Tarun Das Up-to-date CV for DFID Mission to Review Nepal ESP

TARUN DAS
CV for International Consultancy
Email: das.tarun@hotmail.com
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1. Name of Expert: MR. TARUN KANTI DAS, Ph.D.

2A.Permanent Residential Address: 10/14 First Floor, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008,
India. Telephone No.: (009111) 25884540 E-Mail Address: das.tarun@hotmail.com
2B. Current Position: Asian Development Bank Macroeconomic Modeling Expert, Nepal
Rastra Bank, Katmandu, Nepal; and African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser,
Ministry of Finance, Government of the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul (on intermittent basis).
3. Personal:
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : August 19, 1947.
Marital status : Married (Wife: Mitali Das, Son: Arpan Das)
4. (a) Educational Qualifications:
BA Hons (Econ), Presidency College, First Class (Gold Medalist), Calcutta University, 1967.
MA (Econ), First Class (Silver Medalist), Calcutta University, 1969.
Ph.D. (Impact of Demographic Transition on Poverty and Inequality), as Commonwealth Scholar,
University of East Anglia, England, 1977.
4. (b) Other credentials: (i) Life Member, Indian Economic Association; (ii) Life Member,
Indian Association for Research on Income and Wealth; (iii) Member, Indian Economic Service.
5. Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi- Excellent in speaking, writing and reading.

6. (A) Professional Experiences in Backward Sequence:

21 Oct 2009- till date African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of
Finance, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.
15 Aug-15 Oct 2009 Asian Development Bank Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist, Nepal
Rastra Bank, Katmandu, Nepal.
20 Dec 2008- African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of
10 Aug 2009 Finance, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.
01 Sept 2008 – World Bank Consultant (Public Debt Management) to Uzbekistan, and
15 December 2008 Professor (Public Policy), IILM, New Delhi-110003, India.
16 July 2008- Consultant (Debt Sustainability Analysis for Heavily Indebted Poor
31 August 2008 Countries in Africa), Commonwealth Secretariat, London, England.
1 June 2007- Strategic Planning Expert, ADB Capacity Building Project on
8 July 2008. Governance Reforms, MOF, Govt. of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Feb 2006- May 2007 Professor (Public Policy), Institute for Integrated Learning in
Management (IILM), New Delhi-110003, India.
Mar 1989- Jan 2006 Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Jan 1987- Feb 1989 Adviser (Modeling and Policy Planning), Planning Commission, India.
Oct 1984- Dec 1986 Chief Economist, Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel, India.
Oct 1982- Sep 1984 Chief (Economic Division), Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, India.
May 1978- Sep 1982 Deputy Adviser, UNDP Transport Policy Planning Project in India.
Aug 1977- May 1978 Research Officer, Economic Division, DEA, Ministry of Finance, India.
Sep 1974-July 1977 Commonwealth Scholar, East Anglia University, Norwich. England.
July 1973- Aug 1974 Research Officer, Economic Division, DEA, Ministry of Finance, India.
Nov 1971- June 1973 Assistant Director (On-the-job Training), Indian Economic Service.
June 1970- Oct 1971 Research Fellow, Dept. of Econ, Presidency College, Calcutta, India.

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6. (B) Specialisation and working experience (relating to the present project):

a) Inter-linkages among National Development Plans, MDGs and PRSP in 14 Asian countries
(including Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Samoa, Thailand)
b) Evaluation of employment generation and poverty alleviation programs in India;
c) Macroeconomic planning and modelling for Nepal, India, Mongolia, the Gambia;
d) Management of Debt in Nepal, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Samoa, Philippines;
e) Strategic Planning and Governance Reforms in Mongolia for the Ministries of Finance,
Education, Health, Agriculture, Employment and Social Welfare;
f) Poverty and Inequality analysis; and Environmental cost benefit analysis for India.
6. (C) International Consultancy and Country experiences:
(i) World as Consultant to the Asian Development Bank (at Katmandu, Nepal; HQ
Manila, Philippines and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), UN-ESCAP (in Nepal, China,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Samoa, Thailand). World Bank (in
Philippines and Uzbekistan); IMF (in Washington and Singapore); Commonwealth
Secretariat (in London); Global Development Network (in Senegal); UN-SIAP (at
Chiba, Japan); UNCTAD, UNITAR and ILO (in Geneva); UNDP (in New York and
New Delhi); UN-ECA (in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia);
(ii) Also visited Bangladesh, Belgium, France, Germany, Morocco, New Zealand, Ireland
and U.A.E. to attend international conferences.
(iii) Possesses diversity in skills in project management, research, teaching, training, policy
planning, modeling, and conducting multi-stakeholders’ workshops and consultations.

7. Specific Consultancy, Work and Country Experiences (Related to the project)

Country (Funded Designation and Scope of Consultancy
by) Period
Multi-Country Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
(including Nepal), (a) Study on Inter-linkages between Poverty Reduction and Growth
(Funded by the UN Strategy, UN Millennium Development Goals, and National
Economic and Social Development Plans in selected Asian countries viz. Afghanistan,
Commission for Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia,
Bangkok) Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Timor Leste.
(b) Report presented at Workshop at Bangkok on 15-17 Oct 2007.
Dec 2006 to
(c) Conclusions of the study published in a joint ADB-ESCAP-
March 2007:
UNDP Report entitled “A Future Within Reach”, 2008.
Multi-Country Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
(including Nepal), To study and produce report on Legal, Institutional, Regulatory Set-up
(Funded by the UN- and Policies for Management of External debt and Public Debt for:
ESCAP, Bangkok) (a) Nepal (May 2006), (b) Samoa (May 2005), (c) Indonesia (Dec 2005),
Various period (d) Cambodia and Laos (Feb 2006), (e) Malaysia (Dec 2006)
Nepal ADB Macroeconomic Modeling Specialist/Team Leader for Macro-
(Funded by the Asian economic Management Project (six months on intermittent basis)
Development Bank), (a) First phase completed in 15 Aug-15 Oct 2009; (b) Second phase
Various period (April-May 2010) and (c) Third phase (Aug-Sept 2010).
India Project Coordinator, Capacity Building Project on the Management of
(Funded by the Public Debt funded by the World Bank Institutional Development Fund
World Bank) (IDF) in 2000-2002, and Economic Adviser, MOF.
2000 to 2002 • Organised five International Conferences at Kathmandu, Nepal;
and New Delhi; Goa; Kovalumpur and Pune in India and produced
five edited books containing proceedings and papers.

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Thailand (Bangkok) Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand

(Funded by the UN- 1. Prepared a report on the Role of Agro-based and Resource-Based
ESCAP) SMEs for Export Promotion and Poverty Alleviation in selected
October 2002 to ESCAP countries, pp.1-126, March 2003.
March 2003 2. Report published by the UN ESCAP, Bangkok, in Mar 2003.
3. An abridged version was published in the Investment Promotion
and Enterprise Development Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific,
ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Sept 2003.
The Gambia African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of
(Funded by the Finance and Economic Affairs, the Gambia, Banjul.
African Development Duties: Formulation of policies and evaluation of IMF-World Bank-
Bank) AfDB funded Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy;
21 Dec 2008 to • Assessment of needs, monitoring and evaluation of MDGs;
till date • Strategic planning, Public Finance Reforms, and Medium Term
(on intermittent Expenditure Framework.
basis)
Mongolia Strategic Planning Expert, ADB Capacity Building Project on
Governance Reforms, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
(Funded by the Asian
Development Bank) • Strategic Planning for the Ministries of Finance, Agriculture,
Education, Health, Social Welfare and Employment;
1 June 2007-
8 July 2008
• Assessment and formulation of pro-poor growth strategy;
• Assessment of needs, monitoring and evaluation of MDGs;
• Strategic planning, Public Finance Reforms, and Medium Term
Expenditure Framework.
India Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, New Delhi
(a) Sectoral charge on social sector and infrastructure development;
(Funded by the govt.
(b) Evaluation of food, fertilizer and petroleum subsidies, poverty
of India)
alleviation and employment generation programs;
March 1989 to (c) Worked as short-term Consultant to the UN Economic
Jan 2006 Commission for Africa, Commonwealth Secretariat, ADB, GDN,
IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCAP, UNITAR, World Bank.
India- Professor (Public Policy), IILM, New Delhi.
(a) At the instance of the Ministry of Rural Development conducted
(Funded by the govt.
field surveys in the Parliamentary Constituencies (in the Rae
of India)
Brareli district of Uttar Pradesh) of the National Congress leaders
February 2006- Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Rahul Gandhi, and produced a report
May 2007 entitled “An evaluation of implementation of the Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme”.
(b) Produced operational papers and conducted three training
programs on methodologies on the economic and social
evaluation of the poverty alleviation programs for the officers of
the Ministry of Rural Development, March 2007.
(c) Conducted a training program on the analysis and measurement
of poverty and inequality for the officers of the Indian Statistical
Service, May 2007.
USA, New York, Consultant to UNDP (a) Human Development Index- Concepts and
UNDP, UN-Plaza methodology for alternative Indices, 1993. (b) Financing international co-
(Funded by UNDP) operation behind national borders- country study on India, 2006.

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Annex-1: Major Recent Publications by Prof. Tarun Das relating to the subject

1. An operational macroeconomic model for Nepal, vol-1, main text, pp.1-60, vol-2,
Annexes, pp.1-67, ADB Resident Mission for Nepal, and Nepal Rastra Bank, Oct 2009
2. Macroeconomic policies, prospect and challenges and management of public debt in
Nepal, pp.1-35, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, May 2006.
3. Inter-linkages between UN-MDGs, Poverty Reduction Growth Strategy and National
Development Plans - Selected Country Experiences from ESCAP, Part-1, Main Report,
pp.1-84, Part-2, Annexes, pp.1-78, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Oct 2007.
4. Economic and Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Project Review, pp.1-40, Training
Material prepared for the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, Mar 2007.
5. Role of Agro-based and Resource-Based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for
Employment Generation, Poverty Alleviation and Export Promotion in selected ESCAP
economies, pp.1-126, UN ESCAP, Bangkok, March 2003.
6. Promoting resource-based export-oriented SMEs in Asia and the Pacific, pp.33-76,
Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific,
ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Sept 2003.
7. An evaluation of the IMF funded Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) - some
policy issues and suggestions for improvement, pp.1-25, African Development Bank
Institutional Support Project, Ministry of Finance, the Gambia, Banjul, May 2009.
8. Macroeconomic management and pro-poor growth strategy for the republic of Gambia,
pp.1-35, African Development Bank Institutional Support Project, Ministry of
Finance and Economic Affairs, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul, February 2009.
9. An Introduction to Program Budgeting, Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT),
and Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)- pp.1-50, ADB Capacity Building
Project on Governance Reforms, MOF, Government of Mongolia, June 2008
10. Assessment of needs and financing gaps for achieving MDGs and mobilizing external aid
for Mongolia in the near and medium term, pp.1-35, ADB Capacity Building Project
on Governance Reforms, Ministry of Finance, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, May 2008.
11. Identification of Core and Non-core Functions for the Government of Mongolia and
Exploring Public Private Partnership for supply of public goods and services, pp.1-55,
ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms, Mongolia, Feb 2008.
12. Strategic Business Plans for the Ministries of Agriculture, Education, Finance, Health,
Social Welfare and Employment- Structural Framework and Guidelines, ADB Capacity
Building Project on Governance Reforms, Mongolia, Sep 2007.
13. Inter-linkages between development research, policy planning and outcome- a
case study for India, with Arvind Virmani, pp.1-115, NCAER, New Delhi and
East Asian Bureau for Economic Research (EABER), Australia, April 2008.
14. Public-Private Partnership for financing infrastructure in Asian economies- Scope,
Progress, Issues and Perspectives, pp.-1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Dec 2005.
15. Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, December 2004.
16. Impact of Pro-Market Reforms on the Poor in India- an Assessment and Lessons for
Policy Makers, pp.1-40, Global Development Network, June 2003.
17. Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80,
Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune, January 2003.
18. Implications of Globalization on Industrial Diversification in Asia, pp.ix+1-86, UN
ESCAP, Bangkok, UN Publications Sales No.E.02.II.F.52, December 2001.

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19. Poverty and Environment- How to break the vicious circle? Pp.39-46, Souvenir of the
Global Society for Protection of Human Rights, New Delhi, Jan 2000.