Public service vs private sector. Economic thinking vs political thinking. Every changing politicians vs (almost) never-changing bureaucrats. Watch opposites reconcile in this week’s episode as Rajesh Jain and Jaimit Doshi speak to Akhilesh Tilotia, the author of the book ‘The Making of India’. He talks about how he experimented with his career and journeyed from the world of private sector to get an inside view of public service, when he took the post of ‘Officer on Special Duty’ to the then Minister of State for Civil Aviation for the Government of India. He also speaks about his experience with policy-making for the UDAAN initiative; how the two different aspects of public and private life come together; the idea about power ‘highs’ and seamless transfers in a functioning democracy; and the other dynamics involved in the running of the Indian government. P.S.: Look out for what it means to have flowers replaced daily in a bureaucrat’s premises! You won’t regret it.
