138 - Decolonising The Indian Mind | Swaminathan Gurumurthy | Bharatvaarta | Culture

Shri Swaminathan Gurumurthy is a chartered accountant and corporate and  legal adviser of high standing. Having qualified in the intermediate and  final examination of the CA examination in 1972 with all India ranking  in both examinations, he has been in practice for the last 42 years.  Shri Gurumurthy is a very well known adviser to many corporates on law  and finance and also on macro economic issues affecting corporates. As a  professional he has mediated and solved some of the most complex  corporate issues.  Being a keen thinker on geo political and strategic issues, he is the  vice chairman of the well known strategic think tank in Delhi, the  Vivekananda International Foundation.  Being an adviser to many corporates and drawn by larger national  interest, Shri Gurumurthy began studying the impact of globalisation on  an economy and economic and political culture habituated to command  economy.  For the last three decades Shri Gurumurthy is highly rated as a  journalist for his investigative writings. He has since then ceaselessly  campaigned against corruption at high places. He has been a powerful  opinion maker in India on issues national importance, particularly in  the field of economics. He is now the editor of the famous and powerful  socio-political weekly Thuglak in Tamil.