The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) inaugurated Season 2 of the Reimagining Governance Discourse for Excellence (RGDE) programme on Civil Services Day, featuring historian and author William Dalrymple as keynote speaker. Dalrymple argued that India's historic strength lay not in conquest but in its openness to the movement of ideas, trade and culture, enabling it to shape civilizations across continents. The session saw active participation from officers across more than 150 field offices and various constituents of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, who engaged in discussions connecting historical patterns to contemporary governance challenges.