Dr Kiran Bedi (IPS) - “Transparency in public life – It’s always possible”

Dr Kiran Bedi (IPS)

Session on: “Transparency in public life – It’s always possible”

Organized by: Federation of Gujarat Industries

Venue: FGI Business Center, Vadodara

Date & time: 12/8/2010, 5pm onwards

She shared views about her initiative : SAFER INDIA – to support people if they have any issues with Police, specifically related to their compalin.

http://www.saferindia.com/kiranbedi/ (inform as many people as you can)

Transparency is always possible, and Dr Kiran Bedi is perfect example of it.

She shared concept of “6 Cs” for transparency. When you have all 6 Cs with you then you will be the living legend. These ‘6 Cs’ are:

1) Competency: When you competency within then things will automatically become transparent, people will start sharing. I also believe that always respect Experience. (22 years guy can have more experience than 55 years working professional)

2) Connected: unless and until you are not connected at grass root then transparency will not come. Stay connected at each and every level. Connect with roots and braches both.

a. Example she shared about Delhi, when she was only DPS (Currently there are 9), traffic in Delhi and has to manage 19 stadiums for sports event and no technology available at that time, only thing you have is Human resource.

b. She managed to connect with everyone and that’s why she was able to connect people to maintain discipline, to facilitate foreign delegates in Delhi at that time.

3) Courage: thing is the word in which we were best and some extent we are now also. But it’s missing in India these days. Indians become nation of afraid people. These are thing which are needed in life to be transparent with your self and in public

a. Courage to say

b. Courage to speak

c. Courage to use right words

d. Courage to put your views to others

e. Courage to speak truth

f. Courage to serve in ‘whiteful’ way & so on…

4) Cosmology: start linking your self from world. You are not from your cast, your state, community, religion, n so on but you are India, you are part of world. It will bring transparency in life

5) Care (& compassion): this is the thing most needed, if you care for the initiative, for the cause for the reason then anything can be done.

a. Don’t do until you feel

b. Don’t do until you care

c. Don’t do until you have passion

Best example from her life is Tihar Jail: She cared for the people who were there in Tihar Jail, she feel positive about them and take an initiative to make their life beautiful. Must read about the story of Tihar Jail in her book, I will read full story very soon.

She developed “Gandhium model of Policing”

6) Commitment: Stay committed to what ever you believe and what ever you do

“Biggest threat of India is CORRUPTION”

When will corruption fall if it will fall down? (Que asked by Dr Kiran Bedi to Sri Sri Ravisankar, he replied

when

a. Unless politics spiritualize

b. Unless business socialize

c. Unless religion Secularizes (I was unable to hear this word.. Sorry!! )

Reason of corruption:

o We only care about GDP but not about governance

o Reason of growth is great success of private sector and great of decay in governance

o Politics and bureaucracy are in large mindset, and hierarchy is problem. People are not reaching at grass root. So transparency is not coming.

o Due to increase in population

§ We accept inefficiency

§ We accept corruption

§ So we promote corruption

o Lack of social ownership

o No penalty of corruption

One comment she liked about Mr Narayan Murty (quoted on 11/8/2010):

· We need to transform administration into management. Everyone should know about Project Management and everyone will become project manager of their department.

· Salary should be paid on performance basis.

SOLUTION AT BASIC LEVEL IS “BE UNITED TO SOLVE ANY ISSUE AT ANY LEVEL”