Former Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. T. N. Seshan, Visits XIMB

Former Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. T. N. Seshan, Visits XIMB

Mr. Seshan particularly talked about education, health and governance issues. He expressed deep concern that about 215 million students have no school, forget about good school. He pointed out that in a knowledge-based economy, HR (Human Resource Management) is more important than marketing and finance for any organisation.

He expressed satisfaction over the growth of industry and manufacturing, but rued about the condition of agricultural and villages. He suggested improvements in seed quality, weed management, and cultural practices as some of the measures for improving productivity of the agriculture.

Talking about democracy and governance, he said, "Despite all chaos, the democracy in India has not collapsed as it did in the neighbouring countries. The state of affair was that I was transferred to five departments in a single day on June 2, 1962. But I am very hopeful that we shall overcome." He further elaborated his statement and said, "Democracy is the bad form of the government and the rest other systems are even worse than the democracy. The fundamental of democracy is not the right to vote but the right to disagree. Election Commission in our country is doing an excellent job. It is not because I headed it for six years but we suggested changes in the extremely complex systems of elections. So far, army has never been used for elections in our country which is quite common in many developed countries of the world."

Former Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. T. N. Seshan, at XIMB

He termed reservation as a political gimmick to be used just before election which is fuelled by the TV channels. According to him, people should not be worried as it has been given to under-privileged people and it does not affect others in the current situation anymore.

Mr. Seshan showed keen interest in the Rural Management programme of XIMB and he spent over three hours understanding and exploring the different dimensions of it. He was very enthusiastic about the rural issues as he had worked in different positions in the government as an IAS officer. After retiring about 11 years ago, he has been associated with different institutes and has agreed in principle to take up some elective courses at XIMB.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Team IlluminatiX,
PR & Media Cell,
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

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