{"id":10633,"date":"2025-11-01T14:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T09:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=10633"},"modified":"2025-11-01T14:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T09:29:46","slug":"epfo-hosts-gurcharan-das-in-22nd-edition-of-reimagining-governance-discourse-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=10633","title":{"rendered":"EPFO hosts Gurcharan Das in 22nd Edition of \u2018Reimagining Governance: Discourse for Excellence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPFO hosts Gurcharan Das in 22nd Edition of \u2018Reimagining Governance: Discourse for Excellence\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Posted On: 30 OCT 2025 7:27PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDUNASS) of the Employees\u2019 Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) hosted the 22nd edition of Reimagining Governance: Discourse for Excellence (RGDE) today, featuring Gurcharan Das, noted author, public intellectual, and former CEO of Procter & Gamble India.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Delivering the keynote address on \u201cThe Difficulty of Being Good \u2013 Ethics and the Art of Governance,\u201d Das drew lessons from the Mahabharata to explore the moral dilemmas that accompany power and responsibility. He reminded officers that \u201cgovernance is ultimately a moral act\u2014to be good is difficult because every decision tests our empathy, our courage, and our conscience.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Drawing from his corporate and philosophical experience, he spoke of compassion as the art of seeing the human being behind every file. Referring to the Bhagavad Gita\u2019s principle of Nishkaam Karma, he urged public servants to perform their duties selflessly, without attachment to outcomes: \u201cWe serve best when we act without ego or expectation.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Recalling his corporate journey, Das shared the story of Kamble, a night-duty security guard who, through curiosity, humility, and love for his work, rose to become a company director. \u201cIt is not intelligence but attitude that matters \u2014 curiosity, a love for the work you do, and for the people you serve. That is the real secret of happiness,\u201d he said. Emphasising that \u201cexecution is more important than strategy,\u201d he called for a culture that values action and service over rhetoric.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

During the interaction, Shri Ashish Wig, Member CBT, asked how one builds the inner compass that guides ethical choices amid moral grey zones. Answering the question, Das said that \u201cevery situation is different; there\u2019s no formula for goodness.\u201d He urged officers to \u201cimprove the moral compass, apply Raj Dharma, and go by your gut \u2014 because conscience usually speaks before the mind starts justifying.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Das also complimented EPFO\u2019s ongoing reforms and urged continued efforts to simplify processes and use technology for transparency, efficiency, and citizen convenience.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ramesh Krishnamurthi, Central Provident Fund Commissioner, said the session\u2019s message was deeply relevant to EPFO\u2019s mission as a guardian of public money, reaffirming its obligation to remain fair, transparent, and accountable.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kumar Rohit, Director, PDNASS, described RGDE as \u201ca platform to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the moral imagination of governance.\u201d He noted that previous sessions had led to tangible outcomes \u2014 from training modules on compassion after Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi\u2019s talk, to design-thinking initiatives inspired by discussions on innovation and reform.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator Uttam Prakash, RPFC, summarised the discussion as \u201ca moral compass for navigating the modern-day Kurukshetra of public administration,\u201d thanking Das for making ethics feel both practical and deeply personal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

About 800 officers from across India participated in the session, which continues the Academy\u2019s monthly effort to bring distinguished thinkers to engage with EPFO officers on ethics, public service, and excellence in governance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EPFO hosts Gurcharan Das in 22nd Edition of \u2018Reimagining Governance: Discourse for Excellence\u2019 Posted On: 30 OCT 2025 7:27PM by PIB Delhi The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDUNASS) of the Employees\u2019 Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) hosted the 22nd edition of Reimagining Governance: Discourse for Excellence (RGDE) today, featuring Gurcharan Das, noted …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10635,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10633\/revisions\/10635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}