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Invitation

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"Why governme nts do n ot workand what can be done

Sha iles h Gan dhiFormer Chief Information Commiss ione r

6.15 pm Saturday July 2 2016

Vidyaranya School Opp Secretariat

The Talk

We claim to be the world's largest democracy: Government of the people, bythe people, for the people. But, is government and its instruments capable

of delivering? What are the causes for our governments not being able to

deliver.

What can be done to make our governments work? How do we manage

corruption, judicial delivery and many other issues?

What can we, citizens, do?

The Talk, by one of Indias foremost activist and thinking citizens, delves on

all these issues. It is sure to be enlightening. This will be the 191th

Manthan Talk.

Shailesh Gandhi

Shailesh Gandhi was a first generation entrepreneur and a Distinguished Alumnus

awardee of IIT Bombay. He sold his company to become a RTI activist. Shailesh was

part of the National RTI movement which was involved in drafting the National Act.

He was convener of the National Campaign for Peoples Right To Information. He

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used RTI and also trained many citizens and government officials in over 1000

workshops to use it. The only RTI activist to have been chosen as a Central

Information Commissioner, he disposed a record of over 20000 cases in 3 years

and 9 months, and ensured that most cases were decided in less than 90 days. Hegave many landmark decisions on RTI, apart from organizing the first digital paper-

less office in the Commission. He is now at his home in Mumbai to further and

deepen RTI to empower citizens to take effective participatory charge of their

democracy. He is passionately pursuing the cause of evolving ways for a time

bound justice delivery system, and improving governance systems. Amongst many

awards he has been awarded the Nani Palkhiwala Civil Liberties award, and the M R

Pai award.

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