Literati, the annual literary festival of the Board for Student Publications of IIT Delhi inaugurated on September 14, was dotted with intellectual talks and discussions.

Samvaad with noted author Devdutt Pattanaik was stimulating and he spoke at length about topics ranging from desire to imagination. He shared many anecdotes and talked about how he interprets the vast sea of Indic knowledge for his books.

Relevance of Mythology in Modern India

A question and answer series, with Devdutt Pattanaik, on All India Radio. Elaborating the story behind the festival of Akshay Tritya.

Devdutt Pattanaik on AIR

This is the Official account of Devdutt Pattanaik.

Devdutt Pattanaik writes on relevance of mythology in modern times, especially in areas of management, governance and leadership.

Trained in medicine, he worked for 15 years in the healthcare and pharma industries before he focused on his passion full time. He is author of 41 books and over 1000 columns, with bestsellers such as My Gita, Jaya, Sita, Business Sutra and the 7 Secret Series.

He was a speaker at TEDIndia 2009 and spoke on Myths that Mystify, East versus West.

His TV shows include Business Sutra on CNBC-TV18 and Devlok on Epic TV.

He consults organisations on culture, diversity and leadership and also consults various television channels and filmmakers on storytelling.

Devdutt Pattanaik

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