1. OKFestival, Helsinki 20 September 2012www.OpenGovernanceIndia.orgSridhar.pabbisetty@iimb.ernet.in facebook.com/psridhar

2. We live in redefining times Change in Regime Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen Civil uprisings Bahrain and Syria Major protests Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Sudan Minor protests Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti and Western Sahara http://www.wmf.org.eg/sites/default/files/SPRING.jpg; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring 3. And more protests US Occupy Wall Street India AgainstCorruptionhttp://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/occupylry/bp5.jpg ;http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01028/DE26_PG2_4-COL_ANN_1028635f.jpg 4. So let us revisit Democracyhttp://www.nav-bharat.org 5. We need to understand it moredeeperAccording to India Todays opinion poll of peoplebetween the ages of 18 and 25, 72% of the youthsurveyed dont want to join politics.The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI) is an Act ofthe Parliament of India "to provide for setting out thepractical regime of right to information for citizens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Information_Act 6. Falling victims of Openness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirmoy_Dey https://www.facebook.com/Shehla.Masood.Memorial 7. Current Impact Lessons from Pune Participatory Budgeting 8. www.opengovernanceindia.org SocialChange PolicyOptionsEngagedand EmpoweredCitizens > Enable Government Agencies to work with citizens and ensure they are part of Data to act Governance as Evidence Base > Further the Evidence Based Policy Making Discipline > Data, Policy Hackathons, Citizen Advisory Groups, Policy Analysis and Developmenthttp://latchuart.wordpress.com/tag/albert-uderzo/ 9. Sakala - Karnataka Right to Public Serviceshttp://sakala.kar.nic.in/gsc_rpt 10. BESCOM Path to ParticipatoryGovernance 11. Open GovernmentPortal has been just launched. We are yet to see concrete action on it 12. Thanks and Open for Questionsand Suggestionswww.OpenGovernanceIndia.orgSridhar.pabbisetty@iimb.ernet.infacebook.com/psridhar