1947 born Pradip Bhattacharya is from Calcutta, India. He is a member of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and is on the editorial board of its Journal of Human Values. Professionally an Indian Administrative Service officer, he has a PhD in Comparative Literature for his research on the Mahabharata, a Post Graduate Diploma with distinction in Public Service Training from Manchester. He is India’s only International HRD Fellow (awarded by Manchester University and the Institute of Training and Development, UK) and an MD in Homeopathy. Pradip has authored and edited 28 published books on Public Administration, comparative mythology, Mahabharata, Homeopathy, Management and Human Values. His latest books are: “Love Stories from the Mahabharata” and “Puranic Tales for Cynical People” (both from Indialog, New Delhi) and “Pancha Kanya: the five virgins of Indian Epics” (Writers Workshop, Kolkata).