Discovering the Compassion within us | Prashant Nair | TEDxIIMKozhikode

Prashanth Nair talks about the true inner calling of every human being i.e. Compassion. He also talks about the initiatives taken up by his office in regards to solving the local issues with effective use of technology.

A 2007 Batch Kerala cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Prashant Nair is the District Collector of Kozhikode district in Kerala. He is not the regular kind of bureaucrat one usually comes across in India. He represents a new breed of administrators who want to capitalise on the technology platforms to reach out to the citizens. He characterizes the changing face of Indian administration in this rapidly evolving sociopolitical ecosystem. He leads innovative crowd-funded campaigns through social media to generate public opinion and to address important issues. One campaign headed by Prashant in the district that has really taken off is called ‘Operation Sulaimani’. Named after the iconic spiced tea of the region, Operation Sulaimani is a decentralised participatory project to enable those who cannot afford a meal with dignity and to avoid food wastage in the city.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx