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Former Indian govt official releases book at NY’s Kerala Center
Mohandas, who served as the Secretary of the Overseas Indian Affairs department, said he was very familiar with the diaspora
Former GOI Secretary and Author K. Mohandas releasing the book “Right to Good Governance: A Guide to Young Indians” at the Dr. Thomas Abraham Library at the Indian American Kerala Center in Elmont, New York on April 14th. From l. to r. Kerala Center President Alex Estappan, Secretary Raju Thoams, GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, former GOI Secretary K. Mohandas, GOPIO President Lal Motwani, Kavita Motwani, GOPIO-New York President Beena Kothari /
Former Indian government official, K Mohandas released his book ‘The Right to Good Governance: A Guide for the Young Indians’ at the newly inaugurated Dr. Thomas Abraham Library at the Kerala Center in New York.
The event was organized by the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) New York Chapter and the Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center.
A talk and interactive session on the book's theme was also held by Mohandas, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who served as the Secretary to the Government of India.
Mohandas also worked as District Collector, Kottayam and as Secretary to Kerala Government for several departments including industries, education, finance and local government. In the Central Government, he was Secretary, overseas Indian affairs, and retired as shipping Secretary. Recently he was chairman of the Kerala State Pay Commission.
Former Govt. of India Secretary K. Mohandas speaking at his book release at the Kerala Center / GOPIOKerala Center president Alex Estappan and GOPIO-New York Chapter president Beena Kothari welcomed Mohandas while GOPIO chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham introduced him to the gathering.
Speaking about his book, Mohandas
said, “It is just a coincidence that it happens to be published at India’s general election time and indeed many aspects of our governance make India a soft state.”
“It is very sad that our Judiciary is often tempted to trespass into the executive territory; there has been tremendous economic growth, but inequality also worsens with wealth being increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few,” said Mohandas.
“We cannot compare India with any other country; there are very many things that make India unique,” added Mohandas emphasizing that it the book’s target audience is the Indian youth, who are the country's best asset.
The program was attended by GOPIO International president Lal Motwani. Kerala Center secretary Raju Thoams gave the vote of thanks.
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