The theme of Utthan 2019 ‘Bridging the Gap – Innovative and Inclusive India’ is laudable: Karnataka Dy. CM
PGPPM students and the Public Policy Club at IIMB hosted the second edition of the public policy summit ‘Utthan’ on November 10; experts from different government and private institutions discussed impact of public policies in making of the Indian Government, and how underlying systems operate in accordance with these policies to ensure continual development
11 November, Bangalore, 2019: The students of the one-year full-time Master of Management Studies (Public Policy) (MMS(PP)) programme – Post Graduate Porgramme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM), in association with the Public Policy Club (PPC) at IIM Bangalore, hosted the second edition of the public policy summit ‘Utthan’ at IIMB, on November 10 (Sunday), 2019. The theme of the summit was ‘Bridging the Gap – Innovative and Inclusive India’.
Utthan 2019 was an open forum where leaders and experts from different government and private institutions came together on a single platform to discuss and debate the impact of public policies in the making of the Indian Government, and how the underlying systems operate in accordance with these policies to ensure continual development.
Speaking on the occasion was C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, who was the Chief Guest and one of the keynote speakers at Utthan 2019. While shedding light on how technology has played a significant role in simplifying our lives, he said, “As a country, we need to go a long way in leveraging the benefits of technology. Only when people can use technology seamlessly, technology will be beneficial. The theme of Utthan 2019 is laudable. We have always demonstrated our commitment to take the necessary steps to ensure technology and innovation reach the masses. There is a need for all sections of the society – students, academicians and policy-makers among others – to work together to make India a developed nation.”
Sanjiv Garg, Managing Director at Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited (PRCL), shared his views on how management institutions can play an important role in honing and sharpening the managerial and analytical skills of future business leaders. He said, “Managers are born, they cannot be made. A good manager should critically analyze any issue that is brought before him and express his views frankly and fearlessly.”
Professor G Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore, spoke about Public-Private Partnerships, one of the first innovations that came in the organizational and structural sense of developing infrastructure, during a panel discussion on ‘Innovation in Infrastructure’, in Utthan 2019. “Project structuring, risk appraisal, fund sourcing, tendering and bidding, and concession agreements are some other key innovations that have helped bring innovation in infrastructure”, he observed.
The event also included a panel discussion on ‘Roadmap for Inclusive Development’ comprising eminent speakers, namely, Abha Singh, former bureaucrat, social activist and lawyer; Nazia Erum, author, Media & Advocacy – Amnesty International India, and Tabrez Ahmad, Group Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Dell Technologies. The discussion was moderated by Maya Sharma, Executive Editor, NDTV. The panelists discussed and revealed some crucial roadblocks to Inclusive India and to get common people, especially women, be heard and included. As Tabrez Ahmad rightly pointed out: “One stakeholder alone cannot bring the change. It is a community effort.”
Apart from the discussions, the event included paper presentations and an online quiz.
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