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Putting Bangalore’s Mayoral Election in Perspective

Vishy KurugantiApril 27, 20126 mins

Bangalore’s newly minted mayor (Venkatesh Murthy) and outgoing mayor (Sharadamma) - Pic courtesy thethindu.com [Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Namma Bengaluru Foundation‘s…

(Meta) Refreshing Indian Government Websites – Occupy Movement Style

Vishy KurugantiApril 17, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy HasGeek.in It’s 2012 – eight years since Flickr showed the world how to design a pleasing, aesthetic and easy-to-use website. The new design patterns (popularly known as Web 2.0) were…

Hunger Alleviation Lessons from Belo Horizonte

Vishy KurugantiApril 12, 20123 mins

[Editor’s Note: (Sep 12, 2012): According to this Newslaundry editorial, Samar Halamkar (on whose column I based this post) might have indulged in plagiarism. Until I figure out what action I need to…

Stop MNREGA for ONE year and let's kickoff Second Green Revolution

Vishy KurugantiMarch 12, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy oecotextiles.wordpress.com “Stop MNREGA for one year and let’s kickoff Second Green Revolution with the corresponding budget of Rs. 40,000 crores!” Let me quickly disenchant you that a…

RSBY: a government initiative that (Gasp!) seems to work

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: RSBY expands to Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (Hindi for “National Health Insurance Policy”). The brainchild of IAS officer and Director General of Ministry of Labour and Employment…

Empaneled hospitals in RSBY Network (as of Feb 20, 2012)

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20121 mins

Note: Applying flat 37% as BPL percentage for all states; State population from 2011 Census.

The Complete RSBY Process Flows

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20121 mins

RSBY: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna, FKO: Field Key Officer, DKM: District Key Manager

All you wanted to know about National Innovation Council but were afraid of opening a PDF

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 24, 20123 mins

Pic courtesy: indianews99.com If the corporate world lives by the mantra “death by Powerpoint”, the Indian Government’s mantra is “death by PDFs”. The first year report of National Innovation Council…

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