Integrity By DR T H CHOWDARY Padma Sree

Integrity By DR T. H. CHOWDARY (Padma Sree awardee) Director: Center for Telecom Management and Studies Fellow: Tata Consultancy Services Chairman: Pragna Bharati (intellect India ) Former: Chairman & Managing Director Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited & Information Technology Advisor, Government of Andhra Pradesh T: +91(40) 6616 -0191(O) 2784 -3121® M: 98 490 6 7359 hanuman. chowdary@tcs. com tripuraneni 1931@gmail. com Talk @ IICT, Hyd 01 Nov 2019

Integrity • The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. • Manasa, vaachaa, karmana Trikarana Sudhi thc_ctms Oct 2019 2

Characters in Epics • • Karna X Salya Harischandra Rukmi Rma X Ravana thc_ctms Oct 2019 3

Characters in Politics • • • Gandhi- Iswarsing Kwashir Lal Bahadur Sastri Sardar Patel (Maniben) Jaya Prakash Narayan Acharya Kripalani N G Ranga Puchalapalli Sundaraiah Indira Gandhi –Charan Singh Rajiv Gandhi- Chandra Sekhar Man Mohan Singh – 2 G, Common Wealth Games, Coal mines thc_ctms Oct 2019 4

My Practice as Government Officer • Ahmadabad Telephone Directory • ITI Purchases – Tirupati Div-Engineer DG’s suggestion • VSNL – Arjun Singh FDs • Vijayawada Site Acquisition • TAC corruption • Termination of 2000 + strikers in A. P Telecom • MP’s and High Court Judges Telephone Bill thc_ctms Oct 2019 5

Whistle Blowing • Voice Mail to lodge corruption charges • White Board- write complaints thc_ctms Oct 2019 6

Power & Criminality • Pitirim Sorokin • Kings & Sultans and Caliphs • Presidents & Caliphs Nixon Water Gate thc_ctms Oct 2019 7

Test for Government Officers • Am I making money • Is government put to loss • Is public good advanced thc_ctms Oct 2019 8

How to Instill Integrity • • Education : classics –stories-history Introspection Wife’s counsel Spirituality – Dharma & Adharma thc_ctms Oct 2019 9

Intervention against injustice & corruption • Saarapu dharmamu • Yedyadacharati sreshtaha thattadevetharo janaha… • All that is necessary for evil to do triumph is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke • They are good rulers who observe ethics, commit no crime and walk the path of honour and courage. - Tiruvalluwar • To declare my birthday a holiday should be classified as a cognizable offence. The only use of my birthday that I have approved of is intensive spinning or some such national service. That day must be all work and no play. - M. K. Gandhi thc_ctms Oct 2019 10

A CUSTOMER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VISITOR ON OUR PREMISES HE IS NOT DEPENDENT ON US WE ARE DEPENDENT ON HIM HE IS NOT AN INTERRUPTION ON OUR WORK HE IS THE PURPOSE OF IT HE IS NOT AN OUTSIDER HE IS THE PART OF IT WE ARE NOT DOING A FAVOUR BY SERVING HIM HE IS DOING A FAVOUR BY GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. -MAHATMA GANDHI thc_ctms Oct 2019 11

Commerce without ethics Pleasure without conscience Politics without principle Knowledge without character Science without humanity Wealth without work Worship without sacrifice -Mahatma Gandhi thc_ctms Oct 2019 12

GOD GIVE US MEN ! A TIME LIKE THIS DEMANDS STRONG MINDS, GREAT HEARTS, TRUE FAITH AND READY HANDS; MEN WHOM THE LUST OF OFFICE DOES NOT KILL; MEN WHOM THE SPOILS OF OFFICE WILL NOT BUY MEN WHO POSSESS OPINIONS AND A WILL MEN WHO HAVE HONOR AND WHO WILL NOT LIE MEN WHO CAN STAND BEFORE A DEMAGOGUE AND DAM HIS TREACHEROUS FLATTERIES WITHOUT WINKING TALL MEN, SUN-CROWNED WHO RISE ABOVE THE FOG IN PUBLIC DUTY AND PRIVATE THINKING. GIVE US THE MAN OF INTEGRITY OF WHOM WE KNOW WE CAN THOROUGHLY DEPEND; WHO WILL STAND FIRM WHEN OTHERS FAIL; THE FRIEND FAITHFUL AND TRUE -Josiah Gilbert Holland thc_ctms Oct 2019 13

Dhanyawad: Thank You thc_ctms Oct 2019 14