Presentation to the PM

Presentation to the PM, Shri Narendra Modi ji at DRDO Bhawan on 19th November 2015. Here, I talk about a citizen centric service monitoring system where feedback can be sought from consumers on different processes and functionaries of the government through a mobile app.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfOFtEnKyoQ

Webinar on “Ethics case studies, Essay and Interview

#Kerala needs your help.

I am Divya Mittal, IAS of 2013 batch (More about me, here). I am currently on maternity leave being recently blessed with a baby daughter. Having some time at hand, I thought I should do something more than just financially contributing myself. 

Hence, I will be conducting a webinar for UPSC Civil Services Exam preparation covering “Ethics case studies (GS-IV), Essay and Interview”. Would also take some other questions if time permits.

To participate in the webinar please donate a minimum of ₹499 towards #KeralaFloods relief to the CM Distress Relief Fund.

Time:  1^st September 2018, 5pm – 7pm

How to register: Make a donation to the Kerala CM fund of ₹499 or more and send a screenshot to divyamittalias@gmail.com. Details of the webinar would be shared to the registered participants through email.

The donation portal can be accessed at https://donation.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in/#donation  or https://kerala.gov.in/

    

Share it with your friends so that it reaches the intended audience and also helps towards the cause.

Kerala floods and Nudge economics

Behavioural economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (aka the Nobel Prize in Economics). This was for work which “incorporat[ed] psychologically realistic assumptions into analyses of economic decision-making. By exploring the consequences of limited rationality, social preferences, and lack of self-control, he has shown how these human traits systematically affect individual decisions as well as market outcomes.” 

Thaler and Sunstein describe a nudge as ‘any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people’s behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives’. 

The definition draws attention to a key difference between nudges and more traditional persuasion techniques. Distinct from traditional fundraising techniques, or government use of social advertising, nudges primarily aim to alter behaviour, rather than achieve attitudinal change. Nudges attempt to achieve norm compliance, as opposed to norm internalization.

Sometimes a small nudge changes our behavior and leads to higher donation to charities. Hence, sometimes things are there in our mind but we need a small nudge to take action! The webinar for CSE preparation is a nudge to take this step for donations towards #Keralafloods relief !