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We need lovable cities. There is no law of nature that tells it can’t be done in India. It just needs more effort of thought and action. Plus patience.
Shows what is possible if a city is privately run as opposed to the government.
- GMR Group holds the master lease for the entire 230-acre airport land district.
- GMR partnered with Bharti Realty to finance, build, and maintain the primary commercial and retail infrastructure
- Instead of fragmented government departments digging up roads repeatedly, Aerocity’s entire framework was designed by global consulting firm Meinhardt Group.
- Waste management, continuous water supply, and advanced rainwater harvesting are handled internally by GMR and its dedicated private contractors
- Unlike standard government municipalities that struggle with illegal construction and street encroachment, Aerocity relies on corporate estate enforcement. Designated walking paths, strict dust-free road markings, and rigorous garbage collection are maintained through strict private service-level agreements
- The district is protected by a 24/7 private security network featuring advanced contactless access control, private guard patrols, and heavy CCTV integration, working alongside specialized airport security rather than standard local police units.
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I will be speaking on the voyage of INSV Kaundinya on 14th Mar in Delhi. Details and registration below
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🚢 Leadership in Action | NMF at the Rishihood Foundation Programme
We are pleased to announce that Captain YP Sharma, Deputy Director at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), featured as a distinguished speaker at the Leadership Colloquium—a flagship course under the Rishihood Foundation Programme by the Rashtram School of Public Leadership.
📚 The Leadership Colloquium is an innovative initiative that redefines how leadership is nurtured in higher education. Through meaningful dialogues with seasoned practitioners, students gain real-world perspectives on values-based decision-making, resilience, and strategic leadership.
As an experienced naval professional and maritime strategist, Capt Sharma shared insights drawn from decades of operational expertise, highlighting how leadership is forged through responsibility, clarity of purpose, and service to the nation. ⚓
🎯 Empowering the next generation of leaders—through experience, reflection, and maritime wisdom.
👉 Follow us for more updates on NMF’s academic and leadership outreach.
#Leadership #MaritimeLeadership #NationalMaritimeFoundation #Rashtram #RishihoodFoundation #PublicLeadership #StrategicThinking #LeadershipColloquium #MaritimeStrategy #NMF
There has been a long lament on India’s top businesses not supporting deep work on IKS. @gautam_adani has changed this. Time to shift the gear and aspire for big.
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What Indian Universities Once Believed They Could Be
Did you know? When Prof. Meghnad, the famous astrophysicist, left Allahabad University in 1938, the university offered the position of Head of Physics to none other than Erwin Schrödinger.
And this wasn’t before his fame. Schrödinger had already won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 and was recognized worldwide as one of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics. He accepted the offer, but World War II prevented him from traveling to India.
Finally, in 1942, the post went to K. S. Krishnan, co-discoverer of the Raman Effect with C. V. Raman, who went on to become Director of the National Physical Laboratory.
Think about that for a moment. Indian universities once had the confidence and ambition to invite the very best minds at the peak of their global fame, while also nurturing pioneers of our own.
This is the scale of vision our universities had prior to Independence.
Today, as we speak of Viksit Bharat 2047, it’s time to make careers in education aspirational again. Because if Indian universities could dream of Schrödinger in 1938, imagine what we should be dreaming of in 2025.
Presented our discussion paper on Administrative Reforms to @rammadhav_ ji and got insights from his decades of work, ranging from grassroots volunteering to national politics to international relations.
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Marvelous design where the bridge’s pillar occupies one lane of Delhi’s outer ring road. Wastes thousands of man hours every day.
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How can we build a future-ready bureaucracy for a #ViksitBharat2047?
Rashtram School of Public Leadership, in collaboration with the India Habitat Centre, invites you to an engaging panel discussion on “Administrative Reforms to Usher in a Viksit Bharat 2047.” The event will be held on 7th July 2025 at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Join us for tea at 6:30 PM followed by the discussion at 7:00 PM.
The panel will feature renowned voices in governance and leadership: @drrbalu (Author & Member-HR, Capacity Building Commission, GoI), @profsushmayadav (Chair, UGC Committee & Former Pro-VC, Central University of Haryana), and Shri Guru Malladi (Partner, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young). The discussion will be moderated by Prof. (Dr.) @shobweet, Vice Chancellor of Rishihood University.
Let’s reimagine India’s administrative machinery to serve a billion aspirations better. This dialogue on leadership, reform, and nation-building is one you won’t want to miss.
Register now: forms.gle/aSa3detUgVTE5CA16
#Rashtram #LeadershipMatters #ViksitBharat2047 #AdministrativeReforms #PublicPolicy #India2047 #CivilServices #RishihoodUniversity
It was a very honorable and memorable experience to receive the warmth and blessings of Jagdeep ji.
Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar interacted with the participants of the Rishihood Policy Boot Camp at Vice-President’s Enclave today.
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Meet the minds that are shaping India’s future.
Our brightest alumni are already making waves – now it’s your turn.
Sahil Aggarwal is a social entrepreneur and educationist. He is the co-founder and CEO of Rishihood University. He has served as the co-chairman of the National Education Committee at the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and as a member of the National Committee of Design at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He is a trustee and board member at Gateway Education, Sonipat. Sahil has a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and MA in Diplomacy. He has also been a Visiting Scholar for Urban Governance at Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America. He has co-authored a book on public policy, co-designed a card game on politics, and keeps writing for national dailies.
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A small lifestyle change with happy outcomes:
Starting last week, @SoumyaAgg92 and I keep our phones right at the entrance of the homes. Now, we don’t bring them into the rooms or anywhere in the house.
What was the trigger? We wanted to spend more time reading, talking, playing with the family. Phones are a distraction and an ineffective use of time, especially in the night and morning hours when usually there is nothing that needs our attention. (The phone is on ring so we can attend if someone calls).
What is the result?
Screen time is already down by 30%! My guess is that it will go down slightly further.
Sleep is better. Night time screen exposure is one of the biggest hurdle for a good sleep.
Kids are watching us. They don’t do what their parents tell them to do. They do what their parents do.
Just like night, mornings too have become better with a relaxed start, giving more time for fitness and family. The first phone pick up is usually an hour after waking up.
Try this out for a week. Make a phone station with a stand/table and a charger right after you enter the door. Leave the phone there. You will feel much better.
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🚨 New Article Series — in Arabic!
Over the past week, my analysis on India’s response to cross border terrorism and Pakistan’s desperate elevation of General Asim Munir to Field Marshal has been featured in multiple Arabic-language publications with readership across the Maghreb region and the wider Arab world. (Article links at the end ⬇️)
Key points discussed:
🎯 For decades, cross-border terrorism has remained a low-cost, high-deniability instrument for Pakistan — but India’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack signals a fundamental shift in the deterrence equation.
🎖️ The desperate elevation of General Asim Munir is a propaganda stunt aimed at deflecting attention from military failures, public discontent, and deepening internal instability.
🗡️ His appointment also reaffirms the Pakistan Army’s enduring hostility towards India as a cornerstone of its institutional identity, and a means for the military-jihadist complex to maintain domestic control.
⚠️ Munir’s rise has been marked by an increasing use of Islamist symbolism and rhetoric to consolidate personal authority — an ominous trend with long-term implications.
🛡️ New Delhi’s posture reflects a growing unwillingness to tolerate provocation without consequence, rejecting both diplomatic indulgence and nuclear blackmail.
🌍 The international community must call out Pakistan’s use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy, and its dangerous reliance on the outdated playbook of denial and deflection.
Published across:
🔗 El Jadid Press, Morocco: eljadid-press.com/المشير-الميداني-الجديد-لباكستان-رمزي/
🔗 Universita TV, France: universitatv.com/Le-Pakistan…
🔗 Aljarida24, Morocco: aljarida24.ma/p/opinion/3133…
🔗 Maglor, France–Morocco: maglor.fr/tribune/almshyr-al…
🔗 European Centre for Middle East Studies: mevp.ecmes.academy/kamalmadi…
🔗 El Massar Al Jadid, Morocco: elmassaraljadid.com/الأخبار-الدولية/المشير-الميداني-الجديد-لباكستان-رمزي/
🔗 Alminbare, Morocco: alminbare.com/archives/42873
Read the English version published by News18 here: news18.com/opinion/opinion-p…
Had visited Naxal-infected areas in Chhattisgarh as a college student. Bastar was a no-go zone. I had only read about it in @rahulpandita's book.
That it might get back to normalcy was a distant dream.
What an achievement!
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The Neuroliberal Agenda Is Failing Our Children.
At the recent launch of our book 'Who is raising your children?' at Rishihood University, I explained how the latest ideologies, such as Neuroliberalism, indoctrinate children to comply with the woke and the globalist agendas. Watch👇
In this review of the book by @GautamDesiraju on the reorganization of states, @shobweet highlights the key administrative and structural changes opined in the book, and why they matter. @News18India news18.com/opinion/book-revi…
In the context and the contested idea of delimitation, an interesting proposal here is to delimit and increase the number of states such that each has a similar population, thus each state has a similar weight in the national politics.
This automatically means that national discourse and public policy get tilted towards national and common issues rather than populous issues.
A well-written book by @GautamDesiraju in which some ideas may seem contemptuous, but they need more time to be absorbed.
We need to increase the awareness on strategic and security issues, including in our education system. Was a pleasure to host @shivkunalverma at Rishihood and getting familiarized with his wonderful work in this area.
