On the occasion of 65th birthday of Pradeep S Mehta, Founder & Secretary General of CUTS International, a group of his friends and well-wishers contributed essays in his honour, which have been published in a festschrift. They cover subjects ranging from ‘Trade and Development’, ‘Competition and Economic Regulation’ and ‘Governance’ – areas on which CUTS International has been working for over three decades. Essays on ‘Governance and Other Issues’ can be accessed as follows.
- The Case for Closer Cooperation between India and the OECD
– Anders Ahnlid - Reshaping Institutions, Shaping the Future
– Arun Maira - Institutionalisation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Process in the Government
– Arvind Mayaram - Pradeep: A Big Fish in a Small Pond
– Asha Bhatnagar - The Indian Health Sector: Providing Choice, Competition, Efficiency and Finance
– Bibek Debroy - Urbanisation Challenge in India
– Kamal Nath - Power Generation and Distribution
– Kishore P. Rungta - The Future of Globalisation in an Era of Financial Crisis: Essay in Honour of Pradeep Mehta
– Martin Wolf - Building Indian Businesses: A Reflection
– Rahul Bajaj - Stop Road Accidents Before They Stop Us
– Rajeev D. Mathur - A Consumer Agenda in the 21st Century
– Rhoda Karpatkin - Balancing Effectiveness and Voice in Global Governance
– Rohinton P. Medhora