Mr. Narayana Murthy interacted with the Hubli Champions as a part of the Development Dialogue-2012, being organized by the Deshpande Foundation at Hotel Naveen on 14th Jan at 7:30PM.

After being briefed about the activities and the Champions Program, in which professionals from diverse fields are oriented about local problems, Mr. Murthy said there was a great need to institutionalize processes towards social development while working with local governance.

He said that there is a need for discipline to be inculcated right from school days so that our citizens of tomorrow are a more responsible towards the society. Mr Gururaj Deshpande also addressed the gathering and mentioned that the only constant in Society is the local residents. Elected representatives keep changing, Bureaucrats come and go, but the citizens, who are permanent, need to take the main initiative towards civic awareness and related issues.

Mr. Darpan Jain, DC, also participated in this meeting and emphasized that there are a lot of avenues for Citizens groups such as the Champions and promised to collaborate on issues that the Champions have already taken up. 

More than 37 Champions participated in this discussion alongwith Mr. Naveen Jha, CEO, Deshpande Foundation, Mrs Jaishree Deshpande, Co-founder of Deshpande foundation, Ms. Mallamma, Program manager of the Champions Program and members of TIE-Hubli.