KP Krishnan, an influential Indian administrative service officer, shares insights on shaping policy, elite power in India, the impact of social media, migration of the Agarharams, evolution of thinking, education at Delhi University, being a Renaissance person, top-down transformation, reformers in government, implementing pension reforms, introducing currency derivatives, facing the 2008 financial crisis, membership in the FATF, skills of politicians, history of pension reforms, and inflation targeting in the economy.