Prajapati Trivedi

Dr Prajapati Trivedi
Secretary, Performance Management, Cabinet Secretariat
In office
2 January 2009 – 8 August 2014
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Dr SB Agnihotri
Chairman, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat
In office
2 January 2009 – 8 August 2014
Preceded by Dr. Renuka Viswanathan
Succeeded by Dr. Gurdial Singh Sandhu
Personal details
Born (1953-08-09) 9 August 1953
Spouse(s) Supreeti Trivedi
Alma mater St. Stephens College
London School of Economics
Boston University
Occupation Economist, writer and administrator

Dr. Prajapati Trivedi (born August 1953) is an Indian economist.

Career

Trivedi is currently Director of Economic, Youth and Sustainable Development Directorate (EYSD) at the Commonwealth Secretariat [1] in London, UK. In addition, he is a Visiting Fellow at the IBM Center for The Business of Government, Washington, DC, and visiting Economics Faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.[2] Until January 2018, he was the Senior Fellow (Governance) and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy and Faculty Chair for the Management Programme in Public Policy (MPPP) at the Indian School of Business.[3] He previously served as a Secretary to the Government of India. In January 2009, he was appointed as the first Secretary pf Performance Management.[4][5] Based in the Cabinet Secretariat with the responsibility of managing government performance, he reviewed and reported to the Cabinet Secretary/Prime Minister on the performance of all government departments. He also headed the National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention as its chairman.[6] Dr. Trivedi worked for fourteen years (1994-2009) as a Senior Economist[7] for the World Bank in Washington, DC, before joining the Government of India in 2009. He was previously Economic Adviser to Government of India from 1992 to 1994.[8]

In 2017 he became the first Indian to receive the International Public Administration Award [9] given by the American Society for Public Administration for contributing significantly to the field of public administration as a scholar and practitioner.

He is also the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), Washington, DC [10] [11] [12]

Bibliography

Trivedi has authored the following books:

  • How to implement Privatization Transactions
  • A Critique of Public Enterprise Policy
  • Applied Microeconomics for Public Policy Makers
  • Memorandum of Understanding

References

  1. ↑ http://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/planning-fairer-more-sustainable-educational-future
  2. ↑ http://www.businessofgovernment.org/bio/prajapati-trivedi
  3. ↑ http://www.isb.edu/bipp/about/people/research-fellows
  4. ↑ http://www.businessofgovernment.org/blog/business-government/what-does-performance-management-look-india -IBM Center for the Business Government - What Does Performance Management Look Like in India? - by John M. Kamensky - Background
  5. ↑ http://fletcher.tufts.edu/IBGC/Dialogue/SpeakerArchive/Prajapati-Trivedi
  6. ↑ http://nacwc.nic.in/?q=chairman -Chairman NACWC
  7. ↑ http://www.bide.com/Workshop%20III/html/faculty.html - Lead Faculty
  8. ↑ http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=secy-pm - Secretary, Performance Management
  9. ↑ International Public Administration Award
  10. ↑ https://www.napawash.org/prajapati-trivedi
  11. ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/academician-prajapati-trivedi-is-first-indian-to-be-elected-napa-fellow-1757972
  12. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-academician-prajapati-trivedi-elected-as-napa-fellow-in-us-4872194/
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