DoPT to conduct the national workshop on Right to Information on January 9
8 Jan, 2014The Department of Personnel and Training is conducting a NATIONAL WORKSHOP on RIGHT TO INFORMATION on 9th January, 2014. It shall be inaugurated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and PMO at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. The workshop shall involve three sessions which are planned as given below:-
Session 1
Panel Discussion: 11:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Topic: “Ensuring Compliance of Suo Motu disclosure commitments - from village to Central Ministries”
Panelists
1. Shri. Satyananda Mishra Former Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission
2. Shri Rajendra Singh Magsaysay Award Winner (Also Known as the ‘Waterman of India’)
3. Shri Prabhu Chawla Editorial Director of The New Indian Express
4. Ms. Maja Daruwala Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
5. Shri Manoj Joshi Former Joint Secretary (RTI), Department of Personnel and Training
6. Shri R. K. Verma, Moderator Renowned author of RTI related publications such as “Right to Information Law & Practice” and “PIO’s Guide to RTI”
Session 2
Best Practices on RTI: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Presenter and Topic
1. Rakshita Swamy, New Delhi Indira Awaas Yojana, MGNREGA
2. Dr. Ganatre & Dr. Derashri, Gujarat Digitization of Records, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha
3. Shrikar Pardeshi (IAS), Pune SARATHI, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal corporation
4. Anil Kumar Bharadwaj & Payal Mittal, New Delhi MCA21, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
5. Sanjeev Saxena, New Delhi RTI Online web portal, DOPT
6. Kunal Shaw, New Delhi RTI Kiosks
7. Sunaina S Valecha, Bangalore Central Monitoring Mechanism, Odisha
8. Bhaskar Prabhu, Pune An experiment of Citizens & Public Authority handshake, Maharashtra
Session 3
Success Stories on RTI and presentation by RTI Fellows, 2012: 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
RTI Fellows 2012
1. Manu Moudgil, Chandigarh
2. Harsha Rajgatty, Karnataka
3. Rekha Rani, New Delhi
Presenters for Success Stories
1. Kamal Tak, Rajasthan
2. Gautam Kothari, Madhya Pradesh
3. Nadim ud din, Uttarakhand
4. Vivek Velankar, Maharashtra
5. Dhvani Desai, Maharashtra