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Contents<br/>Foreword i<br/>Dr Meena Nair,Director, PAC,<br/>From the Editor's Desk v<br/>Dr C K Mathew, Ex-Chief Secretary, Rajasthan, Senior Fellow, PAC<br/>Acknowledgements xxi<br/>From remote islands to the Rashtrapati Bhawan 1<br/>Shumsher Sheriff,<br/>Ex-Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Islands<br/>On how to bifurcate a state, and more 29<br/>Dr P K Mohanty,<br/>Ex-Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh<br/>Chhattisgarh: The challenges of a new state 57<br/>P Joy Oommen, Ex-Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh<br/>Chief in two states 87<br/>Dev Singh Negi,<br/>Ex-Chief Secretary, Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands<br/>Changing times, changing values 113<br/>Dr Manjula Subramaniam, Ex-Chief Secretary, Gujarat<br/>Remembering a dying dharma: public service above all 137<br/>P K Chaudhery,Ex-Chief Secretary, Haryana<br/>Time to reinvent the Civil Services 161<br/>Rajwant Sandhu, Ex-Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh<br/>Troubled, yet positive 193<br/>A K Singh,Ex-Chief Secretary, Jharkhand<br/>It all boils down to a Batch Number and an Expiry Date 236<br/>Kaushik Mukherjee, Ex-Chief Secretary, Kamataka<br/>Knowing the limits of bureaucratic power 260<br/>K Jayakumar, Ex-Chief Secretary, Kerala<br/>Of neo-monarchs and a new caste system 282<br/>Avani Vaish,Ex-Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh<br/>People count above all 304<br/>Jayant Banthia, Ex-Chief Secretary, Maharashtra<br/>Development despite insurgency 362<br/>P C Lawmkunga,<br/>Ex-Chief Secretary, Manipur<br/>The trail from a small village to the Capital 386<br/>P K Tripathi, Ex-Chief Secretary, NCT of Delhi<br/>From stagnant growth, the road to progress and prosperity 414<br/>K R Lakhanpal, Ex-Chief Secretary, Punjab <br/>A satisfying diversity of experiences 444<br/>Salahuddin Ahmad, Ex-Chief Secretary, Rajasthan <br/>Witness to state and national governance 468<br/>Ardhendu Sen, Ex-Chief Secretary, West Bengal <br/>Abbreviations 492<br/>Editor and Contributors 500<br/>PAC Publications 510 |
