Rajarishi · Entrepreneur · Institution-builder · Global citizen

A life lived
beyond boundaries.

For over four decades, Rajarishi Dr M has worked at the intersection of enterprise, technology and human possibility—connecting East and West, legacy and the future.

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VISION · ENTERPRISE · HUMANITY

EST. 1980SCROLL TO DISCOVER

वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्

“Only when you believe you are a citizen of the world can you strive to make it a better place.”

— Rajarishi Dr M

राजर्षि

A SACRED RECOGNITION

राजा का संकल्प · ऋषि की चेतना

Rajarishi

The resolve of a king.
The consciousness of a sage.

In January 2023, on the occasion of his 74th birthday, Rajarishi Dr M was bestowed the title of Raja-Rishi by Anant Shri Vibhushit Jagadguru Shankaracharya Dwarka Sharada Peethadhishwara Swami Shree Sadanand Saraswati Maharaja.

The title—often rendered “royal sage”—honours the ideal of a leader who has attained material accomplishment while cultivating spiritual knowledge, detachment and service. It marks a profound convergence in his public journey: enterprise guided by consciousness.

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01 / THE JOURNEY

From first moves
to lasting movements.

A career shaped by pivotal technologies, international alliances and the conviction that enterprise must move society forward.

1980s

OFFICE AUTOMATION

Opening a new chapter

In the early 1980s, the Modi Xerox joint venture became an important chapter in India’s office-automation story, connecting Indian enterprise with global technology.

1995

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

India begins to speak mobile

Forbes credits erstwhile Modi Telstra with starting mobile telephony in India in 1995—an inflection point in how a nation would connect.

2009–11

ASIA

Building across borders

A period of regional handset expansion connected businesses across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia through the Si2i platform.

2013–15

HEALTHCARE

Care at metropolitan scale

Smart Group developed and operated Saket City Hospital before Max Healthcare acquired a controlling stake in 2015.

2017→

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Enterprise becomes dialogue

The Global Citizen Forum’s collaboration with WFUNA brought education, advocacy and global-citizenship themes into an international civic platform.

02 / THE LEGACY

Building bridges between worlds.

His public journey spans office automation, telecommunications, healthcare, mobility and global citizenship. The thread running through each chapter is not an industry—it is the impulse to see what comes next, then build toward it.

04+Decades of enterprise

05Transformative sectors

01World-family vision

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03 / ENTERPRISE

Ideas that moved
with their time.

Selected chapters from a portfolio built through partnerships, technology and an appetite for category-defining change.

MODI XEROX

Office Automation

Global technology brought into India through an early joint-venture model.

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MODI TELSTRA

Mobile Telephony

A landmark 1995 chapter at the beginning of India’s mobile era.

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SPICE / Si2i

Connected Asia

Handsets and communications businesses expanded across Southeast Asia.

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SMART HEALTH CITY

Healthcare

A modern hospital platform created in the heart of New Delhi.

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04 / ROOTED IN WISDOM

सनातन · संवाद · सद्भाव

Ancient wisdom.
A borderless future.

Through the Global Citizen Forum, Rajarishi Dr M has supported programmes engaging India’s philosophical heritage—including Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the idea that the world is one family—in dialogue with other faith traditions and global-citizenship themes.

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

A civilisational idea made contemporary: humanity as one interconnected family.

Encyclopedia of Hinduism

GCF co-organised the 2014 New Delhi launch with the India Heritage Research Foundation.

Interfaith Dialogue

Creating space for Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Jain and global voices to meet in mutual respect.

Explore the Sanatana Dharma programme ↗

05 / ONE WORLD

Citizenship
without walls.

The Global Citizen Forum brings together leaders, thinkers and young people around a simple premise: the challenges of our century cannot be solved from inside old boundaries.

Its documented work includes a 2017 agreement with the World Federation of United Nations Associations focused on education, advocacy and awareness around global citizenship and UN values.

Read the WFUNA record ↗

06 / GALLERY

Moments that
tell the story.

A visual archive of leadership, dialogue, culture and the continuing journey.

07 / INTERVIEWS & MEDIA

In his
own words.

Conversations on enterprise, global citizenship, conscious capitalism and a future beyond 100.

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TEDxTughlaqRdChange

TEDx TALK

Being a Global Citizen

Why identity must grow beyond nationality—and why business leaders have a role in shaping a more unified world.

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PODCAST · GLOBAL WELLNESS SUMMIT

Creating a Happy, Healthy & Wealthy Future

↗ VIDEO · CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM

Enterprise with Purpose

↗ PROFILE · THE ECONOMIC TIMES

Four Decades of Building and Reinvention

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08 / CONNECT

Follow the
continuing journey.

Explore Rajarishi Dr M’s public profiles and the communities carrying forward his work in enterprise, wellness and global citizenship.

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A life lived
beyond boundaries.

Rajarishi

The resolve of a king.
The consciousness of a sage.