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A journey from representative to participatory democracy with Siddharth Sharma
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AAP Prospects in Kerala from Convener C R Neelakandan (AKR: 03)
AAP Kerala convenor C R Neelakandan explains AAP prospects in Kerala. Mr Neelakandan started his life life of activims during emergency time in India. He also join CPI in Kerala then left the party because it was not successful in eradicating corruption. Later he joined AAP and presently building AAP organization in Kerala. -
Insights of AAP research team and internship programs by Arjun Joshi (AKR 04)
Arjun Joshi explained about AAP research team. The team is working in background, mining data, processing it and producing report. Reports are helping AAP mnisters and spokespersons. -
From the Perspective of a Delhi Govt School Teacher (AKR Ep 05)
Murari Jha is a school teacher in a Delhi Govt School. He was one of the 5 school teachers selected for Fullbright scholarship. Apart from teaching students, Murari is also doing PhD in Education and participating in shaping Delhi education policies with various committees. During the AAP Ka Radio conference call, he shared his experinces in Delhi, his learnings as a fullbright scholar and the changes he wintnessed on the arrival of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi. -
Meet Roshan Shankar: Stanford graduate and first generation politician (AKR Ep 06)
After graduating from Stanford University, Roshan Shankar decided to join Aam Aadmi Party. He worked with Delhi Govt on various projects including Health, Environment and Education department. Roshan also worked with Delhi Dialouge Commisson. -
AAP Education Reformist and Loksabha Prabhari from East Delhi: Atishi (AKR Ep 12)
Ms. Atishi is known to everyone for her efforts and reforming Delhi education system. Whole nation is witnessing the change. Now she has taken another responsibility as Prabhari for one the 7 Delhi loksabha constituencies. Atishi spoke to AAP USA volunteers during AAP Ka Radio conference call. -
Insights from Chhattisgarh with state convenor Dr. Sanket Thakur (AKR Ep 10)
After completing PhD from the University of London, Sanket Thakur returned to India and fighting for farmers for past 20+ years. He dreamed for agrepreneur and continuously working towards his goal. He is working with Manish Sisodia on various issues since 2006. Sanket is now AAP Chhattisgarh convenor and walking the talk related to farmer issues. -
Padmanabhan Bhaskar: an IT Expert, Social Activist and Content Writer (AKR Ep 11)
Padmanabhan Bhaskar who contested 2014 parliamentary elections from Palakkad, Kerala holds many feathers in his cap. He is an IT expert, social activist and content writer.
In a unique initiative he is connecting farmers directly with consumers who pay in advance to farmers and buy produce out of farming. This initiative is getting lot of attention in Kerala as farmers are getting fair price of their produce and eradicating black marketing of middle man. -
AAP Insights from Legal Expert Rishikesh Kumar (AKR Ep 09)
Meet Rishikesh Kumar, an AAP Legal Cell Expert. Rishikesh started working with Arvind Kejriwal since 2009. He was there supporting RTI movement, Jan Lokpal Movement and now helping AAP with legal advice. Profession by lawyer, Rishikesh is filing petitoin and representing AAP and Delhi Govt in courts. -
Insights from Rajasthan Election Campaign by AAP National Treasurer Deepak Bajpai (AKR Ep 08)
Deepak Bajpai is the National Treasurer and an ex-officio member of the Political Affairs Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party. Currently Deepak is heading Rajasthan election campaign. During AAP Ka Radio conference call, Deepak shared his expereince from Rajasthan and other political engageents. -
Meet Chetan Singh: President, AAP Patiyala District (AKR Ep 07)
Sardar Chetan Singh joined Aam Aadmi Party in 2013. Currently Chetan Singh is president of AAP Patiyala district unit. During AAP Ka Radio conference call, he shared his expereince with AAP. He also shared developments from Punjab about AAP political affairs, role of opposition party and promises made by ruling govt in Punjab. -
Gopal Mohan: Man behind Revolutionary Services from Delhi Government
Gopal Mohan started social services from early age when he was in primary school. Activism continued and he joined scouts and NCC services in his school. He won several presidential awards too. It was big day for him at IITD when he met Arvind Kejriwal who was addressing students about RTI. Since then he is working with Arvind and continued his fight against corruption with IAC movement and now Aam Aadmi Party. Gopal is the brain behind revolutionary door-step delivery of services by Delhi Govt. He is technical advisor to Delhi CM. In past, aa CM advisor to ACB, he managed to sent many behind the bars but unfortunately ACB was made powerless by the govt at centre. While looking at door-step delivery of services project, he is also working on CCTV and WiFi projects. -
Ashish Sharma is walking 17,000 km across India (AKR Ep 14)
Mechanical Engineer turned activist is on a mission to make India free from child begging. Ashish Sharma started unmukt India campaign and walking 17,000 km all over India. He already walked 9000+ km. While on his mission, he is connecting with people living in different parts, discussing their problems, suggesting solutions and building a team. His only dream to make our childhood happy by removing poverty and sending every kid to school. Happier childhood will make a happy India. -
Education Revolutions with Proud Delhi Govt School Teacher Manu Gulati (AKR Ep 15)
National Award for Teachers winner and US Fulbright scholar, Manu Gulati is teaching kids in Delhi Govt school for 14 years. Her experiences from different govt in Delhi are completely different. From an ordinary brick on the wall to an extraordinary participant in shaping the wall, this is what she has acomplished from participation and revolutionary policies from current Delhi Govt. She experiments her techniques of spoken english in her class along with the responsibilities of mentor teacher and continuing her PhD. She has also been in different countries for training and learning purposes. Watch this video for more details about education revolutions happening in Delhi. -
Monitoring Delhi Government Performance with "Outcome Budget": Jasmine Shah (AKR Ep 17)
Jasmine Shah, a Fulbright Nehru Fellow and Master's in Public Administration from Columbia University is working with Delhi Govt. IIT Madras graduate was closely involved with designing and implementation of 2017-18 Delhi Govt outcome budget. Delhi outcome budget pushes the boundaries of performance measurement and accountability of the govt. Recently Jasmine has been appointed as Vice Chairperson of Dialogue & Development Commission of Delhi Government. AAP Ka Radio Call with Jasmine was recorded on Sept 24, 2017. -
Meet Pulkit Sharma: AAP Social Media Campaigner (AKR Ep 16)
Pulkit Sharma started his journey by participating in Dance for Democracy, a flash mob dance campaign invented during 2015 Delhi assembly election campaign. His journey as part-time volunteer transformed into full-time volunteer of AAP. At present he is social media campaigner of AAP. In his new initiative, he is coordinating with state level teams for better organization of information sharing. -
Bonding with Malviya Nagar Residents & Expanding to South Indian States: Somnath Bharti (AKR Ep 18)
Somnath Bharti, AAP MLA from Malviya Nagar has very busy schedule. AAP South India in-charge is busy in organizing AAP teams in Talangana, Kerala and other south Indian states. While in local constituency, his day starts around 5am with meditation followed by visiting houses of local residents. Every morning he broadcasts his activity live on facebbok and conduct gatherings with local residents. He is well connected with all the residents. Anyone can drop by his house and office at any time. -
Panchayati Raj, Decentralization, Anti-Corruption & AAP: Journey of TR Raghunandan (AKR Ep 20)
Former Joint Sce, GOI, TR Raghunandan worked with Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Karnataka. He is now a public finance expert and an anti-corruption activist. He was also the member convener of the 2002 working group that came up with a series of reform recommendations on decentralisation. Raghunandan is with AAP since its iception. He shared his experience from Karnataka Assembly Elections, Importance and power of Panchayti Raj, Sabrimala verdict anti-corruption and decentralization of power. -
Insights of AAP Telangana by State Convener Burra Ramu Goud (AKR Ep 19)
Burra Ramu Goud joined AAP in 2014 as youth leader. Later he was appointed as AAP Telangana state convener. He is working closely with AAP Telangana state observer Priyanka Kakkar and AAP South India in-charge Somnath Bharti. AAP Telangana will be fighting 2018 Telangana assembly election from all the seats and have already started the process of selecting their candidate. Ramu talk about AAP's prospetives in Telangana and its candidate selection process in this video. -
Connecting with Youths and Farmers : AAP Maharashtra Youth Convener Ajinkya Shinde (AKR Ep 22)
AAP Maharashtra Youth Wing Convener, Ajinkya Shinde resigned from his job in 2015 and now working with AAP Maharastra as a full-time volunteer. As a youth convener, he is organizing AAP in Maharashtra by connecting with youths. In 2015 when Latur was facing most horrifying droughts, he sat on hunger strike with others and eneded it after 14 days when authorities agreed to provide water supply on a daily basis. He is also connecting with farmers and taking their fight to next level. -
Rise of Alternative Politics and Thoughts on Changing India by Rakesh Kr Sinha (AKR Ep 21)
Rakesh Kr Sinha, former AAP Internal lokpal and special advisor to the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal spoke to overseas volunteers during AAP Ka Radio conference call. A former police officer, Rakesh is working with the legal cell of AAP. He is also in-charge of AAP Uttarakhand and engaged with Chhattisgarh team for assembly election campaigns. -
Shaping Delhi Education with School Management Committee (AKR Ep 26)
Hub Manager, School Management Comittee (Delhi Team), Shailesh Srivastava moved to Delhi just to volunteer for AAP. He accepted a job in Delhi at reduced salary compared to his original job in Bangalore and got in contact with Atishi at AAP office. Slowly he got engagged with school management committee and now, he is working as hub manager. Listen to this call for more insights and role of SMCs playing in Delhi education. -
#Mufflerman to bridging communication gaps via social media: AAP Volunteer Nehal Vaidya (AKR Ep 28)
Dr. Nehal Vaidya is pediatrician by profession. He started his journey as AAP volunteer after its formation. He is consitnuously engaged with communications and bridging the gap by providing information related to AAP developments to other volunteers. Dr. Nehal was also an accidental designer of #Mufflerman campaign which he initiated with Man with Muffler. Later, #Mufflerman trended for 11 days in India and crated a positive wave in favour of Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party. -
Initiatives in water and environment conservation: DJB Advisor Ankit Srivastav (AKR Ep 29)
Ankit Srivastava is working as Technical Advisor to Delhi Jal Board. IIT Bombay graduate is Environment Engineer by profession and an RTI activist for past 10 years. During AAP Ka Radio call, Ankit shared water and environment initiatives taken by the Delhi government. -
Sealing Issue and Organizing with Business Community in Delhi: Brijesh Goyal (AKR Ep 27)
AAP Trade Wing convener and Lok Sabha Prabhari from New Delhi Constituency, Brijesh Goyal shared the details about sealing issue in Delhi. Brijesh also talked about door to door campaign and how his team is mobilizing people in Delhi by walking the talk based on issues. -
Building AAP Organization Across India: Story of Durgesh Pathak (AKR Ep 25)
Aam Aadmi Party PAC Member, Durgesh Pathak started his journey with India Against Corruption Movement. At the begining, Durgesh was undecided about his future but determination towards bringing a change in India kept him motivated and driven. He started his journey with AAP as a volunteer and now building AAP organization across India. -
AAP Global Plans and Prospective with Pulkit Gupta (AKR Ep 24)
After living in the US for 10+ years, Pulkit Gupta moved back to India and has been appointed as secretary, AAP Global. AAP is re-structuring it's overseas organization and organizing with overseas volunteers. -
AAP Prospects in Telangana with State Observer Priyanka Kakkar (AKR Ep 23)
After completing Law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Priyanka Kakkar started her law practice in Delhi. At the same time, due to lack of media coverage on AAP, Priyanka started writing about AAP. While Priyanka was fulfilling the media void, she took additional responsibilities with AAP. Since then, she has been actively working with AAP. At present, Priyanka is AAP State Observer for the state of Telangana. While talking to AAP Ka Radio, Priyanka shared her experiences with AAP and it's prospect in Telangana. Call was recorded on Jul 2, 2018. -
Insights of Delhi Education Reforms: Munish Kaushik's Journey in Public Sevice (AKR Ep 13)
Munish Kaushik worked in Desaster Management NGO sector for past 17 years till 2015. Like many others Munish was just an online volunteer but 2015 Delhi assembly elections was milestone for him when Munish took 15 days off from office and campaigned in Alka Lamba constituency. People continued approaching Munish about their problems and Munish continued working for them during non-office hours. In 2015 Munish decided to join AAP and wrote his friends to support him financially. Out of 120 friends, 69 friends committed to contribute Rs 1000 per month and donating since then. Munish publishes all the details on munshiinpublicservice.com. Currently Munish is working with Education Department of Delhi Govt. -
AAP MP Election Campaign Insights from Arvind Jha (AKR: 02)
Arvind Jha, IIT Kharagpur graduate is working with AAP MP team. The social media strategist is shaping MP election campaign. Listen to his experience in this episode 2 of AAP Ka Radio. -
Educationist & social activist via charitable schools & hospitals: AAP MP Dr. Sushil Gupta (AKR 31)
Dr. Sushil Gupta is Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Delhi. He was nominated by Aam Aadmi Party in Jan 2018. He is deeply engaged with society and does social work by working with NGOs. Dr. Sushil Gupta built many World class schools and hospitals along the boundaries of Delhi-Haryana and deep in Haryana region. All the schools and hospitals are non-profit. As a MP, he raises health, education and other issues critical to Indian citizens. -
25 Years and ongoing: Jaishankar Choudhary's fight for marginalized people in Jharkhand (AKR Ep 32)
Jaishankar Choudhary, AAP Jharkhand convener started participating in social movements right after finishing his college. For past 25 years, he is fighting for marginlized people of Jharkhand and people affected by coal mining. Although he is with the party since it's inception, he was appointed as AAP state convener in Dec 2017. He is leading the people of Jharkhand on land, mining, health, ration, farming and other governmental services where people are heaviliy affected due to corruption in these sectors. -
Former Lawyer is Walking the Talk of All-Inclusive Development in Delhi (AKR Ep 33)
Lawyer turned politician, Rajendra Pal Gautam is deeply involved with community. From voicing his opinions for marginalized communities in the country to being one of the efficient ministers in-office, Rajendra is always available to address the grievances of common man. At present, this MLA from Seemapuri holds the portfolios of Social Welfare, SC/ST, Gurudwara Elections and Cooperative. -
Software professional to electoral politics: A journey of Pankaj Gupta (AKR Ep 34)
Aam Aadmi Party National Secretary and Spokesperson, Pankaj Gupta is AAP's Loksabha Prabhari from Chandni Chowk constituency. Pnakaj worked in software industry for almost 30 years and quit his job to join AAP after anti-corruption movement. As National Secretary, Pankaj is backbone of AAP who loks after party organization and making it sure it is functioning properly. There are 10 Vidhansabhas in Chandni Chowk Loksabha constituency and all of them are ruled by AAP MLAs. Pankaj is working local MLAs and MCD consillors in a tourist friendly and traders rich constituency. -
Student Leader to Leader of Opposition: AAP MLA Adv Harpal Singh Cheema (AKR Ep 35)
Harpal Singh Cheema is an advocate by profession. He is very active in politics since his college days in early 1990s. He was president of Student Federation of India in Punjab University Patiyala. After completing law in 1999, Harpal joined Sangrur Bar Association and started practicing law. As an advocate, he is continuously proving legal aid to people from different sections of society. In 2015, Harpal was elected as MLA from Dirba constituency in Punjab. Since then he continuously working with local people and helping AAP in building its organization in Punjab. Recently he took the charge of Leader of Opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly. -
From hating politics to be part of it: Young politician of AAP, Valmiki Naik (AKR Ep 36)
After completing his Master's degree from the US, Valmiki Naik came back to India to start his own business but deep roots of corruption couldn't convince him about the possibility of honest business in India. At the same time Anti-Corruption movement was started by Anna and Arvind. He joined the movement and since then he is actively working with AAP Goa team. He is also Spokesperson of AAP Goa team and member of National Council of AAP. -
A new inning of social service with AAP: Gugan Singh (AKR Ep 37)
AAP Loksabha prabhari from North-West Delhi is working for poor and marginalized people of Delhi for more than a decade. Gugan Singh was also elected as BJP MLA in 2013 and lost to AAP candidate Rakhi Bidlan in 2015. Gugan Singh is one of the known faces in the constituency all because of his social work and activism. After AAP won Delhi elections in 2015, Gugan Singh was very impressed with the work style of Arvind Kejriwal. He believes that every politician of India should be like Arvind, then only a change will come at a larger scale in India. Listen to this conversation of Gugan Singh with AAP Global volunteers which was originally recorded on Feb 24, 2019. -
Pro-People Policies and Honest Politics: A New Inning of Akshay Marathe (AKR Ep 38)
Akshay Marathe, a student leader turned AAP volunteer tunrned AAP's National Joint Secretary has been closely working with the Department of Education, Delhi Govt. Recenty he has also been closely involved with Atishi's election campaign. From fundraising to strategizing election campaigns, Akshay is one of the key members driving the narrative from caste/religion to education. Listen to AAP Ka Radio call with Akshay for more details. -
Social Activism via Electoral Politics: AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha (AKR Ep 39)
Sanjeev Jha moved to Delhi for higher education. He was helping other students and community member as a student activist. In order to make his dream of a corruption free India come true, Sanjeev joined India Against Corruption movmement. He continued the fight against corruption as part of AAP and fought Delhi assembly elections in 2013 and 2015. He won both times. For Sanjeev, it is a continuous fight and he is working day and night to make his dream come true. -
Legal Advocacy to Social Sevice: Balbir S Jhakar's Journey to Loksabha from West Delhi (AKR Ep 40)
Aam Aadmi Party canddiate from West Delhi, Balbir Singh Jhakar is involved in social service for more than two decades. In 2011, he joined Anti-Corruption movement and since then working with Leagal Team of AAP. While repesenting AAP in various cases against AAP and its MLAs, Balbir is also devoting his time in social service by building old age homes, organizing marriages for the poor and assiting them wiht his legal services. Listen to the full conversation to know more about him. -
Corporate Life to Public Service: AAP MLA from Dwarka, Adarsh Shastri (AKR Ep 41)
Adarsh Shastri, present MLA from Dwarka in Delhi and grandson of late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri had a busy corporate life while working at Apple. It was the Anti-Corruption movement and Arvind Kejriwal's activism which inspired him to join politics. Although it is very difficult to define a successful politician, Adarsh finds it very satisfying while working for people as their representative. Since AAP has increased MLA-LAD funds to 10 crores/year, which is the highest in India, it has boosted the developmental works being done by MLAs. Listen to this conference call to know more about Adarsh and his work in Dwarka constituency. -
Healthy and Caring Delhi Government: Dr. Nimmi Rastogi (AKR Ep 42)
Dr. Nimmi Rastogi, CEO and Chief Gynaecologist at Sarthak Medical Centre, is working with the Delhi Government and coordinating health initiatives with Dialogue & Development Commission.
Dr. Rastogi led a nationwide campaign before 2015 state elections called I FUND HONEST POLITICS (IFHP) with great success. Dr. Rastogi introduced concept of community based management & planning in Health CBMPH resulting in formation of Jan Swasthya Samitis linked with Mohalla Clinics to materialize concept of 'Swasthya Swaraj' envisioned by AAP. She is also working closely with the health team on 'Happiness Therapy' in Hospitals in Delhi currently. -
Approachable and Dedicated: AAP MLA Sarita on the Quest of Developing Rohtas Nagar (AKR Ep 43)
Sarita Singh was pursuing her post graduation when anti-corruption movement started in India. Decision to join politics was challenging for her as neither herslef nor anyone in her family had any political experience. Sarita followed her inner voice and decided to join AAP without checking the results of her career exam. After an initial defeat in 2013, she won from Rohtas Nagar with th huge margin. Sarita is often seen with the residents from her constituency and is one of the MLAs who is utilizing 95-100% of the MLA-LAD fund. -
RTI Applicant to AAP UP Spokesperson: Journey of Vaibhav Maheshwari (AKR Ep 44)
Journey of Vaibhav Maheshwari against corruption started before the IAC movement when he faced bureaucratic delays in getting the payments for his IT company. Vaibhav used RTI to expose corrupt officials. He came to know about Arvind when he was looking at the process of filing RTI. During IAC movement, he met Arvind for the first time in Lucknow. Since the formation of AAP, Vaibhav is continuosly working with AAP and representing UP residents as the AAP spokesperson of UP. -
AAP represents the voice of common people via electoral proceedings: AAP MP Sanjay Singh (AKR Ep 45)
AAP MP (Rajya Sabha) Sanjay Singh discussed the outcomes of 2019 general elections and AAP's future plans for the upcoming 2020 Delhi Assembly Elections. Watch other episodes of AAP Ka Radio http://greypodium.com/initiatives/aap-ka-radio-videos/ -
Honest Politics, Election Campaign and Corporate Life: AAP Volunteers Vikash and Kamran (AKR Ep 46)
Vikash and Kamran, two volunteers from Karnataka started their journey of activism from Anti-Corruption Movement. Since the IAC movement, both participated in many other movements and have been volunteering for AAP since then. While working for different companies, they travelled from one town and state to another, just to support AAP and it's candidates.
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Common-man's MLA from Jangpura, Delhi: Journey of AAP Politician Praveen Kumar (AKR Ep 48)
MBA Graduate, Praveen Kumar was working fulltime with a multi national company in Delhi. And then, Kejriwal & Anna happened to him. He joined the IAC movement and started his new inning of activism. AAP MLA from Jangpura, Praveen Kumar is one of the youngest and accessible MLAs. Read more AAP stories: www.greypodium.com -
Serving the Nation on All Fronts: NSG Commondo Surender Singh (AKR Ep 47)
Former NSG Commando Surender Singh, who protected the nation from terrorists, is now serving the people as an elected representative. AAP MLA from Delhi Cantt listens to the public grivences and find their solutions, builds public libraries, buys ambulances, builds schools, improves public transport, and creates awarenes to make Delhi Cantt a better society. Watch other episodes of AAP Ka Radio: http://greypodium.com/initiatives/aap-ka-radio-videos/ -
A Return Journey to India to Join Electoral Politics: Shanthala Damle (AKR Ep 49)
Shanthala has an MBA from Virginia Tech, USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from BDT College of Engineering, Davangere, Karnataka. She worked as an IT professional, in India for 4 years and in the United States for 12 years, before returning to India in 2010 to pursue her passion in politics and social activism. She had contested Karnataka State Assembly 2013 elections (representing Loksatta Party) from Basavanagudi constituency.
She also runs a social enterprise, “Avala Hejje” (Kannada phrase meaning Her Steps), an enterprise founded to empower women. (avalahejje.in)More info: www.greypodium.com -
With AAP, a dream of corruption free India is coming true: Nishchhal Gaur (AKR Ep 51)
Nishchhal Gaur is volunteering for AAP since its formation post India Against Corruption movement. He has always been seen on field campaigning for AAP candidates. He also participated in Delhi, Goa and Punjab dialogues and been part of the manifesto preparation team.
This week we had him in our AAP Ka Radio conference call and it was very interesting to know about AAP from a volunteer's perspective.
Listen to this call to know more about Nishchhal.
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