PRE-INAUGURAL SESSION

INTRO SPEECH 1. Respected guest of honor, distinguished guests, invited dignitaries

and delegates….a very Good morning and a warm welcome to the
Regional Conference on Good Governance Initiatives- focus on
Aspirational Districts. We are very happy to receive you all here on
day 1 of the conference and thank each one of you for your esteemed
presence.

ABT THE CONFERENCE 2. Ladies and gentleman, over these 2 days, this conference, organized
by IMG on behalf of DARPG (Dept. of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances),
Govt. of India and Govt. of Kerala, would attempt to disseminate the
good governance practices and initiatives from various states in
India. This forum would provide you plenty of opportunities to
showcase the new good governance initiatives along with the well-
recognized ones, to discuss them, and to share the knowledge and
insights. We are privileged to have in attendance so many distinguished
experts and delegates from over 9 states and 5 UTs, representing the
western & southern India. With such a diverse & dynamic
representation amidst us, we are sure that your knowledge,
experience and expertise will provide important insights on good
governance initiatives.

With this note, we can’t further wait, but kick start our sessions.

INVITING
3. To begin with our pre-inaugural session, and to acquaint you to this
2 day conference, it’s theme and objective, we have a special
dignitary with us and it’s my privilege to introduce him to the
gathering.
 Shri V Srinivas a) Shri. V.Srinivas, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Administrative
Reforms and Public Grievances, Govt. of India is an IAS officer of
1989 batch. Prior to this, he served as the Chairman, Rajasthan
Tax Board with additional charge of Chairman, Board of
Revenue, Rajasthan. Among various other roles, he has served
as the
- Adviser to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund,
-Deputy Director (Administration), AIIMS,
-Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Culture Govt of
India,
-Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum,
-Director General, National Archives of India
-and as the District Collector at Jodhpur and Pali
He is known for his inspiring and informative orations in his areas of
interests like public finance and planning. He has conferred numerous
awards and recognitions. Nomination for the Prime Minister’s Award
for Excellence in Public Administration for Digital AIIMS Project 2017,
AIIMS Leadership Excellence Award by Health Minister and Minister
for Urban Development are a few to mention.

So, without further ado, ladies and gentleman, please join me to

welcome to the stage, Shri.V.Srinivas, Additional Secretary, DARPG,
Govt. of India.

Thank you Sir!

b) Next, to brief about the sessions, we have with us Dr. R. Ram Mohan,
Dr. R.Ram Mohan
Professor at IMG Thiruvananthapuram.
He has partnered with Dept. of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances in many innovative and path breaking research
initiatives including development of Competency Framework for
civil servants and has also undertaken several action research
projects of relevance to the realm of Good governance and
 administrative reforms. He is the State Nodal Officer for this
regional conference.
Let me please invite, Dr. R. Ram Mohan to address the gathering.

Thank you Sir!

INAUGURAL SESSION
INTRO Our inaugural session would commence by 11:30 am as soon as our
guest of honor arrives the venue. Before we begin, I’d like to take a few
moments in introducing to you, our esteemed panel of luminaries who
will be on the dais during our inaugural session.

ABT DIGNITARIES
Hon’ble Governor The Guest of honor for the day is Hon’ble Governor of Kerala, Retd.
Justice. P. Sathasivam.
A venerable personality, Shri Retd. Justice P Sathasivam, has
dominated the legal firmament for over decades. He has to his credit
several path breaking judgments and certain electoral reforms like
Nota, Paper trail etc owes to his decisions. From being an Additional
Govt Pleader to the post as the judge of Supreme Court in 2007 and as
the 40th Chief Justice of India in 2013, it was his great zeal and
patriotism along with hard work and positive attitude that has led
hon’ble Governor to this esteemed position. He, who assumed the
office as the 23rd Governor of Kerala, holds the credit of being the first
former Chief Justice of Supreme court to be appointed as the Governor
of a State. Hon’ble Governor has also pioneered the quality
improvement drive in higher education in State, by institutionalizing
Chancellor’s Award for the best university.
 Shri. Tom Jose The presidential address will be delivered by Shri. Tom Jose, Chief
Secretary, Government of Kerala.
Shri. Tom Jose, with 35 years of administrative, managerial and
diplomatic experience at the state, national and international levels,
has held an array of positions of increasing responsibilities. The 1984
IAS batch officer began his career as the Sub collector of Thrissur and
since then, has held various important portfolios, both at the State and
Central levels. He has served as the first Director of Air, in the Defense
Ministry during 1999-2004. Subsequently, he also served as the Chief
Coordinator for the Military and Technical Corporation between India
and Russia. In the state, he served as the Principal Secretary of Public
Works Department, the first Managing Director of our prestigious
Kochi Metro Rail Ltd and also as the Managing Director of Kerala State
Industrial Development Corporation among others.

Shri. K. V. Eapen
We have our Keynote speaker, Shri. K. V. Eapen, presently the
Secretary to Government of India, Dept. of Administrative Reforms and
Public Grievances and Department of Pension and Pensioner’s
Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Shri. K.V. Eapen is a senior officer of Indian Administrative Services
with 35 years’ experience in public service. He was the Additional Chief
Secretary of Assam and was also the Chief Coordinator for the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Assam. He
has also been the
-Joint Secretary (Banking Administration), Dept. of Financial
Services, Ministry of Finance,
-Director, Dept. of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industries,
-Director (Vigilance), Dept. of Personnel and Training, Govt. of India.
Shri. Eapen held significant international portfolio as the Senior
Adviser to the Executive Director, International Monetary Fund,
representing India in the G20 International Financial Architecture
 Working Group and as the Alternate Deputy in the International
Monetary and Financial Committee of IMF.

Shri.V.Srinivas
Shri.V.Srinivas, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Administrative Reforms
and Public Grievances, Govt. of India is an IAS officer of 1989 batch.
Prior to this, he served as the Chairman, Rajasthan Tax Board with
additional charge of Chairman, Board of Revenue, Rajasthan. Among
various other roles, he has served as Adviser to Executive Director,
International Monetary Fund,
-Deputy Director (Administration), AIIMS
-Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Culture Govt
of India,
-Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum,
-Director General, National Archives of India
and as the District Collector at Jodhpur and Pali
He is known for his inspiring and informative orations in his areas of
interests like public finance and planning. [He has conferred numerous
awards and recognitions. Nomination for the Prime Minister’s Award
for Excellence in Public Administration for Digital AIIMS Project 2017,
AIIMS Leadership Excellence Award by Health Minister and Minister
for Urban Development are the few to mention.]

Shri. K. Jayakumar, Director, Institute of Management in Government

Shri. K. Jayakumar
will formally welcome these eminent invitees.
To introduce to the gathering, Shri. K. Jayakumar, former Chief
Secretary to Govt of Kerala, began his career as a lecturer in the
University of Kerala. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in
1978 and thereafter this senior IAS officer has been in charge of
several distinguished roles. He served as the District Collector of
Kozhikode, the Director of Tourism Department, Govt. of Kerala, and
has been the Secretary for various departments; General Education
 and Devaswom to name a few. He has also rendered his service as the
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He was the
Additional Chief Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and was as Chief
Secretary, Government of Kerala, when he finally retired from service
in 2012. Apart from being a civil servant, Mr. Jayakumar is a noted
author, poet, translator, lyricist, artist, and scriptwriter who gave the
Kerala’s top bureaucrat’s post an aura of the artistic and the literary.

Now, that was the profiles of our eminent panel for the inaugural
session.
TEA BREAK To refresh ourselves let we take a short break while we wait it out for
our Chief Guest’s arrival.
Dear all, Tea is arranged outside this hall. Let me please request you to
help yourself with the refreshment and I request everyone to please
be seated in the hall by 11:15 am.
As a courtesy to others, we also request to please silence or turn off
your cellphones, during the sessions and specifically after the arrival
of our Hon’ble Governor.
Thank you!
HON’BLE GOVERNOR’S Ladies and Gentleman, we are pleased to announce the arrival of our
ARRIVAL Chief Guest, the Hon’ble Governor of Kerala, Justice (Retd.) P.
Sathasivam. May we rise and welcome hon’ble Governor amidst us.

NATIONAL ANTHEM May I please request the entire gathering to rise for the National
Anthem. Thank you!

WELCOME DIGNITARIES We have the honor of inviting the dignitaries to the Regional
Conference on Good Governance Initiatives- focus on Aspirational
Districts.
 We have with us our Chief guest of this Regional Conference, Hon’ble
Governor of Kerala, Shri. Retd. Justice. P. Sathasivam.
ABOUT HON”BL A venerable personality, Shri Retd. Justice P Sathasivam, has
GOVERNOR dominated the legal firmament for over decades. He has to his credit
several path breaking judgments and certain electoral reforms like
Nota, Paper trail etc owes to his decisions. From being an Additional
Govt Pleader to the post as the judge of Supreme Court in 2007 and as
the 40th Chief Justice of India in 2013, it was his great zeal and
patriotism along with hard work and positive attitude that has led
hon’ble Governor to this esteemed position. He, who assumed the
office as the 23rd Governor of Kerala, holds the credit of being the first
former Chief Justice of Supreme court to be appointed as the Governor
of a State. Hon’ble Governor has also pioneered the quality
improvement drive in higher education in State, by institutionalizing
Chancellor’s Award for the best university.

INVITING
Director IMG FOR Welcome Moving onto the commencement of the inaugural session, I’d like to
Address invite Shri. K. Jayakumar, Director, Institute of Management in
Government, for the welcome address.

Shri. K.V. Eapen for I request Shri K.V.Eapen, Secretary, DARPG, Govt of India, to take over
Keynote address
for the Keynote Address.

Shri Tom Jose for

I request Shri. Tom Jose, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala, to deliver the
Presidential address
Presidential address.
LAMP LIGHTING Light and brightness has always been equated with positivity. To start
us off on an auspicious note, we will now have the lamp lighting
ceremony by our esteemed dignitaries on the dais. I would now
request the dignitaries to kindly proceed towards the ceremonial lamp
for the auspicious inaugural ceremony.
To do the honors, may I humbly request, our guest of honor, the
Hon’ble Governor of Kerala, Shri. Retd. Justice P. Sathasivam, to light
the first wick & mark the formal inauguration of the Regional
Conference on Good Governance – Focus on Aspirational Districts. I’d
also request the other dignitaries to kindly light the ceremonial lamp.

Thank you hon’ble Governor. Thank you dignitaries for doing the
honor.

May I please request Hon’bl Governor to kindly address the gathering

and share your thoughts with us.

Thank you Sir for those

Now that our Regional conference has been formally inaugurated, let’s
VIDEO ON PM AWARDS
take a glimpse of a brief video on Prime Minister awarded initiatives.

MEMENTOS TO Ladies and gentleman, we’l now have our dignitaries honored with
DIGNITARIES
mementos. And I request Shri. K. Jayakumar, Director, Institute of
Management in Government to do the honor.
Beginning with the Hon’ble Governor, Sir, I request you to kindly
accept our token of gratitude for gracing this occasion with you
presence.
Now I request Shri Tom Jose, respected Chief Secretary of Kerala, to
kindly accept the memento.
 The memento may please be presented to Shri. K.V Eapen, Secretary,
DARPG. Next, I request Shri.V.Srinivas, Additional Secretary, DARPG to
accept the token of appreciation.

Thank you dignitaries and Thank you Director IMG!

NATIONAL ANTHEM To conclude with the formal inaugural session, I request that the
National Anthem may please be played and that we rise for the same.

Thank you all!

On this note, we conclude this inaugural session and I thank the hon’bl
guests for their presence.

We also thank other invited guests off the dais, the press and the media
members & other well-wishers who have reached here from far and
near acknowledging our invitation. Thank you all for your presence.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO Well, ladies and gentleman, we move on now to the next item on the
AUDIENCE agenda and we are very happy to announce that we had very
successful and auspicious pre-conference session this morning.
I request the audience to remain seated, as we will commence our 1 st
session of presentations immediately. Presentations in the 1st session
are focused on the theme effective governance. The speakers of this
session will be
-Shri S.M. Vijayanand, Chairman, Centre for Management
Development,
-Prof.(Dr.) R Vasudevan, Dean, Thiagrajar College of Engineering
-(Dr.) Jaya S Anand, Professor, Professor, Institute of Management in
Govt.
SESSION 1
INTRO
Shri.S.M Vijayanand I take the previlage of inviting the 1 speaker of this conference, the most
st

respected Former Chief Secretary of Kerala, Shri S.M.Vijayanand. He was also

the Former Secretary (Panchayati Raj), Govt of India. Besides serving as the
Member Secretary of the Sen committee on Democratic Decentralisation, he
was also the Member of 2nd and 4th Finance commission of Kerala and the 3rd
Administrative reforms panel of the state. Proudly adding to this, that
Institute of Management in Government has been under his able leadership,
whem he served as it’s Director General and President. Currently he is
Chairman, Centre for Management Development, Thiruvananthapuram.
Let’s now listen to sir’s presentation on “Local Self Governance-Learning
from Kerala”
Welcome you sir!

Thank you sir, for sharing those valuable experiences and insights.

Prof.(Dr.) Rajagoplan Next we have with us, an ingenious innovator, a perseverant scientist and a
Vasudevan passionate teacher; Prof.(Dr.) Rajagoplan Vasudevan. He is the Dean,
Thiagrajar College of Engineering, Madurai and a Chemistry expert. The
‘Plastic Man of India’, as he is known, is the master brain who offered the
simplest solution to India’s intricate problmes of plastic waste management
and deplorable public roads. Prof. R Vasudevan developed a project of
converting and reusing plastic waste to make cost effective & durable all-
weather roads. Recognizing this innovation, Govt of India awarded him with
Padma Shri this year. Our distinguished speaker to present on the topic “Beat
plastic pollution”.

Request you to kindly take over sir!

Thank you sir, for those

Dr. Jaya S Anand Dr. Jaya S Anand is the senior professor of Institute of Management in Govt,
Thiruvananthapuram. She pioneered many research projects of relevance
 including the project on Capacity building for access to Information
partnered by UNDP & Govt of India. She is an experienced academician with
active involvement in research initiatives. Her areas of interest include Right
to Information and Right to Services Act, Administrative reforms &
governance and Rural Development among many others. Today she presents
on the topic Citizen Satisfaction on Public distribution system in Kerala.
I welcome you ma’m!

Thank you ma’m, for those

MEMENTOS TO SPEAKERS During this enlightening session, 3 eminent invitees shared with us their
ideas and experiences of effective governance Now, it’s our turn to
Shri K.V.Eapen acknowledge their efforts, and so I request Shri.K.V.Eapen to give away
tokens of appreciation to the speakers.
Shri S.M.Vijayanand
Dr. R Vasudevan
Dr. Jaya S Anand

An important announcement to the invited guests, arrangements are made

ANNOUNCEMENT TO
for a visit to the Padmanabha Swami Temple, by tomorrow morning.
AUDIENCE FOR LUNCH
Interested guests may please register your name in the front desk and is
requested to report by 5:50 am for the visit.

Now the gathering may dismiss for lunch. We will begin the next session by
2:30 pm
SESSION 2
INTRO Good afternoon all! Welcome back!
Now to begin with session II, which include presentations on the theme
Aspirational districts, we have our speaker

Shri K. Veera Raghava Rao, District collector, representing Ramanathapuram

Shri K.Veera Raghava Rao
Dist., Tamil Nadu. He was a 2007 batch IAS officer who has served as District
Collector in Tiruvallur & Madurai districts. He was also the City
commissioner, Thrichirrapalli Corporation. He was awarded ECI National
 Award for the Best electoral practices in creating voters education and
electoral participation in Madurai district from the hon’ble President of
India. He has also won several other laurels representing his district. The
national award for best district in implementation of schemes for the welfare
of Differently abled persons etc are among the other. Now I welcome sir for
the presentation.

Shri Vijay Chandrakant Shri Vijay Chandrakant Rathod, CEO –Zilla Parishad., Gadchiroli, Maharastra
Rathod On Block Task Force In Gadchiroli Dist.

Shri Jignesh Tanna Shri Jignesh Tanna, Superintendent (Prohibition & Excise), Gujarat
On Narmada Transformation Corps (for effective outreach & awareness
campaign of schemes at Village & Block levels)

MEMENTOS TO SPEAKERS
Shri. K.Jayakumar I request Shri K. Jayakumar, Director, Institute of Management in
Government, to present the speakers with mementos
Shri K. Veera Raghava Rao
Shri Vijay Chandrakant Rathod
Shri Jignesh Tanna
TEA BREAK

SESSION 3
INTRO Session 3 will have presentations on the theme Transformation of
Aspirational Districts followed by a Panel discussion on the same.

Shri Rama Kamaraju We have our 1st speaker, Shri Rama Kamaraju, who is the Senior Consultant,
NITI Ayog to speak on the topic. He was the Snr. General Manager
(Consulting) in National Institute for Smart Government. He also served as
the Vice President for Sphinx Systemhouse and as Asst. Secretary, at
 Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. His areas of expertise are SAP
functional system implementations, ERP etc.

Invite you to the stage sir.

Thank you sir for you experience sharing on

Shri Ajayakumar A.R Next I invite Shri Ajayakumar A.R, Collector, Wayanad for presenting on
“Aspiration district Wayanad- it’s impact”. Shri Ajayakumar A.R is a 2012
batch IAS officer. Previously he served as Executive Director, Jalanidhi.

Thank you sir!

Let’s now begin with the panel discussion. We have our panelists, Shri Rama
ANNOUNCEMENT ON Kamaraju, Shri Ajayakumar A.R, Collectors & Representatives of
PANLE DISCUSSION Aspirational districts.
I invite the moderator for the discussion, Shri. V. Srinivas, Additional
Secretary, DARPG, Govt. of India.

Thank you Panelists for that enlightening discussion on

Thank you Shri V. Srinivas for your support. I request you to kindly give away
the tokens of appreciation to our panelists. To begin with
Shri Rama Kamaraju
Shri Ajayakumar A.R
Thank you Srinivas sir!
Thank you panelists!

With this we conclude today’s formal events. We hope that today’s sessions
and discussions were productive and fulfilling and expect it to be the same
tomorrow, the day 2 of this Regional conference. We will commence with
our sessions tomorrow morning by 10 am and request all to be in here by
the time.
We definitely know that you need a break from all those busy schedules and
would love to have a pleasant and fruitful retreat as you are here, in God’s
own country.
So, tonight we have a glorious opportunity, to mix and mingle with our fellow
delegates representing various states, over dinner and entertainment. The
cultural programme, showcasing the traditional art forms of Kerala will
begin by 7pm tonight followed by the pool side dinner arranged exclusively
for you. Kindly accept our invitation and enjoy this retreat.
We hope to see you all there. Thank you for joining us here today on Regional
Conference on Good Governance –Focus on aspirational districts. Enjoy the
rest of the evening ladies and gentlemen! Thank you!
Day 2

SESSION 4
Session 4 is the presentations on PM/NCEG/CAPAM awarded
INTRO initiatives.

Shri Ahsan “Unyan Banka”- an initiative in the Banka Dist, which envisages quality
education at the doorstep of the bottom of the pyramid using
technology. To share more about this initiative, I invite Shri Ahsan,
District Program Officer, Dept. of Education, Banka Dist., Bihar

Shri Pranith Simha Shri Pranith Simha, one among the duo youngsters who formed a non-
profit organization “Bachpan Banao” determined to promote the
quality of education in the Maoist hotbed of Dantewada in tribal Bastar
region of Chhattisgarh. Now lemme invite the Founder and Executive
Director, Bachpan Banao, Dantewada Dist., Chhattisgarh, Shri Pranith
Simha to speak about this initiative.
Welcome sir!

Shri Manoj Rajan Shri Manoj Rajan, Secretary, Market Reforms and Cooperative Dept.,
Karnataka. He served as the Chairman of Agricultural Market Reforms
Committee. He has also served as the Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Rashtriya e-Market Service Pvt Ltd
Special commissioner, Bangalore City Corporation
Additional Mission Director, SAKALA, Govt of Karnataka & as
Asst. Conservator of Forest, Sirsi Forest Divn., Uttara kannada

Shri Shakeel Ahmed Shri Shakeel Ahmed , Project Director, HRMS

& Shri Samartharam N.R Shri Samartharam N.R, Technical Director, NIC, Centre for e-
Governance, Govt of Karnataka
TEA BREAK

SESSION 5
INTRO Our final session is on Citizen-centric services

Ms. Apoorva Prakash Ms. Apoorva Prakash, Project Manager, Quality Council of India
on Advantages accrued from the Root cause analysis of
Grievances and way forward suggested for States

Shri B Chandrashekhar Shri B Chandrashekhar, Executive Director, State Agencyfor

Public Services and Secretary to CM, Madhya Pradesh

Shri Dominic Fernandes Shri Dominic Fernandes, OSD, Solid Waste Management
& Shri Ganesh Shri Ganesh Kandaswamy, Director, Solid Waste Processing
Kandaswamy Plant, Dept. of Science and Technology, Goa

Now, let’s watch a film on National e-Governance Award, 2018

VIDEO ON
VALEDICTORY SESSION As we near the conclusion of Regional Conference on Good Governance-
Focus on Aspiration districts, we now have the valedictory ceremony.
We have on the dais
Shri V Srinivas, Additional Secretary, DARPG, Govt of India
Shri K. Jayakumar, Director, IMG
Shri K.V Eapen, Secretary, DARPG, Govt of India
Smt. Tinku Biswal, Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Govt. of
Kerala.
Now, I’d like invite Shri V Srinivas to address the crowd
Thank you very much sir!

Inviting Shri.K Jayakumar, to speak

Thank you sir!

Inviting Shri K.V Eapen for the address

Thank you sir!
Now, I invite Smt. Tinku Biswal to propose the Vote of thanks
Thank you madam for delivering the vote of thanks!

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and thus the Regional
Conference on Good governance- Focus on aspirational districts concludes
here after two successful days of effective learning and experience sharing.
Thank you each for your support and presence. I extend my sincere thanks to
the logistics, accommodation, electrical and technical support wing for your
support in making this event a grand success.
Hope to meet up in similar events soon. Best wishes and God bless!
INAUGURAL SESSION

Retd. Justice . P. Sathasivam

Our Chief Guest of the day, Hon’ble Governor of Kerala, Retd. Justice . P. Sathasivam

Respected dignitaries on and off the dais

Respected luminaries on the dais and off the dais

Let me, at the outset, extend a very warm welcome to all of you

Ladies and gentleman, I am sure you’l agree with us when we say that it was an insightful, knowledge filled
speech and I am sure that our audience has had much value to take away home. From that address, lets
now appreciate our speaker,.