The last mile in decentralization was done by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) using ideas developed by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom, Walter Stohr and James Fishkin. Sanitation, public facility maintenance and street light maintenance were decentralized to the last mile

This narrative describes the assistance given to victims of a sudden, calamitous and freak cyclone that seriously disrupted the functioning of normal life and caused human, material and economic hardship to the people. The account is about the rescue operations and stabilization of the physical...

The purpose of the off-site real-time (OSRT) system designed and developed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was to provide 360-degree accountability in public health and urban planning. The little used camera of the ubiquitous, easy-to-use mobile phone was transformed as an...

Home values have been found to be positively associated with park proximity and park quality. However, the affect of accessibility, defined as walkability around neighborhood parks, on home values is understudied. Using a hedonic model, this study investigates the association between park...

Leadership is a matter of practice and accomplishment and leaders get better through effort. Unlike the conventional pathway which is funnel shaped and leaders start as generalists and progress towards specialization in narrow domains, the book demonstrates that the leadership development...