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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Anupam Saraph
| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|08|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Nasik]], [[India]]
| fields = [[Systems Sciences]], [[Systems theory]], [[Governance]], [[Public Information Systems]], [[Simulation and Modelling]], [[Environmental Systems]]
| known_for = Syslogic,<ref name="dissertation" /> Theory of Organization of Systems,<ref name="dissertation" /> Economic Cycles,<ref name ="carnot" /> Crowd-sourced governance,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://anupamsaraph.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html|title= Global Governance Wiki}}</ref> Disruptive Governance, City Resource Planning<ref name="ciol.com">{{cite web|url= http://www.ciol.com/News/News-Reports/Web-20,-CRP-for-a-better-city-Saraph/29108103178/0/|title= Web 2.0, CRP for a better city: Saraph|access-date= 2 July 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080407145018/http://www.ciol.com/News/News-Reports/Web-20%2C-CRP-for-a-better-city-Saraph/29108103178/0/|archive-date= 7 April 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref> and IT Designs for Urban India<ref name="CIO's and their Role">{{cite web|url= http://www.egovonline.net/articles/article-details.asp?Title=City-Chief-Information-Officers-Their-Role&ArticalID=2062&Type=FEATURES|title= CIO's and their Role}}</ref><ref name="expressindia1" /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://anupamsaraph.blogspot.com/2009/03/india-2015-it-vision-for-next-prime.html|title= IT Vision for India's next Prime Minister}}</ref>
| influences = [[Donella Meadows]], [[Malcolm Slesser]], [[Jay Forrester]], [[Gregory Bateson]], [[Stafford Beer]]|
| influenced = [[ECCO Modelling]],<ref name="carnot">[[Malcolm Slesser|Slesser M]] & Saraph A, 1994 "Sadi Carnot & economic engines", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 46: pp. 259-268</ref> [[Systems Theory]],<ref name="dissertation" /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/about/editorialTeam|title= Journal of Research Practice}}</ref> [[Public Information Systems]]<ref name="ciol.com" /><ref name="CIO's and their Role" /><ref name="expressindia1">{{cite web|url= http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/multipurpose-identity-cards/322108/|title= Multipurpose ID Cards}}</ref><ref name="Biztech" /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030428/infra06.shtml|title= Goan IT has a sunny look}}</ref><ref name="punemirror1">{{cite web|url=http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=2009051920090519043703729ee734686&sectxslt= |title=Convenience on the cards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718043953/http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=2009051920090519043703729ee734686&sectxslt= |archivedate=2011-07-18 }}</ref><ref name="sap1">{{cite web|url= http://www.sap.com/community/webcast/2008_06_summit_in/01c_Anupam_Saraph_Collaborative_approaches_in_citizen_services.pdf|title= Citizen Services: collaborative approaches|access-date= 2 July 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110607024639/http://www.sap.com/community/webcast/2008_06_summit_in/01c_Anupam_Saraph_Collaborative_approaches_in_citizen_services.pdf|archive-date= 7 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

'''Anupam Saraph''' is an innovator and polymath who has been an advisor in [[governance]], [[Informatics (academic field)|informatics]] and [[strategic planning]]. Anupam Saraph obtained a PhD from the [[University of Groningen]], Netherlands in Informatics<ref name="dissertation">{{cite web| url=http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/faculties/science/1994/a.saraph/| title=Toolbox for Tomorrow:Exploring and designing sustainable systems| author=Bibliotheek| work=[[Rijksuniversiteit Groningen]]| accessdate=2009-06-30}}</ref> while working with the IMAGE team at the [[RIVM]] and [[IVEM]] in the Netherlands. He is a [[leadership]], [[strategy]] and [[innovation]] mentor.

==Global Modeling and Futures Research==
Earlier Anupam Saraph has worked extensively with [[Donella Meadows]] on global modelling<ref name="ReferenceA">Slesser M & Saraph A, 1991 "GlobEcco User's manual: a two region natural capital accounting model of the world", Resource Use Institute, Edinburgh, 78 pp</ref> and [[systems theories]]<ref name="dissertation" /> Theory of Organization of Systems,.<ref name="dissertation" /> He is credited with the development of systems theories and simulation tools that model the behavior of actors in a system and explore the evolution of systems.

==Economic Modeling, Investment Analysis==
Anupam Saraph has also worked with [[Malcolm Slesser]] et al. in Edinburgh in the late 1990s to develop the [[ECCO]] modelling paradigm for assessing the economic and energy potentials of nations and regions.<ref name=ECCO>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/rodrigo/ecco/public.html |title=ECCO Research Publications |author=Raphie Essling |work=[[University of Edinburgh]] |accessdate=2009-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060326200215/http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/rodrigo/ecco/public.html |archivedate=26 March 2006 }}</ref> Slesser and Saraph are also credited with the 10th World Model, Monde, that allowed the common man to explore the impact of their actions on global sustainability.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The work of Saraph and [[Malcolm Slesser|Slesser]] also allows development planning and help formulate economic policies.

== Contributions ==
* Saraph is the first [[Chief information officer|CIO]] of any Indian City and has promoted and implemented revolutionary ideas on crowdsourced governance,<ref name="ciol.com" /><ref name="CIO's and their Role" /><ref name="expressindia1" /><ref name="Biztech">{{cite web|url= http://biztech2.in.com/india/tags/Anupam%20Saraph/32231/1|title= Biztech}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="punemirror1" /><ref name="sap1" /> His ideas are echoed in the creation of a [[Unique National Identity Authority of India]] by the [[Manmohan Singh|Prime Minister of India]].
* His message of ''smart cities'', which he initiated in early 2008, has spread to other states in India, among infrastructure developers, as well as politicians opening up a trillion dollar market across India.<ref name="How smart is my city">{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/how-smart-is-my-city/645005/0/|title=How smart is my city|date=13 July 2010|first=Goutam|last=Das|newspaper=Financial Express|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref>
* He has been highly influential and effective in promoting the use of social-networking tools in modern e-governance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://informationweek.in/Internet/10-06-09/Social_networking_tools_are_indispensable_to_modern_e-governance.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612204707/http://www.informationweek.in/Internet/10-06-09/Social_networking_tools_are_indispensable_to_modern_e-governance.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-12 |title=Social networking tools are indispensable to modern e-governance }}</ref>
* He was appointed advisor to [[Manohar Parrikar]] during [[Manohar Parrikar|Parrikar's]] term as Chief Minister of [[Goa]] where he contributed to creating a digital society and introducing governance reforms
* He built wikis, twitter and googlemaps<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ciopune.in/wards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123095757/http://ciopune.in/wards |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-23 |title=Integrating wiki and googlemaps to govern Pune's electoral wards }}</ref> in public and private governance. He also designed and implemented the first worldwide governance wiki, ''Giki''.
* He works with leaders across [[Asia]], [[Europe]] and the [[Americas]] to mentor innovation, strategy and leadership that has resulted in significant value generation.
* He is an inspiring leader, having coached leadership across the globe in the Americas, Europe and Asia,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nikkeiportal.com/eng/archives/137|title= Building a Better Asia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://sociotechnopreneur.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/beijing-crossroads/|title= Beijing Crossroads}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goadialogues.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20 |title=Goa Dialogues |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711102800/http://www.goadialogues.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20 |archivedate=2011-07-11 }}</ref> building teams for better organization.

== Work ==
* Saraph started his career as a [[Research Assistant]] at the [[TRDDC|Tata Research Design and Development Centre]], a research division of the [[Tata Consultancy Services]].
* Worked with the [[Systems Research Institute (India)|Systems Research Institute]] in Pune.
* Built consulting organizations, think tanks and been an active board member of professional bodies and business associations.
* Was an Advisor to various International and national organizations including [[UNESCO]], [[Lead International]], [[Asian Dialog Society]], Planning Commissions etc.
* Vice-Chairman of the [[Infotech Corporation of Goa]], a [[Public Sector]] undertaking of the Government of Goa. He has also consulted with multinational companies, large and small business houses in Asia and Europe.
* Professor of Systems and Decision Sciences at the [[Lally School of Management and Technology]] at the [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], [[Troy, New York|Troy]] and [[Rensselaer at Hartford|Hartford]] Campuses where he taught courses on [[Information Systems]] and [[Business Statistics]].

==Awards==
* Saraph was selected one of the top CIO's for 2008 by the CIO Magazine<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cio100.in/100_anupam.html|title= CIO 100, 2008|access-date= 2 July 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090927110830/http://www.cio100.in/100_anupam.html|archive-date= 27 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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