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EWC Research Speaker Series
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. HST
Odisha's lessons in governance: case studies of natural disasters and the pandemic
featuring
Dr. Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Abstract: With only 0.55 beds available for every 1,000 people, India’s public health system struggled to cope with the COVID-19 crisis, even while out-of-pocket expenditure pushed millions back into poverty leading to economic, educational, and equity distress. Also, with the increase in the use of technology, concerns about data privacy and citizens’ right to privacy emerged. Tensions between the State and Centre over the allocation of funds built up as budgetary resources started dwindling for both. Amidst these multifarious challenges in several sectors, there were States like Odisha which stood out, by adopting the famed 5T framework of governance which forms the overarching policy approach in what has now gained prominence as the Odisha Model of growth and development. Odisha Government’s handling of the covid crisis riding on its earlier experience in handling natural disasters has been applauded nationally as well as globally. Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha’s Lessons in Governance compiles various essays that the author wrote during the pandemic years outlining India’s and Odisha’s fight against COVID and all the concomitant unintended consequences while also commenting on how either policy planning or implementation could possibly have been better, setting out a roadmap for the future. Several of these policy prescriptions were later adopted by the Government.
Dr. Amar Patnaik is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Odisha, representing the Biju Janata Dal. Before becoming an MP, Dr. Patnaik had a long and illustrious career in the Indian Administrative Services and has served as a former Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer under the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India and as the Principal Accountant General (PAG) of Sikkim, Odisha, West Bengal, and Kerala. Dr. Patnaik has an MBA in Finance and Systems from Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, and Master’s programme in public management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Dr. Patnaik has worked extensively on issues of power asymmetry in rural India, law, technology with an emphasis on privacy and data protection, corporate and government affairs, and environmental and climate concerns.
The views expressed are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect East-West Center policies or positions.
EWC Research Speaker Series
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. HST
Odisha's lessons in governance: case studies of natural disasters and the pandemic
featuring
Dr. Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Abstract: With only 0.55 beds available for every 1,000 people, India’s public health system struggled to cope with the COVID-19 crisis, even while out-of-pocket expenditure pushed millions back into poverty leading to economic, educational, and equity distress. Also, with the increase in the use of technology, concerns about data privacy and citizens’ right to privacy emerged. Tensions between the State and Centre over the allocation of funds built up as budgetary resources started dwindling for both. Amidst these multifarious challenges in several sectors, there were States like Odisha which stood out, by adopting the famed 5T framework of governance which forms the overarching policy approach in what has now gained prominence as the Odisha Model of growth and development. Odisha Government’s handling of the covid crisis riding on its earlier experience in handling natural disasters has been applauded nationally as well as globally. Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha’s Lessons in Governance compiles various essays that the author wrote during the pandemic years outlining India’s and Odisha’s fight against COVID and all the concomitant unintended consequences while also commenting on how either policy planning or implementation could possibly have been better, setting out a roadmap for the future. Several of these policy prescriptions were later adopted by the Government.
Dr. Amar Patnaik is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Odisha, representing the Biju Janata Dal. Before becoming an MP, Dr. Patnaik had a long and illustrious career in the Indian Administrative Services and has served as a former Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer under the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India and as the Principal Accountant General (PAG) of Sikkim, Odisha, West Bengal, and Kerala. Dr. Patnaik has an MBA in Finance and Systems from Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, and Master’s programme in public management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Dr. Patnaik has worked extensively on issues of power asymmetry in rural India, law, technology with an emphasis on privacy and data protection, corporate and government affairs, and environmental and climate concerns.
The views expressed are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect East-West Center policies or positions.
