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CV Tarun Das For PFM Expert July 2016
CV Tarun Das For PFM Expert July 2016
Education
Institution
[ Date from Date to ]
School of Economic and Social Studies,
University of East Anglia, Norwich, NOR 7TJ
England, U.K. (Sep 1974- July 1977)
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal,
India (Sep 1967- Sep 1969)
Presidency College, University of Calcutta,
West Bengal, India (July 1964-June 1967)
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Other skills: Computer literate- Very efficient in working with MSWORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-POWER POINT
and EVIEWS7 for Econometric Applications
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Key qualifications:
Tarun Kanti Das has more than 30 years experience as Public Financial Management (PFM) Expert with
specialisation in Macroeconomic Forecasting; Medium Term Strategic Planning (MTSP) and Multi-Year
Budgeting for Line Ministries; Identification and Formulation of PFM Reforms, Stategies and Projeccts and
Programs funded by Budget Support from Donors; Project Appraisal and Result Based Monitoring and
Evaluation; Management of Public Debt, External Debt and Contingent Liabilities.
Worked as a Consultant to the Multi-Donor (EU/ DFID/ Canada/ Denmark/ Netherlands) Funded Project, Asian
Development Bank, African Development Bank, World Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat, IMF, UN Economic
Commission for Africa (UN-ECA), UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCAP, UNITAR, UN-SIAP in 22 countries in Asia,
Africa, Europe and USA. .
Possesses diversity in skills in macroeconomic forecasting, policy plaanning. research, teaching, training,
capacity building, policy dialogues with donors and consultation with multi-stakeholers.
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Multi-country
UAE, Dubai
Maldives, Male
The Gambia,
Banjul
Nepal,
Kathmandu
Mongolia,
Ulaanbaatar
India,
New Delhi
India,
New Delhi
UK, ComSec
Thailand
India
Laos PDR
Cambodia
Jakarta,
Indonesia
Period
January 2011June 2014
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Bang
Canada, Denmark, Netherlands)
Budgeting, Project Monitoring and
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June
ladesh
Funded Project on PFM Reforms,
Evaluation, Macro-Fiscal modelling
2014
Min of Finance, Govt of Bangladesh ,
and Public Debt Management)
Finance Division, Min of Finance,
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Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Through PDP Australia Pty
Ltd.
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31.
Reference Person
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Md. Mahiuddin Khan,
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Component Director (C1),
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Mauddin62@gmail.com
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21.
22.
Description of
Major Tasks Performed
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Prepared Medium Term
Strategic Business Plans (MTSBP)
and Medium Term Budget
Frameworks (MTBF) for selected
Ministries/ Divisions viz. Education,
Finance, Agriculture, Power, Local
Government and Social Sectors;
MTSBP contained chapters on
identification and formulation of
development projects/ programs and
PFM Reforms for budget support
from donors; prepared brief for PEFA
Review by the IMF/World Bank,
Assisted the Finance Division for
Macro-Fiscal Modelling and
prepared Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework, Budget
Strategy Paper and Fiscal Policy
Paper; Assisted the Planning
Commission for Macroeconomic
Forecasting and preparation of
National Five Year Plan and
Perspective Plan; Provided guidance
for Result Based Monitoring and
Evaluation of Development Projects/
Programs; conducted Debt
Sustainability Analysis and prepared
Medium Term Debt Management
strategy (MTDS) in the IMF-World
Bank Framework; conducted policy
dialogues on PFM reforms,
strategies and work plans with the
IMF, World Bank and UNDP.
1 The Contracting Authority reserves the right to contact the reference persons. If you have any objection to this fact, kindly state so and provide a
justification.
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Date
from - Date
to
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April
2015,
40.
Nov
2015
to
April
2016
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Loca
tion
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19.
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MultiCountry
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43.
46.
MayOct
2015
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i, UAE
Duba
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20.
44.
Public Financial
Management Expert
Dash
Power & Utilities
Manager,
Email:
sambit.k.dash@in.pwc.c
om
Department
Government
Dubai, UEA.
of Finance,
of
Dubai,
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58.
71.
Dec
2008
Nov
2010
(exc
ept
perio
d in
the
next
row)
SepOct
2009
59.
Banj
ul,
60.
the
Gambia
72.
Kath
mand
u,
21.
22.
52.
49.
50.
56.
Position
Macro-Fiscal
Revenue
Expert
Policy and
Forecasting
53.
73.
ADB Resident Office in
Nepal, and
74.
Nepal Rastra Bank and M S
69.
Macroeconomic Adviser
(Macro-Fiscal Modelling, Debt
Management, Strategic Planning)
76.
Macroeconomic Modelling
Expert and Team Leader, ADB
funded project on Strengthening
Description of
Major Tasks Performed
45.
Macroeconomic
Forecasting for assessment of
Macroeconomic Stability and Fiscal
and Debt Sustainability Analysis for
CAREC (Central Asia Regional
Economic Cooperation) Countries
54.
Macroeconomic forecasting.
Revenue mobilisation policies and
procedures, revenue forecasting,
preparation of medium term macroeconomic framework and fiscal
policies
55.
70.
Made Macroeconomic
forecasting, prepared strategic plans
and budgets for the Ministries of
Finance, Education, Trade and
Industry, Labor and Employment;
Assisted the Ministry of Finance for
Macro-Fiscal Modeling for preparation
of Medium Term Macroecoomic
Framework, Budget Stratedy and
Fiscal Policy Papers; Identified and
formulated Budget Support for
development of education, health and
roads from EU, World Bank, AfDB and
UNDP; Conducted debt sustainability
analysis, Formulated PFM Strategies
and Action Plans, and had PFM policy
dialogues with AfDB, World Bank, IMF,
UNDP, EU.
77.
Macro-Fiscal Modeling for
preparation of medium term
Strategic Plans and Budgets
16.
Date
from - Date
to
&
AprMay
2011
78.
Sep
2008
79.
Nov
2008
86.
1
June
2007
87.
7
July
2008
88.
100.
101.
108.
109.
Mar
2006
May
2007
Mar
1989
Jan
2006
17.
Loca
tion
Nepa
l
80.
kistan
18.
20.
Position
21.
22.
Description of
Major Tasks Performed
Macro-Economic Modelling
Uzbe
81.
World Bank Resident Office
in Uzbekistan, Dr. Saumya. Mitra,
82.
Lead Economist,
83.
s.mitra@worldbank.org
84.
World Bank Consultant
(External Debt Management).
85.
Management of Public and
External Debt, Formulation of Debt
Management Strategy and Policies
Ulaa
nbaat
ar,
Mong
olia
91.
Asian Development Bank
Capacity Building Project on PFM
Reforms, Ministry of Finance,
92.
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.
93.
94.
Enberish Sandagdorj,
95.
Project Coordinator,
96.
Sandag_e@yahoo.com
97.
98.
102.
New
Delhi, India
103.
Institute for Integrated
Learning and Management,
104.
Swapna Popli, Director
105.
spopli@iilm.edu
106.
Professor (Public Policy and
Research Methodology
99.
Made Macroeconomic
forecasting, Prepared strategic plans
and budgets for the Ministries of
Finance, Education and Culture,
Health, Food and Agriculture, Labor
and Employment; Identified and
formulated Budget Support for
development of education, health
and PFM reforms from EU, World
Bank, ADB and UNDP; Prepared
Macro-economic Framework, Fiscal
Policy and Budget Strategy Papers;
Formulated PFM Strategies and
Action Plans and had PFM policy
dialogues with the ADB, World Bank,
IMF and UNDP.
107.
Teaching Public Policy and
Research Methodology to MBA
students
110.
New
Delhi, India
111.
Ministry of Finance, Govt. of
India, New Delhi.
112.
113.
Arvind Virmani,
114.
Chief Economic Adviser
115.
avirmani@imf.org
116.
Economic Adviser, Ministry
of Finance, Government of India,
New Delhi.
89.
90.
117.
Macroeconomic
forecasting, budget
preparation for the Ministry
of Finance after
consolidating the budgets
for different ministries; In
charge of Public Debt
Management, formulated
pocies and procedures for
Domestic Revenue
Mobilisation, Identified and
16.
Date
from - Date
to
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119.
126.
1984127.
1986
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1983134.
1984
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1978143.
1982
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1974149.
1977
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1971155.
1974
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Loca
tion
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19.
20.
Position
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22.
Jan
120.
New
1987
Delhi, India
Feb
1989
Oct
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India,
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New Delhi
Dec
121.
Planning Commission,
Government of India,
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Arvind Virmani, Principal
Adviser
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avirmani@imf.org
130. Ministry of Steel and Mines,
Govt. of India.
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Adviser (Modelling and
Policy Planning)
131.
Chief Economist, and Head
of Economic Research Unit (ERU)
132.
Strategic Investment
Planning for Steel and Minerals
Oct
139.
140.
141.
Costing and pricing of
public goods and services under the
Administered Pricing System of the
government
147.
Strategic investment
planning for the transport sector in
India
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UK,
England
152.
Commonwealth Scholar
and Ph.D. student in Economics
153.
Research on
decompositions of poverty and
inequality measures,
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Delhi
158.
Research Officer (Public
Finance)
159.
Government Finance
Statistics and Fiscal Policies
Sep
May
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Delhi
India,
New
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Delhi
India,
Sept
Sep
July
Nov
India,
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Deputy Adviser (Strategic
Planning for the Transport Sector)
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Description of
Major Tasks Performed
Aug
16.
Date
from - Date
to
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July
1970161.
Oct
1971
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17.
Loca
tion
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India,
Kolkata
18.
20.
Position
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22.
164.
Research Fellow
(Economics)
165.
Research on income
distribution and teaching economic
statistics and macroeconomics to BA
Hons
167.
169.
Dec
2011
170.
Male,
Maldives
176.
16
JulySep
2008
May
2006
177.
Lond
on, United
Kingdom
183.
188.
194.
2005
Feb
2006
Dec
208.
2005
Sept
214.
2004
Oct
184.
189.
190.
PDR
195.
ta,
196.
esia
201.
York,
202.
209.
210.
oa
215.
kok,
216.
and
Kath
mand
u,
Nepa
l
Cam
bodia
&
Lao
Jakar
Indon
New
USA
Apia,
Sam
Bang
Description of
Major Tasks Performed
174.
175.
182.
Debt Sustainability
Modelling and Analysis
187.
Management of External
Debt and Public Debt, Formulation of
Debt Management Strategy and
Policy
191.
Ministry of Finance, Govt of
Cambodia and Lao PDR, Funded by
UN-ESCAP, Thailand, bangkok.
192.
UN-ESCAP Consultant
(External Debt Management), at
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and
Vientiane, Lao PDR.
193.
Management of External
Debt and Public Debt, Formulation of
Debt Management Strategy and
Policy
197.
Ministry of Finance, Govt.
Of Indonesia, funded by UNITAR,
Geneva, Switzerland
198.
UNITAR (UN Institute for
Training & Research) Consultant,
Ministry of Finance, Indonesia,
Jakarta.
206.
UNDP Consultant
(Financing international co-operation
behind national borders)
199.
Drafted Law for Public and
External Debt Management, and
conducted Multi-Stakeholders
Workshop
207.
Financing international cooperation behind national borders
212.
UN-ESCAP Consultant,
Ministry of Finance, Samoa, Apia.
213.
Debt
218.
Consultant (Social security,
pension and insurance funds) for
UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand.
219.
Social security, pension and
insurance funds
203.
Office of Development
Studies, UNDP, UNDP Plaza, New
York
204.
Igma Kaul, Director
205.
211.
Ministry of Finance and
Planning, Govt. Of Samoa, Funded
by UN-ESCAP, Thailand, Bangkok
217.
UN-ESCAP, Bangkok
Thail
Management of External
16.
Date
from - Date
to
220. Feb 2002
226.
Jan
March 2003
232.
SeptNov 1998
238. May 1995
244.
Short
period every
year in 19931995
250. March
1993
17.
Loca
tion
221.Washington
D.C.,
USA
227.
Manil
a,
228.
Philip
pines
233.
Addis
Ababa,
234.
Ethio
pia
239.
Beijin
g,
240.
Chin
a
245.
Gene
va,
246.
Switz
erland
251.
New
York,
252.
USA
18.
20.
Position
21.
22.
19.
222.
Fund,
223.
Statistics Division,
229.
Ministry of Finance, Govt of
Philippines, Funded by World Bank
Description of
Major Tasks Performed
224.
Member, IMF Expert Group
to finalize IMF Government Finance
Statistics Manual 2001
230.
World Bank Consultant,
Ministry of Finance, Govt of
Philippines, Manila.
225.
Government Finance
Statistics Manual 2001
235.
UN Economic Commission
for Africa (UN-ECA)
236.
Consultant to UN Economic
Commission for Africa (UN-ECA)
237.
Private sector development
policies in Africa
241.
China International Centre
for Economic and Technical
Exchanges
242.
243.
Role of FDI for regional
cooperation in technology transfer
247.
UNCTAD
248.
Member, UNCTAD Ad-hoc
WG on Non-Debt Creating Financial
Flows
249.
Non-Debt Creating
Financial Flows
253.
UNDP
254.
Consultant (Human
Development Index), UNDP, New
York, USA.
255.
UN-ESCAP Consultant
231.
Management of contingent
liabilities
256.
257.
Other relevant information (e.g., publications) : Selected Reports/ Publications on PFM Reforms by Tarun Kanti Das on related subjects; See: www.scribd.com/tarundas/
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15.1
Medium Term Strategic Business Plan for Agriculture in Bangladesh, pp.1-80, World Bank Administered and Multi-Donor (EU/DFID) Funded Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance,
Bangladesh, Dhaka, May 2012.
15.2 An Operational Guide for the preparation of a Medium Term Strategic Business Plan for Line Ministries in Bangladesh, pp.1-71, World Bank Administered and Multi-Donor (EU/DFID)
Funded Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh, Dhaka, February 2012.
15.3 Budget Strategy and Policy Framework Paper, pp.1-39, AfDB-ISPEFG, MOFEA, the Gambia, Banjul, July 2010.
15.4 An Operational Macro-economic Model for Nepal- Model Structures, Data Base, Test and Calibration Techniques, Part-1: 60 pages and Part-2: 65 pages, ADB Resident Office in
Kathmandu and Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu, Oct 2009.
15.5 An Operational Consistent Macroeconomic Forecasting Model for Gambia- Basic Concepts, Data Base, Calibration Techniques and Projections, pp.1-71, African Development Bank
ISPEFG, the Gambia, Banjul, 31 January 2009.
15.6 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) - Basic Concepts, Methodology and Applications for Mongolia, pp.1-50, ADB Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms (ADBCBPGR), Ministry of Finance (MOF), Govt of Mongolia, July 2008.
15.7 Manual on Medium Term Budget Preparation and Procedures for Line Ministries, pp.1-34, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia, Feb 2008.
15.8 Strategic Plans and Program Budgets for 3 Pilot Ministries in Mongolia- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Ministry of Food and Agriculture; and Ministry of Social Welfare and
labor, pp.1-94, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia, January 2008.
15.9 Policies and Strategies for Promoting the Role of the Private Sector in Industrial and Technological Development, including Privatization in South Asian Economies, pp.1-171,
ST/ESCAP/1696, UN, NY, 1996.
15.10 External Debt Management in Maldives- Debt Sustainability Analysis and Debt Management Policies and Strategies, pp.1-54, ADB Project on Public Financial Reforms, Min of
Finance and Treasury, Maldives, Male, Dec 2010. www.scribd.com/tarundas/
15.11 External Debt Management in Uzbekistan- Policies, Strategies, Procedures, Legal and Institutional Set Up, pp.1-45, World Bank Country Office, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, November
2008. www.scribd.com/tarundas/
15.12 External Debt Sustainability Analysis for Gambia- Trends and policy issues, pp.1-40, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, August 2008. www.scribd.com/tarundas/
15.13 The Gambia- Independent Debt Sustainability Analysis, Commonwealth Secretariat, London (major contribution). www.publications/thecommonwealth.org/
15.14 Management of External Debt-International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-46, Best Practices Series No.9, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, 2006.
www2.unitar.org/dfm/Resource_Center/Bestpractices/bps.9/
15.15 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44, Best Practices Series No.10, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, 2006.
www2.unitar.org/dfm/Resource_Center/Bestpractices/bps.9/
15.16 Financing International Cooperation behind National Borders- a Case Study for India, pp.1-50, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York. March 2006.
15.17 Management of external debt in Cambodia, Nepal, Lao PDR and Samoa- legal, institutional framework and debt management strategy and policies , pp.1-50, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, May
2006. www.unescap.org/pdd/debt/workshop/
15.18 Manual on Effective Debt Management, pp.1-118, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 2006 (major contributor). www.unescap.org/pdd/publications/debt-manual/
15.19 Off budget risks and their management, Part-2, Chapter-3, Public Expenditure, and Financial Management Review, Report No. 24256-PH, A Joint Document of The Govt of the
Philippines, World Bank and ADB, World Bank Philippines Country Office, April 30, 2003.
15.20 Management of Contingent Liabilities in Philippines- Policies, Processes, Legal Framework and Institutions, pp.1-60, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2002.
15.21 Management of Public Debt in India, pp.85-110, in Accompanying Document to the Guidelines for Public Debt Management, IMF, Washington, June 2002.
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260. 15.Certification:
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262. I, the undersigned, certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that:
263. (i) This CV correctly describes my qualifications and my experience;
264. (ii) I am not sanctioned nor ineligible for EU engagement; and
265. (iii) I understand that any wilful misstatement described herein may lead to my disqualification or dismissal, if engaged.
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Signature of expert
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