About the author:

G Subba Rao is a retired IAS officer of the 1965 batch. He was Chairman, Gujarat State Police Complaints Authority from June 2013 to July 2017. Shri Rao holds an MA in Economics from Andhra University, MA in Rural Development from University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, and a post graduate diploma in Public Administration from the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi.

P N Roy Chowdhury is a retired IAS officer of the 1977 batch. Presently, he is Advisor, Strategic Management with the Adani Group. Shri Roy Chowdhury has a Masters in Applied Mathematics from Calcutta University. He later joined the IAS in 1977 and in the middle of his career, he completed his M.Sc. in Finance from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK and an MBA from the University of Rochester, New York, USA.