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Centre for Innovation in Governance

The Centre for Innovation in Governance (CIG) objectives are to help advance thinking on Governance models that are aligned to enable citizens to more easily be righteous, allow them to achieve prosperity, enjoy their experience of life and support the progress of all life forms. This is congruent to the philosophy of Purushartha and its four pillars: Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.

 

CURATE

system and people expertise to produce contemporary insights

Construct

frameworks, learning experiences and capacities for leaders

Commit

to integral development of the self, family, social and national collectives

Areas of Focus

ARTHA

Creating a more compassionate, life affirming, integrated economic development models based on principles of Artha and working with developments in advancing current economic thinking in these areas.

VIDYA

Examining the aspects of human potential and how leadership should align policy and development work to unlock latent human capacities that has wide implications on every aspect of the unique demographic dividend of Bharat.

KALA

Examining governance and development programmes for the advancement of arts, culture, human entertainment as new technologies and channels proliferate.

NYAYA

Development and innovation in areas of Justice which goes beyond current social justice norms and leads to a more robust, integrated and healthy society.

BALA

Teaching and research to understanding the fundamental sources and nature of power and working with these sources to advance civilisational values.

AAROGYA

Development of public healthcare policies and socio-governance systems for public health based on Ayurvedic principles of wellness.

These six areas are currently under development with the first version outputs for Artha, Aarogya and Vidya coming out in Calendar Year 2021. The models for Kala, Bala and Nyaya will be introduced over the next calendar year and if you are an educator or researcher or a traditional scholar with knowledge of these or any of the above six areas please contact us at namaste@rashtram.org. The Centre for Innovation in Governance is looking at a deep network of expertise to help train its future leaders.

Modes of Engagement

RESEARCH

Writing, curating and publishing knowledge repositories, case studies, good governance models, development models, journal articles and theoretical frameworks.

PARTNER

Collaborating with thought leaders, scholars and academics to create contemporary models for advancing governance based on Indic Knowledge Systems.

PROGRAMMES

Classroom and online programmes for full-time students at Rashtram.

ADVANCED RETREATS

Advanced retreats and programmes for senior leadership & C-suites

WORKSHOPS

Workshops engagements for early stage and mid-career professionals.

SUNITI - Public Policy Thought Leadership

Suniti – Introduction Paper
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Suniti – New Models in Education 
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Suniti – Improvements in Urban Governance 
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Suniti – Climate Financing in India
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Publications

January 29, 2022

Blockchains and Public Governance

Using blockchain as the base technology, a number of use cases have been developed – including use cases for governance...
December 15, 2021

Assumptions in Empirical Inferences and the Case of GDP

Brainstorming needs to happen regarding the ideation of prosperity and wellbeing so that a holistic framework to view life can...
November 18, 2021

Behavioural Game Theory approach to inclusive growth

Game theory is the study of how interacting choices of economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences of...
September 14, 2021

Libertarian Paternalism and Dharma

Is there a way out of this unceasing struggle between Liberty and Authority?
August 11, 2021

Indic Approach to the Nature of Human Behaviour

The article aims to compile the salient features of human nature relevant to economics that emerged as a product of...
August 2, 2021

Approaches in Economics to Human Nature and a Case for Artha

From the time of Adam Smith to the more recent Behavioural Economics, there has been considerable churn over the last...