'100 ideas to improve governance in India' discussed at governance meet for military engineer services probationers

HYDERABAD: Government organisations should become innovation-friendly institutions, said B P Acharya, Special chief secretary to Government and Director General, MCR Human Resource Development Institute in the city on Tuesday.
Speaking at a “Workshop on innovations in governance” for military engineer services probationers, he also said a that a number of government departments and public enterprises succeeded in successfully bringing about innovations in governance, despite multiple constraints and challenges associated with this exercise. He urged all employees, across all wings of government, to proactively support the change champions, instead of discouraging and merely finding faults with them.
“Innovations in governance should be a way of life and all Government organizations should become innovation-friendly institutions,” he said.
Dr MCR HRD Institute of Telangana organized the “Workshop on Innovations in Governance” for the Military Engineer Services Probationers from 13 States, who are attending a Foundation Course, sponsored by Ministry of Defence, Government of India. The Workshop was also attended by Trainee Auditors, Interns of Centre for Human Security Studiers, and others.
J K Dadoo, former Addl. Secretary & Financial Advisor, Department of Commerce, Govt. of India, who was the key resource rerson at the workshop, said that the world of work has been changing at a mind-boggling pace and, therefore, underlined the need for all Government institutions to keep changing their visions, strategies, procedures, and processes in order to measure up to the dynamic expectation of different stakeholders. He said creative thinking, which is a precondition for innovations, was not the monopoly of a small group of employees with high intelligence. “Creative thinking can be learnt by one and all,” he said.
Dadoo said that the figures of extreme poor in India are estimated at 92 million in India and called for innovative interventions aimed at poverty eradication through large-scale improvements in health, sanitation, and rural development. He called for joint efforts by government, corporate sector, and other stakeholders to bring about broad-based innovations with a primary focus on rural areas.
Dadoo said that India’s performance in getting Olympic medals, with a 1.2 billion population, has left much to be desired. “Focused intervention in terms of carefully searching and nurturing India’s sports talent and allowing it to rise to its full potential, will result in getting as high as 70 medals in international events, especially, Olympics,” he said.
He also presented his book titled “100 Ideas to Improve Governance in India”, to B P Acharya as that would be of help to policy makers, employees at all levels of Government institutions, corporate sector, and trade bodies in initiating practical improvements in day-to-day governance.