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Management faculty members Prof. Parul Gupta and Prof. Neetu Purohit attended FICCI's Conclave ‘The Business of Government:Learning from Global Experiences’
The conclave was organized byFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Thisone day discussion forum was divided into multiple sessions which covered different dimensions related to the idea of Governance and how India can learn from Global experiences.
Session 1: Inaugural
Panelists-
1. MrSidharth Birla, Past President, FICCI
2. Prof RajendraSrivastava, Dean, Indian School of Business
3. Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog (Chief Guest)
4. Dr A Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI
The discussion in the session focused on how India can improve delivery of public services and what are the steps being taken by the central government currently. Mr.Amitabh Kant discussed in detail the methods being adopted by the government to push states for better performance in civic governance related issues.
Session 2 on Citizen Engagement And Innovation:Enablers Of An Open And Inclusive Governance
Panelists
1. Mr ArunMaira, Former Member, Planning Commission of India
2. Mr Daniel J Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business ofGovernment
3. Dr AnupamKhanna, Former Chief Economist and Director General of Policy Outreach and Chief Economist, National Association of Software andService Companies (NASSCOM)
4. Prof Rajeev Malhotra, Executive Director, Centre for Development and Finance, School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal GlobalUniversity
5. Mr K Padmanabhaiah, Chairman, Administrative Staff College of India
6. Mr Pawan Chopra, Former Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
7. Dr Julia Glidden (Ms), General Manager, Global Public Services, IBMCorporation
8. Mr AnanthaSayana, Vice President & Head Digital, Larsen & ToubroConstruction
Panel discussed the role of open data, fiscal transparency, co-creation ofservices, citizen engagement with government and with civil society, andapproaches to innovation. Focus was on related social issues facing national,state, and local governments in India and how citizens can be involved in creating larger participation and better governance.
Session 3 on-From Data To Insights:Collaborating Across Agencies In The Use Of Analytics In E-Government
Panelists
1. Prof Prajapti Trivedi, Faculty Chair, Management Programme in Public Policyand Senior Fellow (Governance), Bharti Institute of Public Policy; AdjunctProfessor of Public Policy, Indian School of Business
2. Mr John Kamensky, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business ofGovernment
3. Dr B K Gairola, Adviser (IT), Warehouse Development andRegulatory Authority and formerly Member Secretary, NationalInnovation Council
4. Dr Deepa Mani (Ms), Associate Professor and Research Fellow;Executive Director, SriniRajuCenter for IT and the NetworkedEconomy, Indian School of Business.
5. Dr PronabSen, Former Chief Statistician of India
6. Dr B S Ghuman, Professor, Department of Public Administration, PanjabUniversity
7. Ms ManinderKaurDwivedi, Adviser, NITI Aayog
Panel discussed examples of how government agencies currently use and can improve on technology to workacross agency boundaries, using data and analytics to help focus and set priorities for action.
Session 4 on Business Of Government: Learnings From Global Experiences
Panelists
1. Mr.Daniel J Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for the Business ofGovernment
2. Mr John Kamensky, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business ofGovernment
3. Dr Nivedita P Haran (Ms), Director, Centre for Innovations in PublicSystems
The Panel elucidated on how the IBM Centre for the Business of Governmenthelp support management improvement efforts in the US and in New Zealand and what could be themodel for such a forum in India.