplomacy, placing ethics and morality ahead of political expediency. He has demonstrated that permanent peace, stability, and prosperity can be reached by applying the ideas of Neeti Rajaneeti and Kootaneeti to political and diplomatic procedures. Prabhu’s teachings have encouraged many people to follow a Vedic way of life, which has the ability to influence not just individuals, but also society and the entire world. We can unleash our entire potential and build a harmonious, just, and equitable world by aligning our lives with the concepts of Neeti Rajaneeti and Kootaneeti.
BOOKS BY MAHESH PRABHU
RISHI TALES 2: 21 Ancient Sanskrit Tales Translated and Retold by U. Mahesh Prabhu
RISHI TALES 2: 21 Ancient Sanskrit Tales Translated & Retold
Author: U. Mahesh Prabhu
Pages: 250
Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vedic Wisdom Press (An Imprint of Vedic Management Center)
Price: USD $9.99 / INR 250
In this book Mahesh Prabhu presents Vedic stories in their core essence, relaying and focusing their deeper meaning, not interfering with it or reducing it to alien and superficial concepts. His stories are short, poignant, and diverse, with multiple levels of meaning, like parables, conundrums, paradoxes and axioms (sutras). He has drawn these stories from many traditional sources in Sanskrit literature and reworked them in a concise and invocative manner. They feature the names and stories of famous sages, kings, places and the peoples of old India. Such exalted figures as King Bhartrihari or the Vedantic sage Ashtavakra visit these pages and come to life again through them.
Kautilya: Understanding the Colossal Genius (Volume 1)
Kautilya: Understanding the Colossal Genius (Volume 1)
Author: U. Mahesh Prabhu
Pages: 350
Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vedic Wisdom Press (An Imprint of Vedic Management Center)
Price: USD $15.99 / INR 450
Around two thousand years ago there was a person of great intellect, influence, and motivation. We don’t know much about his personal life, although there are many extraordinary legends about him. He was neither a warrior nor a ruler, nor a priest. He was a wise sage – a rishi – who rewrote two Vedic treatises, namely: Arthashastra and Artha Sutras. His name was Kautilya (a.k.a. Chanakya a.k.a. Vishnu Gupta a.k.a. Vishnu Sharma.) Kautilya’s Arthashastra contains many vital principles of management, governance, and polity that can be used with high efficacy to the present day. They can provide keys to solving a great many problems threatening our new high-tech world order by nurturing responsible and effective leadership. Although there are several translations of Kautilya’s Arthashastra, most of its in-depth knowledge and wisdom is neither properly understood nor utilized for various reasons. Also, much of its secrets remain hidden. Presenting his time-tested knowledge and wisdom with sharp insight into contemporary leadership, politics, and diplomacy is the prime objective of this book series Kautilya: Understanding the Colossal Genius.
Rishi Tales (Volume 1)
Rishi Tales (Volume 1)
Author: Mahesh Prabhu
Foreword: Dr.avid Frawley
Pages: 150
Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vedic Wisdom Press (An Imprint of Vedic Management Center)
Price: USD $9.99 / INR 300
Ancient Vedic India was a land where knowledge and wisdom were revered as the greatest wealth. There intellectual Brahmins, sagely Rishis, and equipoised Munis were honored for their incomparable knowledge. At a time when writing was not well developed, Smriti or memory was the main medium by which knowledge was recorded before transmitting it through Vak or the spoken word from a preceptor Guru to his disciples Shishyas. Mantras or hymns composed in ancient Sanskrit were used to remember complex knowledge along with Katha or thought-provoking tales. These tales besides being entertaining were also enlightening and promoted deeper Vichara or contemplation. In this first volume of Rishis Tales, U. Mahesh Prabhu presents 21 such stories translated from the ancient Sanskrit. Tales that continue to inspire millions of people towards the true understanding of Self, wisdom, peace, and prosperity.
Essentials of Vedic Wisdom for Blissful Living
Essentials of Vedic Wisdom for Blissful Living
Author: Mahesh Prabhu
Foreword: Dr. David Frawley
Pages: 350
Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vedic Wisdom Press (An Imprint of Vedic Management Center)
Price USD $9.99 / INR 250
ESSENTIALS OF VEDIC WISDOM FOR BLISSFUL LIVING is a humble attempt to introduce the eternal wisdom of the Vedic rishis (sages) in a simple yet undiluted form. It seeks to elucidate various Vedic ideas, including Atman, Paramatma, Karma, Dharma, contrary to popular incomplete definitions. The author endeavors to explain not just the grand design of the universe, but also how the teachings of the Vedas can be used to lead a blissful life amid the present day chaos, stress, and confusion.
Timeless Tales of a Wise Sage: Vishnu Sharma’s Panchatantra Retold
Timeless Tales of a Wise Sage: Vishnu Sharma’s Panchatantra Retold
Author: Mahesh Prabhu
Illustrator: Shantheri Bhat
Pages: 450
Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vedic Wisdom Press (An Imprint of Vedic Management Center)
Price: USD 15.99 / INR 600
Storytelling is one of the oldest art forms known to mankind. It has stimulated imaginations and even built communities of tellers and listeners. Oral storytelling, particularly, is an ancient and intimate tradition between storytellers and listeners. Storytelling is also a social and cultural activity with substantial improvisation, theatrics, and embellishment. Narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, cultural preservation besides instilling moral values. However, very few stories have survived tradition and even fewer have made sense with passing time. Panchatantra translated to “five strategies” in English, has always been an exception.
It has not just entertained and hailed the importance of morality, besides defining it, but has also educated people about the intricacies of life – relationships, particularly. The fact that these stories have survived at least 3,000 years – without the patronage of any specific race, religion or sect, should speak vehemently about the timeless and time-tested wisdom embedded in it. However, a great many re-tellers of this story have often missed on many parts – Neetis, particularly. In this book author U. Mahesh Prabhu translates the original Sanskrit stories and maxim in its entirety in a way that which is not just entertaining but also enlightening on deep retrospection.