Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday recalled the contributions of RSS leader Madan

Das Devi, who passed away on July 24, noting that Devi could have led a comfortable life as
he was a trained Chartered Accountant, but he chose to work for the development of the
country.
In an article, the Prime Minister wrote of his own interactions with the veteran RSS man.
“I had the privilege of working closely with Madan Das Ji over the years. I saw, at very close
quarters, his simplicity and soft-spoken nature. He was the quintessential organisational man,
and I, too, spent a substantial time working in the organisation. So, it is natural that aspects
relating to organisational development and growth of Karyakartas featured regularly in our
conversations,” Modi wrote.
The Prime Minister said Devi’s life showed what could be achieved “when the self is put on
the back burner and the collective is given prominence”. With his faith in the youth of India,
Devi worked to strengthen the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the RSS student wing, but
he did not get involved in university politics, Modi wrote.
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“Nowadays, the concepts of people management, talent management, and skill management
are extremely popular. Madan Das Ji was an expert at understanding people and mapping
their talents onto organisational goals. He was special because he understood people’s
capabilities and assigned work based on that. He never agreed with the premise that people
must be moulded as per his requirements,” the Prime Minister’s article stated.