Tarun Das Up-to-date CV for India MP Rural Livelihood Program Adviser

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: African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of
Finance and Economic Affairs, Government of the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.

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: Life Member (i) Indian Economic Association and (ii) Indian
Association for Research on Income and Wealth.

5. Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi- Excellent in speaking, writing and reading.

6. (A) Professional Experiences in Backward Sequence:

21 Dec 2008- till date African Development Bank Macroeconomic Adviser, Ministry of
Finance and Economic Affairs, the Gambia, Quadrangle, Banjul.
01 Sept 2008 – Consultant to World Bank (Uzbekistan) and Professor (Public Policy and
19 December 2008 Research Methodology), 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 and Research Methodology), 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:

1. Formulation and evaluation of employment generation and poverty alleviation programs;
2. Budgetary Policies, particularly relating to rural development and social sectors;
3. Strategic Planning and Governance Reforms for the Ministries of Agriculture, Rural
Development, Education, Health, Employment and Social Welfare;
4. Policy Formulation and Management of Development Aid and Public Debt;
5. Poverty and Inequality analysis; Millennium Development Goals; Regional Planning;
6. Conducting Surveys and Organizing Multi-stakeholders’ Workshops and Consultations.
6. (C) International Consultancy and Country experiences:
(i) World as Consultant to the Asian Development Bank (at Manila and Mongolia), 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); UN-ESCAP (in China,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Samoa, and Thailand).
(ii) Also visited Bangladesh, Belgium, France, Germany, Morocco, 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
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 also published in the Investment
Promotion and Enterprise Development Bulletin for Asia and the
Pacific, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, Sept 2003.
India Project Coordinator of the Capacity Building Project on the
(Funded by the Management of Public Debt funded by the World Bank Institutional
World Bank) Development Fund (IDF) in 2000-2002, and Economic Adviser, MOF.
2000 to 2002 • Organised five International Conferences at Kathmandu, New
Delhi, Goa, Kovalumpur and Pune and produced five edited
books containing proceedings and papers.
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 Millennium
till date Development Goals;
• Formulation, monitoring and evaluation of employment
generation programs particularly for agriculture and rural sector
where most of the poor people live;
• Strategic planning and coordination of development aids for pro-
poor growth strategy.

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Mongolia Strategic Planning Expert, ADB Capacity Building Project on

Governance Reforms, MOF, Govt of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
(Funded by the Asian
• Strategic Planning and Governance Reforms for the Ministries of
Development Bank)
Agriculture, Education, Health, Social Welfare and Employment;
1 June 2007- • Policy Formulation and Management of Development Aid;
8 July 2008
• Poverty and Inequality analysis and formulation of pro-poor
growth strategy;
• Assessment of needs, monitoring, review of Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs);
• Conducting Surveys and Organizing Multi-stakeholders’
Workshops and Consultations.
India Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, New Delhi
(a) Had the sectoral change of Agriculture and Rural Development,
(Funded by the govt.
Civil Supplies and Public Distribution, Infrastructure Financing
of India)
and all ministries dealing with Social Sectors;
March 1989 to (b) Budgetary policies and programs, particularly relating to
Jan 2006 employment generation and anti-poverty programs;
(c) India’s economic relations with World Bank, ADB and IMF.
(d) Evaluation of food, fertilizer and petroleum subsidies, poverty
alleviation and employment generation programs;
(e) Member of High Level Committees on Food Policy, Subsidies,
Family Expenditure Surveys, Price Indices; Public Distribution;
(f) Worked as short-term Consultant to the UN Economic
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 CMP Coordination Committee, conducted
(Funded by the govt.
field surveys in the Parliamentary Constituencies (in the Rae
of India)
Brareli district of Uttar Pradesh) of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Mr.
February 2006- Rahul Gandhi, and produced a report entitled “An evaluation of
May 2007 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.
Multi-Country, Consultant to the UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
(Funded by the UN (a) Study on Inter-linkages between Poverty Reduction and Growth
Economic and Social Strategy, UN Millennium Development Goals, and National
Commission for Asia, Development Plans in selected Asian countries viz. Afghanistan,
Bangkok) Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia,
Dec 2006 to Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Timor Leste.
(b) Prepared Reports in two volumes, and presented findings at the
March 2007:
Regional Workshop at Bangkok on 15-17 October 2007.
(c) Conclusions of the study were published in a Report entitled “A
Future Within Reach” published jointly by the ADB, UN-
ESCAP, and the UNDP in 2008.

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Annex-1: Major Reports/Publications by Prof. Tarun Das since 2000 relating to the
Pro-Poor Growth Strategy and Rural Livelihood Programs

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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 and Economic Affairs, the Gambia,
Quadrangle, Banjul, May 2009.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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, MOF, Govt of Mongolia,
Ulaanbaatar, February 2008.
8. Preparation of 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, MOF, Govt of
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, September 2007.
9. Interlinkages 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.
10. 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.
11. Bridging research and policy- a case study of India, pp.14-15, Global Development
Network (GDN) Research Monitor. No.1, September 2006.
12. Public-Private Partnership for financing infrastructure in Asian economies- Scope,
Progress, Issues and Perspectives, pp.-1-30, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Dec 2005.
13. Dynamics of Population Ageing: How India can Respond, pp.1-18, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, December 2004.
14. 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.
15. Economic Reforms in India- Rationale, Scope, Progress and Unfinished Agenda, pp.1-80,
Bank of Maharashtra, Planning Department, Pune, January 2003.
16. Poverty and inequality in India–Trends and policy issues, pp.1-30, UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok, Oct. 2002.
17. 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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18. 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.