Beside him is the laptop on which he was busy making slide presentations of his company's future plans before you were ushered in. No signs of stress or urgency though he plans to visit several countries to check on how Maharshi Ayurved's business is shaping up. The call over, he dials another number, and doles out some instructions for the company's Noida plant. Nowhere can you find any signs of the harried existence most corporate CEOs lead. No blood pressure, no cholesterol, no diabetes, he confirms.
More surprises are in store.
And no, he did not go to Harvard or Boston to pursue an MBA degree. Mr Srivastava learnt transcendental meditation from Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, who also started the Maharshi movement, which now has its fingers in education, social welfare, IT, housing and construction and healthcare. It was Mahesh Yogi's decision to make Anand Srivastava head of Maharshi Ayurvedic Products. Today, the company claims that it has set the trend for the resurgence of Ayurvedic products, especially for therapeutic purposes. But Mr Srivastava wastes no time talking about his company.