Ravichander describes himself as the patron saint of lost causes, and yet he has been instrumental in driving India’s first self assessment scheme for property taxes, India’s first quality road contracting and specification model TenderSURE and recommendations for restructuring Bengaluru city governance. In his current avatar of Brand Bengaluru championing the image of Bengaluru in the eyes of everyone else in the country. 

In this episode we talk at length about what this means. He also Unboxes Bengaluru's newest Habba, Unboxing Bengaluru Habba coming up between 1st & 11th of December.

Ever complained how bad our cities are? How bad your commute is? You’ll get to hear from people who are working to solve these problems in their own way. 

This is your weekly soapbox for Urban Sustainability with Sathya Sankaran

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Timecodes
00:00 - Preview
01:56 - Brand Bengaluru
18:38 - Unboxing Bengaluru Habba
26:35 - Literature and the city
34:05 - Aspirational branding
46:10 - Government support
51:39 - Aggregation vs calendaring
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Profile of Ravichandar V - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravichandar-v-a97a65/
OoruLabs podcast Episode 24, Should Bengaluru be split? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqquGZQx1s 
Brand Bengaluru - https://brandbengaluru.karnataka.gov.in
The book, Unboxing BLR - https://www.unboxingblr.com/
The festival, Unboxing BLR habba - https://habba.unboxingblr.com
Bangalore Literature Festival - https://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org 
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