Don’t waste talent

It is no surprise that topnotch professionals imported from the private sector to bring expertise and efficiency in the government are finding it hard to navigate the bureaucracy. Some have had to fight even to get office space, others have been on the verge of giving up more than once. As reported in this newspaper on Thursday, Sam Pitroda, who chaired technology missions during Rajiv Gandhi’s government in the 1980s, has stood up for them and presented a five-pronged strategy to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the need to empower these experts so that they deliver outcomes without getting bogged down by processes. It is not going to be easy.

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