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

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

BY EMAIL

Date: 12-August-2012

REMINDER

Dear Sir / Madam,

I refer to my unresolved Public Grievance of 25/03/2011 appended
below. concerning Mr. Naresh Chandra Saxena's private consultancy and
conflict of interest.

I find today from website of The Policy Group (UK) that Mr. Saxena
(member NAC) is still
"employed" by them as a consultant and despite my complaint to you.

Considering that you were kind enough to get the Attorney General of
India to get the Central Bureau of Investigation ("CBI") removed from
ambit of RTI Act so that the files concerning Mr.Quattrochi's
consultancy are not in public domain, May I humbly request you to to
take similar steps so that Mr. Saxena's consultancy for foreigners
affecting India's food security and national interests via NAC are
also not placed in the public domain should any public spirited
citizen care to apply for it..

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

yours faithfully

Sarbajit Roy
B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024

Tel : 09311448069

On 3/25/11, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>