All the successive governments in India, since Independence, have talked about community participation in governance, but the results have been disappointing. In this scenario, the 1985 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Bharat Lal Meena made it possible through his out of the box initiatives during his three-decade long Civil Service career. Right from his first posting as Assistant Commissioner in Lingasugur tehsil of Raichur District in Karnataka to his present posting as Additional Chief Secretary and In-charge of Higher Education, he has created a model of active community participation in governance with wonderful results. This book provides vivid description of some of his innovative steps that proved to be a precedent in governance and have been subsequently adopted by the States and Union Governments. Many of the present innovative schemes like Smart Cities, DBT, Soil Health Cards, Social Audit, biometric attendance, etc., were visualised and materialised by author decades back. Apart from providing information about these steps, the book also acquaints the readers with the ways he dealt with various challenges in administration and how he turned the