few this culture was created by many citizens the it biotech and tech industry and the kannadiga culture of acceptance of diversity dissent and multiple viewstpolitical leaders too are very open are accessible and listen to citizens more than in other states in india kiran has played a large role in this openness she has constantly interacted with political leaders across the parties suggested radical new ideas for improvement and successfully funded and created new initiatives and worked hard to improve the quality of life of every citizen the government officials and political leaders listen to her with respect and involve her in many citizen centric activitiesshe has fought for greater citizen engagement worked for clean politics and funding been openly and fearlessly critical of wrong government policies always independent and always for the greater common goodi have known kiran for over 25 years since both of us share a passion for public service we have worked together on many initiatives for bengaluru and karnataka sat on many committees together and pushed for better governance there have been disagreements on many issues sometimes publicly on social media too but kiran has an amazing ability to be transactional and never let disagreements affect personal relationships of course she is very passionate has strong views on many issues will argue on many ideas literally wear you down and have her own way most times a very strong person all of us who have been in close touch with her accept her as our leader because she symbolises our dreams hopes and aspirations for a better society and a better quality of life for all she has never sought power or influence in any way but her views are listened to and acted upon in many placeswhat makes kiran such an extraordinary person she is a selfmade billionaire and could have easily kept away from the rest of us i personally believe that its her commitment she is a true leader who dreams of a better society its also because of her strong persona she loves india loves karnataka and bengaluru she has seen much of the world has had the whole world at her feet but her heart is in here in her birthplace bengaluru whatever be the traffic she is a visionary compassionate humble and selfeffacing yet tough and assertive brilliant in her intellect innovative in her approach with a problemsolving attitude all the while remaining a good human being with all the qualities of heart and mind that you would expect in an ideal personof course being human she is not perfect and does make mistakes she can be a bit too outspoken sometimes but she is never the one to wound or hurt another she will stand up fearlessly for her beliefs never bow before insolent might but will also readily accept any mistakes she may have madeall of us who have worked with her been with her are enriched for kiran is the light of our