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