Jamia Millia Islamia celebrated Good Governance Day at the Academic Staff College on Wednesday. Key speaker Dr AK Dubey, Coal India ltd chairman, focused on the changing contours of governance in the country and emphasised on the need for inclusiveness, equality of opportunity, tolerance, accommodation and consensus besides transparency and accountability in the governance culture.
Introducing the meet, Academic Staff College director Prof Mujtaba Khan dwelled on the statesmanship of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad emphasised on the need for greater decentralisation and use of e-technology in governance while keeping in mind the security issues associated with cybercrimes. Chief guest Sirajuddin Qureshi, CEO of Al-Hind Industries, spoke on collective effort in governance and argued that governance should not be confined to the bureaucracy alone but it should be the responsibility of all the citizens of India.