The Gated Republic: India’s Public Policy Failures and Private Solutions - 22 Oct 2020

DISCUSSION ON THE THEME

THE GATED REPUBLIC:

INDIA’S PUBLIC POLICY FAILURES AND PRIVATE SOLUTIONS

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Welcome Address Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director Madras Management Association

Authored by: Mr Shankkar Aiyar Journalist & Author

E-Launch of the book & Address by the Author Mr Shankkar Aiyar

Guest of Honour: Dr V Anantha Nageswaran Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics KREA University Non-Permanent Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

Journalist & Author

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Dr V Anantha Nageswaran

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Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics

OCT 22, 2020 | 6.00 PM

KREA University Non-Permanent Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

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SYNOPSIS Seventy years since it became a republic, India has come a long way. But it is still failing on some key fronts. Piped drinking water for all continues to be a pipe dream; homes and businesses are haunted by power outages; the lack of proper primary health care renders the poorest more vulnerable; millions of children coming out of schools lack rudimentary skills; and the security of lives and enterprises, a source of great anxiety, depends on private contractors. Indians are seceding from dependence on the government for these most basic of services and are investing in the pay-and-plug economy. They have internalized the incapacity of the state to deliver these and are opting for private providers despite the costs. But can India sustain private republics amidst public failures in a landscape scarred by social and economic fault lines? What are the possible solutions? Can the government reinvent itself? The Gated Republic presents an interrogative view of the history and future of private India.

Shankkar Aiyar

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Mr Shankkar Aiyar has more than three decades of journalistic experience.

He was the Managing Editor at India Today and Head of Special Investigations at the Indian Express, and has received awards for excellence.

His previous books include Accidental India and Aadhaar: A Biometric History of India’s 12-Digit Revolution.

He is also the author of "The Gated Republic: India's Public Policy Failures and Private Solutions".

Dr V Anantha Nageswaran Dr V Anantha Nageswaran has been appointed Dean of the IFMR Graduate School of Business (www.ifmr.ac.in) at Krea University. Dr. Nageswaran has a doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and has taught extensively in India and Singapore since 2006. He was the Chief Investment Officer of Bank Julius Baer from 2009 to 2011 and has co-authored three books - Economics of Derivatives, Derivatives and Can India Grow. He is a well-known columnist having written for Economic Times, BusinessLine, Financial Express and MINT.

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