Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Book Explores Civilisational Forces Behind Bharat’s Economic Rise
Dr Monica B Sood has written a book about why India’s economy keeps recovering and changing.
She says GDP and other numbers show how fast the economy grows, but not the whole reason behind that growth.
The book looks at values and habits that have existed in India for a long time.
These include learning, trading, helping communities, inventing and staying strong during difficult periods.
Sood connects these older ideas to modern examples such as start-ups, digital infrastructure and indigenous manufacturing.
She also says that people’s ideas about prosperity affect how an economy works.
The book brings economics together with history, psychology, public policy and civilisation.
Its larger goal is to help explain India’s path toward Viksit Bharat 2047.
The Economic DNA of Bharat argues that India’s economic resilience extends beyond conventional measures such as GDP, budgets and growth rates.
Author Dr Monica B Sood examines enterprise, knowledge, community, resilience, innovation, inclusion, ethical prosperity and strategic autonomy across ten chapters.
The book connects historical traditions in trade, agriculture, medicine, governance and knowledge with contemporary developments in India.
Sood says national psychology and social values influence how economies save, consume, build, share and define prosperity.
The book presents Bharat as a civilisational economic personality and explores its journey toward Viksit Bharat 2047.
- Who
- Dr Monica B Sood, an entrepreneur, author and Ayurveda expert, authored the book.
- What
- The Economic DNA of Bharat examines the civilisational values and behavioural patterns that Sood says influence India’s economic development.
- When
- The article does not specify the book’s publication date; details were shared during a media interaction.
- Where
- The details were shared during a media interaction, but the location is not specified in the article.
- Why
- Sood aims to explain why Bharat repeatedly adapts, rebuilds and rises beyond what conventional economic indicators can show.
- Book
- The Economic DNA of Bharat
- Author
- Dr Monica B Sood
- Structure
- Ten chapters
- Central framework
- Civilisational economic DNA
- Historical themes
- Enterprise, knowledge, community, resilience, innovation, inclusion, ethical prosperity and strategic autonomy
- Modern examples
- Digital public infrastructure, entrepreneurship, indigenous manufacturing, start-ups, technological innovation, financial inclusion and defence capabilities
- Long-term outlook
- Understanding Bharat’s journey toward Viksit Bharat 2047