Secure Ballots to Cost Rs.90 Cr vs Rs.1,80,000 Cr EVM Scam

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Secure Ballots to Cost Rs.90 Cr vs Rs.1,80,000 Cr EVM Scam

June03, 2018 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

Honorable Chief Justice of India,

Supreme Court of India,

New Delhi -110001

Secure Ballots to Cost Rs.90 Cr – Poll Cost Rs.1,80,000 Cr

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Secure Ballots for 2019 with many Currency Note Security Features shall cost only Rs.90 Cr – when General Elections 2014 alone cost Rs.20,000 Cr for Engaged Staff and Their Logistics, GDP Loss Rs.1,50,000 Cr and Candidates Expenditure of Rs.10,000 Cr, Plus Cost of EVMs Acquisition & O&M and Training of Polling Agents etc all adding well overRs.1,80,000 Cr.

Yet 95% of the Candidates SUSPECT their Working. There are 8,00,000 or 85% more EVMs or Control Units deployed – From 1st Polling day to End of Counting Day – up to 39 days EVMs are SEALED & STORED and Guarded.

Secure Ballots shall be Counted Like ‘Currency Notes’ Fully Accounted for Used & Unused and FULLY VERIFIABLE for 100% Reliability forever.

2019 Elections can be concluded in 4 Phases and 10 days without EVMs –

Saving Over Rs.1,00,000 Crores in CONDUCTING FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS.

50 Ballot Counting Machines like Currency Counting Machines can count 18 lakh Votes Per Hour and result declared in just 30 minutes to one hour.

25,000 BCM Required for 2019 General Elections may cost Rs.25 Cr Only.

Honorable Sir,

Consider this simple fact – when Printing of Currency notes cost only about Rs.2.5 that have Scores of Security Features – Secure Ballot Papers shall cost only Rs.1 each with 4-5 security features shall CostRs.80 Crores only that shall be Readable on Fast Counting Machines like Currency notes at over 500 Per minutes.

[LS2014 -TOTAL ELECTORS 83,40,82,814 & TOTAL VALID VOTES 54,78,00,004]

A5 Size Ballots [Cut to 5.5 in x 8 in] that shall have 10mm Strip of Space for ID of Election, Constituency Number, serial number – Polling Booth Number to be stamped on day of polling and signed by polling officer with time and Serial No. of Voting Register. 1-24 Boxes for Candidates to Stamp or Punch or Tick Mark with Special Ink in one box as per their selection.

Securest Ballots in the World to Cost Rs.90 Cr

90 Cr Secure Ballots Shall Weigh only 3000 Tones in Trunks or Pallets shall be Printed in Security Presses – Securely Stored well in advance and Airlifted, Couriered to All Constituencies 2-7 days in advance and Delivered to Polling Officers hours before Polling is to begin.

Bungling of ECI in General Elections 2014  & 86% Extra EVMs

http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf

1.   8m Extra EVMs Deployed: For 9,27,553 Polling Centers – ECI deployed 17,20,080 Control Unit and more equipment – VVPATs are to be introduced this time. Nearly Twice more EVMs were deployed than required. Refer Para 17 & 19 of the Press Note. Suspicion of Malfunctioning & Manipulations.

In 2019 ‘Exact Number of Ballots shall be Printed’ for each constituency. All Secured Ballots shall be Accounted for – Used & Unused and stocked. 

2.   Almost 10m Public Servants were ‘Deployed for Election Duty for 70-90 days’because ‘They Have to Undergo Special Training’ – Their Salary & Logistics cost alone add to over Rs.20,000 Cr.

3.   Instead of 10 Phase elections – From Mar05, 2014 Press Note to Swearing in on May26, 2014 is over 83 days, Elections Could Be Conducted in 4 Phases in 10 days, in 50 days – GDP Loss due to EXTRA LONG elections and its hangover at 1%+ of GDP is Rs.1,50,000 Cr.

4.    Total number of Contestants were 8251 in 2014 – @ Rs.1.2 Cr average Poll Expenses by Parties, Candidates & Supporters add up to over Rs.10,000 Cr.

Poll End 3 days to 38 days Tamasha – 72 hour Lock Down

5.   In 2014 GE Re-polling was ordered in just 301 out of 927553 Polling Stations but at5PM on May12 TV Channels began EXIT POLL Results and India watched TAMASHA for 72 hour until final tally was announced on May15 Evening.

6.   EVMs were Electronically Locked with RESULTS on Polling Days from April07 to May12, 2014 by 6PM which was not declared – Last set of EVMs were SEALED on 12th, TRUCKED to Counting Centers, Guarded for 38-2 Days, Unsealed and Votes Counted for Each machine from 8 AM to 5 PM on May15, 2014.

7.   In 2019 GE – A Polling Center in Charge with 2-3 other Officers to take Secure Ballots Used and Unused in a Car with Escort to Counting Station – Votes Counted in 5 minutes and Fed in to Central Server – result announced as early 6 PM on last polling day.

There is Enough Time to Switch to SECURE BALLOT VOTING in Elections – Currency Printing Presses Have Surplus Capacity to Print say 2-3 Crore Secure Votes Per Day.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 8826415770, 9871056471, 9650421857

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Smart Cities, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects

 EC Rules Out Bringing Back Ballot Papers for Elections

Kolkata: Ruling out any possibility of bringing back ballot papers for elections, chief election commissioner OP Rawat on Saturday said the EVMs were being made a ‘scapegoat’ as the machines cannot speak and political parties needed to blame someone or something for their defeat.

“There is absolutely nothing about the integrity of the system… However, time and again whenever there are eruptions on this, we clarify the issue,” Rawat said at an interactive session on “Electoral Integrity and Role of Money in Elections” organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He said the panel had last July announced that all elections henceforth would be conducted using EVMs coupled with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines. — IANS

Sushma Swaraj to attend BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in South Africa

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will participate in the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in the South African city of Johannesburg today.

The meeting is expected to lay the foundation for next month’s annual summit of the grouping which will also be held in Johannesburg.

The BRICS comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Mrs Swaraj will also chair a meeting of Foreign Ministers of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa), another bloc working to deepen coordination among the three countries on major global issues.

The External Affairs Minister will also attend a series of events marking the 125th anniversary of the historic incident where a young Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a train compartment in Pietermaritzburg railway station in 1893.

The incident proved to be a turning point in Mahatma Gandhi’s fight against racial discrimination in South Africa.

Last evening, Mrs Swaraj called on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and discussed with him ways to make further progress in bilateral and multilateral co-operation.

The External Affairs Minister had reached South Africa earlier in the day on a five-day visit.

India successfully test fires Agni5

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

India’s  has successfully tested the Agni-5 long-range ballistic missile off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal.

1) Country’s first intercontinental range ballistic missile. 2) Strike range of 5,000 km. 3) Indigenously developed by DRDO 4) Most advanced with new technologies in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine

The missile reportedly has a range of between 5,000km and 8,000km, according to various sources, and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead weighing between one and 1.5 tons.

It was the sixth test of the Agni-5 missile since 2012. All tests have been successful so far, according to the Indian military.

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Congratulations to the team of @DRDO_India for the successful test fire of the indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’ from wheeler island off Odisha’s coast. A significant step in modernising our defence ecosystem.

Grenade attack in Shopian

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

16 people, including four policemen, were injured in a grenade attack in a busy market area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said.

Terrorists hurled a grenade on security forces in Shopian town, resulting in injuries to at least 12 civilians and four cops, a police official said.

He said the area has been cordoned off and searches started to nab the attackers.

Terrorists have carried out a series of grenade attacks on security forces and politicians since last week.

Modi, Mattis pledge to continue strong US-India strategic partnership  

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

India and the United States have pledged to continue their strong bilateral strategic partnership, the Pentagon said after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis.

Mattis met the prime minister on the sidelines of the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ 17th Asia Security Summit — also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue — in Singapore on Saturday.

“The two discussed the importance of the US-India relationship, and the role of both nations in cooperating to uphold international laws and principles, and to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific,” defence spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis said here yesterday.

The two leaders “pledged to continue the strong US-India strategic partnership and affirmed their commitment to maintaining peace, stability and prosperity in the region,” Davis said in a readout of the meeting. — PTI  

RFID chips for keeping track of organoids

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Researchers in the U.S. and Japan plan to use Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips for keeping track of organoids, samples of human tissue that mimic pieces of organs and are grown from stem cells. The organoids the researchers embedded with RFID chips functioned normally and withstood extreme conditions, suggesting that they could be a useful way to organize and identify the large quantities of organoids that are often needed in experimental situations.

Human organoids are a promising avenue for research into human development and disease because they replicate the structure, function, and phenotype of our organs in miniature in the lab. Grown from human induced pluripotent stem cells, they divide, differentiate, and self-assemble according to the growth programs of their corresponding organs. And particularly in medicine, they can illustrate the effects of certain drugs on our organs in ways that more traditional cell cultures cannot.

More work needs to be done to scale up the production of these hybrid organoids, and the research team is currently working to develop a system that could scan the radio frequency and fluorescence of an organoid at the same time. The team also hopes that other kinds of microchips could be integrated into organoids in the future and that RFID chips with sensing technologies could be used to record real-time data about the organoids.

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13 Indian beaches will get the Blue Flag certification.

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Environment-friendly, clean and equipped with amenities of international standards for tourists, 13 Indian beaches will soon get the Blue Flag certification. These beaches of Odisha, Maharashtra and other coastal states will be the first in not just India, but in Asia, to get the Blue Flag certification.

The Indian beaches are being developed by the Society for Integrated Coastal Management (SICOM), an environment ministry’s body working for the management of coastal areas.

Project Head of SCIOM Arvind Nautiyal said that to make the beaches environment and tourist-friendly in accordance with the Blue Flag standards, a beach has to be plastic-free and be equipped with a waste management system.

They also have to ensure availability of clean water for tourists, have amenities of international standards for tourists and be equipped with facilities for studying environmental impact around the beach, he said.

Mr Nautiyal was speaking at a five-day conference, which was organised to commemorate the World Environment Day, about making the beaches pollution free.

He said that according to the Blue Flag standards, a beach has to strictly comply with 33 environment and tourism related conditions. There is not a single Blue Flag beach in Asia so far, he added.

The Blue Flag beach standards were established by Copenhagen-based Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) in 1985. The Blue Flag programme, which requires 33 standards in four areas to be met to make beaches environment-friendly, first started from Paris.

Within the next two years, almost all beaches in Europe were accorded the Blue Flag certification. This campaign spread outside Europe, to South Africa, in 2001.

Asia remains untouched by it till date. The environment ministry started a pilot project to develop the Indian beaches according to the Blue Flag standards in December 2017.

A senior ministry official said that 13 beaches from the coastal states had been chosen for the Blue Flag certification under the project. For this, these beaches are being developed in accordance with the Blue Flag beach standards under a Unified Coastal Areas Management Programme.

This project has two main aims. Firstly, to improve the aquatic habitat by cleaning the growing pollution and garbage in the Indian beaches. Secondly, to develop ecological tourism with constant progress and development of tourist facilities.

According to ministry sources, Chandrabhaga beach of Odisha’s Konark coast was the first to complete the tag certification process. It will be awarded the honour on the World Environment Day tomorrow.

Maharashtra’s Chiwla and Bhogave beaches are also being made a part of this initiative. Apart from these, one beach from Puducherry, Goa, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands each has been chosen as Blue Flag beach.

Met Dept advisory

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Met department has issued a weather warning of thunderstorm, gusty winds and lightning at various places in the country today. According to the advisory, thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds and lightning are very likely at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Tamilnadu, Telangana, Rayalaseema and Interior Karnataka and Coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Heavy rain is also expected at isolated places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

The advisory further said, heat wave conditions are very likely to occur at one or two pockets over West Rajasthan.

Indian Navy evacuated stranded Indians from Socotra island

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Indian Navy today evacuated 38 stranded Indians from Socotra island in Yemen where they got stuck after cyclone Mekunu hit the area 10 days ago, forcing India to launch an operation to rescue them.

Indian Navy Spokesperson Captain D K Sharma said, the Navy evacuated the Indians as part of operation ‘NISTAR’ carried out off the coast of Socotra early today and embarked them at Indian Naval ship INS Sunayna to bring them back to India.

He said, the evacuated Indians were immediately provided with medical care, food, water and telephone facilities to call and reassure their families and all have been reported to be safe. He said, post evacuation, the ship is proceeding towards Porbandar.

Myanmar: Ready take back 700K Rohingya Muslim refugees

ON JUNE 4, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Myanmar today said it will take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return.

Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Myanmar’s National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said, if you can send back 700,000 on a voluntary basis, we are willing to receive them.

Mr. Thaung Tun said Myanmar does not deny that what is unfolding in northern Rakhine is a humanitarian crisis. He said that while the military had the right to defend the country if investigations showed they had acted illegally, action would be taken.

Since August 2017, about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled a military crackdown in the country.

Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed in January to complete the voluntary repatriation of the refugees within two years.

Myanmar signed an agreement with the United Nations on Thursday aimed at eventually allowing the Rohingya sheltering in Bangladesh to return safely and by choice.

Beijing’s military build-up in the South China Sea

ON JUNE 3, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

New hotspots  develop after the dragon drastically make an sweeping statement without a pinch of statesmanship and takes the powering state to head collision with its wings of economy and military spread across the region but US make a revealing statement.

Noting that the country’s armed forces are able and ready to defend all of its territorial claims, disputed or not, including those in the East China Sea, He expressed hope that all of the governments and militaries involved “act in a manner that preserves regional and global peace.”

Beijing will never allow a third country “separate any piece of Chinese territory from China at any time in any form,” General He said. “The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has the determination, confidence and ability to safeguard China’s sovereignty, security, unity and development interest.”

Chinese general Saturday lashed out at “irresponsible comments” on Beijing’s military build-up in the South China Sea after the US defence chief accused China of intimidation and coercion in the disputed waters. “Any irresponsible comments from other countries cannot be accepted,” Lieutenant General He Lei said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

It came just hours after US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the security summit that China’s military build-up and deployment of weapon systems in the contested sea was aimed at intimidating its neighbours.

China’s policy in the South China Sea stands in stark contrast to the openness our strategy promises, it calls into question China’s broader goals,” the US Defense Secretary claimed on Friday, accusing Beijing of “intimidation and coercion.”

His broadside at a security summit in Singapore drew a sharp rebuke from a Chinese general, who lashed out at “irresponsible comments” on the contested sea and insisted Bejing was simply defending its territory.

Speaking just 10 days before President Donald Trump is due to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Mattis also said the US military continues to support diplomats pushing for the “complete, verifiable and irreversible” denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

Beijing has deployed a range of military hardware including anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missiles and electronic jammers across the South China Sea, where it has built islets and other maritime features into hardened military facilities, Mattis said.

China has also landed heavy bombers on Woody Island in the Paracel Islands.

“Despite China’s claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapon systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion,” Mattis told the Shangri-La Dialogue.

He also blasted Chinese President Xi Jinping for reneging on a 2015 promise made at the White House that Beijing would not militarise the island features in the South China Sea.

General He, who is deputy president at the People’s Liberation Army’s Academy of Military Science, made it clear that all the islands in question are “part of China’s territories,” noting that China has historical records proving its claim.

“It is undeniable that… there are soldiers that are stationed there and there are weapons that are deployed there. It is a symbol of China’s sovereignty,” the officer said. “The weapons have been deployed for national defense.” 

The general further slammed Washington’s abuse of the freedom of navigation principle, noting that it is the “true root of the militarization of the South China Sea.”

“It is those that are shouting about ‘the militarization of the South China Sea’ who are militarizing the South China Sea,”He added. US military patrols and fly-bys “jeopardize China’s security and challenges China’s sovereignty,” the general explained.Chinese officer also slammed Washington’s pursuit of closer ties with Taiwan, which Beijing views as the violation of the One-China Policy. After Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act (HR 535) to extend ties between Washington and Taipei“at all levels,” Mattis, in his speech in Singapore, noted that the US commitment is to “provide articles and services needed for its self-defense.” Taipei has expressed interest in American M1A2 Abrams tanks, to serve as the island’s last line of defense against a hypothetical intervention by Beijing.

Beijing has deployed a range of military hardware including anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missiles and electronic jammers across the South China Sea, where it has built islets and other maritime features into hardened military facilities. China has also landed heavy bombers on Woody Island in the Paracel Islands. The Chinese general, however, said Beijing´s actions were aimed at “national defence”. “They are for the purpose of avoiding being invaded by others… As long as it is on your own territory you can deploy the army and you can deploy weapons,” he said.

China claims most of the resource-rich sea, through which $5 trillion in shipping trade passes annually, with competing claims from Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Union Steel Minister interacts with stakeholders

ON JUNE 3, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

New Delhi, 1st June 2018

Minister of Steel interacting with stakeholders

Union Minister of Steel, Birender Singh interacted with a group of stakeholders in New Delhi. In the freewheeling and open deliberation session, the Minister shared with them various initiatives, schemes and achievements of the Ministry. The participants included people from diverse backgrounds and age-mix, with interests, experience or expertise in steel and related industries. There were professors, engineers, former CMDs, students, social workers, and entrepreneurs in the round-table discussions.

Shri Singh spoke briefly about India’s rapid rise in the world steel scenario, polices rolled out by the Ministry and various projects of national importance where steel has been used. He also pointed out how the Ministry is taking concrete actions to ensure that steel used in India is cleaner, safer and healthier for every Indian. The Minster highlighted the progress made by India in different spheres of economy.

The address by the Minister was followed by a lively interaction. The participants sought answers to their queries about future roadmap, resource management and linkage of steel with the economy. They also shared their ideas and innovative suggestions on what more could be done to further improve contribution of steel sector to the society and the nation.

Shri Singh thanked the participants for taking out time and contributing their best to enable the Government in enhancing citizen engagement and participation in its plans and policies. They expressed their happiness in being given this opportunity to be apprised of the Government’s initiatives and efforts.

The session was part of the ongoing series of interactions being coordinated by MyGov, (Citizen Engagement Platform of GoI) named “FridayAtMyGov”.

Policy Boot Camp 2018

ON JUNE 3, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Policy Boot Camp 2018, the annual conclave on policy and governance by Vision India Foundation ( a policy think-tank and a nation-building movement founded by faculty and alumni of various IIT’s).  Being the foremost of its kind in India, Policy BootCamp is known for its wide-ranging speaker’s profile and high-performing and aspiring delegation of young change makers. Now in its 4th edition, it will be held from 4th to 24th June 2018 in Delhi / NCR.

Also, for further details please feel free to contact me on +91 7000537085, +91 7587168737 (Suyash Pande).

Here are some of the key highlights about the Policy BootCamp :

About the Program:

Policy BootCamp is a 21-day immersive residential program focused on public policy, governance, leadership and nation-building. The Program is designed to provide a panoramic understanding to the delegates. It includes:

Engaging with politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, social workers, thinkers, policy entrepreneurs and more.Experiencing the spirit of India with workshops, community interactions, group exercises, ideation workshops, and fieldwork.Learning from India’s leading minds through seminars, interactive discussions, one-to-one interactions and implementation modeling.Connecting with future co-workers, peers, ground workers, policymakers, and various stakeholders of democracy.

You can get a sneak peek into the 2017 edition here.

About the Speakers :

Program is graced by 50+ Speakers including union ministers, parliamentarians, grassroots reformers, social leaders, academicians, impact investors, and young achievers. Policy BootCamp provides a platform for the brightest young minds to learn from and interact with the best and the most influential people in this space.

Here are some of the Speakers for Policy BootCamp 2018 :

Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Hon. Speaker, Lok SabhaSh. Piyush Goyal, Hon. Minister for RailwaysSh. Jayant Sinha, Hon. Minister of State for Civil AviationSh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon. Minister of State, AgricultureSh. Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, President, ICCR, MP, Rajya SabhaSh. Anil Swarup, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentPadma Shree Phoolbasan Bai Yadav, Maa Bamleshwari Janhit Kare SamitiDr. SY Qureshi, Former Chief Election Commissioner, Election CommissionLt. General Syed Ata Hasnain, Retd. Military Secretary, Indian ArmySh. Jayesh Ranjan, IT Secretary, Government of TelanganaKunal Kapoor, Actor, BollywoodDr. Rajeev Gowda, MP (Rajya Sabha) and Professor, IIM BengaluruSh. R Jagannathan, Chief Editor, SwarajyaDr. Madhu Purnima Kishwar, National Professor, ICSSRDr. R Balasubramanium, Professor, Cornell UniversitySh. Shrikanth Vishwanathan, Founder, JanagrahaDr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Former Chief, ISRODr. Jayaprakash Narayan, Founder, Loksatta PartySh. Vikramjit Banerjee, Additional Solicitor General, Supreme Court of India Shri Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI

About the Delegates:

150 Delegates from all across the nation and abroad are selected through a 3-tier interview process to come together and stay on one campus for all 21 days. The delegation is a cohort of young thinkers and future leaders from diverse backgrounds including Civil Services aspirants, entrepreneurs, economists, engineers, public policy enthusiasts, social activists and many more.

Exclusive in-house events during Policy Bootcamp 2018

Antaram –  a two-day education conference to be hosted at IIT Delhi on the 9th and 10th June 2018, Antaram features leading educationists, thinkers, practitioners, representatives of visionary schools across India, grass-roots leaders – teachers, principals, civil society representatives, education-entrepreneurs. Shri K Kasturirangan, Shri Anil Swaroop and Dr. Nomesh Bolia will be among the prominent speakers here.

Gearing Up Governance- a one day workshop with top-notch stakeholders exclusively for bootcamp participants to held at Nehru Memorial, Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi on 19th June 2018. Shri Jayant Sinha, Shri Gajendra Shekhawat, Shri Dilip Chenoy and Shri Dinesh Arora will be interacting with the youngsters in a row of various brainstorming sessions.

Deepening Democracy – a one day workshop to deliberate on nuts and bolts of governance at Nehru Memorial, Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi on 22nd June, 2018 will facilitate the young participants to understand the affairs and functioning system governance delivering offices. Shri Piyush Goyal will be explaining about the governance delivering mechanisms and will be answering the queries. Another panel comprising of OSDs (Officers on Special Duty) to different Chief Ministers will be sharing their experience with the system.

Looking forward to hosting you

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