Vice President of India, Shri Hamid Ansari Launches a Book Titled ‘ Modern Thought Leaders’ Edited by Anil Shastri

Vice President launched a book published by McGraw Hill Education titled ‘Modern Thought Leaders’ edited by Anil Shastri, chairman of LBSIM.

• The book is compilation of memorial lectures organized every year on the death anniversary of late Lal Bahadur Shastri.
• The metaphor of Kisan Kayan was propounded by LBS Shashtri ji first, stated the editor

New Delhi, Aug 24, 2015 : ‘Modern Thought Leaders: Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Lectures (1997-2014)’, the book edited by Anil Shastri, was launched on 21^st Aug’15 at Nehru Auditorium, New Delhi by the Vice-President of India, Sh. Hamid Ansari at 4.30 pm amidst leading literati and distinguished audience of the capital.

‘Modern Thought Leaders’ is a collection of memorial lectures that are organized every year (1997-2014) by Lal Bahadur Shashtri Institute of Management (LBSIM) on the death anniversary of Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri to keep his vision for better India alive. The compilation is a collaborative effort with contributions from many eminent professionals, scientists, economists as well as social thought leaders of India and its neighbors including Meghnad Dsai, APJ Abdul Kalam, Dalai Lama, Shashi Tharur, Jamshed ji Irani, Rahul Bajaj, V Kurien, Godfrey Gunatilleke, Mushaid Hussain Syed, Sitaram Yachuri and KC Pant among others.

The uniqueness of the book lies in the fact that it provides views of opinion leaders who have also been instrumental in driving the India growth story. The book further provides invaluable insights into the DNA of Indian business leadership, which is shaping the country’s growth and offers an engaging insight into the unique qualities of Shastriji and his thoughts relevant to India today and it brings out how those qualities of Shastriji can be exported worldwide to create excellence well beyond India.

Speaking on the occasion, the editor of the book, Shri.Anil Shashtri stated how “the metaphor of Kisan Kayan – the concept that is gaining currency majorly today – was first brought into political lexicon by LBS Shashtri ji. His coinage of Jai Jawan Jai Kisan echoes all over today.”