[HumJanenge] PUBLIC GRIEVANCE: Undisclosed conflict of interest of Dr. N.C.Saxena (member/NAC)

To:
Chairperson
National Advisory Council, ("NAC")

BY EMAIL

Date: 25-March-2011

Dear Sir / Madam,

I am constrained to bring yet another series of my public grievances
concerning the National Advisory Council to your kind attention.

Firstly, I am aggrieved that my Public Grievance Petitions to NAC
and/or yourself are never acknowledged - either immediately or within
3 days as stipulated under the concerned scheme of Government of
India. I say that I have emailed your PS Shri Dhiraj Shrivastava
concerning this but he has not reverted. In the absence of a formal
acknowledgment reaching me in time, I shall be constrained to lodge my
grievances on the President of India's helpline at Rashtrapati Bhaawn
to ensure time bound action by the concerned competent authority for
the NAC.

Secondly, I am constrained to bring yet another potential conflict of
interest situation to your attention concerning Dr. Naresh Chandra
Saxena/member.. It is pertinent that Dr Saxena was apparently
appointed to the NAC by the Hon'ble Prime Minister in consultation
with yourself. I wish to inform you that Dr. Saxena is currently
employed as a "Principal" with a UK based consultancy company/
organisation as per their website, the particulars of which are as
below.

The Policy Practice
33 Southdown Avenue
Brighton
BN1 6EH
United Kingdom
Tel: ++44 (0)1273 330 331
Fax: ++44 (0)870 123 1723
URL : www.thepolicypractice.com
email: contact@thepolicypractice.com

I say it is relevant that an important function of the NAC is
"providing policy inputs" to the Government of India, and I am
aggrieved that it is clearly opposed to India's national, scientific
and and economic security, for any employee of a foreign policy
practice be a member of such an important policy making body as the
NAC, and it arouses grave suspicion that he serves foreign masters in
addition, or lobbies on behalf of foreign policy interests in India
post his retirement from the bureaucracy.

It is pertinent that Dr. Saxena''s bio-data on the NAC website
curiously avoids all mention of employment with companies such as The
Policy Practice. For ready reference, I attach 2 PDF files of
information from this foreign organisations website. The first shows
Dr Saxena's place in its hierarchy. The second is a very comprehensive
bio-data of Dr.Saxena for private consumption of this organisation's
clients which differs very considerably from the sketchy bio-data on
the NAC website which the NAC has chosen to disclose to the public.

I am caused to bring this absurd situation to your notice only when I
repeatedly find potential conflicts of interests emanating from
private associations of the 2 former Secretaries of the Rural
Development Ministry who are attached to your Council, and which cause
me to believe that these 2 former officers have deep and long standing
associations with private interests in the very same priority sectors
where the NAC is providing policy inputs and legislative support.

I therefore pray that a comprehensive and impartial inquiry be
conducted into my researches / grievances. I am always ready to assist
the NAC in this nation building process.

I would be obliged if this grievance petition is acknowledged promptly.

yours faithfully

Sarbajit Roy
B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024

Tel : 09311448069