Srikanth Viswanathan's guest appearances

Srikanth Viswanathan

Interpreting India

Inspire Someone Today

Robert Greene

Sanjay Gupta

Alex Tabarrok

Michael Pettis

Narendra Modi

Matt Sheehan

Tanvi Madan

Arun Maira

Nandan Nilekani

Damon West

Arvind Subramanian

Anit Mukherjee

Dmitri Trenin

Shyam Saran

Hema Hattangady

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In this episode, Srikanth Viswanathan joins Anirudh Burman to assess India's urban governance structures in the face of the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic. In the second wave, states have been given more leeway in handling the pandemic within their borders. How are states and local authorities equipped to manage the situation?  --EPISODE CONTRIBUTORSSrikanth Viswanathan is the Chief Executive Officer of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. Srikanth’s focus area in the urban sector has been “city-systems” reforms spanning Janaagraha’s flagship report the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) and municipal finance reforms. Srikanth has been an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for fourteen years and prior to joining Janaagraha worked in banking and audit. Anirudh Burman is an associate research director and fellow at Carnegie India. He works on key issues relating to public institutions, public administration, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity.--🎙️ Check out our podcast, Interpreting India available now on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes! Home: https://interpreting-india.simplecast...YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51yeOb8...iTunes: https://pcr.apple.com/id1476357131--Carnegie India Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnegieindia/ (@CarnegieIndia) Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarnegieIndiaWebsite: https://carnegieindia.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarnegieIndia/

In this episode, <a href="http://janaagraha.org/files/Srikanth-Viswanathan-Profile.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Srikanth Viswanathan </a>joins <a href="https://carnegieindia.org/experts/1659" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anirudh Burman</a> to assess India's urban governance structures in the face of the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic. In the second wave, states have been given more leeway in handling the pandemic within their borders. How are states and local authorities equipped to manage the situation?  --EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS<a href="http://janaagraha.org/files/Srikanth-Viswanathan-Profile.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Srikanth Viswanathan </a>is the Chief Executive Officer of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. Srikanth’s focus area in the urban sector has been “city-systems” reforms spanning Janaagraha’s flagship report the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) and municipal finance reforms. Srikanth has been an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for fourteen years and prior to joining Janaagraha worked in banking and audit. <a href="https://carnegieindia.org/experts/1659" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anirudh Burman</a> is an associate research director and fellow at Carnegie India. He works on key issues relating to public institutions, public administration, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity.--🎙️ Check out our podcast, Interpreting India available now on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes! Home: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFVkWlR4U09yTkZYaUluQWlnYUtESUU0b3FlQXxBQ3Jtc0tuMXphdGdITVpzWExVUmlmWGwzc090ODFhb2N0bHZULVlsRHVlMEYwUEVvU2NhU1l1cHhiSVRETW81VmF3NEs2TzY4QW9aZjVwdHVGV3psX3dINURyZEZldjNtTURpa1dQWUVKTW1uRzVvYzZ2ejJzRQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Finterpreting-india.simplecast.com%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://interpreting-india.simplecast...</a>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeXQMWQXRkJXF71nDiX9LhlXiSkhR8JJT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...</a>Spotify: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblctMGVQc0RCNEgxMUU0NXFZSVFpZUF0V28zZ3xBQ3Jtc0tudWZJM3BpNzMyREhEblZ6cGpkWFdNRlZ4cnNOYWp4a3l5V0NMektoZGZwZ1JSOEQtTlViWGt1MTYxSUlCZTRPVEFfNzBJYTRaT0h6VDhRSzdLbDVDak5UTTQzaGRkQ182VHZFTUJZYndHT0k3VEM1WQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fshow%2F51yeOb8SimMIPe2KgIUQ8g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/51yeOb8...</a>iTunes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmlMSXBfR2c4SjVIVzgtRU5UQU9jbDVIX0UyZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuWm03UEtYRDZmWl8wLW10TW9rQ1VEdEI1UVFBbkpfYzRzSUNhbWNhRF9WeXlRaEVlU3ZUWjZ4eWNRa1FIT0t0ZHFEdWxMcVgyVkZvZEZNVGIySWhteE43Z0ZNbDJiOXFIaTVVS282Sm1Dbmhrdkl3UQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpcr.apple.com%2Fid1476357131" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pcr.apple.com/id1476357131</a>--Carnegie India Socials: Instagram: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGF4RDRJOWxMU05CUmp5Xy15LWEzcFhBSjNvd3xBQ3Jtc0tuZHFURnVHcHkwS1FzQTBrRERIamxkNFhKM3FxUkt0VmlxS3V1amZSODVaQUcxMXRWeld2bUlqa3BqcFVlSmlqZGtKSi1JN3FCOVRiQjc5eURoNzA4MExDT192ejlxZzFwVktCclVhZGFhY1ZiQTVwNA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fcarnegieindia%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/carnegieindia/</a> (@CarnegieIndia) Twitter: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVJTUHBlR2EweGh0TlhiWUxOV2hPQzlKSGtyd3xBQ3Jtc0ttQ2dfWEZhNUljUjc0MDNyZmZSYzBiaTVtWmJUS0lqV2VaVk05Q0c0U2VpSHdVOUFxNklKaTMzRkppQzBtZEVGY0lLUkZCUWdhYnZOY242Uy1UZWUyTjlVbGNrb3dxRDJDT0dYSWc4NVp6R0Zwc1RiZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FCarnegieIndia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CarnegieIndia</a>Website: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblNnVEVrRGJIQjctSVhBX2d2NTZwUlpiUFZ2d3xBQ3Jtc0ttVVBYaF9uMWlJWU5VR0NMNkYyWklLNXdUUDZHcWIyaGhJeGpOeW5ReU03RUZCNDVRY0NDSmctUk9NTURCU1BocDhoeHY4OXk4UlhucnFNWkdSamNYVnVVTDhPX2lUdWlUMTBBUlpIbkRTRTlkT09MTQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcarnegieindia.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://carnegieindia.org</a>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/CarnegieIndia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/CarnegieIndia/</a>

Discussing India's Urban Governance Structures and the Second Wave with Srikanth Viswanathan

SRIKANTH VISWANATHAN, is Chief Executive Officer of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. There are several challenges in our cities that can be solved only through civic learning (essentially the learning of civic sense) and civic participation at scale.About Janaagraha - Janaagraha is a non-profit organisation based in Bangalore that works on combining the efforts of both the government and the citizens to transform our cities and ensure better quality of life by improving quality of urban infrastructure and services and quality of citizenship. Citizen participation is encouraged through our online initiatives Ipaidabribe (www.ipaidabribe.com) which revolutionized public participation in addressing graft and our new civic portal ichangemycity (www.ichangemycity.com ) which promotes civic action at a local neighbourhood level.In this freewheeling discussion we discuss challenges plaguing urban cities, skills required to succeed in the development sector, how citizens can actively get involved in city governance and creating our own “google maps” through the power of Theory of Change. * Development sector vs Corporate sector - 2:15* Fixing System vs Fixing the problem - 6:21* Getting involved as active citizens in solving city problems -  13:40* Competencies required in development sector - 19:40* Theory of Change - 25:04 * IST Message - 32:52Key quotes and references from the episode: * Good citizenship begins at home* Magic words for good citizenship - “Show up”* Key for career transition - “have a open mind”* Each of us need to have a theory of change* Escape from mediocrity* Aim of life is to discover divinity withinLinks referenced in the conversation - Janaagraha Website, Ichangemycity, Srikanth Viswanath can be reached on email or on TwitterWhat did you think of this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Do drop me a note at inspiresomeonetodaypodcast@gmail.comIf you have any guest recommendations or just want to say Hello, do connect with me on LinkedIn or InstagramListen to the podcast. Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, includingGoogle Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode - February 26. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify

SRIKANTH VISWANATHAN, is Chief Executive Officer of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. There are several challenges in our cities that can be solved only through civic learning (essentially the learning of civic sense) and civic participation at scale.About Janaagraha - Janaagraha is a non-profit organisation based in Bangalore that works on combining the efforts of both the government and the citizens to transform our cities and ensure better quality of life by improving quality of urban infrastructure and services and quality of citizenship. Citizen participation is encouraged through our online initiatives Ipaidabribe (<a href="http://www.ipaidabribe.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ipaidabribe.com</a>) which revolutionized public participation in addressing graft and our new civic portal ichangemycity (<a href="http://www.ichangemycity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ichangemycity.com</a> ) which promotes civic action at a local neighbourhood level.In this freewheeling discussion we discuss challenges plaguing urban cities, skills required to succeed in the development sector, how citizens can actively get involved in city governance and creating our own “google maps” through the power of Theory of Change. * Development sector vs Corporate sector - 2:15* Fixing System vs Fixing the problem - 6:21* Getting involved as active citizens in solving city problems -  13:40* Competencies required in development sector - 19:40* Theory of Change - 25:04 * IST Message - 32:52Key quotes and references from the episode: * Good citizenship begins at home* Magic words for good citizenship - “Show up”* Key for career transition - “have a open mind”* Each of us need to have a theory of change* Escape from mediocrity* Aim of life is to discover divinity withinLinks referenced in the conversation - Janaagraha Website, Ichangemycity, Srikanth Viswanath can be reached on email or on TwitterWhat did you think of this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Do drop me a note at inspiresomeonetodaypodcast@gmail.comIf you have any guest recommendations or just want to say Hello, do connect with me on LinkedIn or InstagramListen to the podcast. Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, includingGoogle Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode - February 26. Available on all podcast platforms, including, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZGU2M2Q1NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw&amp;ep=14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/inspire-someone-today/id1526650471" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://lnkd.in/gv3fD2C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/10CTsRXsybhUEGm5gCvMWM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>

E15 - Srikanth Viswanathan - Theory of Change