Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2025: Meghalaya’s Fight Against Maternal Deaths Is Jury Favourite

What happens when an entire state puts its faith in the hands of its people? Meghalaya’s groundbreaking initiative, “Building Purpose and Leadership Among Government & Citizens to Transform Health”, has proven that when communities lead the way, lives are saved — and the world takes notice. This extraordinary effort has now been recognized as a […]
APPLYING COMPETENCIES – State Capability Enhancement Project (SCEP)

Sampath Kumar, Aroon P. Manoharan, and Jayasharadha Chandrakalatharan delve into the nuances of building state capability through the State Capability Enhancement Project (SCEP), addressing systemic barriers like hierarchical rigidity and bureaucratic inertia. They propose a comprehensive framework with five verticals—Adaptive Leadership Building (ALB), Granular Performance Monitoring (GPM), Restructuring for Responsiveness (RFR), AI-enabled Decision-Making (AIEDM), and […]