Ashok Vardhan Shetty
Former IAS officer and member of the Justice Kurian Joseph high-level committee on Union–State relations, providing expertise on federalism and decentralization in India.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 39min
The Tamil Nadu way: How to reverse India's creeping centralisation
Ashok Vardhan Shetty, former IAS and member of the Kurian Joseph committee on Union–State relations, explains why states should reclaim powers. He discusses the philosophical and empirical case for decentralization. He explores resilience, capacity-building by doing, federalism’s role in policy innovation, and why education and many functions should return to states.
