Biography
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is the Chief Belief Officer of the Future Group. To know about this role and designation click here.
Trained in medicine, he spent 15 years in healthcare and pharmaceutical industries first as a freelance content provider and then in organizations such as SIRO clinical research, Goodhealthnyou, Apollo Health Street and Sanofi Aventis, before joining Ernst & Young as Business Advisor.
That is when he met Kishore Biyani of Future Group (Big Bazaar, Pantaloon, Central) who convinced him to turn his hobby into his vocation.
For over 15 years, Devdutt wrote and lectured extensively on the relevance of mythology (not just Hindu mythology) in modern times.
Since becoming Chief Belief Officer of Future Group in 2008, he has specially focussed on Mythology and Management and is currently leadership coach and inspirational speaker to many organizations besides Future Group.
He consults Star TV on storytelling techniques and patterns. And is a regular in the management seminar lecture circuit. His columns on management and culture that appear in Economic Times, Sunday Mid-day, Tehelka, Hindustan Times, and Times of India, are a hit with general and specialist readers. He has written over 25 books for everyone from adults to children, for youth to business executives.
A list of books written by Dr.Pattanaik in the last decade :
Mythology Books
1. Shiva – An Introduction
2. Vishnu – An Introduction
3. Devi – An Introduction
4. Hanuman – An Introduction
5. Lakshmi – An Introduction
6. The Goddess Of India
7. Man Who Was A Woman
8. Indian Mythology
9. The Book of Kali
10. Shiv to Shankara
11. Myth = Mithya
12. The Book of Ram
13. Jaya
14. 99 Thoughts of Ganesha
15. 7 Secrets of Hindu Calendar Art
16. 7 Secrets of Vishnu
17. 7 Secrets of Shiva
Children Books
1. Hanuman’s Ramayana
2. Gauri and The Talking Cow
3. Indra Finds Happiness
4. An Identity Card for Krishna
5. Sarawati’s Secret River
6. Kama v/s Yama
7. Shiva Plays Dumb Charades
Fiction
1. The Pregnant King