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M I T SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
PUNE
One-year Full Time
Masters Program in Government
Batch 02, Year 2006-07
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Index Particulars Pg. No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inauguration Ceremony 5
Eminent Lectures
Mr. V. K. Saraf 7
Mr. Prakash Javadekar 8
Mr. Ram Gopal Varma 9
Mr. K. G. Kannabiran 10
Mr. K. N. Govindacharya 11
Mr. Anupam Mishra 12
Mr. V. Ranganathan 13
Mr. Satyavrat Chaturvedi 14
Mr. Sanjay Bapna 15
Mr. Jimmy Gurule 16
Mr. P. A. Sangma 17
Mr. Bharat Parekh 18
Mr. Arjun Singh 19
Mr. Avinash Dharmadhikari 20
Mr. Kumar Saptarshi 21
Mr. Tripurari Sharan 22
Mr. Prabhakar Karandikar 23
Ms. Poonam Mahajan 24
Mr. A. Vasudevan 25
Mr. V. P. Rane 26
Mr. Santosh Dutta 27
Mr. B. G. Deshmukh 28
Mr. K. Natwar Singh 29
Sri. Sri. Ravi Shankar 30
Mr. T. N. Seshan 30
Mr. Sanjay Kumar 31
Mr. Sharad Joshi 32
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Mr. Karti Chidambaram 33
Mr. Chandan Mitra 34
Mr. Jaswant Singh 35
Mr. G. V. Rao 36
Dr. Raj S. Babu 37
Mr. P. N. Siva 38
Mr. Vishwas Gangurde 39
Events
One-Day Round Table Conference 41
An Initiative On The Worlds Aids Day - Street Play 42
Workshop On Electoral Processes-By CSDS 43
One-Day Round Table SEZ 43
NGO Exposure Workshop 44
Discussion On Current Constitutional Issues 44
Building a career, building the nation:
Career-counseling workshop by MAFOI 45
Local Field Visit
15-Day Field Study of Farmers' Suicide in The
Vidarbha Region Of Maharashtra, 47
Wadki Grampanchayat 48
Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) 49
Manavya 50
Katewadi Visit 51
Model Parliament 53
Convocation Ceremony 55
Academic Team 58
Academic Awards 60
Advertisement 63
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Inauguration Ceremony
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Inauguration Ceremony
MIT School of Government initiated the second
batch of Master‟s Program in Government for the
academic year 2006-07. It was a privilege to have
Hon‟ble Union Minister, HRD Shri. Arjun Singh
along with Shri. Narendra Jadhav to grace the
occasion and have his blessings for the second
batch – MPG 02.
During the event Shri. Narendra Jadhav Vice
Chancellor of Pune University spoke about India
becoming super power in near future. Also he
added that India reemerging or regaining as an
economic super power in the committee of nations.
Shri. Arjun Singh Hon‟ble Union Minister HRD
through his much gained experience in the political
world has beautifully expressed an echoed feeling
for the nation.
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Eminent Lectures
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DATE: September 11, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. V. K. Saraf
DESIGNATION: Former Managing Director,
IPS, Centre for Police Research
SUBJECT: Criminal Investigation Procedures and
Reliability of Witnesses
“Statement of witness can be used only in respect of his disposition, not to contradict or
corroborate any other witnesses, it is limited to himself.
Investigation is a form of research.
Over dependence on oral testimony of witnesses has to be reduced and so there has to
be change in the investigation agencies and the judiciary, and change of attitude, in the
form of paradigm shift.
Change in the procedural law is crucial; it should not be a halfhearted patchwork as we
see now, but a radical change in the total concept of administration.”
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DATE: September 12, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Prakash Javadekar
DESIGNATION: Spokesperson, BJP
SUBJECT: Qualification of a Good Politician- special focus on
Qualities of Effective Spokesperson
“A social worker is one who can stretch their
hand to pull out someone's thorn while consoling
the other person!” The 3 S‟s which are necessary to
be a good leader are being Sensitive, having the
will to Struggle, and ready to Sacrifice their own
self. He spoke about the evils of dynastic politics -
he questioned what happened to meritocracy? He
also questioned if the society is becoming a feudal
society. The essential ingredients of joining politics are having a passion for service,
mastering the art of good communication while having a vision and a mission. He
requested people to vote for the person and not the purse, rather vote for the party and
not the person.
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DATE: September 16, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Ram Gopal Verma
DESIGNATION: Film Director
SUBJECT: Extempore
“I was never much to politics, thinking for
anyone except myself and what I want and used
to take pride in it. I never voted in my life ever
till today. When I read a line that something
which is working against „I don‟t care culture‟, it
completely took me back. I always took pride in
saying I don‟t care. But after visit to this institute
no longer I can say that.
The idea of having a school for politicians
is incredibly renovating. I was always
resistant towards voting for anybody and
feel that what this man deserve to be MLA
or MP, because none of them have any
qualification, knowledge or education, but
no choice you vote for that person.
This institute will assure to the common man that the student coming out of this institute
will be having the basic knowledge, qualification, motivation and doing it with specific
purpose will instill lot of confidence and trust.”
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DATE: September 20, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. K. G. Kannabiran
DESIGNATION: National President for People‟s Union for Civil Liberties
SUBJECT: Terror Laws and Peace
“With young, you forget your age, you also become
young.” “I have been contending all my life that
governance is not enforcing penal laws alone, governance
is something which will manage the society in such a way
that, it will improve the living conditions of people. It will
ensure the prevalence of human dignity in our relationship
with each other. It will see to that majority of the
populations in this country who are poor, are provided with the right to life and right to
a living.
Incompetence of Governance increased in these years. Satyagraha is an act of
defence, it begin with as a strategy later, evolved into as a philosophy. Terrorism has
become an act of defiance by a handful of people against a nation state and it is very
difficult for the state to respond to this.
With the war on terrorism, there is a
qualitative change in the character of the
war that you do not know which country to
attack but you have the freedom to attack.
Congress government being closer to
America and having joined war on
terrorism cannot be without law on terrorism. He also mentioned about “Unlawful
prevention of Act, 1967.
If this law traps a guilty, it traps a hundred innocent people, that is the problem.
“When political system is insufficient, when justice is not done, terrorism emerges. Penal
law cannot correct social imbalance, what is needed is the improvement of living
condition of all categories of people. Today the possibility of having a dialogue is
meager as the characteristics of war which we are having changed. There is a vested
interest in disorder in the kind of politics we are having in our country today.”
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DATE: September 21, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. K. N. Govindacharya
DESIGNATION: Convenor, Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan
SUBJECT: Globalization with reference to Swadeshi
Mr. K.N. Govindacharya on his interaction with MPG-02 students spoke on
“Globalization”. How globalization has affected the whole world, whether we all are
benefitted or not and what our country expects from globalization. He also briefed the
students about working of WTO, the participation of countries in WTO. Then he
informed the participants about the role of WTO towards developed and developing
nations and how Globalization is affecting developing nations. At the end there was a
question answer session for the participants and the lecture was concluded by the vote
of thanks which was proposed by one the participants
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DATE: September 22, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Anupam Mishra
DESIGNATION: Secretary, Gandhi Peace Foundation, NGO
SUBJECT: Recent Floods, Draughts and Traditional Rain
Water Harvesting System
Quote: Our society is not a clear slate. It has already
got its own customs, languages, traditional culture etc.
India is a country made of villages. There are more
than 5 lakhs of villages. Compared to that, governance
is through the Prime Minister and his council of
Ministers, the state chief ministers and their ministers,
the district collectors and commissioners. These are highly inadequate to monitor daily
the administration of these villages and cities. Hence, local self-governance is necessary
for it. In Rajasthan, there are 4-5 districts, which are having a desert environment. They
have their own methods of rainwater harvesting which has been used for centuries.
These are controlled by the village panchayats and are managed very efficiently.
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DATE: September 25, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. V. Ranganathan
DESIGNATION: Former Chief Secretary of Government of Maharashtra
SUBJECT: Role of Chief Secretary in a state government
He clarified the correlation between citizens,
legislature, cabinet, Administration and Governor. “It
is not true to say that our delivery system is poor.
Political masters run the administration. They have the
right to take actions against any inefficiency.
There are collective responsibilities. The Chief Secretary is expected to state the
facts of the case as accurately and thoroughly as possible and make recommendations
that it is prerogative of the minister to take correct decision and to implement the
decision faithfully. The Chief Secretary has to make suggestions if he knows that
something is wrong in the decision. While
mentioning the role of Chief Secretary in the
administrative set up, he said,
1. Chief Secretary is the considered to be
the head of the civil services who guides or
instructs the civil services and sets the tone of the administration through personal
example.
2. As the head of the civil services, if there are any grievances with any one, he can
meet the Chief Secretary.
3. He is also Secretary to the Cabinet; he will have to prepare notes, will have to be
present in the Cabinet meeting, must be available to give suggestions and will have to
implement the decisions quickly. Today there are hundreds of laws, which serve no
purpose. Systems and procedures are too slow in India. There must be independent
grievances redress mechanism must be there.
Other options are e governance, delegation and decentralization. Chief Secretary
must spare some time to manage and monitor every activity to improve efficiency. One
way to improve the Governance is through public participation. The Chief Secretary is
not only the kingpin of the administrative set up of the state, but a role model, his
inspiration, commitment will certainly improve the tone of administration in the state
and his effort in institutionalizing his improvement thorough system reengineering that it
acquires permanence. Because our procedures and opaque are complicated,
corruption is high in India.”
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DATE: October 3, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Satyavrat Chaturvedi
DESIGNATION: Member of Parliament & General Secretary AICC
SUBJECT: OBC Reservation Policy
“Those who would like to come to politics they must be
mentally and emotionally prepared.
Politics is not good or bad. You will find best scholars in
politics. Politics is the way to achieve gigantic goal through
the practical means. But we will have to look at Aryans
from Aryan standard and Adivasis from Adivasi standard.
It is very difficult to abide by the true ideals, even in the Ramarajya, ideals changed with
opportunities.
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DATE: October 4, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Sanjay Bapna
DESIGNATION: Secretary AICC
SUBJECT: Role of Youth in Indian Politics
“The quality of people that have been coming to
politics and the quality of mass attached with politics is not
to the standards as it should be. Most of the political parties
don‟t have internal democracy. Any political decision taken
is in relativity of times.
Politics is not a priority career to the youths today.
Those youths who are in politics today are due to three
reasons
1. Active during student life.
2. Political family background.
3. Opportunity through friends, networks that connect with politicians.
Until politics comes up as a career, in the career chart of the youths in this country,
current crisis of talent in politics will carry on. Most of the political parties are feudalistic.
The educated mass does not vote. They are insensitive and indifferent to the country.
Today the image of the politicians has gone down so that even such people with
great heights are considered as scoundrel.
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DATE: October 10, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Jimmy Gurule
DESIGNATION: Professor of Law
SUBJECT: Terrorist Financing & Anti-money Laundering
“Most effective way, in the matter of policy to
influence criminal syndicate and organized crimes
was to deprive them of the finances. If you give
me the option arresting the drug kingpin, ceasing
a million dollars‟ worth of drugs or ceasing the
million dollars in cash, my option will be to go
after money, cease the cash that is the life blood
of criminal organization.
Money is not easily replaceable. Money we will have to look from operational and
organizational perspective. The more ambitious the terrorist organization in terms of
objectives and goals, more money they need to sustain or to finance.
Today going after money is the
key to dismantling the terrorism
around the world. One of the
lessons we learned is that the
main sources of funding for the
Al-Qaeda and other terrorist
organization is Islamic charity.
It is not true that the terrorists are the product of socio-economic disadvantage. Many of
the Al-Qaeda leaders are qualified, from sound financial background, these educated
are taking advantage of other Muslim men who are poor and disadvantaged to fulfill
their plans.
It is not easy to balance between civil liberty, privacy and security.
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DATE: October 14, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. P. A. Sangma
DESIGNATION: Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
SUBJECT: Participated in shadow parliament & in
Classroom- extempore speech
The biggest achievement of India after Independence in one sentence is preservation of
parliamentary democracy without interruption. The definition of democracy by President
Abraham Lincoln is “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”. But
practically it means „sharing of power‟. Sharing is the word, in a parliamentary
democracy, sharing is the best-afforded forum. Till 1977, we were perhaps alright; it
was ruled by a single party, Indian National Congress Party and National Party. From
1977 onwards, you can see the decline of National Party and the immerging of
regional parties.
Today, we have 700+ political party registered with election commissioner of
India. India is suffering today in
crises of the leadership and here
comes the importance of your
institution. Yours is the only
institution, which has applied on
this aspect that you are mine.
We need leaders in this country, if
people can‟t produce these leaders, if political parties do not like to produce leaders,
then institutions like you have to produce leaders and this is a must.
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DATE: October 16, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Bharat Parekh
DESIGNATION: General Manager, Special Project Cell ABMC
SUBJECT: Indian Industries‟ contribution in the social sector
Our mission is to deliver superior value to our
customers, shareholders, employees and
society at large. Our projects are planned in
participatory manner, looking at long-term
sustainability. The biggest value that our
group has achieved is the value of trusteeship.
We need ourselves to guide us. Aditya Birla group started with Grasim industries, the
largest producers of fiber, which is an alternative to cotton. The father of
Kumaramangalam Birla, after returning from US, understood that there is too much of
red tapism around and people don‟t know what he is talking about and he got
frustrated. He visited countries abroad for e.g., South East Asia, Thailand, Philippines
and proved to the people there that Indian can prove itself and is equally good, if not
better, in the open market situations anywhere.
Outside India, there was too much of competition,
but the group never lagged behind. In the 43
years of my career with Aditya Birla group, one
single value unchanged is character, which is to
excel and to be at trust.
There are certain Mantras coined by the chairman, they are –
1. Integrity
2. Commitment
3. Passion
4. Seamlessness
5. Speed
All these mantras are equally important. No value will take precedence. It is the greater
value creation for our stakeholders. Our vision is to be a premium global conglomerate
with a clear focus on each business.
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DATE: October 27, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Arjun Singh
DESIGNATION: Union Minister, HRD
SUBJECT: Inauguration of MPG-02
Leadership of men and women is not learned
in any classroom. That Karad Sir has brought
it about in this classroom is an effort for
which he must be lauded and is a fact. I
would suggest that let us explore the
possibilities and find out whether it is all
possible that intuitions like this are multiplied
because the need of the nation for leadership
in all dimensions in the future is going to be very great. Nature will throw them up. Our
genius will fashion them but perhaps it would be a good thing. Similarly in every corner
of this great country, we had such institutions, which would also give them some
necessity grounding and able them to take up the task of the future. His own experience
says that the biggest thing that makes politics and during is acquiring the trust of
people. Your first effort to acquire trust succeeds in how small or big way you want to
do something, it will get legitimacy and once it will get legitimacy, today or tomorrow,
society will except and doing what society excepts is the basic duty of a political work.
This Nation will immerge not as a political power or a military power or a super power
but as a great magnet for knowledge, which
will really fuel the future growth of the world
and in that exercise India will play a very
important role. He said that he don‟t know
whether Shri. Karadji would allow him to join
one of his classes, sometime later but today he
won‟t mind coming back to the institution as a
student sometime later because in the school of life it is never too late to learn.
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DATE: November 9, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Avinash Dharmadhikari
DESIGNATION: Retd. IAS & Director, Chanakya Mandal
SUBJECT: Politics- Bureaucracy: Interface
It is through our capacity and character the
future of our country will be shaped. Politics is the art of
the possible. Politics has become economy driven. Our
democracy is based upon the western model. Politician
and bureaucrats are two wheels of the chariots.
Bureaucracy should be made answerable to people.
Bureaucrats are accountable to people‟s representatives and people‟s representatives
are answerable to people. Essential role assigned to the politicians, the people‟s
representative is to represent people‟s will by forming policies and programs which
would give shape to the aspirations of people.
Essential role of bureaucrats is two-fold,
firstly to give free and fair advice to the
politicians and secondly to helping them to
formulate policies and programs.
Corruption cannot occur unless politicians
and bureaucrats are hand in hand with
each other.
My campaigns, movements throughout the country help me understand the strength of
bureaucracy. I claimed have seen both from the side of a journalist, activist, bureaucrat
and politicians. Politics, in fact, is one more medium to serve the country. As per
Gandhiji, politics is the means to achieve oneness with god. Today politics almost
borders on treason.
In our country politicians are on a position for life. No politicians take the responsibility
of anything. It needs immense courage for the politicians to confess politically in front of
public. Unless first we make bureaucracy answerable to the people, taking the power of
transfer away from politicians is not advisable.
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DATE: November 10, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Kumar Saptarshi
DESIGNATION: Editor, Satyagrahi
SUBJECT: Youth Movement in Maharashtra
Quote: Man is the only animal who attacks his own kind.
The strong attack the weak. Governance is required to stop
the strong from attacking the weak.
Every person has to get the company of proper people at the proper time for him to
achieve something in life. As a young man, I was in constant search for this enviable
company. As the first educated youth of my village, I wanted to do something for my
country and my village. I went to all political parties but could not find any answers.
Congress did not like us asking questions. BJP wanted to bring back the glorious period
of Ramayana into today‟s world. Was Ramayana flawless? Did not Sita suffer even in
Ramayana? CPI (M) wanted us to bring in armed revolution. How does one do it? We,
the youth of Maharashtra got our leadership in the form of Jayaprakash Narayan. He
was our leader during the dark era of Emergency.
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DATE: November 13, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Tripurari Sharan
DESIGNATION: Director, FTII
SUBJECT: Management of Public Institutions in India
What is important to any institution is the
strategy that they adopt and who will
decide on this strategy. No competition or
threats to any efficiently run public
institutions because of cost factor and
wider net.
Leadership is crucial to adopt relevant
strategy and the proper management of
any public or private institutions. Market orientation of Indian cinema advanced to such
an extent that some institutions like NFDC in
tune with those changes outfitted the
objective for which it started. Many public
sectors are reinvented themselves to equip
for the changes.
Whether Democracy as a political system is
capable of successfully tackling and
eliminating the poverty in the same way as
authoritarian regimes? In democratic regimes what is most important is the strategy that
you are adopting.
Two strategies adapted to tackling poverty, since independence are direct attack on
poverty and trickle-down effect.
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DATE: November 15, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Prabhakar Karandikar
DESIGNATION: Divisional Commissioner, Pune
SUBJECT: Working of Self-Help Group & Micro Finance
The idea of Self-Help Group is that instead of waiting till the fruits of economic growth
trickle down to the lowest rank of the society, help them to cross the poverty line and
come up to the social and economic ladder. Instead of looking at individual borrowers,
you feel to look at as a group who share certain common interests, common
commitments who are able to take collateral guarantee as the group dynamics work
better.
Definition of poverty is not easy. The idea of self-help group emerged from the
experience of Gramin Bank of Bangladesh. It is adopted in different forms in different
countries depending on local situations and needs.
The main theme is that how poor can be made bankable and how the small doses of
institutional finance can transform their lives. People realized after watching this silent
revolution that it leads to the women empowerment. It helps in building financial
capabilities and self-confidence in
the rural poor, through internal
savings and lending from the
owned funds of Self-Help Groups.
No element of subsidy refinance by
NABARD to Banks.
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DATE: November 17, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Ms. Poonam Mahajan
DESIGNATION: Leader, BJP
SUBJECT: Extempore
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DATE: November 19, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. A. Vasudevan
SUBJECT: Financing Future Growth of Indian Economy
Quote: A good economist must have
knowledge of Mathematics, Accounts, History,
Philosophy and Geography of his country.
All over the world, India has been lauded as
the country with highest economic growth in
recent times. But this growth is only in some
sectors. Financial aspects have been largely
ignored. In the 1950, it was envisaged that
India would have a certain growth index in 25
years. It would have to match the International standards. Accordingly, the 5-year plans
were created. Now, for every growth, a large amount of investment is necessary.
Policies have to be made, they have to be announced and then implemented. Private
sector also has to be invited to invest in these areas. All this is a very complex
phenomenon.
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DATE: November 22, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. V. P. Rane
DESIGNATION: (Retd. IAS) & Former Director, Vasantdada Sugar Institute
SUBJECT: Accountability in Bureaucracy
Quote: Good governance means self-governance.
Democracy must be accompanied with good
governance.
India is facing stupendous problems which can be
resolved by a very good and trained leadership. A
leader who understands the problems of this very
complex nation of ours and can also foresee the
development of the country into a super power is needed. There are two events which
stand out in our history. One is Mahatma Gandhi‟s leadership and the other is Pandit
Nehru‟s speech on the eve of our freedom. Gandhiji was not only fighting for our
country‟s freedom but also fighting to wipe the tears from the eyes of the poor people of
India. Pandit Nehru in his speech had talked of a Nation Awakening while the world
sleeps. Has our Nation truly awakened? Are we self-sufficient? Have we rid ourselves of
poverty? These are the questions we must ask ourselves. Only our Democracy has
flourished. We have had
regular elections. Not
many countries in our
neighborhood can boast
of this achievement. But
accountability? That will
have a very different
answer.
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DATE: November 29, 2006
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Santosh Dutta
DESIGNATION: Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Pune
SUBJECT: Present Income Tax scenario in India
Quote: Income Tax Department helps in the nation building process and hence must
not be seen with resentment.
Today, when one talks about the Income Tax Department, one always talks with
resentment. It takes away hard earned money of the people – be it salaried or
businesspersons. This money is used to build the infrastructure necessary for the
development of the country. In the early 1960, taxation rate was very high. People used
to avoid paying taxes. Now, however, taxation rate has been lowered, but collection has
become very high. On the other hand, new taxes have been launched.
Government service is considered a permanent service. Hence, the quality of service
given by the government servants is very bad. Even if one is paying very high taxes, he
will not be given good service in the Income Tax office. This has changed for the better
in recent times.
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DATE: January 8, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. B. G. Deshmukh
DESIGNATION: Former Cabinet Secretary,
President, CASP (Community AIDS Sponsorship Program)
SUBJECT: My experiences as Chairman of AGNI
Quote: “You do not get anything by asking, you
need to strive for it”
Creating awareness among the citizens about need for good governance was the
reason for starting our NGO AGNI – „Action for Governance Networking in India‟. The
citizens have to know their rights as well as responsibilities. This is the meaning of good
governance. Once AGNI was established it was found that institutions and mechanisms
for good governance were needed. People needed to know where to go with their
grievances. A common man has most of his work and related problems with the
Municipal Corporation- in case of urban areas – and the police force. Secondly, they
have problems with educational institutions and health related problems. Hence, AGNI
thought of establishing grievance cells in each of the wards. A coordinator or a
volunteer would be appointed by AGNI, who would in turn create a cell to address
people‟s grievances and make an honest effort to solve their problems.
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DATE: January 9, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. K. Natwar Singh
DESIGNATION: Hon‟ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
SUBJECT: Indian Foreign Policy in next decade
Today is the 9th Jan and on 9th Jan 1953, he appeared before the Union public service
commission for his interview for the Indian Foreign Service in the Indian Administrative
Service and he came first in India. How and why has Indian democracy survived?
One of the strongest points in India Governance, crises management is India‟s
strong point. Be a good, reconciling contradictions because we were not when our
democracy won‟t work and if we were not good in a crises management than you will
have total chaos in all part of the country. He also spoke on Diplomacy and Foreign
Policy. Foreign policy is what you do; diplomacy is how you do it. You can have
perfectly good policy and perfectly useless diplomacy. Diplomacy is not a science, it‟s a
craft. You are dealing with human beings were equally proficient in their profession.
The qualities of an ideal
diplomat are truth,
accuracy, calm, patience,
good temper, modesty,
loyalty, intelligence,
knowledge,
deraignment, prudence,
charm, industry, courage
and tact.
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DATE: January 11, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Sri. Sri. Ravi Shankarji
DESIGNATION: Spiritual Saint and Guru
SUBJECT: Blessing to MIT-SOG students
Politics means caring for the people, things concerned
to the people. He has written an article on loyalty and choice. You should have loyalty
towards nation, people then you are able to choose independently. The first and
foremost quality of a leader is to free your mind from the prejudice. The politics putting
you on the chair is not a position of power, it‟s a position to serve and we cannot take
pride to renouncing service. For youth, you should have three qualifications enthusiasm,
innovative spirit, and respect for others. If
you have these three things, life will take
you in the right direction.
DATE: January 11, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. T. N. Seshan
DESIGNATION: Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
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DATE: January 13, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Sanjay Kumar
DESIGNATION: CSDS
SUBJECT: Workshop on Election Studies in India
Quote: In India, religion, caste and region is used in a derogatory manner in politics.
The sample size that was taken for our research study comprised of 27,000 Hindu
people comprising of men and women, urban and rural, educated and illiterate, across
all age groups as also the rich and the poor. The findings regarding religiosity threw up
very surprising results. The popular notion that it is the rural, illiterate population, which
is more religious, has been proved wrong. The study took into account –
1. Whether they performed pooja daily, weekly, occasionally or never
2. Visit to temple
3. Observing fasts etc. when the survey was through, it was found that women were
more religious than men, older age groups were more inclined towards religion and
that the urban populace was more religious than their rural counterparts. It was also
found that the rich were more religious than the poor. Similarly, caste as a factor if
used, one can see that the upper caste people were more religious. Then came the
OBCs and lastly we find the SCs and STs, who are least religious.
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DATE: January 16, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Sharad Joshi
DESIGNATION: Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
SUBJECT: Developing Leadership Qualities
My new life began from 1980, when I started work of Shetkari Sangathana. The interest
of the politician was to make agriculture a closed field; nobody can go out because you
can‟t sell the land and nobody can go in because if u will let go one man, who has the
intellectual caliber and who has the financial power and the managerial ability than he
will disclose the whole nature of the governmental conspiracy against the farmer and
that would be a dangerous field. In 1986, we had that Chandaward women‟s
conference, which was attended by over 2 hundred thousand women and which
became a kind of milestone in the history of women‟s literature and also the women‟s
movement which skilled unheard of heights for getting the women‟s property rights and
also getting the women‟s educational rights. He said that the no farm leader even born
in a farmer‟s family and who belongs to their caste has ever succeeded in obtaining as
much love and affection from the farmers in India as I have and I considered that as a
major success. Leadership qualities or qualities of greatness are not necessary better
mental intellectual of physical parameters.
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DATE: January 17, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Karti Chidambaram
DESIGNATION: Member, All India Congress Committee
SUBJECT: Role of Youth in Politics
Quote: Any youngster, if he wants to create an impact in the development of his
country, must take an active interest in the politics of his country.
Usually, the educated middle class likes to blame the government for all the things that
are going wrong in the country. There is tremendous cynicism among the urban
educated youth about politics. They feel totally alienated from the processes of
democracy. They don‟t vote nor know about their elected representatives. This is a very
depressing attitude. This results in election of a class of people that are only out there
for selfish motives. During the freedom struggle, the one common thing amongst all our
leaders was that they were from this same educated middle class. They were committed,
highly qualified and totally answerable to their countrymen. Today, this same middle
class has forsaken its responsibility. For India to change, its middle class needs to take
up this responsible role
again. Only then will we
get a responsible,
accountable government.
This role will have to be
taken up by the young,
educated middle class of
our country. Take up any profession, but keep abreast of the politics of your country.
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DATE: January 25, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Chandan Mitra
DESIGNATION: Hon‟ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
SUBJECT: Role of Media in Indian Elections
I have found in the last three years that the
Parliament is a complicated place. It takes
time to understand that how the system
works. So, it really takes a long time for the
member to come to the integrities.
Media has played all through a very
significant role in promoting clean, fair and
participative elections. I would like to see an election commission that is open to ideas,
suggestion and consultation. I sometimes feel that they keep themselves too cooked up.
They should open themselves for much better interaction and dialogue not just for the
eve of elections but for throughout the year for the ongoing process and I think media
people can guide them a lot.
There are some roles that are universal for the media worldwide. First thing we have to
understand and appreciate is that without media you cannot have democracy at all.
Media is the pillar of democracy and if you will remove the media it will collapse.
There are 3 universal principal roles of
media:
1. The media must give information to the
people.
2. The media should explain that
information to the people. It is not enough
to give the raw data but to explain that what
the data that you have given is.
3. Media can also guide in their thought process.
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DATE: February 17, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Jaswant Singh
DESIGNATION: Hon‟ble Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha
Quote: The first Government is to govern yourself. If your own self is not governed, you
cannot govern anybody.
The first Government is to govern yourself. If your own self is not governed, you cannot
govern anybody. So, the first requirement is to know you and the second is true genuine
humility. So, set your objectives, never ever give up your object. Please remember, I
never forget that you can reach the horizon. The country is the collective of all of us. It is
not one individual or family and it cannot be, therefore you should learn about your
country. You cannot govern India, unless you know India. If you don‟t have the passion
about Politics and Government, then please don‟t make it a source of livelihood
because Government requires you to give, not to take.
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DATE: February 27, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. G. V. Rao
DESIGNATION: Ex-Assistant Director General, UNESCO
SUBJECT: UN and its specialized agencies (UNESCO, ILO, WHO, FAO)
Quote: “War begins in the mind of men; it is in the minds of men that foundations of
peace need to be constructed.”
UN has many defects similar to the earlier League of Nations. These defects need to be
resolved, but the biggest contributors to the UN do not want to resolve them. Hence, it is
for the Member states to try and keep the spirit of the UN alive and resolve the defects
peacefully.
Tolerance towards cultural diversity must be taught at a very young age so that peaceful
solutions to all conflicts can be achieved. It is always easy to start a war but very difficult
to end it. UN and its agencies have to strive towards peaceful co-existence, international
peace and security. Today the world is shrinking and becoming a global village.
“Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” – the entire world is like one family - is the new mantra
which was taught to us by our ancient seers. This is the goal that has to be achieved by
the UN and its agencies.
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DATE: March 14, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Raj S. Babu
DESIGNATION: IAS
SUBJECT: Health Care for all
Health Care for all, is it possible? It is possible in the developed countries of the world.
Health of its citizens is the true reflection of the wealth of any country. A healthy citizen
can really contribute to the development of the country. The great countries of the world
spend 19% of its GDP towards healthcare. 4300 Dollars / person is the amount spent in
USA on healthcare. In India it is dismal. We spend much more on our Defense. In India
a National Health Policy had been launched in 1983 which aimed at “Health for all” by
2000. Did we achieve it? World Bank had financed this project. Health care included
sanitation, nutrition, drinking water, pollution reduction and health education.
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DATE: April 12, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. P. N. Siva
DESIGNATION: Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
SUBJECT: Role & Responsibility of Youth in Indian Politics
Quote: “Young people of the developing countries are more optimistic despite facing
great challenges than the youngsters of the developed world despite their material
developments.”
DMK initially was a socially reformative party, which later entered democratic electoral
process. The period of Emergency was like a second war of independence. In the early
days of the Emergency, till the DMK was the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, the Congress
under Mrs. Gandhi was all praise for the democratic rule in Tamil Nadu. It was only,
when the DMK was told to justify the Emergency, which it denied forthright, that the
DMK government was dismissed. Even today, the people of Tamil Nadu respect the
DMK for taking a stand in favor of democracy. DMK also has taken a consistent stand
that no language, be it Hindi or any other language, must be imposed on any State.
Material growth is not the only criteria for any growth. India is bound to be a great force
by 2020. But this growth must have a blend of traditions with science. Only then will
there be real development.
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DATE: May 8, 2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Vishwas Gangurde
DESIGNATION: Former MLA
SUBJECT: Planning & executing a political campaign
Mahatma Gandhi is the biggest strategizer of
political campaign - his Dandi March, and
uniting the country with weaving hand spun
khadi. He said that everyone wants power, but
what is it that is done with the power that is given
is the most important criterion in the politician
with a difference. He sarcastically commented
that the opposition party can always use the
failure of the ruling government as their political
campaign. There are 3 types of votes during the elections; one are the fixed voters for
your party, second are the fixed voters for the opposition, and the third are the "floating"
voters - to whom the campaign has to be targeted.
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Events
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ONE-DAY ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE ON
„THE NEED TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE, UNITY,
IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR WORLD PEACE‟
Democracy demands peace and peace perpetuates
democracy. The unity of the visions of MAEER‟s and
MIT-SOG thus came together to organize the one day
round table conference on the Need to Promote
Tolerance, Unity and Cultural Diversity for World
Peace. Eminent speakers and specialists in the realm
attended the conference and spoke on the premises
of religion and its obvious relation to tolerance, unity and diversity. A thought-provoking
agenda it was; to say the least.
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AN INITIATIVE ON THE WORLDS AIDS DAY – STREET PLAY
The scourge of the modern word - AIDS - was marked by street plays all over the city of
Pune, on World AIDS Day - 1st December 2006. An AIDS Devil, on stilts, was let loose
in the city and then finally captured and controlled by the Participants of MDG 02. One
of the highlights of the day was performance of the Street Play performed amidst
Commercial Sex Workers of Pune. The Grand finale, of the street plays, took place at
the Shanivaar Wada - a historic monument of Pune. Leading newspapers of the City
and State flashed this event for many weeks following the event.
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WORKSHOP ON ELECTORAL PROCESSES– BY CSDS (CENTRE FOR STUDY OF DEVELOPING SOCIETIES, DELHI)
The workshop on Electoral Processes by
CSDS provided the inside stories and those
outside it other valuable insights to the
participants in the daylong workshop. The
speaker focused on the misuse of Money and
Muscle Power in Electoral processes in India.
And also stressed on the importance of youth
involvement in politics to change the dynamics of the entire political structure.
ONE-DAY ROUND TABLE SEZ NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The MIT-School of Government organized the one-day national conference on Special
Economic Zones. The Governmental Authorities, Private Players, Economists and
representatives of the farmers discussed the SEZ Issue. The SEZ Act was also included in
the discussion - and the suggestions of these Experts were formulated as Pune
Declaration.
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NGO EXPOSURE WORKSHOP
“NGO Exposure Workshop”, 24 & 25
February, 2007 was held by Gandhi
National Memorial Society, Agakhan
Palace, Pune. In this two-day workshop
the participants got an insight into the
functioning, registration process,
fundraising technique, strategic
management and other operational challenges of NGO. The participants got hands on
experience as they not only saw current set-up and activities undertaken by the Gandhi
National Memorial Society, an NGO
working at Agakhan Palace, but also got
to learn from the stalwarts about their
experiences. This workshop was conducted
exclusively for MIT-SOG participants.
DISCUSSION ON CURRENT CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
“Discussion on current constitutional
issues” was held by ILS Law College,
Pune on 11th March 2007. One-day
workshop was held by ILS Law College in
the memory of late Dr. S.P. Sathe.
MPG02 participants attended this
workshop and were privileged to listen
the eminent speakers.
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BUILDING A CAREER, BUILDING THE NATION:
CAREER-COUNSELLING WORKSHOP BY MA FOI
The niche career of politics needs more than just regular counseling. It was with this
view that the daylong workshop with the vibrant counselors from Ma Foi Placement
Consultants was held. The workshop provided the participants an insight about
everything pertinent to a career, especially a political one. Ranging from the importance
of communication to the exploration of invisible career avenues, the counselors taught
them the importance of standing tall and thinking big.
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Local Field Visits
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15-DAY FIELD STUDY OF FARMER‟S SUICIDE IN THE
VIDARBHA REGION OF MAHARASHTRA
The high rate of Farmers' suicide in the
Vidarbha region needed to be studied at
close quarters. Thus during the study l eave
in December, 2007, 10 participants
aspiring for the social change decided to
take the call of Shri Bhairav Singh
Shekhawat, former Vice President of India,
to look into the core issue relating to the
farmers suicide in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
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WADKI GRAMPANCHAYAT
The participants got to learn the
practical aspects of the actual
functioning of the rural Local
Self Government units. The
interaction with the Lady
Sarpanch and other members
was very informative and
stimulating. The participants
could see the impact and relate
to what they learnt in the classroom about the 73rd and 74th amendments especially in
the area of women empowerment.
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BHARATIYA AGRO INDUSTRIES FOUNDATION
(BAIF)
The mission and the set-up of this NGO
enchanted the participants. The experts from
these centres informed the MITSOG
participants about the activities/projects being
carried out and the mission with which a
staunch Gandhian, Shri Manibhai Desai,
started BAIF.
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MANAVYA
Manavya, an NGO and home for the orphaned and destitute children afflicted by
HIV/AIDS on 30th June 2007. It was indeed an intriguing experience to meet the 54
children and the challenges faced by this NGO. The participants not only understood
ho w the HIV/AIDS research and
funding helps such local NGOs, but
also got to know the societal attitude
and other challenges.
In July as the part of the NGO
specialization the participants visited
Sarhad, an NGO that works for the
orphans from war torn area especially
Jammu and Kashmir.
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KATEWADI VISIT
The participants undertook a 5-day field
study at the Katewadi village in Baramati
taluka. A comprehensive house-to-house
survey was undertaken for the Health,
Education and Sanitation and the
participants prepared a project report too
with some practical recommendations. A
special survey for Women's Groups - a
vulnerable group in the Indian Society -
was also conducted.
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Model Parliament
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MODEL PARLIAMENT
The participants conducted Model Parliament, emulating the seat of Indian Democracy
in the presence of Mr. P.A. Sangma on 14th October, 2006. Graced by the presence of
very charismatic and erudite Ex-Speaker of Lok Sabha, Mr. Purno Sangma, who also
acted as a Speaker in this Model Parliament,
it was exclusively set up and performed by
the participants of MIT-SOG MDG 02. All
factual proceedings of the Lok Sabha,
including Passing of a Bill, Amendment
Procedures, and Rejection of No-Confidence
Motion posed by the Opposition, Laying of
the Papers etc. were performed under the
able guidance of Mr. Bhagwan Gujar (Ex- Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha).
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Convocation Ceremony
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CONVOCATION CEREMONY
On the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti, 2nd October 2007, the Convocation
Ceremony of MPG Batch - 02 was
organized. The august ceremony
commenced with the procession led by Prof.
(Gp. Capt.) D. P. Apte, followed by His
Excellency Lt. Gen. (Retd.) S. K. Sinha, PVSM,
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir – along
with Dr. Vishwanath Karad, Shri T. N.
Seshan, Dr. Shrikant Paranjpe, Dr. Francis A. Menezes, Shri. Rahul V. Karad, Prof.
Mangesh Karad, Faculty members and the
Participants of MPG - 02. Well attired in their
Convocation robes, participants were proud to
display their valour. The function started with the
lighting of the traditional lamp followed by the
National Song – Vande Mataram. Founder &
Executive President of MAEER‟s MIT Prof. (Dr.)
Vishwanath D. Karad gave a welcome speech while other dignitaries shared their
thoughts. The main Convocation Ceremony was a gala affair. The MPG – 02
participants were not only excited but also enjoyed each moment while receiving their
Graduation Certificates at the auspicious hands of Hon‟ble Governor of Jammu &
Kashmir. Special Certificates for three outstanding participants of MPG-02 were
announced as a special recognition for their exemplary performances through the year.
Mr. Kannan got “Be The Change” Award for showing remarkable change in behavior
by imbibing the values of Leadership which were taught in the class. Mr. Ajay Srivastava
received “Outstanding Participant” Award, while Mr. Bankim Shah, who had excelled in
academics, received “Best Participant” Award.
Hon‟ble Governor in his very erudite speech referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a
„banyan tree in the world of politics.‟ He lauded the role played by the father of the
nation in framing the destiny of an independent Indian nation, which gave a new
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direction to world politics. “Guided by the ideals of the Mahatma, other great leaders
like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Babu Rajendra Prasad and Lal
Bahadur Shastri played a crucial role in laying the foundation of a strong Indian
nationhood”.
The J&K governor highlighted the role of Gandhi‟s
principles of peace and non-violence in shaping the
consciousness of the young Indian nation when it
emerged from the shackles of foreign domination
and took its independent place among the free
nations of the world. He iterated that corruption is
plaguing the country at one hand while the gross domestic product (GDP) is increasing
at an astonishing pace annually on the other.
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Academic Team
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Director
Mr. Vishnu Ram Swaminathan
Faculties
Ms. Sukalpa Chakraborty
Mrs. Vanisree Ramanathan
Mrs. Shweta Band
Mrs. Mukta Kulkarni
Mrs. Hemangini Shah
Mrs. Rajul Joshi
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Academic Awards
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Best Academic Performance
Mr. Bankim Shah
Best Participant
Mr. Ajay Srivastava
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