DHARMA
FROM THE THIRUKKURAL — 2,000 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP WISDOM

Building Values.
Creating Leaders.
Sustaining Business Success.

A practical leadership framework, drawn from the Thirukkural and built by two working executives — for leaders who want performance without compromising ethics, culture, or humanity.

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Leadership pillars distilled from 1,330 verses of Thirukkural wisdom

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UNITENVanakkam MalaysiaInstitute of Directors, IndiaHRD CorpShell

WHY EXECUTIVE DHARMA

Values you can put to work, not just talk about

A leadership approach grounded in the Thirukkural, structured for how leaders actually work today.

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Lead with Virtue

Integrity as the foundation of every decision — not a constraint on ambition, but what makes success durable.

02

Cultivate Personal Mastery

Discipline and self-command — the inner work that precedes every outer result a leader is measured by.

03

Develop Interpersonal Relationships

Listening, gratitude and composure — the relational skills that hold teams together under pressure.

04

Embrace Continuous Evolution

Learning translated into behaviour — so wisdom compounds instead of staying theoretical.

WHAT WE OFFER

Ways to bring Executive Dharma into your organisation

One framework, several formats — from a single workshop to an ongoing coaching partnership.

Executive Dharma Workshops

Half-day, full-day, or multi-session formats introducing the complete leadership framework.

Executive Coaching

One-on-one coaching for senior leaders, led by Vijay, drawing on the Executive Dharma framework.

Team Coaching

Systemic coaching for leadership teams working through alignment, trust, or transition.

Corporate Training

Capability-building programs led by Praba, embedding Executive Dharma principles across your teams.

Business Facilitation

Structured facilitation for strategy sessions, offsites, and values-driven conversations.

Leadership Transformation

A longer-term partnership combining workshops, coaching, and facilitation for lasting change.

Enterprise: Build high performance without compromising values

For CEOs, CHROs, L&D leaders and founders — leadership offsites, culture transformation, ethics workshops, business leadership labs.

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Executive Dharma: From Virtue to Value — book cover

THE BOOK

From Virtue to Value

Composed over 2,000 years ago by the sage Thiruvalluvar, the Thirukkural distilled ethical living into 1,330 verses. Executive Dharma selects seven of them and builds a leadership framework around each — paired with real boardroom case studies, personal reflections, and self-assessment tools.

Personal reflections
Success & failure case studies
Self-assessment checklists
Parallels across world wisdom
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SOCIAL PROOF

What leaders are saying

CEO

“This framework gave our leadership team a shared vocabulary for values — something years of training never managed.”

Manufacturing Group CEO
Malaysia

CHRO

“Praba and Vijay balance ancient wisdom with real business cases. Our directors left with a practical decision framework, not just inspiration.”

HR Director
India

WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT

“I've sat through many leadership programs. This is the first that connected a 2,000-year-old verse to a decision I made that week.”

Senior Manager, Energy Sector
Abu Dhabi

EXECUTIVE DHARMA EXPERIENCES

Choose the depth of engagement that fits your team

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Half-Day Workshop

For leadership alignment

  • Values clarification
  • Decision architecture
  • Leadership dialogue
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Full-Day Immersive

For leadership teams

  • Guided reflection
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  • Practical application
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Multi-Session Enterprise Journey

For deeper transformation

  • Multi-month cadence
  • Executive coaching add-on
  • Custom-designed journey
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MEET THE AUTHORS

Two practitioners, one shared conviction

Dr. Prebagaran Jayaraman

BUILDER • EDUCATOR • CAPABILITY ARCHITECT

A former Major in the Malaysian Armed Forces and Certified Lead Trainer for HRD Corp's Train-the-Trainer program. Leads Prebagaran Academy, Malaysia.

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Vijaykumar Rajagopal

COACH • FACILITATOR • LEADERSHIP PARTNER

A Chemical Engineer who built his career across India, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Malaysia, including a strategy advisory role at Shell. Leads Tetra Axis Pte Ltd, India.

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When Praba & Vijay work together

Content + Transformation  ·  Knowledge + Behaviour Change  ·  Learning + Execution

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Build high performance without compromising your values

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