Talk & Discussion on "How to Make Things Happen in the Government?" With Shri Anil Swarup
Venue
ABE Auditorium, GIM Campus, Sanquelim and live streaming on GIM YouTube
Event Date and Time
Monday, 13th January 2025, 4.00 pm to 5.45 pm IST
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In the session, Shri Swarup shared his practical experiences on how to navigate the complexities of governance and policy making highlighting ways to drive meaningful impact in the government and enhance public value for the larger social good.
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Keynote speaker
Shri Anil Swarup
Former Secretary, Government of India; Founder-Chairman Nexus of Good
Shri. Anil Swarup is a distinguished former civil servant with a career spanning 38 years, during which he made significant contributions to India’s governance and public policy. He completed his Master’s Degree in Political Science from Allahabad University in 1978, where he was awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal for being the Best All-Round Student. Dr. Swarup joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1981, after a year of service in the Indian Police Service (IPS) and went on to win the Director’s Gold Medal for the best officer trainee at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration amongst the officers of his batch. Throughout his career, Dr. Swarup held various key roles in both the Uttar Pradesh state government and the Central Government. Notably, he served as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Coal, where he managed the aftermath of the coal scam, and later as Secretary of School Education and Literacy, where he attempted to foster public-private partnerships to improve the quality of school education.
Dr. Swarup has won several awards and nominations, the prominent ones being: Nominated as one of the ‘Policy Change Agent’ by The Economics Times during the years 2010, 2012, 2015 & 2016. He was also selected as one of the ‘35 Action Heroes’ in India Today’s 35th Annual Edition. He is the Founder Chairman of Nexus of Good, an initiative that promotes positive social actions, and the author of the bestseller ‘Not Just a Civil Servant’.
Discussants
Sebastian Morris
Senior Professor, General Management & Public Policy & Chair, Centre for Public Policy & Governance
- morris@gim.ac.in; chaircppg@gim.ac.in
- +91 9824232121; +91 832 2366733
Prof. Sebastian Morris is Senior Professor and Chair of the Centre for Public Policy and Governance at the Goa Institute of Management. He retired from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad after over 25 years of teaching, research and consultation. His principal interests are the Indian economy, infrastructure development and regulation, the public sector and governance, international trade and investments, macroeconomics, and small industry. His recent books have been: Macroeconomic Policy in India since the Global Financial Crisis – Trends, Policies and Challenges in Economic Revival Post COVID (Springer Nature, 2022); (ed.) The Difficulty of Being Gajendra Haldea – Reflections on His Life and Legacy (Bloomsbury, 2023) and (ed.) The India Infrastructure Report 2023 – Urban Planning and Development (Bloomsbury, 2023).
Prof. Rahul Tripathi is Professor of Political Science at the D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Public Administration at the Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy, Goa University. He has been the Project Coordinator to the Election Commission of India for a Study on ‘Knowledge, Attitude and Perceptions of Voters in Goa’ and executed an online course on ‘Democracy and Electoral Management’ for Election Officials in Goa. He specializes in International Political Economy and South Asia and is currently working on a book on ‘India and Global Political Economy’ under a grant awarded by Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi. His writings on South Asia and Global Political Economy have appeared in journals like Economic and Political Weekly, International Studies, South Asian Survey and popular writings in the Indian Express, Times of India, O’Heraldo and Navhind Times.
Discussants
Prof. Rahul Tripathi
Professor of Political Science at the D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Public Administration at the Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy, Goa University.
- rmt@unigoa.ac.in
- +91-8669609149
Prof. Rahul Tripathi is Professor of Political Science at the D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Public Administration at the Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy, Goa University. He has been the Project Coordinator to the Election Commission of India for a Study on ‘Knowledge, Attitude and Perceptions of Voters in Goa’ and executed an online course on ‘Democracy and Electoral Management’ for Election Officials in Goa. He specializes in International Political Economy and South Asia and is currently working on a book on ‘India and Global Political Economy’ under a grant awarded by Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi. His writings on South Asia and Global Political Economy have appeared in journals like Economic and Political Weekly, International Studies, South Asian Survey and popular writings in the Indian Express, Times of India, O’Heraldo and Navhind Times.
Prof. Rahul Tripathi is Professor of Political Science at the D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Public Administration at the Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy, Goa University. He has been the Project Coordinator to the Election Commission of India for a Study on ‘Knowledge, Attitude and Perceptions of Voters in Goa’ and executed an online course on ‘Democracy and Electoral Management’ for Election Officials in Goa. He specializes in International Political Economy and South Asia and is currently working on a book on ‘India and Global Political Economy’ under a grant awarded by Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi. His writings on South Asia and Global Political Economy have appeared in journals like Economic and Political Weekly, International Studies, South Asian Survey and popular writings in the Indian Express, Times of India, O’Heraldo and Navhind Times.
Schedule
3.30 pm to 4.00 pm Registration and Refreshments
4.00 pm to 4.05 pm Welcome (Ms. Bernice de Souza)
4.05 pm to 4.15 pm Remarks by Prof. Ajit Parulekar, Director, GIM
4.15 pm to 4.20 pm Setting the Context (Prof. Sebastian Morris, Chair, CPPG-GIM)
4.20 pm to 5.00 pm Keynote address by Dr. Anil Swarup (Former Secretary, Government of India; Founder-Chairman Nexus of Good)
5.00 pm to 5.40 pm Open session, discussion and Q&A (With Profs. Sebastian Morris & Rahul Tripathi and Q&A, Moderated by Ms. Bernice de Souza, CPPG-GIM)
5.40 pm to 5.45pm Vote of Thanks (Ms. Nandini Tank, CPPG-GIM) and wrapping up
Contact Persons
Dr. Kingshuk Sarkar, Associate Professor,
Email: kingshuk@gim.ac.in
Contact no: +91 9007704524; +91 8322366942
Ms. Bernice de Souza, Senior Research Associate, CPPG, GIM
Email: bernice@gim.ac.in
Mb: +91 9923693329