The Public Affairs Centre (PAC) is a not-for-profit research think tank situated in

Bengaluru Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. It works at improving the quality of governance in India. The institute conducts research activities in two major fields, public policy and participatory governance. Public Affairs Centre works under four different research groups, (a) Public Policy Research Group (b) Environmental Governance Group (c) Citizen Action Support Group (d) Participatory Governance Research Group. The Institute publishes Citizen Report Cards – research studies to improve public services – as well as for its work on electoral transparency, public works quality monitoring tools and approaches, and audits of the Right to Information Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India.

History

In 1992,

Samuel Paul Dr. Samuel Paul (11 April 1930 – 26 October 2015) was an Indian scholar, economist, former visiting professor at Harvard Business School, advisor to the World Bank and the UN Commission on Transnational Corporations, and was a professor and ...

, an economist, teacher and management professional, was part of a team that developed a ‘report card’ on Bangalore’s public services. Anchoring on the twin concepts of measurement and comparison, the report cards generated objective and credible citizen feedback on issues related to the delivery of public services like quality, reliability, corruption and satisfaction. The approach received much national and international attention. The public debates the findings triggered and the media interest that issues like corruption generated provided a much needed stimulus to several public agencies in Bangalore to review their performances. These initial responses led to the formal creation of the Public Affairs Centre in 1994 with financial support from the National Foundation for India and the Ford Foundation. Dr. Paul was the founding chairperson. PAC CAMPUS PIC

Board

* Dr. A Ravindra *K.R.S Murthy, Member *A. Ravindra, Member * H. Sudarshan, Member *

Sudhakar Rao Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao (born 8 August 1952) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Karnataka and played one One Day International for India against New Zealand in 1976. Early career Sudhakar Rao grew up in Basavanagudi ...

, Member *

Vivek Kulkarni Vivek Kulkarni is the Chairman of Brickwork India, a knowledge process outsourcing company & founder MD of Brickwork Ratings - credit rating agency of India. Vivek is the Indian Administrative Service officer from Karnataka. Early life Born ...

, Member *

R. Balasubramaniam R. Balasubramaniam was an Indian actor whose career spanned from the late 1930s through late 1950s. He was well known for his role in mythological films and later switched to character roles. Filmography References Male actors in Tamil cin ...

, Member * Gurucharan Gollerkeri, Director

References

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External links

* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Karnataka-3rd-best-in-public-affairs-index/articleshow/51378219.cms * http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/kerala-tn-secure-top-ranks-in-governance/article8347525.ece * http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kerala-tn-karnataka-top-good-governance-list-report/ Environmental organisations based in India Sustainability organizations Think tanks based in India Research institutes in Bangalore 1994 establishments in Karnataka