G20 BRINGS MANY BENEFITS TO INDIANS: PARDESHI

Govt’s approach is not only to further the G20 agenda, but also to showcase the strengths and potential of India as a tourist and a business destination, says OSD, G20 Secretariat.

- MANISH CHAND

Under its year-long G20 presidency, India will be holding over 200 meetings across the country, literally from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. These meetings will bring tens of thousands of international delegates to the country for the next 12 months. Behind the media headlines and glitz, Muktesh Pardeshi, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD), and the team at the G20 Secretariat, will be working quietly to ensure all these meetings take place, without a glitch. In this wide-ranging conversation with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India and The World, Pardeshi explained how the G20 secretariat is working literally 24x7 to translate PM’s vision of “People’s G20” by involving ordinary people in G20related meetings.

Q: More than 200 G20-related events will be held across India in the next few months. As OSD coordinating preparations and logistics, how do you organise such these meetings? What Standard Operating Procedure do you follow?