I've been a lurker on silk for the last two years. Madhu's goaded me often
to introduce myself, even sending me a sample new member bio! Was too lazy
to do anything about it. Am still too lazy, but I stumbled upon a bio that
was prepared for some conference or the other. It's a trifle formal and
slightly pompous, but as they say on dating sites "contact me to know more"
(In my case, simply read my blog)
Yazad Jal is CEO of Praja Foundation (www.praja.org) which works in the area
of good governance, largely with the local government in Mumbai (Bombay),
India. Praja has developed citizens charters, conducted various performance
surveys of the municipal corporation and jointly run an online complaint
management system with the local government.
Yazad studied economics and political science at St. Xavier's College
(www.xaviers.edu) and at the University of Bombay (http://www.mu.ac.in/). He
was President of the Association of Youth for a Better India (AYBI) from
1997-98 and worked as Research Associate with the Centre for Civil Society
(www.ccsindia.org), New Delhi from 1999-2001. Early on in his career, he
worked in marketing with the Indian Market Research Bureau and Swastik
Surfactants.
Yazad has been an active blogger since October 2002 on www.yazadjal.com
which is ranked # 8 on Blogstreet India. He also posts on Metroblogging
Mumbai (http://mumbai.metblogs.com), Indianeconomy.org and the Kala Ghoda
Gazette (http://www.caferati.com/kgaf/).
His interests vary from applying the principles of libertarianism and
objectivism to daily life to a good game of chess or scrabble.
