Method in the Madness, Parameswaran Iyer
Method in the Madness, Parameswaran Iyer
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Method in the Madness
Insights from My Career as an Insider-Outsider-Insider

Author: Parameswaran Iyer

Narrator: Nikhil Sangha

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2021

Synopsis

Parameswaran Iyer, former Secretary to the Government of India, is best known for leading the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme, which became the world's largest sanitation revolution.But Iyer is not your typical bureaucrat. With a far-from-usual career combining two distinguished tenures in the government and an eventful stint outside it, he likes to describe himself as an uncommon 'Insider-Outsider-Insider'.In Method in the Madness, he reflects on the unique path he chose - from cracking the IAS to becoming a globe-trotting World Bank technocrat, to playing the role of a coach to his professional tennis-playing children, to finally returning to India and implementing the SBM. Written with humour and wisdom, this is an inspiring read full of key management insights, practical career advice, and valuable life lessons that will resonate with readers across age groups and professions.

About Parameswaran Iyer

PARAMESWARAN IYER is currently the Global Lead for Strategic Initiatives in the World Bank's Water Global Practice. Prior to this, he served as Secretary to the Government of India at the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (later, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the newly formed Ministry of Jal Shakti), from March 2016 until August 2020, and led the implementation of the flagship Swachh Bharat Mission. A former IAS officer, Iyer headed the innovative community-led Swajal Project in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the 1990s, has over twenty-five years of global experience in the water and sanitation sector and has worked in many countries, including Vietnam, China, Egypt and Lebanon. A fitness enthusiast, Iyer also served as road manager to his daughter and son on the pro tennis circuit during a two-year sabbatical from his professional career.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rajat

Behaviour drives people, but people can also drive behaviour, MAKING TOILETS SEXY (this book explains the same both literally and figuratively)......more

Goodreads review by Shrey

Method in the Madness: Insights from My Career as an Insider-Outsider-Insider P. Iyer, the man at the helm of affairs of making India learn WHO’s ‘WASH’, pens down his experiences, peppered with his “pro-tips”, of being an insider as well as an outsider to the Indian bureaucratic system. The circuito......more

Goodreads review by Gunjan

This was a pure joy to read. Reading about people in high authorities in India always amuses me. This book is not autobiography of Parameswaran Iyer as he starts this book directly from 1979, 20 years after his birth, where he starts preparing for UPSC and clears IAS exam and keeps it limited to his......more

Goodreads review by Rohit

Just good enough, easy read. One sided thoughts. Showing off that he met modi ji and working closely with him, made his dad meet modiji. I felt bad that he took an appointment with modi to make him meet his daughter, gross misuse of power and his closeness. PM's time is valuable and shouldn't be spe......more

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