Polished Politicos

A course opens in Pune for budding MPs and MLAs

Polished Politicos
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By way of optional subjects, they would also have deciphered public and social sectors, privatisation, HRD, legal systems, agriculture, industry, and centre-state issues. Interestingly, there's also a module on corruption and Seshan thinks there's no dearth of study material. "Anyone who has been in the government is a textbook in corruption," he says. "Corruption results from too much government." All this comes at a hefty price of Rs 3.5 lakh. Ten per cent free seats are reserved for meritorious students. "As we evolve, we might be able to bring down the fees," says Seshan.

Learning on the job in public service can extract an appalling price as Indian understanding of the realm remains stuck between banal school civics and theory-laden political science courses. MDG claims to be have an interactive practical approach, with 60 per cent credit assigned to application-based work.

It will be sometime beforeMISTOG comes close to the JFK School in giving Colombia its president or Singapore its prime minister. But can this initiative script any real change without systemic overhauls? A knowledgeable politician is one thing, but ensuring he also makes it to positions of power quiteanother."Further initiatives are required to clean up the election system, reduce expenditure, the participation of people with criminal records, and the impact of caste, community, religion," says Seshan. "But the fact that the biggest and the best people in the country are worried about it is by itself a significant beginning."

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