HYBRID CONSULTING SERVICES FOR INDIAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
Proposal by Rakesh Raman, who is a national award-winning journalist and founder of the humanitarian organization RMN Foundation. He has also worked with the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert.
Dear Leader,
With more than 25 years of experience in the technology and media markets as a technologist, senior journalist, content manager, digital marketing advisor, political analyst, and social activist, I want to offer my professional services to your political party. I have hybrid skills to work in different organizational environments. While my detailed profile is given below, my consulting services to your party will include the following:
Multimedia platform development covering state and national issues such as employment, education, health care, economy, law and order, environment, governance, foreign policy (if applicable), and so on.
Communications strategy design for creating and disseminating multilingual voter engagement content using traditional as well as new-media channels.
Social media messaging and qualitative impact analysis.
Organizational development with the flatter corporation model to ensure smooth communications across party members.
Management of talent hunt programs to select thousands of talented people who will spearhead the party activities in their areas
Political campaigns management, messaging, and impact analysis
Fund-raising programs management for the party activities
Miscellaneous I also can provide other services in consultation with the party leadership
You can click the following links to see some of my recent activities
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PROFILE OF RAKESH RAMAN
Profile Highlights
Rakesh Raman is a national award-winning journalist and founder of the humanitarian organization RMN Foundation, which is working in diverse areas to help the disadvantaged and distressed people in the society. Besides working at senior editorial positions with leading media companies, he was writing an exclusive edit-page tech business column (named Technophile) regularly for The Financial Express (a daily business newspaper of The Indian Express Group).
Nowadays, for the past 12 years, he has been running his own global news services on multiple news sites He also produces three digital magazines: The Outbreak on global coronavirus (Covid-19) news, The Integrity Bulletin on corruption and transparency, and The Unrest on economic and political upheavals in the world. He runs various environment protection, education awareness, and anti-corruption campaigns, and publishes research reports on different subjects
Earlier, he had been associated with the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert to help businesses use technology for brand marketing and business development. Similarly, Rakesh was associated with the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) - set up by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India - to help small- and medium-sized export companies use technology for their business development in global markets.
In order to inform the Indian citizens and the global community about the extent of corruption in India, recently he has launched a comprehensive research project to compile an exclusive research report on corruption in the country Its working title is “India Corruption Research Report 2022 (ICRR 2022)”.
He has also launched a nationwide campaign to introduce social democracy in India in order to build an egalitarian society in which all citizens could enjoy equal rights, opportunities, freedoms, and access to justice. The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Delhi has informed about this campaign to the Election Commission of India (ECI) so that the political reform process could be initiated.
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As Rakesh has been facing constant threats including death threats for his editorial and anti-corruption work, the Paris-based international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) that defends freedom of journalists has urged the Indian government to save him from threats and persecution.
Christophe Deloire, Secretary-General of RSF, has written letters to the Indian authorities, asking them to take action against the culprits In an article written on its website, RSF explains that Rakesh has received multiple threats for his reporting. Although the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India had issued notice to Delhi Police in his case so that he could work and move freely, the police did not take any action to protect him from threats
In his anti-corruption activities, he participated in a global petition led by Germany-based international organization Transparency International to call for the UN General Assembly Special Session against Corruption, UNGASS 2021, to direct all countries to set up central, public registers of beneficial ownership As the petition reached the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which sets global standards on beneficial ownership transparency, the FATF agreed in March 2022 for tougher global beneficial ownership rules to stop criminals from hiding their illicit activities and dirty money behind secret corporate structures
Rakesh has also participated in the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project for 2022 as a Country Expert for India to provide expert research inputs on multiple topics pertaining to democracy and governance. The topics included Regimes, Political Parties, Media, Judiciary, Executive, Elections, and Digital Society. The V-Dem Project is managed by V-Dem Institute under the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
He runs a community-driven anti-corruption social service “Clean House” to help the residents of Delhi raise their voice against the growing corruption and injustice in housing societies where millions of people suffer because of rampant corruption and lawlessness. He has also formed an environment protection group called Green Group in New Delhi, which is the most polluted national capital in the world
He has approached different Indian as well as international authorities and organizations through legal petitions and advisory representations with the appeals to get people’s human rights and environmental rights protected and to carry out democratic reforms. In March 2022, he sent a petition to the President and the Chief Justice of India for the Hybrid Political Services for Indian Political Organizations by
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removal of the anti-corruption authority Lokpal under charges of non-performance and dereliction of duty.
He had set up and managed a free school for deserving children for 5 years during 2015-2019 to impart modern education to underprivileged children at the J.J. Colony of Dwarka, Sector 3, New Delhi. Now, after the coronavirus containment, he is again planning to start such schools for disadvantaged children
Among other international technology content projects, he has introduced – “Raman’s Tech Tale Series – Knowledge Stories for Children,” a book series aimed to spread technology awareness among children through short stories. This work has also found a mention in Bookbird, a journal of international children’s literature, produced by IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People He has also written a number of other books for children.
He is currently seeking collaboration and support for a global entertainment project: Robojit and the Sand Planet. This integrated entertainment project is suitable for a global movie, a digital video game, animation film, TV series, Web series, and a comic book Earlier, Rakesh was also associated with the Punjab Police at a senior advisory role to handle strategic digital and psychological operations (PSYOPS) against the local as well as transnational criminals. His work also involved the management of technology-driven police applications, media planning, and the use of digital media to combat the threats from criminals in India and abroad His work has been appreciated by the Punjab Police as well as the top law-enforcement agencies of the Government of India.
As a journalist, Rakesh has worked as:
Tech business columnist for The Financial Express newspaper
Editorial Director for an online tech media company, ITNation (acquired by UTV)
Group Technology Editor for A&M Group magazines, including A&M (on Advertising & Marketing) and Global (on international trade)
Editor – Special Projects and Features Editor for Cyber Media Group
Asstt. Associate Editor for Computers Today magazine (India Today Group)
Independent tech/business writer for The Tribune and The Indian Express newspapers
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He had also been writing for an online journal “Online Journalism Review” that focused on the future of digital journalism The journal is published by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
Rakesh has been conferred the National-level government award for his contribution in the field of technology journalism, which has been a unique distinction in the country. The award was presented to him at the state Republic Day function.
He has handled major content development, editorial, and custom publishing projects for leading global technology companies including IBM, HP, Intel, 3D Networks, SAP, and a few leading Indian companies.
After doing his M Sc and Computer Science orientation from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Rakesh has worked as a software developer for about seven years with a couple of leading technology companies at Mohali, Chandigarh (India).
Currently, as the editor of RMN News Service and founder of RMN Foundation, Rakesh is managing all these services independently without any financial or other support Click here to see his work.
Contact
Rakesh Raman
Editor, RMN News Service [ Website ]
Founder, RMN Foundation [ Website ] 463, DPS Apts., Plot No. 16, Sector 4 Dwarka, Phase I, New Delhi 110 078, INDIA Mobile: 9810319059 | Contact over the email
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