In the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), India’s bureaucrats of the future should be fluent with technology, be collaborative and open to learning new methods of governance, Pratap Singh, Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) in Chennai, writes in his memoir ‘In Service of the Nation: Reflections of a Bureaucrat’.

A 1991-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Singh says bureaucrats today are not only “implementers" but “co-creators" of the country’s digital governance ecosystem.

At the launch of his memoir earlier this month in Chennai, Singh said through the book, he aimed to bring forth an insider’s perspective on the workings of the Income Tax Department, an area seldom chronicled by officers of the IRS.

The book-launch event was attended by Amitabh Kant, former G20 Sherpa, and MK Narayanan, former National Security Adviser (NSA).

In Service of the Nation marks the third publication by Singh. He earlier wrote ‘Reforms in Tax Administration’ and ‘India’s Odyssey’.

In his memoir, Singh brings out the ethical, emotional as well as personal dimensions of public life, such as family sacrifices, the pressures of frequent transfers, and........

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