[Assam] NGOs: Art of Living is InEfficient? -Sri Sri Ravishankar

[Rajib Das]

One of the most efficient NGOs would be the Hizballah
in Southern Lebanon (and Beirut). They didn't quite go
to Harvard for governance lessons.


--- umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>    
>   I was discussing why Indian NGOs are mostly
> inefficient while discussing a case of an NRI
> cardiologist running an NGO for Tsunami vistims in
> South India - backed by US churches . I argued that
> his NGO would be more successful than Indian ones
> (esp Hindu ones) since not only are Christians much
> more rich but also that there organizations are much
> better managed. 
>    
>   I cited the example of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art
> of Living Foundation who had given a talk at Harvard
> Univ. in Spring of 2005 (May 17 --
>
http://www.pluralism.org/events/interfaculty/schedule2005.php
> )  -organized by Prof. Diana Eck of
> www.pluralism.org . I was in the audience. Sri
> Sankar was mentioning about the actives of his group
> -such as bringing the Naxalites of South India in
> the mainstream by fighting for their rights -and the
> groups welfare work (of many millions of US dollars)
> for Tsunami victims (which had happened 4 months
> earlier). Then a critic in the audience - perhaps
> from some western charitable organization demanded
> 'Who do you make sre that the money is being
> utilized properly?" .... Oh, we take pictures of
> what we do--said Ravi Sankar.
>    
>    This pedestrian reply was enough for the
> distinguished audience members incl students to
> realize that the organization was not well managed .
> It did not apply the latest monitoring and
> evaluation techniques for non profits taught at
> Harvard's Kennedy School of Govt and also at other
> schools such as School of Education, Medical School
> and School of Public Health. And the graduates of
> such schools then go on to run the International
> nonprofits focused on development -thru health, edu,
> rehabilitation . Why would they then put their money
> in funding projects run by loosely managed
> organizations like AOL?
>    
>   Any views?
>    
>   Umesh  
> 
> 
> Umesh Sharma
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> Harvard University,
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> 
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