NITI Aayog to Hold Five Workshops on 25 Years of Governance

NITI Aayog will begin a series of five National Workshops on 17 November 2026 to study the lessons of twenty-five years of Narendra Modi as Head of Government and to turn them into material the country can learn from. The plan is to record first-hand accounts of officers, institutions and citizens who carried out the decisions of this period, examine them with academic rigour and build case studies, research papers and teaching material for civil servants, training institutions, universities and students.

The twenty-five years being studied

Narendra Modi took office as Chief Minister of Gujarat on 7 October 2001, served more than twelve years in that post, became Prime Minister in May 2014 and is in his third successive term. The twenty-five years were completed on 7 October 2026, described in the note as the longest unbroken tenure at the head of an elected government in India. The ideas named as anchors of the period are the Pradhan Sevak, Antyodaya, Jan Bhagidari, the formula of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas, and the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.

The five workshops

What the first day holds

The opening workshop, Leadership as Mission, will be held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Anurag Jain will welcome the participants and Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri will give the opening remarks. The inaugural keynote will be delivered by Dr P. K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, and a second keynote by Uday Kotak, founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, with Dr R. Balasubramaniam, Member of NITI Aayog, setting out the framework. Four accounts form the core of the day: Rajeev Topno on the rebuilding of Kutch after the earthquake of 2001, Preeti Sudan on the response to Covid-19, Shailesh Kumar Singh on Lakhpati Didi and former ISRO Chairman S. Somanath on the opening up of the space economy. A panel on Leadership for Viksit Bharat will be moderated by B. V. R. Subrahmanyam. Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan will close the day and launch the Karmayogi Sankalpa on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, through which civil servants will commit to one change in their own practice. About 900 people are expected, of whom 250 will take part directly, including 150 officers of the Union and State governments and District Collectors of Aspirational Districts, 25 students and 50 community partners, with 25 case facilitators trained under the Amrit Gyaan Kosh of the Capacity Building Commission.