GV Ramakrishna with Dr.R.H.Patil and R.Balakrishnan

                 

G V Ramakrishna (former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Disinvestment Commission and former Member of the Planning Commission) expressed concern at the instability caused by fragmentation in the ruling coalition that gives enormous to small and insignificant regional parties to call the shots when it comes to policy making. This, he said, is stifling policy making and leading to mis-governance of the Indian State making it vulnerable to terror attacks and security breach. Mr.Ramakrishna, was speaking at the launch of Pathbreakers 2, a collection of 25 interviews with a set of role models and as usual, he also had solution to the problems that he highlighted.

 

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Pathbreakers 2

 

 

It has been a busy week. On 15 February, G V Ramakrishna launched our second book of interviews Pathbreakers 2, as well as a gift pack of both editions at the lovely conference hall at YASHADA, Pune. G V Ramakrishna, Padma Bhushan, former Member Planning Commission, former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Disinvestment Commission, has been one of our rare and outstanding bureaucrats who is known for his sharp wit, blunt speech and unimpeachable integrity. In his public career spanning Two Score and Twenty years (also the title of his memoirs and a must read of those who want to know how much can be done by the power of one right thinking person) Mr.Ramakrishna has never hesitated to do the right thing, even if it cost him a coveted post. He also has a way of giving power to his post, by the way he handled his job – in fact, he turned SEBI into a powerful watchdog, even when it has a fraction of the powers he enjoys today.

 

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