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Sidharth Santhosh
Sidharth Santhosh researches how bureaucrats learn welfare governance, navigate working together (convergence), and manage citizen-state coalitions in India. They also facilitate capacity-building programmes for bureaucrats, early-stage NGOs and university students.
Sidharth is a Senior Research Consultant at the Centre for Policy Research and Senior Research Associate at the Foundation for Responsive Governance (ResGov) which works on transforming lives by enabling responsive governance that is adaptive, accessible, and attentive to every vulnerable citizen’s need. Prior to this, they consulted at IIEP-UNESCO, Paris on studies that unpacked middle-tier reforms in education across emerging economies. They hold a Masters in Public Policy and Economics from Sciences Po, Paris, and a Bachelors in Economics from Christ University, Bangalore. They have served on the Youth Board at Reap Benefit and been a Young Curator and Learners Voice Fellow at the World Innovation Summit for Education (Qatar).
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संख्याओं से प्रभाव तक : राजस्थान के प्रभावी डेटा प्रबंधन से सीख
नीति निर्धारण में साक्ष्य-आधारित निर्णय लेने के लिए अच्छे डेटा का होना महत्वपूर्ण होता है। इस लेख में, संतोष और कपूर ने विकासात्मक चुनौतियों से सम्बंधित डेटा एकत्रित करने, उसे साझा करने और उसका उपयोग करने के साथ-साथ, राजस्थान के अनुभव पर आधारित एक अंतर्दृष्टि पर चर्चा की है। वे राजस्थान व अन्य राज्यों में डेटासेटों की अंतर-संचालनीयता (इंटरऑपरेबिलिटी) में सुधार लाने, तथा डेटा के लिए संस्थागत और कानूनी ढाँचे के लिए सिफारिशें करते हैं ताकि इसका उपयोग सरकार के भीतर व बाहर के हितधारकों द्वारा प्रभावी ढंग से किया जा सके।
From numbers to impact: Learning from effective data management in Rajasthan
Access to good data is critical for evidence-based decision-making in policy. In this note, Santhosh and Kapur discuss insights from a study of Rajasthan’s experience with collecting, sharing and using data pertaining to developmental challenges. They make recommendations for improving interoperability of datasets, and institutional and legal frameworks for data in Rajasthan and other states – such that it can be used effectively by stakeholders within and outside government.
Institutionalising social audits: Lessons from Meghalaya
Sidharth Santhosh summarises key findings from Meghalaya's experience of mandating social auditing for welfare schemes, including the need for stronger coalitions between citizens and the state, and greater autonomy of the institutions conducting oversight. These findings are complemented by the experiences of bureaucrats and civil society organisations which engaged with the state government on the facilitation of the audits, and an analysis of the functional challenges of conducting audits.