Mahakumbh-2001 celebrated on the holy confluence of the river Ganges, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati at Allahabad was extremely auspicious due to rare planetary conjunctions that occurred after a long gap of 144 years. Mahakumbh 2001, organized between 9 January and 21 February 2001 at Allahabad, was a confluence of spiritual sublimity, human faith and managerial perfection; where during a period of 42 days about 100 million devotees visited the city and on the day of Mauni Amavasya alone, about 30 million people took a holy dip at Sangam. The state government incurred an expenditure of about Rs. 1,200 million for this mega event. The Mahakumbh arrangements were widely adjudged to be unique and unprecedented both in management for this sea of humanity was evaluated and rated as a wonder of modern day planning and management. Mahakumbh: The Greatest Show on Earth describes the various managerial dimensions and highlights the most intricate and subtle nuances that caused the fool proof and fail-proof arrangements to enter to the basic needs as well as spiritual aspirations of the millions and millions of people who gathered at Sangam for a holy dip. This book presents Mahakumbh in its totality right from depicting the hues and colours of Mahakumbh to the minutest details of management aspects that made this mega event a grand celebrated success. It highlights the lessons learnt from real-time experiences emanating from the successful execution of this mega event and also suggests strategies and initiative options to effectively manage future Kumbhs or any other such mega event which warrants the highest degree of precision and efficient management at macro as well as micro-level.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.S. Mishra
Born in 1952, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Shri J.S. Mishra is an I.A.S. officer of 1980 batch. As Secretary. Urban Development. Government of U.P., he was responsible for policy initiatives, as well as planning, coordinating and ensuring successful conduct of Mahakumbh at Allahabad in January-February 2001. Thie Mahakumbh attracted world-wide acclaim as about 100 million devotees thronged the holy Sangam to have a dip. A competent bureaucrat, an avid booklover, a gifted speaker, an observant author, a passionate poet, a loving husband and father of three. Shre Mishra has a multifaceted persons. He is a civil engineer from Roorkee University by education and a civil servant by profession. Shri Mishra has earned himself an enviable reputation of a most competent administrator, an immaculate planner, a visionary, an exceptional implementer, and a leader with an unshakeable belief in the power of teamwork who leads his team from the front. He is passionate about poetry and literature, besides his deep commitment to official work which is extremely demanding. He believes in the philosophy that ‘only busy people have time’ and proves it by stealing out time from his busy schedule for the love of his heart – poetry and literature. He already has to his credit two widely acclaimed works of poetry – Yeh Dhoop Chhanv; Yeh Aakarshan and Ho Himalaya Naya. Ab Ho Ganga Nayi; and a celebrated professional work on Urban Development entitled A Quest for Dream Cities. As Secretary Urban Development, Up Government, Shri Mishra was the nodal officer for the successful conduct of Mahakumbha 2001. He has been awarded the prestigious â€Public Service Excellence Award†instituted by all India Management Association, New Delhi. for the year 2001, for the awe-inspiring conduct of Mahakumbh-2001 that can be rightly regarded as a miracle in management. He is also the recipient of many state honours, citations and certificates for his meritorious achievements during the course of this career.
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