Ashwin Mahesh

The farmers' protest in the city was reported more like a traffic problem in the city than a matter of distress... http://fb.me/24hgOiNrF 

Socialism and communism are not natural allies to secularism. In fact, to the extent that personal liberty is one... http://fb.me/2oNKx64bo 

Speaking at Teach for India session in HYD April 10 on the 'sense of possibilities' - how each of us can do a lot more than we think we can.

Congress says its candidates for Punjab elections will be finalised 6 month ahead of the polls. This is a trend... http://fb.me/3u2jDCmgu 

The next government in the state will ... (a) implement Matthondu Cauvery for the long-term security of water... http://fb.me/7bksM5JJU 

#DelhiChallenge urban lab toolbox already exists at http://delhi.mapunity.com  - what is needed is to populate data for different sectors.

On the whole, it is better if the Budget does not have much influence on the economy. If we look for 'dream'... http://fb.me/4HtMJXuCd 

Less than a year to Punjab elections now.

I'm looking forward to two interesting events on citizen participation in urban governance in mid March. On 13... http://fb.me/78j357Kvq 

Lithium to deploy next 100 electric vehicles in BLR during Feb-Apr. Also look for electric scooters and cycles in delivery industry.

RETHINKING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS The usual thinking is that the two words - private and public - represent... http://fb.me/7QI4U52ep 

More than her oratory, we should focus on young indians' ability to read, which is now at a global low 2/2

The material questions to ask HRD minister are about access to quality education and learning outcomes. 1/n

It's a thin line between trying to decide HOW the people should learn, and WHAT they should learn. Whenever... http://fb.me/2R6R5OXvg 

We need to measure and improve the 'productivity of power', not just absolute production. Maximise economic output per MW 9/n

Pilots have shown this is possible, but those have not led to full-fledged deployments. 8/n

We need an education and awareness program run professionally to push peak power demand down by 10%. 7/n

The annual target 4 distributed generation on roof-tops should be set really high, and there should be monthly monitoring of this goal. 6/n

KERC should link requests for price revisions by the ESCOMs to investments in power production by KPCL ... 5/n

In theory, regulation is independent, but in practice ERCs don't push the Energy departments hard enough to change ... 4/n