it is said that an office is defined by the man who presides over it the adage rings true after seeing the pmos turnaround in the first 100 days of ndaii driven by narendra modi it has emerged as the engine of a regime that is marked by high ambition but hamstrung by an inexperienced team modis principal secretary nripendra misra additional principal secretary p k mishra joint secretary a k sharma the point person for business along with others such as sanjay bhavsar are mentioned with varying degrees of reverence as they seek to ensure implementation of the ndas agenda national security advisor a k doval is part of the office and is increasingly seen as a key influence in the shaping of foreign policy the contrast from upa when pmo became the byword for policy paralysis and neglect that allowed several scams leading to upas decimation cant be starker the change is evident also from the way appointments in the pmo are regulated the weekly appearances of mumbai tycoons in ministries are also a thing of the pastread alsoneighbours feel narendra modis charm world woos him curbs on the access of industrialists at will to the pmo and economic ministries have happened in tandem with the pms direct interactions with ministers and secretaries practising his na sowunga na sone doonga i will not sleep nor will i let others do so modi has set an exacting schedule and pace sharp time management is just one of the ceostyle features that modi practised in gujarat and has now introduced in the oncestaid pmo he is handson to the extent that he often micromanages matters although india doesnt subscribe to it modis is the closest the country has seen a presidential style of functioningread alsochaiwalas fret as any time is tea time now modi held eight meetings with finance minister arun jaitley and his team to give final shape to jan dhan yojana and followed that up by writing to all 7 lakh employees of public sector banksin one cabinet meeting he dictated a key change in the yojana draft proposal so that there was no scope for misinterpretation tasks assigned are monitored remorselessly recently jaitley was at pains to dispel the perception about modi centralizing powers but he did admit that when you have an active pm there will be a degree of accountability that will be expected of usread alsopm modi goes with flow shows what water ganga mean to him but the change is not just in terms of initiatives speeding up decisionmaking and improving delivery this pmo is different also because it is helmed by arguably one of the savviest political minds unlike manmohan singh who was chosen for the top job because he would faithfully carry out directions of 10 janpath modi has his own vision glimpses of which have come through in his speeches and decisions his august 15 speech in which he admonished parents for not bringing up their boys right