Good Governance Or Good Optics?
What does it take to move governance beyond compliance and into the realm of strategy? A conversation on how boards, leaders, and organisations can build governance that strengthens decision-making, accountability, and long-term institutional resilience.
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Naghma has approximately 25 years of experience of working and consulting with Social Purpose Organisations and teaching at reputed institutions.
Currently, she is part of the founding team and board of Rubaroo, Hyderabad, Trustee of Had Anhad, Indore, and Director, Social Synergy Foundation, Mumbai. The first two organisations work with adolescents and young people to empower them to be active citizens, whereas the Social Synergy Foundation works with small and medium - sized non-profits in India.
Her field experience has strengthened her teaching both graduate and post graduate students in the Delhi School of Social Work, School of Planning & Architecture, Ambedkar University and University of Pittsburgh. Her forte is designing and facilitating learning experiences. Through her work with Pravah, she has mentored many young people and youth-led organisations across nations. She holds degrees in Clinical Psychology and Applied Development Psychology and doctorate in Psychology from Ambedkar University, Delhi
Naghma has approximately 25 years of experience of working and consulting with Social Purpose Organisations and teaching at reputed institutions.
Currently, she is part of the founding team and board of Rubaroo, Hyderabad, Trustee of Had Anhad, Indore, and Director, Social Synergy Foundation, Mumbai. The first two organisations work with adolescents and young people to empower them to be active citizens, whereas the Social Synergy Foundation works with small and medium - sized non-profits in India.
Her field experience has strengthened her teaching both graduate and post graduate students in the Delhi School of Social Work, School of Planning & Architecture, Ambedkar University and University of Pittsburgh. Her forte is designing and facilitating learning experiences. Through her work with Pravah, she has mentored many young people and youth-led organisations across nations. She holds degrees in Clinical Psychology and Applied Development Psychology and doctorate in Psychology from Ambedkar University, Delhi
Episode Overview
Governance in the social sector is often viewed through the lens of compliance. But as organisations grow in scale and complexity, governance begins to shape something far more fundamental: decision-making, accountability, and institutional strength.
This conversation explores the tension between governance as optics and governance as capability — and what it takes to build systems that genuinely strengthen organisations over time.
Episode Highlights:
- What it takes to move from problem-solving to systems-level change
- How leaders and organisations build the capability to work across boundaries
- Where systems thinking breaks down in practice — and what makes it stick
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