The Political Educator - Part 01 Doing Being Doing

Gagan Sethi, founder member, former Executive Director and Managing Trustee of Jan Vikas, a leading NGO based in Ahmedabad has a trail of accomplishments, distinguishing him as a grassroots activist and co-creator of quite a number of institutions - a few of which have gained national and international stature. Established in 1977 by Professor Contractor and Gagan Sethi, Jan Vikas has since expanded its institutional field manifold but most importantly positioned inclusive perspectives through a broad canvas of relationships, and collaborations. Many around Gagan Sethi would say that he excels in strategic thinking. He has a canny way of sensing political templates in institutional fields and interesting ways of analyzing organisational issues for interventions. His perspectives in organisational development, which appear to stem from insights rather than the run of the mill managerial versions - stand quite apart from the mainstream approaches.