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MIT School of Government (MIT-SOG) is dedicated to impart leadership training to the youth of India, desirous of making a CONTENTS career in politics and government. The School has the clear § Message by President, MIT World Peace University ...... 2 objective of creating a pool of ethical, spirited, committed and § Message by Principal Advisor and Chairman, Academic Advisory Board ...... 3 trained political leadership for the country by taking the § A Humble Tribute to 1st Chairman & Mentor, MIT-SOG ...... 4 aspirants through a program designed methodically. This § Message by Initiator ...... 5 exposes them to various governmental, political, social and § Messages by Vice-Chancellor and Advisor, MIT-WPU ...... 6 democratic processes, and infuses in them a sense of national § Messages by Academic Advisor and Associate Director, MIT-SOG ...... 7 pride, democratic values and leadership qualities. § Members of Academic Advisory Board MIT-SOG ...... 8 § Political Opportunities for Youth (Political Leadership diagram)...... 9 Rahul V. Karad § About MIT World Peace University ...... 10 Initiator, MIT-SOG § About MIT School of Government...... 11 § Ladder of Leadership in Democracy ...... 13 § Why MIT School of Government...... 14-15 § Special Features & Pedagogy ...... 16 § Culture at MIT School of Government ...... 17 § Program Design...... 18 § Program Structure & Syllabus ...... 19 § Academic Calendar & Assessment ...... 20 § Degree Certiﬁcate...... 21 § Academic Chairs under MIT-SOG ...... 22 § Faculty Members at MIT-SOG ...... 24-25 § Guest Faculties Interacting at MIT-SOG ...... 26-27 § Interactive Sessions by Eminent Leaders...... 28-31 Let’s not hate Politics. § Interactive Sessions by Guest Faculties...... 32-33 § Glimpses of Academic Activities ...... 34-35 Join Politics! § Local Field Visits ...... 36-37 § National Study Tour to Delhi...... 38-45 § International Study Tour ...... 46-49 § Simulation of Parliamentary Democracy (Model Parliament) ...... 50 § Alumni Activities ...... 51 § Career Prospects ...... 52 § Admissions Criteria & Selection Procedure ...... 53 § Ideologies who have visited MIT-SOG ...... 54-57 § Alumni ...... 58-61 § Commencement Ceremony...... 62-63 § Convocation Ceremony ...... 64-65 § Infrastructure ...... 66 § Media Coverage...... 67 § About Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad ...... 68-69 § About National Women's Parliament ...... 70 § About National Teachers' Congress ...... 71 § About World Health Parliament ...... 72 § About National Conference on Media and Journalism ...... 73 § About Rashtriya Sarpanch Sansad...... 74 § National Felicitation Ceremony of UPSC Qualiﬁers ...... 75 § About Bharat Asmita National Awards ...... 76-77 § Arya Chanakya Awards ...... 78 Seed Thought

Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad Founder President, MIT World Peace University, Pune

Natwar Singh Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Principal Advisor, MIT-SOG Chairman, Academic Advisory Board The foundation of MIT Group of Institutions, Pune, rests India is often referred to as the 'Knowledge Corridor of the Former Cabinet Minister MIT-SOG Govt. of India firmly on the adage of the Great Noble Son of India, Swami World'. Her ancient traditions provide a beautiful template Vivekananda's, "Union of Science and Religion/Spirituality where the pursuit of scientific knowledge and spiritual Politics has immense potential to change the society for Education is the most important tool that offers inner and alone will bring peace to the mankind". Considering this progress went hand in hand to create individuals good. Unfortunately, Politics in popular understanding outer strength to a person. Education is capable of dictum as our guiding star, MAEER's MIT Group of dedicated to serving the society along with the individual received much attention for its ‘excesses’ rather than for its bringing any desired change and upliftment in the human Institutions came into existence in the year 1983 with the and spiritual progress. MIT is committed to revive the constructive power. While it is true that such a perception mind and society. Educational institutions play a very first private engineering college of Maharashtra and since ancient tradition and blend it with the modern techniques is based on the reality, equally true is the fact that such a critical role in shaping the future of the youth, and through then it has been consistently ranked as no.1 institution in to bring out the best in the students through character perception can be changed by getting constructively it, the destiny of a nation. MIT School of Government (MIT- Maharashtra. building and value based education. Constructive involved in it. To have such a qualitative change in the SOG) is committed to contribute to this grand endeavor of engagement of such dedicated individuals in the public politics, we require people with integrity, ethics and morals developing the future political leadership of the country, In 2017, MIT Group of Institutions at Kothrud, Pune has life will bring about qualitative progress in the society and and who are dedicated to use politics for the good of which again will be so crucial in determining India's received a status of Private University which is named as India will be in a position to lead the world in establishing society. MIT School of Government from last 17 years is destiny. Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University. MIT the 'Culture of Peace'. dedicated to this cause of educating individuals and Group of Institutions has over 54000 students shaping training them to enter Politics. As Indians, we take pride in the fact that 55% of Indians their careers in different vocations; right from Primary Establishment of MIT School of Government in 2005 was a today are below the age of 25. We should harness this great Education to Post Graduate Programs in varied fields like – step taken by us in the direction of providing our country Politics today is changing fast with the changing times. resource by imparting skills and value based education for Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Management, with educated leaders, thoroughly trained in the art and With increased competitiveness, the demand for this youth. Further, we should prepare the best of them to Government, Food & Technology, Journalism & science of governance, and inspired by the right value professionalism and domain expertise has increased become active players in our political process. Political Broadcasting, Information Technology, Design, Education, system. The vision of Rahul V Karad to create a world class within the political circles as well. Consequently, the participation of youth should be beyond the mere casting Foreign Languages etc. institution dedicated to serve country by entering into avenues to enter Politics have also diversified providing of vote. The two-year Master’s degree program in Political politics and his relentless hard work in actualizing this ample opportunities for the youth to enter politics. MIT Leadership & Government at MIT-SOG initiated and The philosophy of MIT-WPU is deeply rooted in the ancient vision has resulted into truly unique institution coming School of Government for 17 years has relentlessly worked conceived by Rahul V. Karad is a sincere effort to contribute Indian values and wisdom which stresses on love and into existence. MIT Group of Institutions, Pune has always to equip individuals with the necessary skills for a to this objective. I applaud this concept and firmly believe respect for all, universal tolerance and acceptance. The made pioneering efforts in different fields of academics for constructive political journey. The continuously evolving that this course is designed to go much beyond the World Peace Centre, which was founded in MAEER's MIT, the overall development of the student community with a course-structure, rigorous field visits, internships and conventional thinking of studying politics as an academic Pune in 1996, was essentially a step towards trying to bring view to provide excellent citizens to this country. MIT numerous interactions with esteemed leaders all aim to discipline only. The program doesn't limit itself to a together science and spirituality with the intention of School of Government is a unique and significant effort provide a right direction to those who are willing to enter theoretical understanding of politics and leadership but it establishing a 'Culture of Peace in the World’. The World that is bound to provide a new direction to the way of politics. This uniquely designed Master’s degree program essentially prepares the youth to assume direct Peace Dome, the World Peace Prayer Hall and the Library, governance of the various democratic institutions of this in Political Leadership and Government is perfectly tuned responsibility in public life. which is dedicated for World Peace and Humanity, stands country. I urge all the educated youth of India to be a part of to the contemporary political realities and offers a as a testimony to the MIT’s mission of world peace through this program, and help shape the future of a strong and wonderful platform to the young and dynamic individuals The need of the hour in India today is that of Good value based enlightened education and character vibrant India. to train themselves for their political journey. I urge Governance coupled with Dynamic Politics and Political building. everyone to use this platform and get involved in the Leaders. We need icons and role models in public life, politics to serve the society and country. whom the youth can emulate, learn and look up to the person for inspiration. I am confident that MIT-SOG will achieve its ambitious goal to nurture today's youth and convert it into the dynamic leadership of tomorrow.

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Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad Founder President, MIT World Peace University, Pune

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We are creating Diamonds. "Diamonds are valued on the basis of four criteria - Cut, Clarity, Colour & Carrot. We are trying to give you the cut to polish your face, to chisel more faces, to tell you what is corruption, to tell you what is speaker, to tell you what is parliament, to tell you what is an NGO, to tell you what is an inter-state body dispute".

Rahul Vishwanath Karad T. N. Seshan Initiator, MIT School of Government 1st Chairman & Mentor, MIT-SOG Executive President, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India MIT World Peace University, Pune

Realizing a Magnificent Dream strategist, policy maker, campaign manager, fund manager, PRO, political analyst etc. In India, the word Politics connotes different meaning to different people. For some it is the study of political Initiation of MIT School of Government (MIT-SOG) in process and government functioning, while others 2005 has been one major step in this direction, where Shri. T. N. Seshan, former Chief Election Commissioner Excerpts from his speeches - view it as power game riddled with considerations of we provide platform for such young men and women of India better known as Father of Electoral Reforms selfish gains and objectives. Few view it as a noble to assimilate and adopt the intricacies of politics and was our first Chairman and Mentor. In the year 2004- “At MIT School of Government, we try to shape up a profession devoted to social welfare and progress of the government functioning, thus developing themselves 05 when Politics was not even considered as an option batch of people not merely egged on by trying to find country. Whatever be the perception, the fact remains into dynamic leaders who will immensely contribute by youth for career, it was Shri. T. N. Seshan who not bigger and better salaries, but people who can work that politics is one of the most potent tool to bring a towards the nation building. The contribution of Late only believed in the concept & vision of Shri. Rahul V. better in the government of this country so that the qualitative change in the society and greater the Shri T N Seshan, the first Chairman & Mentor in Karad but went out all the way to promote it people of this country can have the future they are participation of educated and dedicated professionals propagation of this school has been immense. He has extensively across India through Press Conferences entitled to.” in it, the better will be the outcome. been instrumental in promoting this vision of mine and interactions & dialogues with stalwarts from across India via Press Conferences and interactions Politics, Social sector, Bureaucracy, Judiciary & Media. Indeed, politics today has become like a profession and with cross section of eminent leaders across different increasingly all the political parties are embracing this domains. reality and are looking forward to active participation from the young and educated individuals. Politics is We are committed to this cause and striving hard to in fact a full time career now. Just like the professionals actualize this magnificent dream. By participating in who work for a corporate organization to enhance its this program, you too will be a part of this dream and brand equity, a healthy balance sheet and a good will make a significant contribution in this all important customer feedback, politicians too are striving hard for task. their respective political parties and constituencies. Consequently, a political leader has to play many roles - I urge you to be a part of this mission.

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Dr. N. T. Rao Prof. Dr. S. Parasuraman Dr. Rajeev Gowda Prof. Dr. Shailashree Haridas Vice-Chancellor, Advisor, MIT-WPU Academic Advisor, MIT-SOG Associate Director, MIT World Peace University, Pune Former Member, Rajya Sabha MIT-SOG Indian National Congress

My dear students and parents! An institution started in 1983 with a single institute has Since independence, India has evolved into one of the It is my pleasure to welcome you to MIT School of grown into full-flagged University today. The visionary world’s most vibrant democracies. Over the years, Government (MIT-SOG), Pune. We are the first institute of MIT School of Government is a unique and one of its kind founder of the MIT Group, Prof. Dr. Vishwanath Karad had a academic institutions have offered courses that prepare its kind in India & Asia to have initiated a one-year full time institutions of the MIT World Peace University founded by noble mission of imparting a value based education to its our youth for careers in medicine, management, political leadership training program in the year 2005. The visionary Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad. MIT School of students. He has laid a strong foundation of combining engineering, law, accounts, information technology, seed thought of Shri. Rahul V. Karad has brought about a Government is the flagship of Faculty of Governance education with scientific temper, character building & design, etc. But there are no such formal courses to refreshing change in the mind set of people about Politics. conceptualized and initiated by Shri. Rahul V. Karad, a spiritual progress. prepare students for the noble mission of Politics. It was MIT-SOG being a constituent unit of MIT World Peace dynamic and prolific leader himself. precisely this thought that led to the formation of MIT University, Pune, we are glad to offer this unique two-year I am glad to inform you that after a long association with School of Government (now a constituent unit of MIT Master's degree program in Political Leadership & A Master’s degree program in Political Leadership and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), I joined MIT World World Peace University) by Mr. Rahul V. Karad, its Founder Government for a career in Politics. Government that you are about to adopt now, will chart a Peace University (MIT-WPU). I look forward to many & Executive President MIT World Peace University, Pune. definite roadmap for you to embark upon a glorious career collaborations with almost all top universities of the world From its origin in 2005, I have been interested in this At MIT-SOG we train youth to enable to accept challenges & in politics as well as governance. When we proudly say `we as well as associations with institutions within India to program, and have contributed to strengthening this take the mantle of political leadership. The vision and make leaders’, we steadfastly mean and ensure that our strengthen our institution. institution that will shape the future of this country. enterprising thoughts on bringing professionalism into students inculcate every aspect of policy and politics, politics with the importance of education & training leadership with vision and mission, rights with It is a matter of the great pride to present the two-year Over the years, the political environment of the country has through this unique institution is truly a visionary step of responsibilities, democratic election process, national Master’s degree program in Political Leadership and undergone numerous changes. Political parties, like never Shri. Karad. The two-year Master's degree program offers spirit, government and governance - all of which will Government, a unique course that trains students for a before, are hiring professionals for various political career opportunities to young leaders as Political Analyst, strengthen nation building during their future careers. constructive political career. MIT School of Government (a purposes including the topics like legislative research, Political Strategist, Campaign Managers, Election Regular interactions of students with the stalwarts in the constituent unit of MIT-WPU) aims to bring about a constituency surveys and mapping, electoral behavior etc. consultants, Constituency managers and so on. Our field of politics, bureaucracy, leadership, education and positive and professional change in the Indian Politics. faculty has vast experience in areas like political science, social sciences make a strong impact during the course of To train desirous students for their political journey School sociology, public administration, rural development, the Master’s program. The students passing out with this I invite you to join the two-year Master’s degree program in of Government has designed rigorous two-year Master’s political economy, constitutional framework etc. program make a strong mark in the vast fields of active Political Leadership & Government and play an active role degree program in Political Leadership & Government. The in nation building and strengthening the democratic politics, political think tanks, governance and e- program is so structured as to strike a balance between the As we enter the seventeenth year of academics, we aim to fabric of India. governance, assistance to leaders, professional services theoretical knowledge of a classroom and the practical reach out to the maximum number of nation builders. In and so on. The program may also help you to visualize aspects of local field visits and study tours. Additionally, this process we are also offering short term programs and

yourselves in the role of policy makers of the nation. students are offered up to ten months internship with customized training programs for the benefit of working Best Wishes offices of political parties and leaders. This paves the ways professionals from different domains who are socially I welcome you to join a highly professional program that for them to contribute actively either in electoral politics or active and politically sensitive. will help you to carve out a defining career for you. in functional domains related to politics. I invite you to join our mission, “Kindling the Flame of As we prepare for the seventeenth academic year of the Democratic Leadership”. School, I invite you to our mission through the Master’s degree program in Political Leadership & Government.

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GROOMING FOR Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad Rahul V. Karad Renowned Scientist, Chancellor Founder President Executive President POLITICAL Chairman, Nalanda University MIT World Peace University MIT World Peace University LEADERSHIP Academic Advisory Board Eminent Computer Scientist MIT-SOG ETHICAL GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP

NATIONAL TOUR INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL INSIGHT & OTHER FIELD VISITS TOUR Dr. N. T. Rao Prof. S. Parasuraman Dr. Narendra Jadhav Dr. Rajeev Gowda Vice-Chancellor Advisor Member, Rajya Sabha Leader INC MIT World Peace University, Pune MIT World Peace University Former Member Former Member, Rajya Sabha, Planning Commission DIRECT INDIRECT

CSR

Jayaprakash Narayan Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Capt. Ganesh Karnik Abhishek Mishra Gen. Secy, Foundation for Member, Rajya Sabha Former MLC Leader, Samajwadi Party LEGISLATIVE Democratic Reforms National Vice President, BJP Dy. Chairman, NRI Forum, BJP Former Minister, UP ASSISTANCE Former MLA, A.P. Founder Lok Satta Movement

POLITICAL STRATEGIST

Dr. Anand Kumar Adv. Ujjwal Nikam Dr. Anjali Ambedkar Dr. Hari Narke National Convenor, Eminent Lawyer & Asso. Prof., Karve Institute of Academic Author PARTY Swaraj Abhiyan Well Known Public Prosecutor Social Service, Vice President, Bhandarkar OPERATIONS Former Professor, JNU Savitri Bai Phule Pune University Oriental Research Institute

POLITICAL JOURNALIST

Dr. Shrikant Paranjpe Vivek Velankar Yashawant Deshmukh Ashish Khetan Dr. Shailashree Haridas ELECTION & Former Head of Department CONSTITUENCY Renowned Eminent Renowned Associate Director MANAGEMENT Defence & Strategic Studies RTI Activist Psephologist Political Activist MIT-SOG Savitri Bai Phule Pune University

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CSR

POLITICAL STRATEGIST

POLITICAL JOURNALIST

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About MIT World Peace University About MIT School of Government MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) is the flagship Today students from diverse backgrounds across the MIT School of Government (MIT-SOG) is a unique initiative, viz. Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad, National Women’s University of MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions, Pune. It world are experiencing ‘Life transforming curriculum’ at a constituent unit of MIT World Peace University, offering a Parliament, National Teacher’s Congress, Sarpanch enjoys a rich legacy of over four decades in the field of MIT-WPU while studying across different faculties such as two-year Master’s degree program in Political Leadership & Sansad and National Conference on Mass Communication education and academic excellence. MAEER’s MIT Group Faculty of Engineering & Technology; Faculty of Government for a career in Politics. Established in the year & Journalism. of Institutions, Pune known to be amongst the top Management; Faculty of Liberal Arts; Faculty of Fine Arts, 2005 under the dynamic leadership of Shri. Rahul V. Karad, educational institutions in India was established in the Media & Journalism; Faculty of Science, Faculty of Executive President, MIT World Peace University and his year 1983 by Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad. It has been Commerce & Economics, Faculty of Governance, Faculty of vision, MIT-SOG has given birth to many social initiatives, offering education from KG to PG in all major faculties. The Education and Faculty of Social Innovation, Partnership & group has four universities where in more than 64000 Co-creation. students are shaping their careers in different faculties. Focus Areas Unique Features of the Program: MIT-WPU envisions to be a leading University of ‘MIT World Peace University’ has been accorded the status Excellence, promoting the “Culture of Peace” through § Opinion Poll § Experiential learning program having 50% classroom of Private University under Govt. of Maharashtra Act No. Value-based “Universal Education System”, with a firm § Poll projections lectures & 50% ﬁeld visits § XXXV 2017 and recognized by UGC. It is a center for belief that “Union of Science and Religion / Spirituality § Managing Political Affairs Interactive sessions with National level leaders from scientific, educational, technological & spiritual alone will bring peace to mankind”. To be a world class Political, Social, Bureaucratic, Judicial, Media & § Constituency Management development for the youth. It enables the students to face space of intellectual distinction in creating extensively Corporate sector § Elections Management the challenges of the present and the future technical trained professionals who will stand for eternal human § Local Field Visits to NGOs, model villages, Gram advancements of a fast changing world by incorporating values and world peace as complete global citizens. § Legislative functioning Panchayats, Zilla Parishads, Municipal Corporations, best of academics, industrial, research and value-based § International Relations Political Party Ofﬁces, etc. education. The campus has 16000 students shaping § Political Strategies § 10-day National Study Tour to Delhi to witness careers in more than 84 programs comprising of UG, PG & proceedings in the Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha, Interact § Public Oratory Diploma courses. with Members of Parliament from both houses, visits § Facets of Political Leadership to the North Block, South Block, Supreme Court, § Global Politics Rashtrapati Bhavan, Election Commission, etc. § 2-Week International Study Tour to Europe (Optional )

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10 mitsog.org mitsog.org 11 LADDER OF LEADERSHIP IN DEMOCRACY

If you wish to be a Leader, then decide at what position you wish to be a Leader

Siddharth Gopagane Rohan Raja Akhade Akula Karan Patil

R. Harish Nirav Government Mandlewala Gandhar Bhandari

Sharath Chandra Hanumant Chate

Center Level State Level Local Self Govt. Level Approx. 33 Lacs Representatives

MLC 7 States Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha MLA 28 States & 2 UTs Urban Rural Approx. 4120 Approx. 460

Shri. Rahul V. Karad Initiator, MIT-SOG

Nagar Panchayat Zila Panchayat

Municipal Councils Janapad Panchayat

Pandit Vasant Gadgil Eminent Sanskrit Scholar

Municipal Corporation Gram Panchayat

Dr. Shailashree Haridas Associate Director, Other special systems Gram Sabha MIT-SOG

Shri. Rahul V. Karad - Initiator, MIT-SOG and Executive President, MIT-WPU with students of MPG, Batch 11 12 mitsog.org mitsog.org 13 LADDER OF LEADERSHIP IN DEMOCRACY

If you wish to be a Leader, then decide at what position you wish to be a Leader

Siddharth Gopagane Rohan Raja Akhade Akula Karan Patil

R. Harish Nirav Government Mandlewala Gandhar Bhandari

Sharath Chandra Hanumant Chate

Center Level State Level Local Self Govt. Level Approx. 33 Lacs Representatives

MLC 7 States Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha MLA 28 States & 2 UTs Urban Rural Approx. 4120 Approx. 460

Shri. Rahul V. Karad Initiator, MIT-SOG

Nagar Panchayat Zila Panchayat

Municipal Councils Janapad Panchayat

Pandit Vasant Gadgil Eminent Sanskrit Scholar

Municipal Corporation Gram Panchayat

Dr. Shailashree Haridas Associate Director, Other special systems Gram Sabha MIT-SOG

Shri. Rahul V. Karad - Initiator, MIT-SOG and Executive President, MIT-WPU with students of MPG, Batch 11 12 mitsog.org mitsog.org 13 Why MIT School of Government?

Introduction :

MIT School of Government (constituent unit of MIT campus learning while second year is off-campus ethics in political leadership. Through its intensive systems that have traditionally worked in the World Peace University) is the first school of its kind to internships & training. The objective is to create political teaching methodology & experiential learning model, government of the world's largest democracy is one of create future political leaders. The school was leaders among youth who are well versed with the students are exposed through local field visits to Gram the many benefits that the students of MIT-SOG conceptualized in 2005 by Shri. Rahul V. Karad, nuances of functioning of the government at all levels, Panchayat, Zilla Parishad, Municipal Corporation, State receives. Executive President of MIT World Peace University to from Gram Panchayat to Parliament. Assembly, Cooperatives and NGOs, to understand the provide education & training to young & dynamic youth dynamics of power and governance in India. As India From complex international relations to intricate local to enter public life and actively contribute in Politics for MIT-SOG aims to help India make the transition into progresses ahead, it requires educated youth in administration, MIT-SOG imparts all the knowledge the noble cause of nation building. Its two-year Master’s politics by empowering young minds with the spirit of electoral politics as well as functional politics. Two-years needed to create a strong leader. Enabling students to degree program in Political Leadership & Government informed leadership and imbibing in them a at MIT-SOG will equip them to handle all the enter the political arena with an arsenal of well-sourced is a unique program in itself. First year comprises on- fundamental understanding of the importance of challenges. A clear knowledge of the intricacies of information and redeveloped skills.

Dhruvin Shah

Rajan Kalsotra

Yogita Gawali Bharat Mrunal Joshi Dhole Nikhil Patil Khedekar

DVL Raghvendra Karan Nayak Reddy

Piyush Mishra Jyoti Tekale

Anurag Kaushal

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Introduction :

Dhruvin Shah

Rajan Kalsotra

Yogita Gawali Bharat Mrunal Joshi Dhole Nikhil Patil Khedekar

DVL Raghvendra Karan Nayak Reddy

Piyush Mishra Jyoti Tekale

Anurag Kaushal

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> Campus > Etiquette Ÿ Thorough understanding of the functioning of 1. 50% learning through field visits and study tours Prayer Ÿ Participant ID card has to be worn all the time, in the government within India at various levels, right from 2. Interactive Sessions & Visits by National level leaders Ÿ classroom, during visits, study tours etc. No food or village panchayat to corporation & zilla parishad; state The World Peace Prayer is played on the MIT-WPU from Political Parties, Social Sector, Bureaucracy, beverages are allowed in the classroom assembly to parliament; case based methodology campus each day at 10:40am – the participants are Media, Judiciary and Corporate expected to stand silently in respect to the Prayer Ÿ Cell phones are to be on vibrate or silent mode. Ÿ Repeated ringing of a cell phone will result in Over 50 case studies incorporating important events, 3. Training on various leadership styles along with > On the Campus scams, landmark decisions from the 1st Lok Sabha to detailed study of many national & international confiscation of the phone for one week or perhaps Ÿ the 17th Lok Sabha are discussed during the year long leaders through their biographies, study & analysis of Smoking, drinking of liquor and consumption of permanently if need be non vegetarian food is prohibited on the MIT-WPU program their ideologies either via first hand research by Ÿ Although a participative and interactive model is Campus students through various sources or screening of followed in the sessions – the Participants are to Ÿ Comparative study of various governments within India documentaries and audio speeches > Payment of Fees respect the Faculty and each others opinion and by analyzing the works related to development in 4. Module based teaching for in – depth understanding words. During a Seminar, Discussion or Quiz – the numerous important sectors of various Presidents, Ÿ Respecting the schedules of fee payment is and applications to practical politics Facilitators'/Quiz Master's decision is final Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers of different states expected from all participants Ÿ Sessions after a break shall resume as soon as the 5. All the cases are given to students at the > Classroom Ÿ Comparative study of various governments across the commencement of the program. Each day student is Faculty enters the Classroom. Participants shall not Ÿ globe via examples, analytical studies and personal required to come prepared to discuss that day's Punctuality loiter after the break and will not be allowed in the experiences during the international study tour Case(s) Ÿ The first session of the day begins at 9:30am classroom once the Faculty has begun a session 6. A National Study Tour to comprehend functioning of Ÿ Participants are to be present in class 5 minutes > Dress code Ÿ Along with lectures on varied topics, emphasis is on country's political capital, Visits to parliament, Election before the session, i.e. at 9:25am practical case studies related to current situations Ÿ 2 uniforms are to be purchased by each participant; Commission, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Different Ministries, Ÿ The World Peace Prayer marks the beginning of the one is an Indian dress (Jacket) and the other a White Political Party Offices and Research Institutions to Ÿ Workshops and interactive sessions are conducted on day – and shall be played in the classroom each day, Pyjama-Kurta for boys and Salwar-Kameez for girls. know the nitty – gritties in their rules, powers, current issues affecting the country. For example, Indo- at 9:30am functions and impact The uniforms shall be procured by the Institute, the US Relations, , India-China relations, Border Conflicts, Ÿ During interactive sessions by Eminent Leaders, the payment of which shall be borne by the participant Freedom of Expression, RTI, Changing Pattern of party 7. How to win elections? Allocation of seats in elections. session starts with the National Song “Vande and paid to the respective authority before the system, Naxalism, Anna Hazare Movement against SWOT analysis of the party as compared to other Mataram” and ends with the National Anthem “Jan delivery of the uniforms Corruption, General Assembly Election, Globalization political parties. How is your political party different Gan Man” Ÿ and its effects on India. from other political parties? Semi-formal attire for all 6 days of sessions is Ÿ There are certain days in each year which carry a required 8. Career opportunities of common party workers. Ÿ Special emphasis on Election Management, meaning, a cause, a connotation like World Human a) Khakis or Formal Trousers Development strategies and organizational Constituency Management, Campaign Management Rights day, International Day of Tolerance, World structures of the party other than politics. Effective b) Formal Shirts – preferably full sleeved and Psephology. A i d s D a y e t c . w h i c h a r e o b s e r v e d a n d ways of addressing people's problems. Role of the c) For ladies Salwar Suits are preferable party in solving problems commemorated in complete sanctity d) Denim is NOT allowed in the classroom 9. How to face electronic media? How to face camera > Attendance Ÿ During Eminent Faculty lectures, the Indian dress effectively? Spokesperson and office bearers of the Ÿ Complete attendance is expected. All leave will be at has to be worn by each and every participant party. How to write press note and use media to the discretion of and approved by the Director / generate public opinion? Associate Director. Any leave which is uninformed, 10. Students are given various case studies to study and will come under scrutiny and the participant shall be enhance their socio-political understanding to requested for a written clarification of the absence develop an aptitude for in-depth analysis. The case studies are designed from the pre-independence era, post-independence era, India and Global Affairs and Case Studies exploring leadership qualities of prominent leaders. Some specimen case studies are Selected Case Studies given here. Pre-Independence Post-Independence Global Affairs Leadership Studies Mahatma Gandhi and the The Land-Reforms post - India’s Nuclear Weapon’s Rise of Narendra Modi Non-C-Operation Movement Independence Program Savarkar VS Gandhi the Dr. Ambedkar’s Leadership Janata Government Gulf War and India Ideological Divide qualities and impact Democracy & Leadership AAP Model of Politics & West Bengal Assembly Neighbourhood first Nehru to modi Governance election 2021 Interaction by Shri. Jayaprakash Narayan, Founder & Shri. Rajendra Hunje, former Editor IBN Lokmat Political Politics of Financial Indira Gandhi’s Leadership & Former’s Agitation : President of Lok Satta Party interacting with students Communications of A. Inclusion & Policies Strengths & Weaknesses B. Vajpeyee Demonetizaion

16 mitsog.org mitsog.org 17 Special Features Pedagogy Culture at MITSOG

16 mitsog.org mitsog.org 17 Program Design Program Structure & Syllabus

The two-year Master’s degree program in Political Leadership & Government (MPG) is structured as follows: First Year [45 credits] (a) Foundation (b) Trimester - I (c) Trimester – II (d) Trimester - III

(e) Trimester - IV (f) Trimester – V (Social / Media Internship) (g) Trimester VI (Political Internship) Trimester-I Trimester-II Trimester-III Trimester I, II and III - All the subjects are compulsory and have been designed to give an understanding of the different verticals (Political Strategist, NGO, Analyst, Electoral Politics, International Relations, Media and PR) that the Subject Subject Subject students are expected to be aware of as Political Leaders. Competing Politico-Economic The two-year Master’s degree program in Political Leadership & Government (MPG) comprises classroom lectures Local Self-Governments in India Politics of Change Ideologies and ﬁeld visits including Local, State, National and International study tour.

Internship Elections in India Legislative Procedures in India National Study Tour

The second year of the two-year Master’s degree program comprises internships & attachments (up to duration of Organization Building and Psephology & Data Analysis Election Campaign Management ten months) viz. Constituency based, Issue based and Career based with Political Parties & Leaders. Management

Assembly Election Internship Working of Indian Constitution Political Communication (UP / Punjab / Goa)

FOCUS AREAS Mini Project - II Study of Languages, Peace in Philosophers of Bharat, Great (Municipal Corporation Election Communications and Human Kings and Dynasties 1) Psephology – 7) Bureaucrat in India – Analysis) Dynamics a. Pre-poll Projections a. Bureaucratic framework in India Mini Project - I Biography Presentation (Post Election Analysis) b. Post-Poll Analysis b. Politician- Bureaucrat Relation

Second Year [45 credits] 2) Political Communication – 8) Foreign Policy – a. Oratory a. Process of formulating & implanting Trimester-IV Trimester-V Trimester-VI foreign policy b. Speech writing b. International Organizations & India’s Subject Subject Subject foreign policy 3) Political Management – Social Internship (NGOs/Social Constituency Mapping Movements) a. Election strategies Political Internship 9) Public policy – Constituency Development and Public Policy and Advocacy b. Constituency Development a. Social Justice Management (Online Delivery) (Online Delivery) Budget Making and Analysis India's Foreign Policy (Online Global Politics (Online Delivery) b. Sustainable Development (Online Delivery) Delivery) 4) Panchayati Raj Institutions – Manifesto Making (Online Finishing School a. How to win local bodies election Delivery) 10) Electoral Regime in India – b. How to utilize local bodies’ funds a. Functioning & powers of election commission 5) Legislative functioning – b. Election manifestoes Evaluation System a. Rules & Norms of Parliament Mode of Assessment Weights assigned (%) b. Rules & Norms of Assembly Class Participation & Case Discussion 20

6) Monetary, Fiscal & other economic Policies – Module End Examination 20 a. Budget making process Mid- term / Subject Assignments 20 b. Financial allocation among center, state & Term End Examination 40 local bodies

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Internship Elections in India Legislative Procedures in India National Study Tour

Assembly Election Internship Working of Indian Constitution Political Communication (UP / Punjab / Goa)

18 mitsog.org mitsog.org 19 Academic Calendar 2021-2023 Year Date Particulars 1" Year 10th August 2021 Course Commencement 10th August to 20th August 2021 Induction 21st August to 24th October 2021 Trimester 1 25th October to 7th November 2021 Diwali Break 15th Nov to 19th November 2021 Trimester - 1 End Exam

UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Democracy, Peace & Tolerance 22nd Nov 2021 to 18th February 2022 Trimester 2 World Peace Centre (Alandi) Pune, India

19th Feb to 27th February 2022 Trimester - 2 Break (India's ﬁrst School to create Future Polical Leaders) 28th February to 4th March 2022 Trimester - 2 End Exam 5th March to 18th May 2022 Trimester 3 The Chairman, Founder & Executive President, the Dean and the Members of the Governing & Academic Council of MIT School of Government, Pune 19th May to 30" June 2022 Trimester 3 break are pleased to award 2" Year 1st July to 14th October 2022 Trimester 4 1st November 2022 to 31st January 2023 Trimester 5 16th February to 15th May 2023 Trimester 6 16th May to 31st May 2023 International Study Tour (Optional) for having completed the two-year Y Weekly time-table of MIT-SOG Master’s in Arts Day Session 1 (Morning) Session 2 (Pre-Lunch) Session 3 (Post-Lunch) Monday Classroom Session Mentoring Session Classroom Session (Political Leadership & Government) UGC Approved Movie/Documentary Screening Tuesday Classroom Session Classroom Session Followed by Discussion OP Wednesday Peace Class Session by eminent Personality Classroom Session securing Grade in the year 2021-2023 and completing all requirements of the program Thursday Yoga Session Group Discussion on Current Issue Sports Session Friday Leadership Lab Classroom Session Debating Hour MIT School of Government is a constituent unit of MIT World Peace University. Saturday Classroom Session Group Activity Classroom Session In testimony are set the seal of the MIT World Peace University. and the signatures of the Founder, Assessment Executive President, Chairman-Governing Council, Principal Advisor, Vice-Chancellor & Chairman-Academic Avisory Board. Ÿ First year consists of written examinations Ÿ There is evaluation also on the basis of assignments, LE C trimister wise including submissions & field visit reports, class participation and attendance presentations Ÿ Second year evaluation is based on Internship Ÿ There are Comprehensive Presentations / Group reports, assignments, thesis and viva-voce trimister Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad Presentations followed by Individual submission wise Founder President MIT World Peace University, Certification & Convocation Pune Ÿ On successful completion of the course, the participant will be conferred upon a Master's degree from MIT-WPU during the convovation Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar Natwar Singh Chairman, Principal Advisor Academic Advisory Board MIT School of Government SAMPMIT School of Government Dr. N. T. Rao Dr. Rajeev Gowda Rahul V. Karad Vice Chancellor Academic Advisor Executive President MIT World Peace University, MIT School of Government MIT World Peace University, Pune Pune

20 mitsog.org Students of MPG, Batch 11 at MIT-SOG library mitsog.org 21 Academic Calendar 2021-2023 Year Date Particulars 1" Year 10th August 2021 Course Commencement 10th August to 20th August 2021 Induction 21st August to 24th October 2021 Trimester 1 25th October to 7th November 2021 Diwali Break 15th Nov to 19th November 2021 Trimester - 1 End Exam

UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Democracy, Peace & Tolerance 22nd Nov 2021 to 18th February 2022 Trimester 2 World Peace Centre (Alandi) Pune, India

20 mitsog.org Students of MPG, Batch 11 at MIT-SOG library mitsog.org 21 ESTABLISHMENT OF ACADEMIC CHAIR PROGRAMS Aim of the Academic Chair programs Methodology To understand, identify, share and discuss the problems Interviews and Surveys, Seminars and Workshops. or issues in governance to share and discuss traditional These programs are conducted sector-wise, industry- or innovative methods & experiences used to resolve wise, area-wise, ministry-wise or need-wise. the identified problems or issues Academic Programs Organising seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, panel discussions etc.

GOKHALE CHAIR AMBEDKAR CHAIR FOR ETHICAL AND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE MORAL GOVERNANCE LIBERTY I EQUALITY HUMANIZE I EQUALIZE I FRATERNITY I SPIRITUALIZE

President Secretary Chairman President Secretary Shri. Tushar Gandhi Shri. Ravi Natu Padmashri Dr. Anjali Ambedkar Prof. Vinod Jadhav Milind Kamble

LOKMANYA CHAIR VAJPAYEE CHAIR FOR POLITICAL FOR PUBLIC ORATORY PHILOSOPHY FOCUSED AUDIENCE POLITICAL OBLIGATION I LAW I FEEDBACK I GESTURES I CONSTITUTION

Chairman President Chairman President Secretary Shri. Arvind Gokhale Dr. Deepak Tilak Shri. Devendra Fadnavis Shri. Nitin Gadkari Shri. Shrikant Bhartiya

YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN CHAIR FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP ADMINISTRATION I LITERATURE I CULTURE

President Secretary Dr. Jabbar Patel Dr. Arun Khore MIT-SOG building is based here at MIT-WPU campus 22 mitsog.org mitsog.org 23 ESTABLISHMENT OF ACADEMIC CHAIR PROGRAMS Aim of the Academic Chair programs Methodology To understand, identify, share and discuss the problems Interviews and Surveys, Seminars and Workshops. or issues in governance to share and discuss traditional These programs are conducted sector-wise, industry- or innovative methods & experiences used to resolve wise, area-wise, ministry-wise or need-wise. the identified problems or issues Academic Programs Organising seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, panel discussions etc.

GOKHALE CHAIR AMBEDKAR CHAIR FOR ETHICAL AND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE MORAL GOVERNANCE LIBERTY I EQUALITY HUMANIZE I EQUALIZE I FRATERNITY I SPIRITUALIZE

President Secretary Chairman President Secretary Shri. Tushar Gandhi Shri. Ravi Natu Padmashri Dr. Anjali Ambedkar Prof. Vinod Jadhav Milind Kamble

LOKMANYA CHAIR VAJPAYEE CHAIR FOR POLITICAL FOR PUBLIC ORATORY PHILOSOPHY FOCUSED AUDIENCE POLITICAL OBLIGATION I LAW I FEEDBACK I GESTURES I CONSTITUTION

Chairman President Chairman President Secretary Shri. Arvind Gokhale Dr. Deepak Tilak Shri. Devendra Fadnavis Shri. Nitin Gadkari Shri. Shrikant Bhartiya

YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN CHAIR FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP ADMINISTRATION I LITERATURE I CULTURE

President Secretary Dr. Jabbar Patel Dr. Arun Khore MIT-SOG building is based here at MIT-WPU campus 22 mitsog.org mitsog.org 23 Faculty Academic Team of MIT-SOG

Core faculty constitutes of members who have vast Court and High Court discussing landmark cases, latest teaching and research experience. They are assisted by amendments in the constitution, discussion on the bills faculty associates and research associates in conducting presented as well as the debates in Parliament. Apart from case studies, preparation of the course material, follow up these, we have media personalities visiting and discussing on specific lectures, accompanying students on academic issues related to Media and Politics & Government. field visits, study tours and counseling the students in Eminent Faculty consists of national level leaders and Parimal Maya Sudhakar Dr. Lenin Kumar terms of their personality development and career personalities from Political and Social sector. Their lectures Head of School Assistant Professor advancements. and interactive sessions are scheduled every week. Around He has completed Post-graduation in International He has completed his Ph.D in “Political Economy of Visiting faculty comprises many prominent academic 400 such leaders have visited MIT-SOG since its inception Politics from JNU. Received M.Phil on the topic China's Neoliberal Reforms in Estonia, 1991-2014". Received professors, deans & directors from different universities and have interacted on various topics related to the Nuclear Policy under Deng Xiaoping and pursuing Ph.D M.Phil in International Relations from Centre for and institutes. There are bureaucrats coming from syllabus, the political situation in the country and the from JNU on the topic “State and Society Relations in China Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of different developmental sectors, senior members of current affairs enlightening the participants through their in the context of Globalization”. Has worked with NGOs and International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He judiciary mainly Lawyers and Advocates from Supreme knowledge and experience. international organizations. Regular columnist with has also served as President of Jawaharlal Nehru Marathi newspapers and participated in Prime Time University Students' Union (JNUSU). discussions on TV9, Jai Maharashtra and ABP Maza.

Gopal Wamne Ashish Lal Assistant Professor Head Promotions

Prof. Gopal Wamne has completed MSc (Electronics) & MA A science graduate with PG Diplomas in Advertising & (Political Science). He has been awarded Junior Research P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s M a n a g e m e n t a n d B u s i n e s s Fellowship (JRF) in Political Science by University Grants Management as well as a MBA in Marketing. He has been Commission, MHRD, Government of India. Awarded 2nd associated with MIT School of Government since its prize for Research Paper presentation at National inception in 2005. His total work experience spans over 24 Conference on Material Science. He was appointed as years, out of which last 18 years in core education sector in Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) at Intelligence academics, promotions, media management and event Bureau (IB). management.

Dr Ganesh Mantri Assistant Professor

Strategic Banker with 16 years of rich International Experience in Financial Institutions. Working in Australia Shri. Rahul V. Karad, Initiator, MIT School of Government is addressing students of MPG, Batch 14 and India conducting, corporate training and Retail Sales, business loan portfolio that includes for small and/or large organizations. Post Graduate with specialisation in International Relations from JNU. Completed doctorate degree in “Economic Liberalisation and its impact on Urban Economy” from NIMS University.

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Gopal Wamne Ashish Lal Assistant Professor Head Promotions

Dr Ganesh Mantri Assistant Professor

24 mitsog.org mitsog.org 25 Guest Faculties Interacting at MIT-SOG Guest Faculties Interacting at MIT-SOG

Name Designation Name Designation Vivek Velankar Prominent RTI Activist Adv. Rama Sarode Eminent Lawyer Prof. Abhay Tilak Professor in Economics

Dr. Narendra Jadhav Member, Rajya Sabha Ashok Wankhede Eminent Journalist

Dr. Kumar Saptarshi Eminent Gandhian Hari Kasula Election Strategist Dr. Suhas Palshikar Eminent Political Scientist

Ajit Abhyankar CITU and CPM Leader Bharat Kumar Raut Former Member, Rajya Sabha

Neelam Gorhe Deputy Chair Person, Legislative Council, Maharashtra

Prof. Hari Narke Eminent Social Scientist Member of International Association of Political Consultants and the American Prof. Jerry Austin Association of Political Consultants Dr. Rajeshwari Deshpande Professor, Political Science, University of Pune

Razia Patel Eminent Social Activist Founding Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Prof. W. Cole Durham, Jr. Dr. D P Agarwal Ex-Chairperson, UPSC Brigham Young University.

Jatin Desai Senior Journalist

Dr. Medha Kotwal Gender Right Activist Chandrashekhar Tilak Executive Vice President NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited Vidyut Varkhedkar Former Deputy CEO, PMRDA

Alicia Brent English Language Specialist Sudhir Gadgil Eminent Anchor, Author, columist, Interviwer Varun Santosh Public Policy Analyst

Nandan Sharayala Public Policy Analyst Bashitha Narain Singh Member, Rajya Sabha

Prof. Nitish Nawsagrey Faculty at ILS Law College, Pune Satya Pavan Kumar Mummidi Campaign Strategist Dr. Sanjyot Apte Faculty at S.P. College

N. Gopalaswami IAS (Retd) Former Chief Election Commissioner Akshay Barik Public Policy Scholar Dr. Thiagu Rangnathan Faculty, IIM-Nagpur

Sudarshan Deputy Director, India Foundation Ashish Chandorkar Senior Journalist

Sushil Pandit Leader, Panoon Kashmir S N Sahu Joint Secretary, Rajya Sabha Meghnad Saha Policy Analyst

Ravindra Shanbagh Human Rights Activist

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) D. B. Shekatkar Chancellor, Sikkim University

Maj. Gen. Shashikant Pitre Retired Army Ofﬁcer

Prof. Anand Kumar National Convenor, Swaraj Abhiyan **This is Partial List. There are many more.

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Name Designation Name Designation Vivek Velankar Prominent RTI Activist Adv. Rama Sarode Eminent Lawyer Prof. Abhay Tilak Professor in Economics

Dr. Narendra Jadhav Member, Rajya Sabha Ashok Wankhede Eminent Journalist

Dr. Kumar Saptarshi Eminent Gandhian Hari Kasula Election Strategist Dr. Suhas Palshikar Eminent Political Scientist

Ajit Abhyankar CITU and CPM Leader Bharat Kumar Raut Former Member, Rajya Sabha

Neelam Gorhe Deputy Chair Person, Legislative Council, Maharashtra

Jatin Desai Senior Journalist

Dr. Medha Kotwal Gender Right Activist Chandrashekhar Tilak Executive Vice President NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited Vidyut Varkhedkar Former Deputy CEO, PMRDA

Alicia Brent English Language Specialist Sudhir Gadgil Eminent Anchor, Author, columist, Interviwer Varun Santosh Public Policy Analyst

Nandan Sharayala Public Policy Analyst Bashitha Narain Singh Member, Rajya Sabha

Prof. Nitish Nawsagrey Faculty at ILS Law College, Pune Satya Pavan Kumar Mummidi Campaign Strategist Dr. Sanjyot Apte Faculty at S.P. College

N. Gopalaswami IAS (Retd) Former Chief Election Commissioner Akshay Barik Public Policy Scholar Dr. Thiagu Rangnathan Faculty, IIM-Nagpur

Sudarshan Deputy Director, India Foundation Ashish Chandorkar Senior Journalist

Sushil Pandit Leader, Panoon Kashmir S N Sahu Joint Secretary, Rajya Sabha Meghnad Saha Policy Analyst

Ravindra Shanbagh Human Rights Activist

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) D. B. Shekatkar Chancellor, Sikkim University

Maj. Gen. Shashikant Pitre Retired Army Ofﬁcer

Prof. Anand Kumar National Convenor, Swaraj Abhiyan **This is Partial List. There are many more.

26 mitsog.org mitsog.org 27 Interactive Sessions by Leaders of all Ideologies

MIT School of Government is positioned to be the India lies in the safe hands. We approach and invite Cradle for Political Leadership to nurture Leaders who cross section of leaders who not only appreciate our shall occupy the most sought after seats of the power. efforts, but a majority of them commit for the cause. In our endeavour to create leaders beyond par, we have left no stone unturned in ensuring that the future of

Tarun Vijay - Author, Social Worker & Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat - Nitin Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport & Journalist, Former Member, Rajya Sabha Former Chief of Naval Staﬀ of India Highways, Small & Medium Enterprises Ministry

Ashok Tanwar - Former President, Haryana Pradesh Congress

Arif Mohammad Khan Governor of Kerala State Subramanian Swamy Member , Rajya Sabha

Manohar Joshi - Shivsena Leader & Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra M. Venkaiah Naidu Rajdeep Sardesai - TV Anchor & Author Former Speaker of Lok Sabha Vice-President of India

Pralhad Joshi - Union Minister of Chandan Mitra Anbumani Ramadoss - Member, Rajya Sabha & Alka Lamba Parliamentary Aﬀairs, Coal & Mines Former Member, Rajya Sabha Former Union Minister of Health Ministry Former MLA (AAP) Delhi

Manishankar Aiyar

Prithviraj Chavan - Congress Leader & Sumitra Mahajan Margaret Alva Anurag Singh Thakur Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Former Speaker of Lok Sabha Kirit Somaiya Former Member, Rajya Sabha Minister of State for Finance & 28 mitsog.org Former Vice-President, BJP Maharashtra Former Union State Minister Corporate Aﬀairs mitsog.org 29 Interactive Sessions by Leaders of all Ideologies

Ashok Tanwar - Former President, Haryana Pradesh Congress

Arif Mohammad Khan Governor of Kerala State Subramanian Swamy Member , Rajya Sabha

Manohar Joshi - Shivsena Leader & Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra M. Venkaiah Naidu Rajdeep Sardesai - TV Anchor & Author Former Speaker of Lok Sabha Vice-President of India

Manishankar Aiyar

Poonam Mahajan Member, Lok Sabha Raju Shetti Former Member Lok Sabha

Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Information & Broadcasting Ministry Varun Gandhi, Member, Lok Sabha Raju Waghmare, Congress Spokesperson Maharashtra

Natwar Singh Former Union Minister of External Aﬀairs of India Priyanka Chaturvedi Member, Rajya Sabha

Oscar Fernandes Former Union Cabinet Anandiben Patel Uma Bharati Minister of Transport, Dhananjay Mahadik Governor of National Vice- President, BJP Roads & Highway Ministry Former Member , Lok Sabha Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

Amrita Dhawan Former National President, NSUI L. K. Advani - Former Deputy Prime Minister of India Hussain Dalwai Former Member, Rajya Sabha & Ganesh Karnik Spokesperson, Maharashtra Former MLC, Congress Committee Karnataka Government Neelam Gorhe Deputy Chairman, Legislative Council of Pravin Togadiya - National President, Maharashtra Antar Rashtriya Hindu Parishad Ramdas Athawale - Union State Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Ministry

Sharad Pawar Yashwant Sinha Former Union Cabinet Minister Former Minister of of Agriculture Ministry Finance & External Aﬀairs 30 mitsog.org mitsog.org 31 Sushil Kumar Shinde Vikas Mahatme General Secretary of Indian National Congress, Member , Rajya Sabha Former Union Minister

Poonam Mahajan Member, Lok Sabha Raju Shetti Former Member Lok Sabha

Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Information & Broadcasting Ministry Varun Gandhi, Member, Lok Sabha Raju Waghmare, Congress Spokesperson Maharashtra

Natwar Singh Former Union Minister of External Aﬀairs of India Priyanka Chaturvedi Member, Rajya Sabha

Sharad Pawar Yashwant Sinha Former Union Cabinet Minister Former Minister of of Agriculture Ministry Finance & External Aﬀairs 30 mitsog.org mitsog.org 31 Guest Faculties at MIT-SOG

Arti Mehra Tushar Gandhi Former Mayor, Delhi Managing Trustee Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

N. Gopalaswami Anand Kumar, Former Professor JNU, Dr. Narendra Jadhav Rajeev Gowda, Former Member Rajya Sabha Suhas Palashikar, Chief Editor of 'Studies in Former Chief Election Commissioner of India National Convenor Swaraj Abhiyan Member, Rajya Sabha interacting and guiding students Indian Politics', Eminent Political Analyst

Sushil Pandit, Social Activist & Owner Ashish Chandorkar, Political Expert Suresh Prabhu of Hive Communications conducting session Former Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industries and Civil Aviation

Sylvia Vriesendorp W. Cole Durham Jr. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi with Michael Nobel, Former Chairman, Nobel Charitable Trust Leadership Coach American Educator MOS for Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu

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Arti Mehra Tushar Gandhi Former Mayor, Delhi Managing Trustee Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

Sylvia Vriesendorp W. Cole Durham Jr. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi with Michael Nobel, Former Chairman, Nobel Charitable Trust Leadership Coach American Educator MOS for Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu

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Panel Discussion Organ Donation Walkathon Election Survey, Maharashtra Bharat Kumar Raut, Changemaker Day at MIT-SOG Dr. Chandrashekhar Tilak, Exec Vice on Biden Presidency: Former Member, Rajya Sabha (Ashoka Foundation) President, NSDL interacting during Its challenges and prospects interacting during Two-days Short Nov 15, 2019 Short term program on Election & term program on Campaign & Campaign Management, Booth Management, Aug 31 - Sep 1, 2019 Sept 27-28, 2019

Seminar on Induction Programme of MPG-15 Dr. S. S. Haridas, Associate Director, MIT-SOG coordinated Festival on Prof. Suhas Palshikar during Students from diﬀerent colleges participating Maharashtra Assembly Elections at MIT School of Government with His Holiness Dalai Lama Democracy organized at Kerala workshop on Analyzing Results in Model United Nations at MIT-SOG, Nov 9-10, 2019 Legislative Assembly from 23-25 Feb of Maharashtra Assembly 2019 2019. MIT-SOG Team with Elections, Nov 15, 2019 Shri. P. Sreeramakrishnan, Speaker of Kerala State Assembly

Dnyaneshwar Mulay - Member, Human Rights Kumar Ketkar Keshav Upadhyay Interactive session by Interactive Session by Prashant Kothadiya interacting Commission, Former Secretary, Ministry of Member, Rajya Sabha interacting during Short Spokesperson, BJP, MH presenting his views Govindbhai Dholakiya, Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale, during Shorrt term program on External Aﬀairs as Chief Guest for Model term program on Political Leadership - Styles & during workshop on Analyzing Results of Founder, Shree Ramkrishna Exports In-Charge Foreign Political Leadership - Styles & United Nations, Nov 9-10, 2019 Strategies, Nov 29-30, 2019 Maharshtra Assembly Elections 2019 Aﬀairs Dept. BJP Strategies, Nov 29-30, 2019

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34 mitsog.org mitsog.org 35 Survey in Tuljapur

Local Field Visits

Local Study Tours: Local study tours are undertaken to War Memorial Hivare Bazar Municipal Corporation, NGOs, Gram Panchayats, Co- operative Societies, offices of Political Parties & Leaders, social projects/schemes etc. The participants are required to undertake field visits and projects as a part Media House of their curriculum.

Tank Museum, Ahmednagar Agriculture Trainging Centre

Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation

NGO Youthon, Ahemadnagar

Election Study Tour of Bihar by MPG-16 students 2020-10-30

Katewadi Visit

Local Self Government Model Village

36 mitsog.org mitsog.org 37 Survey in Tuljapur

Local Field Visits

Tank Museum, Ahmednagar Agriculture Trainging Centre

Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation

NGO Youthon, Ahemadnagar

Election Study Tour of Bihar by MPG-16 students 2020-10-30

Katewadi Visit

Local Self Government Model Village

36 mitsog.org mitsog.org 37 National Study Tour to Delhi MIT-SOG students, MPG Batch 12 at Rashtrapati Bhavan during their National Study Tour to Delhi The National Study Tour is normally conducted during the budget session beginning February / March each year to Delhi. During the visit, the MPG participants are able to witness first hand, the proceedings in the Lok Sabha. Besides this, they are able to attend a workshop at Bureau of Parliamentary Studies & Training. Student interact with Members of Parliament from both houses. Visits are organized to North Block, South Block, Supreme Court, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Election Commission of India etc. Academic sessions are organized at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), Centre for Sciences & Environment (CSE), Centre for Civil Society (CCS), Centre for Media Studies (CMS) etc. This also gives us an opportunity to interact with many eminent political leaders from various political parties and visit their national offices to understand the functioning of the offices.

Pratik Saravanan Shivraj Surajit Rajat Diksha Vaishnavi Abhijeet Ankita Pratik Anurag Shukla Shankar Shinde Boiragi Jasuja Mahale Kirad Bendre Malpani Kute Sonawane Pranav Srinivasa Alla Sai Varri Prakash Jalinder Amit Modalavalasa Najim Rajesh Gaurav Lavish Kale Chary Akhil Lalith Kad Padalwar Harsha Shaikh Gurjar Kalamkar Jain

38 mitsog.org mitsog.org 39 National Study Tour to Delhi MIT-SOG students, MPG Batch 12 at Rashtrapati Bhavan during their National Study Tour to Delhi The National Study Tour is normally conducted during the budget session beginning February / March each year to Delhi. During the visit, the MPG participants are able to witness first hand, the proceedings in the Lok Sabha. Besides this, they are able to attend a workshop at Bureau of Parliamentary Studies & Training. Student interact with Members of Parliament from both houses. Visits are organized to North Block, South Block, Supreme Court, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Election Commission of India etc. Academic sessions are organized at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), Centre for Sciences & Environment (CSE), Centre for Civil Society (CCS), Centre for Media Studies (CMS) etc. This also gives us an opportunity to interact with many eminent political leaders from various political parties and visit their national offices to understand the functioning of the offices.

38 mitsog.org mitsog.org 39 Yashwant Sinha, Former Minister, Election Commission of India Finance & External Affairs

NGO-Goonj Kailash Satyarthi Nobel Peace Laureate

Kumar Prashant, Journalist & Sitaram Yechury, Leader CPI (M) Gandhian Thinker

Kumar Ketkar, Member, Rajya Sabha (INC) Kanimozhi, Member, Lok Sabha (DMK)

Pakistan High Commision Office bearers of JNU Student Union

Sharad Pawar BJP Headquarters Founder, Nationalist Congress Party

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for National Commission for Women Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise

Digvijay Chautala, Chairman of ICDNCA Syed Naseer Hussain, Member, Rajya Sabha (NCP) National President of Institutional Student Organisation

40 mitsog.org mitsog.org 41 Yashwant Sinha, Former Minister, Election Commission of India Finance & External Affairs

NGO-Goonj Kailash Satyarthi Nobel Peace Laureate

Kumar Prashant, Journalist & Sitaram Yechury, Leader CPI (M) Gandhian Thinker

Kumar Ketkar, Member, Rajya Sabha (INC) Kanimozhi, Member, Lok Sabha (DMK)

Pakistan High Commision Office bearers of JNU Student Union

Sharad Pawar BJP Headquarters Founder, Nationalist Congress Party

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for National Commission for Women Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise

Digvijay Chautala, Chairman of ICDNCA Syed Naseer Hussain, Member, Rajya Sabha (NCP) National President of Institutional Student Organisation

40 mitsog.org mitsog.org 41 Kailash Choudhary Minister of State, Ministry of Jamyang Tsering Namgyal Aparajita Sarangi Y K Sinha Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Member, Lok Sabha (Ladakh, BJP) Member, Lok Sabha & National Spokesperson of BJP Chief Information Officer, Former IFS

Amb. Shin Bongkil Kapil Mishra Dr. Vivek Joshi Nripendra Mishra Ambassador of Republic of Korea to India Former MLA, Delhi and BJP Youth Leader Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India Former Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi

Pratap Chandra Sarangi Vivek Thakur Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry Visit to Annapurna Devi Yadav Member, Rajya Sabha (BJP) Dairying and Fisheries, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Press Council of India Member, Lok Sabha, Kodarma, Jharkhand (BJP)

Neeraj Kundan Visit to Alka Lamba Rama Devi National President, NSUI Ministry of Ayush Former MLA (AAP), Delhi Member, Lok Sabha (BJP)

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Tiruchi Siva Sunita Duggal Ghanshyam Tiwari Dr. Fouzia Khan Member, Rajya Sabha (DMK) Member, Lok Sabha, former IRS officer National Spokesperson, Samajwadi Party Member, Rajya Sabha (NCP) Kailash Choudhary Minister of State, Ministry of Jamyang Tsering Namgyal Aparajita Sarangi Y K Sinha Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Member, Lok Sabha (Ladakh, BJP) Member, Lok Sabha & National Spokesperson of BJP Chief Information Officer, Former IFS

Neeraj Kundan Visit to Alka Lamba Rama Devi National President, NSUI Ministry of Ayush Former MLA (AAP), Delhi Member, Lok Sabha (BJP)

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Tiruchi Siva Sunita Duggal Ghanshyam Tiwari Dr. Fouzia Khan Member, Rajya Sabha (DMK) Member, Lok Sabha, former IRS officer National Spokesperson, Samajwadi Party Member, Rajya Sabha (NCP) Vivek Tankha Dr. Kanhaiya Kumar Bhakt Charan Das Senthil Kumar, Member, Rajya Sabha (INC) CPI leader Leader, Indian National Congress Member, Lok Sabha (DMK)

Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Atishi Rajendra Agarwal Sujay Vikhe Patil Member, Lok Sabha (BJP) MLA (AAP), Kalkaji Member, Lok Sabha (BJP) Member, Lok Sabha (BJP)

Sanjay Singh Gulam Nabi Aazad Pratap Singh Bajwa Shrirang Barne Member, Rajya Sabha (AAP) Senior leader of Congress Member, Rajya Sabha (INC) Member, Lok Sabha, (Shiv Sena)

Visit to Rakesh Tikait Sujeet Kumar Pramila Bisoi Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Spokesperson, BKU Member, Lok Sabha (BJD) Member, Lok Sabha (BJD)

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Syed Nasir Hussain Mohammad Jawed Fransisco Sardinha Omprakash Nimbalkar Member, Rajya Sabha Member, Lok Sabha (INC) Member, Lok Sabha, South Goa (INC) & Former CM, Goa Member, Lok Sabha (Shiv Sena) Vivek Tankha Dr. Kanhaiya Kumar Bhakt Charan Das Senthil Kumar, Member, Rajya Sabha (INC) CPI leader Leader, Indian National Congress Member, Lok Sabha (DMK)

Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Atishi Rajendra Agarwal Sujay Vikhe Patil Member, Lok Sabha (BJP) MLA (AAP), Kalkaji Member, Lok Sabha (BJP) Member, Lok Sabha (BJP)

Sanjay Singh Gulam Nabi Aazad Pratap Singh Bajwa Shrirang Barne Member, Rajya Sabha (AAP) Senior leader of Congress Member, Rajya Sabha (INC) Member, Lok Sabha, (Shiv Sena)

Visit to Rakesh Tikait Sujeet Kumar Pramila Bisoi Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Spokesperson, BKU Member, Lok Sabha (BJD) Member, Lok Sabha (BJD)

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Syed Nasir Hussain Mohammad Jawed Fransisco Sardinha Omprakash Nimbalkar Member, Rajya Sabha Member, Lok Sabha (INC) Member, Lok Sabha, South Goa (INC) & Former CM, Goa Member, Lok Sabha (Shiv Sena) International Study Tour The International Study Tour is organized towards the end of the first academic year for a duration of two weeks to Europe. This is a unique opportunity for participants to get exposed to international politics and experience the functioning of international offices. The tour begins with London, UK with visits to British Parliament, Commonwealth Secretariat, British Library, British History Museum, interaction with Member of Parliament from Lower & Upper House. Next destination is NATO, Brussels, Belgium; followed by UNESCO office at Paris, Visit to the Hague International University, Netherlands Parliament, ICCJ, social organizations like GHRD, OPCW. Visit to WTO, UN office, ICRC, OHCHR, Indian embassy in Switzerland are great learning experiences.

Devendra Pavan Kumar Chandukishor Pai Panvsingh Amit Garg Jaiswal Chang

Rahul Kumar

Melchior Nagesh Poornima Vivek Ghate Vandana Vanashree Neha Rai Pralhad Kushal Shriram Ashwini D'Souza Cherukari Pradhyuman Seth Ramanathan Singh Anurag Pandit Kumar 46 mitsog.org mitsog.org 47 International Study Tour The International Study Tour is organized towards the end of the first academic year for a duration of two weeks to Europe. This is a unique opportunity for participants to get exposed to international politics and experience the functioning of international offices. The tour begins with London, UK with visits to British Parliament, Commonwealth Secretariat, British Library, British History Museum, interaction with Member of Parliament from Lower & Upper House. Next destination is NATO, Brussels, Belgium; followed by UNESCO office at Paris, Visit to the Hague International University, Netherlands Parliament, ICCJ, social organizations like GHRD, OPCW. Visit to WTO, UN office, ICRC, OHCHR, Indian embassy in Switzerland are great learning experiences.

Devendra Pavan Kumar Chandukishor Pai Panvsingh Amit Garg Jaiswal Chang

Rahul Kumar

United Nations Head Office, Geneva

Commonwealth Secretariat, Conservative Party office, Indian Embassy, Berne NATO office, Brussels London London

London School of Economics Near British Parliament, London UNESCO, Paris IPN, London

Commonwealth Secretariat, At The Hague International University, London The Hague OPCW, Geneva Democrats party office, London

48 mitsog.org mitsog.org 49 Eiffel Tower, Paris UN Assembly Hall, Geneva Labor Party office, London

United Nations Head Office, Geneva

Commonwealth Secretariat, Conservative Party office, Indian Embassy, Berne NATO office, Brussels London London

London School of Economics Near British Parliament, London UNESCO, Paris IPN, London

Commonwealth Secretariat, At The Hague International University, London The Hague OPCW, Geneva Democrats party office, London

48 mitsog.org mitsog.org 49 Simulation of Parliamentary Democracy Alumni Connect Model Parliament The participants at MIT-SOG enact a model parliament, emulating the seat of Indian democracy in the presence of an Alumni are the most important segment at MIT-SOG as the fragment of Institute's prominence is determined through eminent guest each year. All factual proceedings of the Lok Sabha, including passing of a bill, amendment procedures, and them. MIT-SOG has always welcomed and ensured the all-round development of its alumni. Each year MIT-SOG organizes rejection of no-conﬁdence motion posed by the opposition, laying of the papers etc. are enacted to train the participants in Prabodhan, an interactive gathering of alumni in the MIT campus through workshops. This gives an opportunity to the these proceedings. Alumni to get guidance in politics and to know the latest trends and advancements in the ﬁeld. This interaction helps in strengthening the knowledge, skills and add value to individual brands and networking amongst batches

Late Shri. P. A. Sangma, Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha chairing Model Parliament

50 mitsog.org mitsog.org 51 Simulation of Parliamentary Democracy Alumni Connect Model Parliament The participants at MIT-SOG enact a model parliament, emulating the seat of Indian democracy in the presence of an Alumni are the most important segment at MIT-SOG as the fragment of Institute's prominence is determined through eminent guest each year. All factual proceedings of the Lok Sabha, including passing of a bill, amendment procedures, and them. MIT-SOG has always welcomed and ensured the all-round development of its alumni. Each year MIT-SOG organizes rejection of no-conﬁdence motion posed by the opposition, laying of the papers etc. are enacted to train the participants in Prabodhan, an interactive gathering of alumni in the MIT campus through workshops. This gives an opportunity to the these proceedings. Alumni to get guidance in politics and to know the latest trends and advancements in the ﬁeld. This interaction helps in strengthening the knowledge, skills and add value to individual brands and networking amongst batches

Late Shri. P. A. Sangma, Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha chairing Model Parliament

50 mitsog.org mitsog.org 51 Career Prospects Admission Criteria and Selection Procedure Apart from Career in Electoral Politics, there are various attractive career opportunities in the field of Functional Politics as Research Associates, Political Analysts, Policy Associates, Political Strategists, Political Consultants, Admission Procedure: MPG Batch- 17 (2021-23) Election Managers, Election Research & Campaign Managers, Political Social Media Managers, Constituency Managers, and Assistants in Parliamentary Affairs etc. Eligibility Criteria MPG, Batch-17, Commencement These career opportunities in functional politics as mentioned above provide a platform to sustain in politics. We, at Graduate from any faculty with min. 50% aggregate is 10th August 2021 MIT School of Government would like to see our students evolve as an ethical, efficient & trained political leader over a eligible to apply for admission. Candidates in their final Current Parameters for interview longer period of time. A leader who is active in public life capable of leading from the front and help the country year of graduation are also eligible to apply for the program Ÿ Communication/Vision/Objective provided they are able to present their final year original evolve as a global superpower. Ÿ Passion/Attitude/Character mark sheet to the office on or before August 10. 2021 More than 450 participants have graduated from the MIT School of Government. Over 250 of our alumni have Ÿ Commitment/Motivation/Self-confidence Selection Procedure Ÿ already occupied eminent positions in the political arena. Some are associated with the youth wings of political Academic ability parties while others are associated with political leaders as consultants, strategists, campaign managers etc. The selection process for MPG, Batch-17 comprises an Final Result online objective type multi-choice aptitude test followed The final results of the selection process are conveyed to by personal interview. the applicants via phone and email. Current Parameters for interview Admission Offer Ÿ Communication/Vision/Objective The offer letter of the selected participant is emailed and Ÿ Passion/Attitude/Character information is also conveyed to the applicant within two Ÿ Commitment/Motivation/Self-confidence days of the announcement of the result. Ÿ Academic ability Final Result Course Fee The final results of the selection process are conveyed to Compulsory: the applicants via phone and email. Ÿ Course fee: Rs. 3,00,000/- payable in three installments Admission Offer (Course fee includes cost of field visits. National Study Tour only, course materia I offered by the institute). The offer letter of the selected participant is emailed and information is also conveyed to the applicant within two Ÿ Note: Refer admission withdrawal/ cancellation policy days of the announcement of the result. of MIT-WPU for more clarification. Admission Confirmation Optional: The selected applicants for MPG. Batch-17 need to pay the Ÿ Two-week international study tour fee will be First installment of the course fee i.e. Rs.1,50,000/ as charged on actual basis. payable on or before February specified in offer letter to confirm their seat for the 17th 05, 2022.. batch of MPG program. Academicyear 2021-23.

Fee Structure Apply on line at mitsog.org or mitwpu.edu.in The Program Fee comprises of two components Course Fee (which is mandatory) and Optional.

Shivraj Patil

R. Harish Namita Joshi

52 mitsog.org mitsog.org 53 Career Prospects Admission Criteria and Selection Procedure Apart from Career in Electoral Politics, there are various attractive career opportunities in the field of Functional Politics as Research Associates, Political Analysts, Policy Associates, Political Strategists, Political Consultants, Admission Procedure: MPG Batch- 17 (2021-23) Election Managers, Election Research & Campaign Managers, Political Social Media Managers, Constituency Managers, and Assistants in Parliamentary Affairs etc. Eligibility Criteria MPG, Batch-17, Commencement These career opportunities in functional politics as mentioned above provide a platform to sustain in politics. We, at Graduate from any faculty with min. 50% aggregate is 10th August 2021 MIT School of Government would like to see our students evolve as an ethical, efficient & trained political leader over a eligible to apply for admission. Candidates in their final Current Parameters for interview longer period of time. A leader who is active in public life capable of leading from the front and help the country year of graduation are also eligible to apply for the program Ÿ Communication/Vision/Objective provided they are able to present their final year original evolve as a global superpower. Ÿ Passion/Attitude/Character mark sheet to the office on or before August 10. 2021 More than 450 participants have graduated from the MIT School of Government. Over 250 of our alumni have Ÿ Commitment/Motivation/Self-confidence Selection Procedure Ÿ already occupied eminent positions in the political arena. Some are associated with the youth wings of political Academic ability parties while others are associated with political leaders as consultants, strategists, campaign managers etc. The selection process for MPG, Batch-17 comprises an Final Result online objective type multi-choice aptitude test followed The final results of the selection process are conveyed to by personal interview. the applicants via phone and email. Current Parameters for interview Admission Offer Ÿ Communication/Vision/Objective The offer letter of the selected participant is emailed and Ÿ Passion/Attitude/Character information is also conveyed to the applicant within two Ÿ Commitment/Motivation/Self-confidence days of the announcement of the result. Ÿ Academic ability Final Result Course Fee The final results of the selection process are conveyed to Compulsory: the applicants via phone and email. Ÿ Course fee: Rs. 3,00,000/- payable in three installments Admission Offer (Course fee includes cost of field visits. National Study Tour only, course materia I offered by the institute). The offer letter of the selected participant is emailed and information is also conveyed to the applicant within two Ÿ Note: Refer admission withdrawal/ cancellation policy days of the announcement of the result. of MIT-WPU for more clarification. Admission Confirmation Optional: The selected applicants for MPG. Batch-17 need to pay the Ÿ Two-week international study tour fee will be First installment of the course fee i.e. Rs.1,50,000/ as charged on actual basis. payable on or before February specified in offer letter to confirm their seat for the 17th 05, 2022.. batch of MPG program. Academicyear 2021-23.

Fee Structure Apply on line at mitsog.org or mitwpu.edu.in The Program Fee comprises of two components Course Fee (which is mandatory) and Optional.

Shivraj Patil

R. Harish Namita Joshi

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Political Leadership to nurture Leaders who shall occupy the Late A.P.J. Kalam Late Pranab Mukherjee A. K. Sen Gupta A. Vasudevan A. Velumani most sought after seats of the power. In our endeavour to create A. Y. Tipnis Abhay Dubey Abhay Firodia Abhijit Adsul Abhijit Panse leaders beyond par, we have left no stone unturned in ensuring Abhijit Pawar Abhimanyu Sindhu Abhishek Manu Singhvi Abhishek Matoria Abhyuday Prabhakar that the future of India lies in the safe hands. We approach and Acharya Balkrishna Acharya Lokesh Mun Ade Sukendar Adinath Mangeshkar Aditi Singh Aditya Thackeray Agatha K. Sangma Ajay Devgn Ajay Kumar Gupta Ajay Mahadik invite cross section of leaders who appreciate our efforts, a Ajay Maken Ajay Patil Ajay Singh Ajey Lele Ajinkya Deo majority committing at least two hours of their time in the Alka Kshatriya Alka Lamba Alok Mehta Late Alyque Padamsee Late Amar Singh whole year and a few by extending their message of support for Amarjeet Kaur Ameet Satam Amit Deshmukh Amit Thacker Amitava Tripathi the cause. These few pages are dedicated to make the students Amitbhai Chavda Anamik Shah Anand Kumar Anand Paranjpe Anand Sudarshan aware of the eminent leaders from various fields who have Anandiben Patel Anant Kumar Hegde Anant Sardeshmukh Anbumani Ramdoss Anders B. Johnsson Anerood Jugnauth Anil D. Sahasrabudhe Anil Gupta Anil Kakodkar Anil Trigunayat visited the MIT School of Government. Anil Verma Anirudh Dhoot Anjali Nimbalkar Anna Hazare Late Annes Chishti Anoop Mishra Anshul Arora Anu Aga Late Anupam Mishra Anuradha Bhatia Anuradha Prabhudesai Anurag Dixit Anurag Singh Thakur Archana Patil Argentina Matavel Piccin Arif Mohammed Khan Arimilli Radha Krishna Arjun Bodke Arjun Modhwadia Arjun Ram Meghwal Arjun Rampal Arnab Goswami Arun Bhatia Arun Firodia Arun Gujarati Late Arun Jaitley Arun Jamkar Arun Nigavekar Arun Yadav Aruna M. Bahuguna Aruna Roy Arunachalam Arundhati Bhattacharya Arunima Sinha Arup Patnaik Arvind Gupta Late Arvind Inamdar Arvind Kejriwal Arvinder Singh Lamba Aseem Goel Ashish Nanda Ashish Shelar Ashok Bajpai Ashok Jhunjhunwala Ashok Lavasa Ashok Tanwar Ashutosh Ashutosh Ghosh Ashutosh Gowariker Ashutosh Kumbhakoni Ashwini Chrungoo Asim Sarode Asit Kumarr Modi Asiya Naqash Atanu Basu Aung San Suu Kyi Avinash Dharmadhikari Avinash Sahay AVS Ramesh Chandra Awadhesh Kumar Singh B. Ashok B. Hanumaiah B. P. Bandgar Late B. R. Malhotra Baba Maharaj Satarkar Babanrao Pachpute Babu Lal Marandi Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda Bakul Dholakia Bal Vyas Radha Swarupa Bala V. Balachandran Balaji Tambe Balasaheb Darade Balasaheb Deshmukh Balasaheb Thorat Ban Ki-moon Barkha Dutt Basudeb Acharia Bhai Jagtap Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza Bhalchandra Mungekar Bhanoji Rao Bharat Parekh Bharat Patel Bharatappa Patil Bharatsinh Solanki Bhartruhari Mahtab Bhaskarao Pere Patil Bhavana Gawali Bhawana Somaaya Bhumika Gupta Bhupendra Kainthola Bhupinder Singh Bhushan Gokhale Bhushan Patwardhan Bimal Patel Biman Banerjee Binny Sareen Binota Meinam Biswajit Daimary BK Shivani Brinda Karat Buddhacharan Das Budhajirao Mulik C. N. R. Rao C. P. Surendran C. P. Thakur Champat Rai Chandan Mitra Chandra Bhushan Kumar Chandra Shekhar Pran Chandrakala Sanap Chandrakant Borde Chandrakant Dalvi Chandrakant Pandav Charnjit Singh Atwal Chetan Bhagat Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Chidambareshwar Maharaj Chidanand Saraswati Chinmay Maharaj Satarkar D. B. Shekatkar D. H. Shankaramurthy D. K. Sankaran D. P. Agrawal Late D. P. Tripathi D. Purandeswari D. Raja D. Sivanandhan D. Veerendra Heggade M I T - S O G D. Y. Patil Daisy Thakur Dalai Lama Dan Alluf Darius Khambatta Dayanidhi Maran Debabrata Biswas Deepak Tilak Deepender Singh Hooda Devdas Apte Devendra Fadnavis Devi Singh Devinder Sharma Dhairyashil Patil Dhananjay Munde Dhiraj Singh Digvijay Kapadia Digvijay Singh Dilip Walse Patil Dinesh Ghodke Dinesh Oraon Dipak Misra Dnyaneshwar Mulay Droupadi Murmu Dushyant Chautala Dushyant Singh E. S. L. Narasimhan Ela Bhatt Ela Gandhi Eric Falt Late F. C. Kohli Faggan Singh Kulaste Farooq Abdullah Feroze Varun Gandhi Francis A. Boyle G V V Sarma G. B. Deglurkar G. K. Vasan G. Kishan Reddy G. Madhavan Nair G. Raghuram G. S. Mani G. S. Murthy G. Viswanathan Gagan Narang Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ganesh Karnik Ganesh Natarajan Gangadhar Nikhade Gaurgopal Das Swami Gaurishankar Agrawal Geeta Bhukkal Geetanjali Kirloskar Late George Fernandes GHR Naidu Girija Vyas Girish Bapat Girish G. Sohani Late Gopinath Munde Late Govind Swaroop Gufran Beig Gulzar Gummadi Vittal Rao Gurcharan Das Gurdeep Singh Sappal Haji Anayat Ali Hamdullah Sayeed Hardik Patel Hari Narke Haribhau Bagade Hariprasad Chaurasia Harish Rawat Harivansh Harji Maharaj Divegaonkar Harshwardhan Patil Hasnain Masoodi Hemant Tukaram Godse Hibi Eden Hukmdev Narayan Yadav ImItiaz Jaleel Syed Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja J. J. Singh J. P. Dange Late J.P. Vaswani Jabbar Patel Jackie Shroff Jagannath Saraka Jagat Prakash Nadda Jagdish Kaliraman Jaivardhan Singh "The free man is James Michael Lyngdoh Janardan Dwivedi Janardhan Waghmare Jaswant Singh Javed Akhtar Jaya Jaitly Jayant Chaudhary Jayant Manikar Jayant Narlikar Jayant Patil he who does not fear to go to Jayant Umranikar Jayaprakash Narayan Jayashree Shinde Jaykumar Rawal Jerald C. Tennyson Jesudasu Seelam Jignesh Mevani Jitendra Avhad Jitendra Singh Joseph Emmanuel the end of his thought." Joske Bunders Jyotiraditya Scindia K. Chandrasekhara Rao K. E. Seetha Ram R K. G. Balakrishnan

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*The names are arranged in alphabetical order (L to R). 54 mitsog.org mitsog.org 55 Various ideologues who have visited MIT-SOG since its inception in 2005 Various ideologues who have visited MIT-SOG since its inception in 2005 to share their views and thoughts to share their views and thoughts

K. H. Sancheti K. J. Alphons K. Jayakumar K. M. Bujarbaruah K. M. Seth Rajmani Patel Rajmohan Gandhi Rajnath Singh Rajpal Kashyap Raju Shetty K. Malaiswamy K. N. Govindacharya K. Natwar Singh K. R. Suresh Reddy K. Rahman Khan Raju Vegesna Raju Waghmare Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Rakesh Tikait Raksha Nikhil Khadse K. Sankaranarayanan K. T. S. Tulsi Kailash Satyarthi Kalikesh Singh Deo Late Kalpana Parulekar Ram Athavale Ram Charan Ram Gopal Verma Late Ram Jethmalani Ram Madhav Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Kamal Sharma Kamalesh Sharma Kamini Jindal Kanhaiya Kumar Ram Naik Ram Niwas Goel Rama Bijapurkar Ramdas Athawale Ramdas Phutane Kannegi Packianathan Kanta Nalawade Kanwar Pal Kapil Dev Kapil Sibal Ramdev Baba Ramesh Bhatt Ramesh Bidhuri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Ramjee Singh Karan Shah Karan Singh Karan Singh Pawar Karti P. Chidambaram Kartikeya Sarabhai Ramji Raghavan Ramnath Sonawane Ramoji Rao Ramraje Pratapsinh Naik Randeep Singh Surjewala Late Kasturi L. Chopra Kavinder Gupta Kavita A. Sharma Kavitha Kalvakuntla Kiran Bedi Raninder Singh Ranjan Mathai Raosaheb Danve Patil Rashmi Urdhwareshe Ratnesh Pathak Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Kiranmayee Nayak Kiren Rijiju Kirit Somaiya Kirron Anupam Kher Ravi Shankar Prasad Ravindra Wanjarwadkar Rehan Poncha Remesh T. R. Ricky Kej Kishor A. Chaukar Late Kodela Siva Prasada Kota Harinarayana Kothapalli Jayashankar Krishna Devarayalu Lavu Rishi Darda Rita Bahuguna Joshi Ritambhara Ritesh Pandey Ritu Chhabria Krishna Hegde Krishna Kant Pathak Krishna Vedula Kuldeep Sharma Late Kuldip Nayar Ritu Karidhal Srivastava Rohit Chaudhary Romila Verma Ron Roy Nag Ronjan Sodhi Kumar Ketkar Kumar Prashant Kumar Saptarshi Kumar Vishwas Kumari Selja Roshan Lal Raina S. H. Mehdi S. K. Sopory S. Parasuraman S. R. Suniti Kunal Sarangi L. Hanumanthaiah L. K. Advani L. Narasimha Reddy L. S. Tejasvi Surya S. Venkat Narayan S. Y. Quraishi Sachchidanand Joshi Sachin Pilot Sachin Sawant Lakshmi Seetharam Lalit Bhasin Lalit Kumar Gupta Lalitesh Pati Tripathi Lata Mangeshkar Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Sahana Sarma Sahil Aggarwal Salil Kulkarni Salman Khurshid Laxmi Agarwal Laxmikant Deshmukh Leander Paes Leela Ben Ankoliya Liam Burns Sam Pitroda Sambhaji Chhatrapati Sameer Sahastrabuddhe Samir K. Brahmachari Sangita Reddy Lila Poonawala Lobsang Sangay M. Rajeev Gowda M. Rammohan Rao M. S. Bitta Sanjay Bapna Sanjay Bhatia Sanjay Chahande Sanjay Dhande Sanjay Kumar M. Veerappa Moily M. Venkaiah Naidu Madhav Chavan Madhav Gadgil Madhav Gajanan Deo Sanjay Nahar Sanjay Puri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre Sanjay Singh Sanjay Upadhye Madhu Goud Yaskhi Madhu Purnima Kishwar Mahatria Ra Maheish Girri Mahendra Nath Pandey Sanjaya Baru Santosh Tikekar Saroj Pandey Satish Misra Satvasheela Chavan Mahesh Bindra Mahesh M. Bhagwat Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Tapase Majeed Memon Satya Pal Singh Satyavrat Chaturvedi Saugata Roy Saurabh Bhardwaj Saurabh Gupta Mallika Sarabhai Mani Kumar Sharma Mani Shankar Aiyar Manik Sarkar Manish Bajpai Shabana Azmi Shailesh Rao Shaista Amber Shakila Shamsu Shankersinh Vaghela Manish Dharnia Manish Sisodia Manju Nichani Manohar Joshi Late Manohar Parrikar Sharad Butte Patil Sharad Pawar Shashank Shashi Tharoor Shashikala Wanjari Manoj Joshi Manoj Kumar Margaret Alva Mark Lindley Mark Tully Shatrughan Sinha Shayama Chona Shayara Bano Shazia Ilmi Late Sheila Dikshit Markandey Katju Mata Prasad Pandey Maulana Mahmood Madani Maulana Syed Kalbe Maya Dodd Shekhar Chaudhuri Shekhar Gaikwad Shekhar Gupta Shekhar Mande Shekhar Suman Mechung Bhutia Medha Patkar Meenakshi Lekhi Meenakshi Natarajan Meeran C. Borwankar Shiv Khera Shivraj Patil Shivraj Singh Chouhan Shobha Oza Shobhana Bhartia Meira Kumar Michael Lobo Milind Deora Milind Gunaji Milind Kamble Shridhar Shrivastava Shrikant Bhartiya Shriniwas Patil Shyam Benegal Shyam Saran Milind Marathe Minocher Patel Mofatraj P. Munot Mohammad Hamid Ansari Mohammad Ibrahim Siddhartha Basu Siddhartha Shirole Simran Sodhi Sitaram Raut Sitaram Yechury Mohammed Azharuddin Mohan Bhagwat Late Mohan Dharia Mohit Gambhir Montek Singh Ahluwalia Sitasharan Sharma Smriti Irani Late Somnath Chatterjee Sonia Doohan Soumya Jain Mookhesswur Choonee Morari Bapu Mridula Mukherjee Late Mridula Sinha Muhammad Yunus Sri. Sri. Ravishankar Stephen Lakis Subhash Bhamre Subhash Brahmbhatt Subhash Ghai Mukesh Sharma Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Mukul Asher Mumtaz Ali Khan (Sri M) Murli Manohar Joshi Subhash Kashyap Subhash Palekar Subhash R. Desai Subramanian Swamy Sudarshan Pattnaik N. C. Marwah N. Chandrababu Naidu N. Gopalaswami N. J. Pawar N. Prabhu Dev Sudha Murthy Sudhanshu Trivedi Sudheendra Kulkarni Sudhir Mungantiwar Late Suhas Sukhatme N. R. Narayana Murthy N. Santosh Hegde N. Venugopal N. Vittal Naba Kisore Das Sujan R. Chinoy Sujeet Kumar Sulajja Firodia-Motwani Sumitra Mahajan Sunandan Lele Nadeem Javed Nadendla Manohar Nageshwar Rao Nagma Morarji Naina Lal Kidwai Sunetratai Pawar Sunil Deshpande Sunil Shastri Sunil Tatkare Sunilam Nana Patekar Nandita Das Nandkishor Kondap Nanik Rupani Narendra Jadhav Sunita Narain Sunitha Krishnan Supriya Sule Suranjan Das "Suresh Joshi Narendra Modi Narendra Singh Tomar Narendra Sopal Naveen Jindal Naveen Markandey (Bhaiyyaji Joshi)" Suresh Prabhu Suresh Talwalkar Surindra Mohite Susan Stroud Naveen Patnaik Navjot Singh Sidhu Nawab Malik Late Neela Satyanarayana Neelam Gorhe Sushil Borde Sushil K. Sharma Sushil Kumar Shinde Sushil Kumar Solanki Late Sushma Swaraj Late Neelum Sharma Nikhil Dey Nikhil Kadu Nileema Mishra Nilotpal Basu Susieben Shah Swadesh Kumar Swadheen Kshatriya Late Swami Agnivesh Swami Chidanand Saraswati Ninong Ering Niranjan Hiranandani Nirbhay Sharma Nirmala Samant Nirmala Sitharaman Swami Paripoornananda Swami Sukhabodhananda Swami Vigyananand Swaminathan Gurumurthy Swanand Kirkire Nita Chowdhary Nitin Bangude Patil Nitin Gadkari Nitin Kareer Nripendra Misra Swati Nakhate Swati Singh T. C. Benjamin Late T. N. Seshan Talat Ahmad O. P. Rawat Omar Abdullah Omkar Singh Markam Oscar Fernandes Late P. A. Sangma Tapan Kumar Sen Tariq Anwar Tarun Tarun Vijay Tejaswini Sawant Late P. B. Sawant Late P. C. Shejwalkar P. D. T. Achary P. K. Biju P. Kaliraj Tiruchi Siva Tom Vadakkan Tomio Mizokami Trilochan Sastry Tripurari Sharan P. Karandikar P. Muralidhar Rao P. P. Chaudhary P. S. Pasricha P. Sainath Trupti Desa Tushar Arun Gandhi Uday Narain Choudhary Uday Nirgudkar Uday Samant Padmakar V. Valvi Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Pankaj Chande Pankaj Mittal Pankaj Singh Ujjwal Nikam Uma Bharati Umesh Dutt Unmesh Patil Unmukt Chand Pankaja Gopinath Munde Parag Karandikar Parimal Vyas Parizad A. Elchidana Parshottam Rupala Unnat Pandit Usha Uthup Ustad Zakir Hussain V. Muraleedharan V. K. Agnihotri Parth Shah Pasha Patel Poonam Mahajan-Rao Popatrao Pawar Late Prabha Rau V. K. Saraf V. P. Malik V. Ranganathan V. S. Sapkal V. Sivadasan Prabodh Thakker Pradeep Kumar Pradeep Kumar Jain Pradyut Bordoloi Prahlad Kakar V. Sunitha Lakshma Reddy V. V. Siva Rama Raju V.G. Narayanan Vallabh Bhanshali Vanathi Srinivasan Prahlad Singh Patel Prakash Ambedkar Prakash Chhabria Prakash Javadekar Prakash Jha Vandana Chavan Vandana Shiva Varsha Das Varun Sahni Vasundhara Raje Scindia Prakash Singh Prameela Naidu Pramod Chaudhari Pramod Sawant Prasanna Kumar Keskar Vayalar Ravi Ved Pratap Vaidik Vibhuti Narain Rai Vidhya Gaude Vidya Chavan Prashant Bhushan Prashant Girbane Prashant S. Iyengar Prashant Thakur Pratap Chandra Sarangi Vijay Bhatkar Vijay Darda Vijay Goel Vijay Kelkar Vijay Kumar Choudhary Pratap Singh Rane Pratibha Patil Pratik Patil Pratyush Nandan Praveen Bhai Togadia Vijay Kumar Sharma Vijay Mainkar Vijay Naik Vijay Nambiar Vijender Singh Praveen Pardeshi Pravin Dixit Pravrajika Divyanandaprana Preeti Bhardwaj Dalal Prem Das Rai Vikas Mahatme Vikram Gokhale Vikram Sathaye Vikramjit Singh Vinai Kumar Saxena Preneet Kaur Prithviraj Chavan Priya Dutt Priya Krishna Pu Hiphei Vinay Dinu Tendulkar Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Vinayak Jadhav Vinod Dua Vinod Tawde Pundrik Goswami Punya Prasun Bajpai Purshottam Ghogre Pushpa Wood Pushpesh Pant Vishnu Dutt Sharma Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje Vishram Dhole Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Vishwajeet Kadam Putul Kumari R. A. Mashelkar R. C. Iyer R. C. Lahoti R. Gangakhedkar Vishwas Nangare Patil Vistasp M. Karbhari Vivek K. Tankha W. Cole Durham, Jr W. N. Gade Late R. K. Laxman R. Kamalakannan R. L. Shali R. Natarajan Late R.R. Patil Waiel S.H Awwad Wajahat Habibullah Late Y.K. Sabharwal Yasam Lakshmi Narayana A. Jayakrishnan Rachna Dhingra Radhakrishnan Pillai Radhilu Chai (Techi) Raghu Thakur Raghunath Shevgaonkar Yashodhan Sakhare Yashwant Sinha Yella Venkateswara Rao Yeshwant Rajwade Late Yash Pal Rahul Bajaj Rahul Deshpande Rahul Dev Rahul Kaswan Rahul Shewale Yogendra Yadav Yogeshwar Dutt Zameer Uddin Shah Zamzam Ibrahim Yogender Kumar Gupta Raj Nair Rajagopal P. V. Rajan Navani Rajan Welukar Rajanitai Patil Rajashree Birla Rajat Sharma Rajdeep Sardesai Rajeev Bindal Rajeev Jha Late Rajeev Satav Rajendra Abhyankar Rajendra Agrawal Rajendra Gawai Rajendra Shende Rajendra Singh Rajesh Tope Rajeshwari Chandra Sekar Rajiv Bajaj Rajiv Khandekar Rajiv Malhotra Rajiv Pratap Rudy Rajiv Saizal Rajkumar Rajkumar Hirani

*The names are arranged in alphabetical order (L to R). *The names are arranged in alphabetical order (L to R). *The names are arranged in alphabetical order (L to R). 56 mitsog.org mitsog.org 57 Various ideologues who have visited MIT-SOG since its inception in 2005 Various ideologues who have visited MIT-SOG since its inception in 2005 to share their views and thoughts to share their views and thoughts

58 mitsog.org mitsog.org 59 ALUMNI

58 mitsog.org mitsog.org 59 He is PS and Advisor to Mr. Vinod Kumar, a political leader from Bihar contesting for post of mayor. Amit has also contested election for President of Patel Seva Sangh Sanstha recently.

Has been appointed as Media Secretary of Chhattisgarh Pradesh He is working as District President, Congress BJYM, Valsad, Gujarat

Praveen Jha He is working with I-Pac on different political assignments MLA, NCP

Working with Education Minister in Tamil Nadu

Nidhi Kejriwal Sarthak Saoji Working with Institute for He is working with Maharashtra Survey Studies & Strategy Navnirman Sena in Maharashtra.

Vikram Bankar He is associated with Indian National Congress party in Rajasthan

60 mitsog.org mitsog.org 61 He is PS and Advisor to Mr. Vinod Kumar, a political leader from Bihar contesting for post of mayor. Amit has also contested election for President of Patel Seva Sangh Sanstha recently.

Has been appointed as Media Secretary of Chhattisgarh Pradesh He is working as District President, Congress BJYM, Valsad, Gujarat

Praveen Jha He is working with I-Pac on different political assignments MLA, NCP

Working with Education Minister in Tamil Nadu

Nidhi Kejriwal Sarthak Saoji Working with Institute for He is working with Maharashtra Survey Studies & Strategy Navnirman Sena in Maharashtra.

Vikram Bankar He is associated with Indian National Congress party in Rajasthan

60 mitsog.org mitsog.org 61 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF 16 BATCHES COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF 16 BATCHES

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 1, 2005-06 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 2, 2006-07 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 9, 2013-14 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 10, 2014-15 in auspicious presence of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, in auspicious presence of Arjun Singh & in auspicious presence of Neela Satyanarayan, in auspicious presence of Shrikant Bhojkar Dr. Vijay Bhatkar Dr. Narendra Jadhav Adv, Rajendra Umap

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 3, 2007-08 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 4, 2008-09 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 11, 2015-16 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 12, 2016-17 in in auspicious presence of T. N. Seshan, in auspicious presence of Lt. Gen, R.K. Singh & in auspicious presence of Babulal Marandi, auspicious presence of Subhash Desai, Arjun Modhwadia, Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad & Rahul V. Karad Sudheendra Kulkarni Capt. Ganesh Karnik, Vishnu Dutt Sharma Raksha Khadse, Ganesh Karnik, Rajeev Gowda, Dr.Narendra Jadhav

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 5, 2009-10 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 6, 2010-11 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 13, 2017-18 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 14, 2018-19 in auspicious presence of Bhavana Gawali Patil, in auspicious presence of Sunil Tatkare, in auspicious presence of Sanjay Jha in auspicious presence of Pankaj Singh, Madhu Goud Yaskhi, Anurag Thakur, Dr. Deepak Tilak Madhukar Bhave, Abhijit Pawar Dr. Rita Bahuguna

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 7, 2011-12 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 8, 2012-13 in Master's Program in Government, Batch - 15, 2019-20 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 16, 2020-21 in auspicious presence of Neelima Mishra, auspicious presence of Wajahat Habibullah, in auspicious presence of in auspicious presence of Bardaru Dattatrey, Dinesh Gordi Rao, Capt. Abhimanyu Sindhu, Nanik Rupani, Vikas Matkari Vineeta Deshmukh, Hari Narke Manish Sisodia, Priyanka Chaturvedi Hardik Patel and Ritesh Pandey

62 mitsog.org mitsog.org 63 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF 16 BATCHES COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF 16 BATCHES

62 mitsog.org mitsog.org 63 CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF 13 BATCHES CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF 13 BATCHES

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 1, 2005-06 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 2, 2006-07 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 9, 2013-14 in Master's Program in Government, Batch - 10, 2014-15 in auspicious presence of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, in auspicious presence of Lt. Gen. S.K.Sinha, auspicious presence of Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Jesudasu Seelam, in auspicious presence of Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar & T.N Seshan T.N Seshan, Dr. Francis Menezes Deepti Chaudhari, Sham Deshpande, Chanchala kodre Ram Naik, Dr. Radha Krishnan Pillai

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 3, 2007-08 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 4, 2008-09 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 11, 2015-16 in auspicious presence of ESL Narasimhan, in auspicious presence of Vayalar Ravi, Ulhas Pawar in auspicious presence of Sushilkumar Shinde Rajashree Birla

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 5, 2009-10 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 6, 2010-11 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 12, 2016-17 in auspicious presence of Gopinath Munde, in auspicious presence of Nadendla Manohar, in auspicious presence of Mridula Sinha, Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Raju Waghmare Padmakar Valvi, Pankaja Munde Bhai Jagtap

Master's Program in Government, Batch - 7, 2011-12 Master's Program in Government, Batch - 8, 2012-13 in Master's Program in Government, Batch - 13, 2017-18 in auspicious presence of Jabbar Patel, Hari Narke, auspicious presence of Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Jesudasu Seelam, in auspicious presence of Anandiben Patel, Maj. Gen. Anil Verma, Sachin Sawant, Hemant Godse S.N.Pathan Deepti Chaudhari, Sham Deshpande, Chanchala Kodre

64 mitsog.org mitsog.org 65 CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF 13 BATCHES CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF 13 BATCHES

64 mitsog.org mitsog.org 65 INFRASTRUCTURE & FACILITIES MEDIA COVERAGE on MIT-SOG

Classrooms The MIT School of Government is a unique institution. Therefore, the infrastructure for such an institution is markedly different. Classrooms are designed to resemble the parliament with all facilities like overhead projector, broadband, cable network etc.

Library The library has books on politics, disaster management, social sciences, biographies, turn-around stories etc. It subscribes to over 50 national and international journals/magazines. It has a collection of CDs audio/visual cassettes and a projection system. Besides this, MIT- SOG students have an access to central MIT-WPU library.

Computer Lab The centrally air-conditioned computer laboratory has facility of free internet access. The campus also has a dedicated lease line internet connection.

Canteen A full-ﬂedged canteen serving multi-cuisine, nutritious vegetarian food is available for the participants at the Campus.

Sports The campus has facilities for indoor and outdoor games. A fully equipped gymnasium is available for regular workout.

66 mitsog.org mitsog.org 67 INFRASTRUCTURE & FACILITIES MEDIA COVERAGE on MIT-SOG

Computer Lab The centrally air-conditioned computer laboratory has facility of free internet access. The campus also has a dedicated lease line internet connection.

Canteen A full-ﬂedged canteen serving multi-cuisine, nutritious vegetarian food is available for the participants at the Campus.

Sports The campus has facilities for indoor and outdoor games. A fully equipped gymnasium is available for regular workout.

66 mitsog.org mitsog.org 67 INSPIRING YOUTH, STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY BHARATIYA CHHATRA SANSAD

GLIMPSES OF BHARATIYA CHHATRA SANSAD 2020

Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad is a platform created for the student union leaders and also other politically active student leaders of India to encourage them to voice their opinions and to provide them with an opportunity to listen to the experts on various issues facing the nation. This mission is supported by Legislative Assemblies, Parliament Affairs Ministries and Youth Ministries of various State Governments. ESTEEMED SPEAKERS OF 10th BHARATIYA CHHATRA SANSAD 2020

Venkaiah Naidu Pranab Mukherjee Capt Amrinder Singh Kiren Rijiju Dr Karan Singh P Sreeramkrishnan Kailash Satyarthi

R Mashelkar Shivraj Patil Dr Vijay P Bhatkar Digvijay singh Chautala Prof G R C Reddy Dr Pankaj Mittal Pawan Kalyan

Shekhar Gupta Adv Suresh Bhardwaj Temjan Imna Prof Abhishekh Mishra Dr Abraham V Mani Jyotiradiyta Scindia Pralhad singh Patel

Rahul V. Karad BHARATIYA CHHATRA SANSAD Founder Convenor, INDIAN STUDENT PARLIAMENT K T Jaleel Randeep Surjewala Rajesh Patnekar Arif Mohammad Khan Uday Samant Dr Binny Sareen Surjya Narayan Patro Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad An initiative of MIT-SOG

With a strong interest to pioneer a change in the political & society and learn about international diplomacy, politics, social arena with a defined perspective, and to inspire the trade and economy, as well as respect for human rights. next generation to embark on a path of taking on the Now with the involvement of youth in public movements mantle of Indian Political Leadership, the MIT School of or with the electoral success of a newly launched party, our Government, (MIT-SOG) Pune, was launched in the year belief that young and educated people should join politics Dr W Cole Durham Sister Shivanee Dr Nageshwar Rao Naina Kidwai Dr Unnat Pandit Acharya Lokesh Muni Mulana S Rizvi 2005, at a time when politics was considered a not so good has been vindicated. career. We strongly believed that the educated youth with professional training can make an impact at the societal We expanded the canvas of the School in 2011 and brought level by joining politics. out the classroom training to the thousands of common youth through Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad (BCS). In last 9 It is the first institute in India and Asia of its kind, imparting years, the platform has captured the imagination and Argentina M Piccin Dr Chandrakant Pandav Dr N K Ahuja Prof Nageshwar Rao Manish Sisodia Mukhtar Nakawi Dr C P Joshi Two-year Master's Degree program in Political Leadership conscience of thousands of spirited youth and has joined & Government (MPG), a professional program for them together for a singular purpose to strengthen the developing democratic leadership and a career in Politics foundations of Indian democracy. Every year 10 to 12,000 and Government, providing the youth not just with a politically and socially active students from about 450 formal training centre where they can get rudimentary universities across 29 states of India, make way to knowledge about the political process but where they participate at the flagship three day’s annual national Dr Konda V Reddy Dr Pankaj Singh Dr S S Mantha Sri Ravishankar Ramesh Pokhriyal Hitendranath Goswami Zam Zam Ibrahim would learn to uphold the virtues of transparent and conclave of Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad after a rigorous accountable governance essential to strengthen selection process adopted by the colleges independently. democratic institutions, get understanding of pluralistic MISSION VISION

To ignite the very spirit of student politics in the youth of public leaders and policy makers, from the grassroots Ram Madhav Thokchom R Singh Rabindranath Mahato Ms Shobhana Bhartiya Ramdev Baba Kamlesh Patel Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev today and inculcate public spirited and socially and from all walks of life. sensitive values right during their formative years. We To create most ethical, spirited and competent public aim to raise the extent of sensitivity, awareness, leadership in the country, which will shape our policies, involvement, responsiveness, access and say of youth in make our democracy vibrant and bridge the chasm political and democratic processes so that a healthy between the way we are being governed today and the democratic system is evolved to produce competent way we actually want to be governed. Shri Natwar Singh Shri Lalit Bhasin w w w . b h a r a t i y a c h h a t r a s a n s a d . o r g 68 mitsog.org mitsog.org 69 INSPIRING YOUTH, STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY BHARATIYA CHHATRA SANSAD

GLIMPSES OF BHARATIYA CHHATRA SANSAD 2020

Venkaiah Naidu Pranab Mukherjee Capt Amrinder Singh Kiren Rijiju Dr Karan Singh P Sreeramkrishnan Kailash Satyarthi

R Mashelkar Shivraj Patil Dr Vijay P Bhatkar Digvijay singh Chautala Prof G R C Reddy Dr Pankaj Mittal Pawan Kalyan

Shekhar Gupta Adv Suresh Bhardwaj Temjan Imna Prof Abhishekh Mishra Dr Abraham V Mani Jyotiradiyta Scindia Pralhad singh Patel

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Vision and humanity. To build a pool of inspired and committed teaching Mission Rahul V. Karad Founder fraternity who will not just impart knowledge but also To bring dynamism, creativity and visionary outlook in VISION MISSION use the power of education for producing and the teachers by facilitating the exchange and nurturing the citizens who can remain faithful to the dissemination of ideas and best practices through "The platform of National Women's Parliament will enable and NWP's service towards its members and society at large is to values and ideals of a modern India and the world and encourage the social, political and economic empowerment of ensure gender equity. NWP provides a platform for the collective interaction with peers and thought leaders of all walks women in all strata of the society". voices of women to be heard in legislation, democracy, personal sensitive to the physical and moral welfare of society of life. and entrepreneurial development. Objectives Objective of NATIONAL WOMEN’S PARLIMENT Ÿ To create a bridge between faculty across the globe Ÿ To p r o m o t e I n t e r n a t i o n a l a n d R e g i o n a l • The development of members as an • To encourage change at policy level through • To empower the members to initiate at the under-graduate and post-graduate levels. understanding, inter-cultural dialogue and diversity opportunity for service towards women. the collective voice of women. sustainable projects through the NWP online Ÿ of ideas and practices. • Gender equity, equitable opportunity and • To educate the women about the new policies crowd funding platform. To create a platform for like-minded faculty for advancement of women inall fields. and laws and the effect of them on her. • To develop a healthy ecosystem for mentor bringing creative and positive change in the society. Ÿ To discuss, deliberate and find solutions on issues of • Encouraging and enabling women from all • To guide women in distress to the mentee engagements. Ÿ To inspire the faculty to create future leaders of the education and allied sectors. strata of society. governmental and non governmental bodiesfor • To align with government funding platforms for World. Ÿ To inculcate the best suitable value system in the • Collaboration between the Private and Public appropriate assistance. women to avail of the currently existing Ÿ To discuss and to create an environment of reaching young minds of the World. Sector Influencers, the NGO and the Corporates • To empower the social minded youth towards opportunities. to inspire, motivate and accelerate gender participatory democracy. out, where it moves from teaching to mentoring. equality.

GOVERNING COUNCIL Founding Executive Chairman President Member Member Founder Speakers & Moderators Patron President

Anil Kakodkar R. A. Mashelkar Vishwanath D. Karad Vijay Bhatkar S. Parasuraman Devang Khakhar Rahul V. Karad Renowned Scientist National Research Professor Noted Educationist, Chancellor, Vice Chancellor Director Executive President (Atomic Energy) President, Founder & President, Nalanda University, MIT-WPU IIT Mumbai MIT-WPU Global ResearOrganizedch Allianc eby MAEER, Pune Eminent Computer Scientist Supported by

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Global Conference on Public Health, Education and Research Theme: Pioneering Disruptive Reforms Patronage in Healthcare Ecosystem

Varios topics under dierent themes Theme : Covid 19 & Beyond Vision: Ÿ India’s response to Covid 19: Virus to Vaccine To be a catalyst for fostering sustainable healthcare research and a Ÿ Pitfalls and Perils in Healthcare Sector in India value based medical education leading to well-being and world peace. Theme : Reforms in Medical Education Ÿ Pandemic and Disruptive Reforms in Medical Education Mission: Ÿ Improving capability and reach of Paramedic Services Ÿ Is policy paralysis preventing healthcare to ﬂourish ? To create an eective forum which will bring together the stakeholders Theme : Research & Innovation and policy makers to discuss the measures to overhaul the healthcare Ÿ Fostering research in medicines, medical equipment's and treatment ecosystem by: Ÿ Medical Research: Learning from Global experience Ÿ Enriching Research and medical education Ÿ Research in Integrative medicine and role of AYUSH Ÿ Theme : Towards Atmanirbhar Health System Reforms in Regulations & administration Ÿ Towards Atmanirbhar health system in India Ÿ Improving the capability and augmenting the healthcare facilities Ÿ Regulatory reforms in health sector National Felicitation Ceremony of UPSC Qualifiers In 2005, under the mentorship of Mr. T. N. Seshan, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, we started MIT School of Government (MIT-SOG). To further this noble mission and as an extension to our social commitments we started the humble practice in the year 2009 to felicitate the successful candidates of UPSC Civil Services Exams from across the nation. This endeavor is an expression of our abiding beliefs and high hopes that we hold from this meritorious system of All India Civil Services and see successful candidates of the UPSC Civil Services Examination playing a very important role through this coveted service and become Nation-Builders in the truest sense of the term.

About Rashtriya Sarpanch Sansad Maharashtra Sansad is unique initiative taken by Shri Rahul V The Sansad aspires to create Model Villages at every Taluka Karad, Executive President-MIT WPU, Foundar BCS, NTC, (Block) level. These Model Developed Villages would be on NWP and School of Government to bring Sarpanch, the lines of decentralization of power and Rural Government, Media and Experts for Vision of Rural Empowerment as proposed by Mahatma Gandhi. These Development. Sarpanch are key oﬃcial between Center, State villages will in turn act as Role Models for growth of other less Government and Villagers. As per the new Act Sarpanch are developed villages in the vicinity. Eminent Speakers and elected directly from Voters. Continuous trainings are Experts will discuss Issues in Agriculture, Role of Women in necessary for empowering Sarpanch, which is the main Village development, Water management, Rural Development objective for Sarpanch Sansad. funding Plan, CSR and Government schemes etc. under one roof. Photo session of All India Rank, 2013 Candidates Photo session of All India Rank, 2014 Candidates Vision Mission To create an ethical platform for young educated Sarpanch To Empower Sarpanch for betterment of from various parts of the country, which will result in villages by supporting underdeveloped area coming together of rural leadership for identifying and of India with all stakeholders of Panchayati delivering solutions for sustainable development of villages Raj in order to create more model villages and thus reduce the gap between India and Bharat. across India.

Rahul V. Karad Founder GLIMPSES OF RASHTRIYA SARPANCH SANSAD

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74 mitsog.org mitsog.org 75 National Felicitation Ceremony of UPSC Qualifiers In 2005, under the mentorship of Mr. T. N. Seshan, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, we started MIT School of Government (MIT-SOG). To further this noble mission and as an extension to our social commitments we started the humble practice in the year 2009 to felicitate the successful candidates of UPSC Civil Services Exams from across the nation. This endeavor is an expression of our abiding beliefs and high hopes that we hold from this meritorious system of All India Civil Services and see successful candidates of the UPSC Civil Services Examination playing a very important role through this coveted service and become Nation-Builders in the truest sense of the term.

Rahul V. Karad Founder GLIMPSES OF RASHTRIYA SARPANCH SANSAD

Photo session of All India Rank, 2015 Candidates Photo session of All India Rank, 2016 Candidates

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74 mitsog.org mitsog.org 75 Bharat Asmita National Awards Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, MP, Lok Sabha BJD (Bolangir, Odisha) MIT GROUP OF INSTITUTION'S Apñ_Vm TM Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Shri. Arnab Goswami, Journalist & Editor-in-Chief, Times Now The thought behind the awards: The Bharat Asmita National Awards were conceptualized in 2005 to recognise extraordinary achievements of individuals in our society whose examples can fire the youth to look beyond ordinary 2014 Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Prof. M. S. Pillai, Founder Director, Sadhana Centre for Management & Leadership Development ideas and goals, and thus, take the society towards extraordinary progress. The Bharat Asmita National Awards, which were first constituted in 2005, are now being held under the aegis of Bharat Asmita Foundation. Bharat Asmita Vigyaan-Tantragyaan Shrestha Shri. D. R. Mehta,Founder, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahavata Samiti (BMVSS), (Jaipur Foot)

CATEGORIES OF AWARD: Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Dr. Ashok Tanwar, MP, Lok Sabha Bharat Asmita Bharat Asmita Jana Bharat Asmita Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshtha Pratinidhi Shreshtha Vigyan Tantragyan Shreshtha Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar Shri. Chetan Bhagat, Acclaimed Author Best Teacher in Best Young Exponent of Best use of Science & Special Award For Life 2013 Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Managemen Parliamentary Practices Technology through Innovation Time Achievement Shri. Javed Akhtar, Acclaimed Poet, Lyricist & Scriptwriter, MP, Rajya Sabha Bharat Asmita Bharat Asmita Bharat Asmita Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Dr. Devi Singh, Director, IIM, Lucknow Jana Jagaran Shreshtha Jana Jagaran Shreshtha Jana Jagaran Shreshtha Best use of Best Use of Best use of Lyrics / Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Jayant Chaudhary, MP, Lok Sabha Mass Media / NGO Acting / Direction Music / Singing Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Shri. Siddhartha Basu, Chairman & MD, Big Synergy Media Ltd.

Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshtha Dr. Srikant Datar Dean of the Faculty, Harvard Business School, USA 2012 Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Prof. S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Shri. Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (BJP, Ladakh) President, Bharatiya Janata Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshtha Bharat Asmita Vigyaan-Tantragyaan Shrestha Prof. Samir Brahmachari, Secretary DSIR & Director General, CSIR Party, Ladakh Bharat Asmita Vigyaan - Tantragyaan Shreshtha Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Padma Bhushan, Executive Chairperson, Biocon Bharat Asmita - Life Time Achievement Award Shri. Pawan Kumar Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim

2021 Bharat Asmita Special Award Dr. Ram Charan, Acclaimed Business Advisor, Author and Motivational Speaker Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur, MP Lok Sabha

Shri. Gurucharan Das, Author Bharat Asmita Jana Jagran Shreshtha Smt. Sai Paranjpye, Padma Bhushan, Acclaimed Movie Director & Screenwriter 2011 Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Shri. Ashutosh Gowariker, Film Director

Bharat Asmita Jana Jagran Shreshtha Dr. Prabha Atre, Padma Bhushan, Acclaimed Classical Singer Ms. Mallika Sarabhai, Renowned Artist

Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Prof. Pankaj Chandra, Professor & the Director, IIM, Bangalore Prof. Dr. Pritam Singh, Padma Shri, Honorary Director General & Chairman-Strategic Mentoring Board, Manav Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshtha Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI), Ex-Director, MDI Gurgaon & IIM Lucknow, Ex-DG IMI Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Deepender Singh Hooda, MP, (L.S.)

2020 Shri. P. Sainath, Rural editor, The Hindu Prof. Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Executive Director, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Bharat Asmita Vigyaan - Tantragyaan Shreshtha Faridabad, Haryana & Professor, The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Division of Gastrointestinal 2010 Dr. Jabbar Patel, Renowned Film Director & Producer Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu F. C. Kohli, Padma Bhushan, Chairman, Board of Governor's, College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) & Former Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Prof. Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, I.S.B. Hyderabad Bharat Asmita Special Award for Lifetime Achievement Deputy Chairman, TCS Ltd., Mumbai Bharat Asmita - Life Time Achievement Award Shri. Narayana Murthy & Smt. Sudha Murthy Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshtha Dr. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM, Kozhikode, Kerala Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Smt. Bhavana Gawali, Member of Parliament, (L.S.) Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshtha Smt. Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament (NCP, Baramati, Maharashtra), Lok Sabha

Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shrestha Shri. Swanand Kirkire, Noted Lyricist, Singer, Writer, Actor & Director, Indian Films & Television Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Smt. Aruna Roy, Shri Nikhil Dey and Shri Shankar Singh, Founders, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan 2019 Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) & Secretary, 2009 Bharat Asmita Vigyaan - Tantragyaan Shreshtha Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director, I.I.M, Calcutta India Shri. G. Madhavan Nair; Chairman, ISRO Dr. Chandrakant S. Pandav, President, International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders Bharat Asmita - Life Time Achievement Award Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shrestha (ICCIDD), India, Regional Coordinator, Iodine Global Network (South Asia), Former Professor & Head, CCM, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC AIIMS, New Delhi Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. B. J. Panda, M.P. Bharat Asmita Acharya Shrestha Smt. Rama Bijapurkar, Management Consultant & Management Educator Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Shri Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN- IBN- 7 Bharat Asmita Vigyaan-Tantragyaan Shrestha Dr. Jayant Narlikar, Padma Vibhushan, Emeritus Professor, I (IUCAA) 2008 Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Dr. Bakul Dholakia, Former Director, I.I.M. Ahmedabad 2018 Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshtha Shri. Rajeev Satav, MP, Lok Sabha (INC, Hingoli, Maharashtra) & Former President, IYC Bharat Asmita - Life Time Achievement Award Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhatisgarh Shri. Manoj Joshi, Well Known Actor Bharat Asmita Jan Jagaran Shreshta Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Jyotiraditya Scindia, M.P. Pt. Rajan & Sajan Misra, Padma Bhushan, Renowned Singer (Khyal Style), Indian Classical Music

Bharat Asmita Acharya Shrestha Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore Dr. Shekhar Gupta, CEO, Indian Express 2007 Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Dr. Madhav G. Deo, Padma Shri, Noted Oncologist, Pathologist and Educationist & Founder, Moving Bharat Asmita Vighaan-Tantragyaan Shrestha Special Award-Shri Raj Kumar Hirani-Noted Film Director Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Dr. Prakash Apte, Former Director, I.I.M. Banglore 2017 Shri. Umesh Anand, Co-founder & Publisher, Civil Society Magazine, Former Resident Editor, Times of India & Smt. Rita Anand, Co-founder & Editor, Civil Society Magazine, Reporter and Researcher Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Navin Jindal, M.P. Bharat Asmita Jan Jagaran Shrestha Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Padma Shri, Grammy Award recipient, Noted Hindustani Classical Music Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Ms. Barkha Dutt, NDTV Instrumentalist & acclaimed Mohan Veena (Modified Slide Guitar) Player 2006 Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Dr. Anil Gupta, I.I.M. Ahmedabad Bharat Asmita Acharya Shrestha Prof. Dr. Ashish Nanda, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shrestha Shri. Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister, State for Home Affairs of India Bharat Asmita - Life Time Achievement Award Shri R. R. Patil, Home Minister, Maharashtra 2016 Bharat Asmita Vigyaan-Tantragyaan Shrestha Dr. Madhav Gadgil, Eminent Environmentalist Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Dayanidhi Maran,Former Union Minister

Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shrestha Dr. Milind Kamble, Founder, Chairman Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Dr. Jaiprakash Narayan, Founder Loksatta 2005 Bharat Asmita Acharya Shrestha Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Professor, IIM Bangalore Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Dr. M. Ram Mohan Rao, Dean I.S.B. Hyderabad Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shrestha Shri. Anant Kumar Hegde, MP, Lok Sabha (BJP, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka) Bharat Asmita - Life Time Achievement Award Late Shrikant Jichkar, Former M.P. 2015 Shri. Dileep Padgaonkar, Eminent Journalist, Former Executive Managing Editor, Times of India, Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shrestha Padma Bhushan Shri. Gulzar, Renowned Lyricist, Poet and Film Director Bharat Asmita - Life Time Achievement Award Padma Shri Smt. Anu Aga, MP, Rajya Sabha, Chairperson, Teach For India 76 mitsog.org mitsog.org 77 Bharat Asmita National Awards Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, MP, Lok Sabha BJD (Bolangir, Odisha) MIT GROUP OF INSTITUTION'S Apñ_Vm TM Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta Shri. Arnab Goswami, Journalist & Editor-in-Chief, Times Now The thought behind the awards: The Bharat Asmita National Awards were conceptualized in 2005 to recognise extraordinary achievements of individuals in our society whose examples can fire the youth to look beyond ordinary 2014 Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta Prof. M. S. Pillai, Founder Director, Sadhana Centre for Management & Leadership Development ideas and goals, and thus, take the society towards extraordinary progress. The Bharat Asmita National Awards, which were first constituted in 2005, are now being held under the aegis of Bharat Asmita Foundation. Bharat Asmita Vigyaan-Tantragyaan Shrestha Shri. D. R. Mehta,Founder, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahavata Samiti (BMVSS), (Jaipur Foot)

2021 Bharat Asmita Special Award Dr. Ram Charan, Acclaimed Business Advisor, Author and Motivational Speaker Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur, MP Lok Sabha

Bharat Asmita Jana Jagran Shreshtha Dr. Prabha Atre, Padma Bhushan, Acclaimed Classical Singer Ms. Mallika Sarabhai, Renowned Artist

g§ñWmnH$ Know amhþb H$amS> your India Political Geography ARYA CHANAKYA AWARDS State Award for Good Governance

Arya Chanakya was one of the most extraordinarily brilliant The Judiciary, Executive, Legislature and Media are the Akshay and intensely patriotic personalities of ancient India. four pillars of Indian democracy. With a view to honour Patankar Today, even after 2500 years, the greatness of Chanakya's meritorious and conscientious achievers in Maharashtra name has not dimmed in the least. A man of acute wisdom who have made a lasting impression, and to ensure that and alertness of mind, Arya Chanakya wrote highly their contribution gains social and official recognition, perceptive books on economics (Artha Shastra), ethics while also earning a well-deserved pat on the back from (Niti Shashtra), and several other topics. there areas, the Arya Chanakya Maharashtra State Awards Nidhi A highly-perceptive social scientist, eminent intellectual, have been instituted under the joint initiative of MIT School Kejriwal fierce patriot, well wisher of the nation, and the thinker of Government and Doordarshan Sahyadri channel, with who first conceptualised the idea of a unified nation, Arya the support of Ministry of Cooperation and Parliamentary Chanakya is renowned not only in India but the world over. Affairs (Government of Maharashtra) and the Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad Foundation. Paying our humble tribute to this charismatic personality, We invite interested organizations/institutes to we have instituted a state level award in his name. initiate Arya Chanakya Award in their State.

CATEGORIES OF AWARD:

Arya Chanakya Nyaya Shreshtha Puraskar Arya Chanakya Lok Pratinidhi Shreshtha Puraskar This award is given to a person who is prudent and This award is given to a person who after being elected to impartial in the conduct of duty in the field of law or justice the legislature, has done exceptional work in terms of or who has pronounced landmark judgements, and sowing the seeds of democratic practices in his thereby raised the overall confidence of the society. constituency, and has brought social transformation.

Arya Chanakya Prashasan Shreshtha Puraskar Arya Chanakya Jan Jagaran Shreshtha Puraskar This award to a person who has undertaken effective This award is given to a person who has created public action keeping in mind his social obligation and has done awareness on important issues in society through the noteworthy development work in his area of activity along medium of journalism and mass communication. with the administrative service.

Awardees at Aarya Chanakya Awards 2013

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Awardees at Aarya Chanakya Awards 2013

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