Faridabad News, 10 July 2020 : ‘Ease of Living’ as a term has no standard definition. For some, it is fundamentally tied to physical amenities such as water supply, solid waste management, parks and green space etc.; for others it relates to cultural offerings, career opportunities, economic dynamism or safety. For these reasons it is directly or indirectly also linked to number of schemes and initiatives of the Government which ultimately aims to meet the needs and aspirations of the people.
It will help cities systematically assess themselves against global and national benchmarks and encourage them to shift towards an ‘outcome-based’ approach to urban planning and management.
Keeping in view the importance of the subject the IQAC in Collaboration with Innovation Cell of DAV Institute of Management, Faridabad organised a Webinar on Ease of Living – “The Goal of Citizen Centric Governance” on 10th July 2020 from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. The webinar was attended by around 500 participants.
The initial deliberation was given by Dr. Pooja Kaul, Dean Innovation Cell. The Webinar commenced with the welcome of guest and participants by Dr. Anamika Bhargava, IQAC Coordinator. The Principal Director Dr. Sanjeev Sharma addressed the audience and emphasized on the standard of living of people in today’s environment and he also focussed that it is basically the ease by which people living in a time or place are able to satisfy their needs and/or wants. The guest of honourSh. Shiv Raman Gaur, Director Higher Education, DAVCMC, New Delhi congratulated DAVIM for organising such a wonderful Webinar on a very relevant topic.
The Eminent & Distinguished speaker of the day was Sh. Sarvesh Kaushal, Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Punjab. He has been the Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Punjab. He has also been served himself in Indian Police Service & Indian Administrative Service. He has also attended many Distict& National Training Programmes. He explained about the topic that there are 6Ps ofcitizen-centric governance which must be designed to work in-sync to deliver ease of living. The 6Ps are deliberately identified to address issues from the perspective of citizens and businesses with an outside-in view, designed to deal with the “pain-points” faced while interacting with and consuming government services. He focused on sustainable development and goals of sustainable development. He talked about major issues of ease of living in rural and urban areas. He focused on four pillars of ease of living index – Institutional, economic, social and physical.
Furthermore, he also mentioned it is imperative that the 6Ps are the primary basis for identifying, designing, delivering and monitoring services across all the stages and key life events of citizens thereby translating to overall ease of living.
The Webinar concluded with a formal vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Ritu Gandhi Arora, Vice Principal & Registrar.The Webinar received an overwhelming response from the viewers.