Bodhananda Research Foundation for Management & Leadership Studies (BRF-ML)
Bodhananda Research Foundation for Management and Leadership Studies (BRF-ML) is a voluntary, non-profit, charitable and educational Trust, with its office in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. The Trust was registered as a research institution in 1995 by a group of academicians and professionals in Kerala with the guidance of SWAMI BODHANANDA, a renowned seer and teacher of Vedanta, meditation and values.
Slogan
The slogan of BRF-ML is “Leadership Development
by Continuous Dialogue”
Vision
To develop an Indian Management Model integrating Indian wisdom traditions with modern management principles.
Mission
To propagate the Indian Management Model among Indian business leaders, to encourage critical and creative debate and writing, leading to a sound Indian Management theory and practice so as to position India as a super power player in the global market economy along with China, European Union and United States Of America.
History
In 1988, Swami Bodhananda identified ‘leadership’ as the major challenge in understanding and forming theories of conceptual and applied dimensions of Indian management. And true to His astute vision for the decade that followed India saw an increasing number of academic and institutional mechanisms that favoured and nurtured the concept of leadership. The formation of BRF-ML (Bodhananda Research Foundatio
n for Management & Leadership Studies) in 1995 as a research body and its subsequent programs were inspired by Swamiji’s vision for leadership and Indian management. Close to two decades have passed. And today we have an almost exhaustive framework to understand ‘leadership’ in the context of Indian management.
Research and Publication
BRF-ML is a pioneer in conducting research, and organizing seminars and such public programs on 'value-based management', 'value-based governance and value-based educati
on in India. In the recent past BRF-ML has conducted several publicprograms which included public/invited talks by Pujya Swami Bodhananda, seminars, discussion meetings, dialogues between leaders, managers, trade union representatives, teachers, farmers, and BRF-ML. Some of the venues for these programs were Indian Oil Corporation New Delhi, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ranchi, Indian Institute of Financial Management New Delhi, ER & DC Thiruvananthapuram, India Management in Government Thiruvananthapuram, National Institute of Personnel Management Thiruvananthapuram, Hindustan Latex Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, National Management Associations in Ahemdabad (AMA), Bangalore(BMA) and New Delhi (AIMA), ESCORT Bangalore, ITI Bangalore, BEL Bangalore, State Bank of India Mumbai and few scores of other public and privte sector offices and companies in various cities of India and North America.
BRF-ML pursues a regular publication program. This includes research papers, monographs, proceedings of seminars & discussions, and books authored by Swami Bodhananda. BRF-ML research agenda focuses on the 5 major texts of Indian philosophy and culture such as Manusmrti, Panchatantra, Arthasastra, Mahabharata and Ramayana. The attempt is to evolve the foundational management, psychological and philosophical concepts underlying “Leadership and Conflict Resolution” as represented in these five books that could be considered as the five pillars of Indian management literature. 
A team is already engaged in writing Sourcebooks for 'leadership' with a narrative style of storytelling based on these texts. In the recent years BRF-ML organized a series of conferences in Delhi, Bangalore and Trivandrum on Mahabharata and Management.
Objectives of BRF-ML
1. to develop management principles integrating economic and spiritual values aiming at increased productivity and enhanced integrity of the individual,
2. to develop management theories and suggest management practices based on Indian philosophical and mythological literature-the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, Panchatantra, Arthasastra etc.,
3. to draw values from the composite cultural, spiritual and philosophical tradition of India in general and Kerala in particular as well as from the historical and spiritual heritage of other cultures,
4. to integrate humanistic and ecological values with scientific and technological excellence for evolving a practical holistic value system, and,
5. to organize seminars, conferences and similar activities; and to publish a series of volumes, and compendiums based on the research study of the Indian wisdom tradition, with emphasis on Kerala's contributions so as to create a knowledge-base for national and global dialogues.
PN Subramanian is the CEO of BRF-ML, and Prof MN Sreedharan Nair its Treasurer.
Welcome to Sambodh
Sambodh Foundation, India , is a not-for-profit charity and spiritual organisation, that works for social, and spiritual uplift, inspired by the vision and teachings of its preceptor, SWAMI BODHANANDA.
An acclaimed Teacher of Vedanta, Gurudev with rare clarity and vision, through discourses, interviews, lectures, classes and seminars unfolds the answers to the perennial yet contemperaneous question 'who am I'.
Sambodh Foundation is a forum for philanthropists and service-minded Sadhakas, to pool their resources, to set up appropriate institutions, with a dream for the spiritual revival of the humankind. 
Guided by Gurudev's sacred vision Sambodh practises the inculcation of values such as respect for all religions, respect for the individual and his/her fundamental rights, respect for nature and human's symbiotic relationship, all with a scientific temper. The goal is noble. The work is rewarding. But the path is ardous. We need a reservoir of good will among the enlightened public. Finance is required. Workers are needed. But what is more precious is the good wishes of the people, of all of you.
Join us and discover a new world and a new life of happiness, love, self-unfoldment and self-fulfillment. Let us participate in God's work and let us feel God's abundant grace every moment of our lives.
Sambodh INDIA has centres in several cities in Kerala with ashrams in Trivandrum, Cochin, Calicut and Palakkad. The headquarters of Sambodh Kerala is in Trivandrum, at Bodhananda Kendram, beside the river Kalady, frilled by coconut palms, and with a picturesque vanatage point. There is a full fledged guest house, halls, and class rooms in Bodhananda Kendram. Bodhananda Kendram in Trivandrum is the oldest Centre of Sambodh India, and was started by the disciples of Gurudev in 1988.
Siddhi Vinayaka is the patron deity of Sambodh Kerala and other Sambodh Centres. Devotees of Sambodh in India and the United States worship Siddhi Vinayaka with the Ganesa Gayatri mantra, and also contributing to microcharity through the Siddhi Vinayaka Kalasaradhana Programme. Read More
Sambodh India has inspired a research foundation, Bodhananda Research Foundation for Management and Leadership Studies. BRF-ML was found in 1990 inspired by Gurudev's vision that leadership will be the most challenging issue in the twenty-century not only in corporate management, but all enterprises that would need innovation, imagination and team effort. BRF-ML organises seminars and courses on a wide range of themes on Indian management. The most recent event was a course on classical Indian ways of reasoning, with focus on the text Tarkasamgraha. Read More
The activities of Sambodh Bangalore are primarily two-fold: The Sambodh Centre for Vedanta & Siddhi Vinayaka Temple which is coming up in the city; and the Sambodh Centre for Living Values in the outskirts of Bangalore which is devoted to activities that promote a green life style based on ecological principles. Sambodh Bangalore organises events to support underprivileged children with educational aids; planting of trees, medicinal plants and organic farming; and nurtures Sambodh Centre for Living Values, with a variety of a programmes that inspires interdisciplinary dialogues; studying Vedantic texts; and living with the nature. Currently, Sambodh Bangalore is overseeing the construction of the completion of Vedanta Centre and the Siddhi Vinayaka Temple. To Know How You can Support, See Brochure
Sambodh Delhi is the central office for all Sambodh Centres in India. Apart from the administrative overview of the Centres, Sambodh Delhi organises annual lectures by Gurudev, and also study classes on Upanishads, Gita, and Vedantic texts, when Gurudev is in India. Apart from leadership and management studies seminars and lectures, Sambodh Delhi organises a variety of charity events to support the poor and underprivileged, and also supports a project for facilitating drinking water in Sattal, a Himalayan village. See Pictures
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