Sanjoy Mukherjee
Professor at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong.
Strategy and Liberal Studies.
Sanjoy Mukherjee (62) is Professor of Strategy and Liberal Studies academic group at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong. He was the Chairperson of the Institute’s Annual International Sustainability Conference (SUSCON).
Profile
Sanjoy Mukherjee is a Senior Faculty of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong in the domain of Sustainability, Liberal Studies and Strategy. He had been the Chairperson of the Institute’s Annual International Sustainability Conference (SUSCON) since last 12 years. A Mechanical Engineering graduate from Jadavpur University Kolkata, he did his post-graduation in Management from IIM Calcutta and PhD from Jadavpur University. After a corporate experience of nearly seven years, he had a long stint as a Faculty at the Management Centre for Human Values (MCHV) of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta.
His areas of interest and research include Wisdom Leadership, Management by Human Values, Enlightened Management and Spirituality, Sustainability of the Self and the Organization, Management and Indian Ethos, East-West Synthesis in Management, Business Ethics, CSR, History and Philosophy of Management, Management and Liberal Arts, and Alternative Sources and Methods of Learning.
He has lectured and presented in Conferences worldwide including such prestigious forums like Aspen Institute, Oxford Roundtable, Globethics Geneva, International Society for Business Ethics and Economics, Harvard Business School, Copenhagen Business School, Stockholm Business School, Corvinus University of Budapest, Norwegian School of Economics at Bergen, UNESCO Paris, China Europe International Business School, Coller Business School, Tel Aviv University, Israel among others.
For nearly a decade he was the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Human Values, the bi- annual international journal from Sage Publications.He has published several papers and articles in national and international journals.
He has jointly edited three books from Oxford University Press Globethics Publications and Springer Nature and one sole authored book from Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Oxford, U.K.
Academic Positions
ACC Research Fellow at the Management Centre for Human Values, IIM Calcutta during 1993 – 1999
Faculty at Management Centre for Human Values, IIM Calcutta during April 1999 –September 2009
Senior Faculty at IIM Shillong since October 2009 till date
Education
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University Kolkata -1984
Post-graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta – 1989
PhD from Jadavpur University – 2004
Glimpses from My Adventurous Odyssey: Inspiration and Milestones
It was about thirty-eight years ago today. I was a student of Mechanical Engineering in Jadavpur University. Beyond the corridors of structured academic curriculum, I had spread my wings of interest and passion spanning across Literature, Films, Theatre and Philosophy. During that time, one day I came across a pearl of wisdom from an illumined mind. It said that a planned life is closed. It can be endured but it cannot be lived (Emphasis added).
Publications
Paper titled ‘The Quest for Creativity: Insights from Indian Wisdom’, was published in Purushartha, Vol. XV. No. 2, pp. 147-156 in 2023
Paper titled ‘A Spiritual Sojourn Unveiled: Precious Moments with Acharya Saumyendra Nath Brahmachary’ was published in Puruashartha, Vol. XIII, No. II in July 2022.
Paper titled ‘Enhancing Effectiveness of Values and Ethics Education through Spirituality’, authored jointly with Ghosh, S. was published in Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion; Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 275-301 in 2022.
Paper titled ‘Cultural Diversity and Management Learning: A Study on Tagorean Leadership in Philosophy and Action’ authored jointly with Pyne, S. was published in Philosophy of Management, Vol.15. Issue 1 from Springer in February 2016.
Paper titled ‘Cooperatives as Alternative Form of Organization for CSR Effectiveness: Insights from Rabindranath Tagore’ jointly with Pyne, S. was published in Global Business Review, Vol. 17 No. 6, December 2016 from SAGE.
Paper titled ‘Dialogues from the Land of Love and Death’ was published in AI and Society (AI & Soc.) (Springer), Vol. 21 in 2007 in special issue on ‘Actionable Knowledge’.
Paper titled ‘Non-conventional Entrepreneurial Learning: Spiritual Insights from India’ published in Journal of Human Values (Sage), Vol. 13 No. 1 in 2007.
Paper titled ‘Managerial Transformation for TQM: Indian Insights’ published in Journal of Human Values (Sage), Vol. 4 No. 2 in 1998.
Paper titled ‘Towards Human Excellence and Creativity in Management Education: A Personal Voyage’, in Zsolnai, L. and Thate, M. (eds.) Humanities as a Resource and Inspiration for Humanizing Business. Virtue sand Economics Series. No.7. Springer Verlag. 211-221, 2023.
Paper titled ‘Indian and Business Ethics’ jointly authored with A. Bhattacharjee has been published in ‘Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics’ edited by Deborah C. Poff and A. C. Nicholas from Springer Nature Switzerland in September 2022.
Paper titled ‘Ancient Indian Wisdom for Modern Business’ authored jointly with Laszlo Zsolnai has been published as the Introductory Chapter in the book titled ‘Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management: The Legacy of S K Chakraborty’ published by Springer Nature Singapore in July 2022.
Paper titled ‘Leadership as an Adventure of Consciousness’ has been published in the book titled ‘Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management: The Legacy of S K Chakraborty’ published by Springer Nature Singapore in July 2022.
Paper titled ‘Spirituality, Mindfulness and Ethical Leadership: Indian Insights’ jointly with Anindo Bhattacharjee was published as a Chapter in the Book titled ‘Consciousness in Management’ (Volume 1) from Heartfulness Education Trust in July 2019.
Paper titled ‘Creative Spirit in Management education: Insights from Rabindranath Tagore’ was published in the Book titled ‘Caring Entrepreneurship in the New Economy: Socially Responsible Behaviour through Spirituality’ edited by Ora Setter and Laszlo Zsolnai from Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Paper titled: ‘Management and Liberal Arts: A Transformational Odyssey with Rabindranath Tagore’ was published in the Book titled ‘Art, Spirituality and Management: Liber Amicorum for Laszlo Zsolnai’ edited by Luk Bouckaert, Knut J Ims and Peter Rona from Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Case titled ‘Rethinking Corporate–Community Relations: Millennial Challenges for Tata Steel’ has been published as a Chapter in the case book titled ‘Doing Good and Doing Well: Cases of Corporate Responsibility in Asia’ from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, 2002, edited by Juan Miguel-Luz, Shaari Md. Noor, Kaewta Rohitratna, Siiti Adiprigandari Adiwoso Suprapto and Bernard D’Mello.
Case-study titled ‘The Stock Exchange–Banking System Scam’ was published as a Chapter in S. K. Chakraborty’s, Escorts Award winning book, ‘Ethics in Management: Vedantic Perspectives’ (Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1995).
Case study titled ‘The Great Leadership Succession Scam’ was published as a Chapter in S. K. Chakraborty’s Escorts Award winning book, ‘Ethics in Management: Vedantic Perspectives’ from Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1995).
Case titled ‘A Workaholic’s Dilemma’ was published as a chapter in S. K. Chakraborty’s book, ‘Values and Ethics for Organizations: Theory and Practice’ from Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998.
Empowering Women through Education, Skill Acquisition and Health Improvement in Sarada Math and Mission: A Case for Sustainable Development under Institute Research Scheme of IIM Shillong.
Was involved in a comprehensive research project to study the penetration of Tata Code of Conduct and Management of Business Ethics within 3 Tata organizations (Tata Chemicals, Tata Teleservices and E2E SerWizSol jointly with co-faculty at MCHV, IIM Calcutta in collaboration with Tata Quality Management Services to spearhead future Management of Business Ethics interventions across the Tata Group companies. The purpose of the study was to evolve a self-assessment tool for the three companies and later to be tried for other Tata Group Companies. The project was completed in April 2007.
Coordinated and conducted a research and consultancy project, jointly with Prof. Ranjan Mitter, titled ‘Sustaining Inspired Performance in Philips Carbon Black Ltd.’ which included field work (interviews, literature survey), research design, documentation, preparation of a case study and a final report on Recommendations. The project was completed in 2006.
MCHV, IIM Calcutta, was the Indian partner in a Joint Research Project titled ‘Corporate Governance, Economic Reforms and Development: The Case of India’, with University of York, Toronto. The project was funded by Canadian International Development Agency and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. As part of the project team, was primarily responsible for conducting field interviews and a nation-wide questionnaire survey addressed to the CEOs of top-ranking Indian organizations. The project was completed during 1‘998 – 2000. Towards the end of the project, coordinated the dissemination Conference titled ‘Responsible Corporate Governance’ held at MCHV, IIM Calcutta during June 20-22, 2001.
Completed a comprehensive research project to study the penetration of Tata Code of Conduct and Management of Business Ethics within 3 Tata organizations (Tata Chemicals, Tata Teleservices and E2E SerWizSol jointly with co-faculty at MCHV, IIM Calcutta in collaboration with Tata Quality Management Services to spearhead future Management of Business Ethics interventions across the Tata Group companies. The purpose of the study was to evolve a self-assessment tool for the three companies and later to be tried for other Tata Group Companies. The project was completed in April 2007.
Coordinated and conducted a research and consultancy project, jointly with Prof. Ranjan Mitter, titled ‘Sustaining Inspired Performance in Philips Carbon Black Ltd.’ which included field work (interviews, literature survey), research design, documentation, preparation of a case study and a final report on Recommendations. The project was completed in 2006.
MCHV at IIM Calcutta was the Indian partner in a Joint Research Project titled ‘Corporate Governance, Economic Reforms and Development: The Case of India’, with University of York, Toronto. The project was funded by Canadian International Development Agency and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. As part of the project team, was primarily responsible for conducting field interviews and a nation-wide questionnaire survey addressed to the CEOs of top-ranking Indian organizations. The project was completed during 1998 – 2000. Towards the end of the project, coordinated the dissemination Conference titled ‘Responsible Corporate Governance’ held at MCHV, IIM Calcutta during June 20-22, 2001
Prof. Mukherjee had the rare honour of being invited recently to the intense European SPES Seminar cum Workshop on ‘Albert Schweitzer: A Guide for the Perplexed’ (with focus on the Theme of ‘Reverence for Life’) as the only Asian scholar and thinker among a selected group of 12 globally renowned thinkers covering 9 countries including USA, Ireland, Belgium. Hungary, France, Greece, Norway, Netherlands, and India at ABC Climont, France during September 15-18 this year. His one-hour presentation on ‘Rabindranath Tagore and Schweitzer: Reverence for Nature and Life’ was the grand finale to this important event.
Fountainheads of Inspiration
My Gurudev
Shrimat Saumyendranath Brahmachary (1946 - 2012)
Shrimat Saumyendranath Brahmachary (1946-2012), was the Acharya (Spiritual Head) of Dev Sangha, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India. Formerly Saumendra Chandra Mukhopadhyay, he was a B C Roy Gold Medal Awardee for being the best all-rounder in his batch of 1968 from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Kharagpur and the topper of his class of Mechanical Engineering. At the age of 31, he left a lucrative corporate career to delve into intense spiritual pursuit as per the instruction of his Spiritual Master (Guru) Shrimat Narendranath Brahmachary, the founder of Dev Sangha. His profound knowledge and experience in Indian Culture and Heritage, Modern Science and Technology, Education and Social Service and above all an inclusive Global Vision had been the prime moving spirit behind initiation of spiritual quest among the modern young generation.
My Mother
Nani Mukherjee (1929 - 2019)
Nani Mukherjee was born on 25th August 1929 on the auspicious ‘tithi’ of Janmashtami. She originally belonged to Dhaka Bikrampur in Bangladesh but lived in Kolkata. Inspired by her mother Hiran Bala, She received her education from a renowned School in South Kolkata. A brilliant student, she passed her School Final Examination by the age of 14 by virtue of two successive double promotions in school. Later she obtained her B.A and Montessori degrees from the University. With great enthusiasm she founded a school for children ‘Hiran Bala Shishu Bhawan’ in the name of her mother jointly with her younger sister and with unstinted support from her elder sister. Very soon the school earned a reputation as a household name in the field of education for children in South Kolkata. With profound love and devotion, she had discharged her responsibility as the Headmistress of the school for nearly 65 years.
