Arvind Mayaram
Arvind Mayaram is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1978 batch belonging to Rajasthan cadre.[1] He was Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance of Government of India.[2][3][4]
Arvind Mayaram | |
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| Chief Economic Advisor Government of Rajasthan, Vice-Chairperson, Rajasthan Economic Transformation Advisory Council | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Ashok Gehlot |
| Finance Secretary of India | |
| In office April 2014 – October 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Succeeded by | Rajiv Mehrishi |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Occupation | Retired IAS officer |
On 21 December 2018 he was appointed as principal economic advisor to Government of Rajasthan.[citation needed]
EducationEdit
Arvind Mayaram has a PhD in Finance
CareerEdit
Currently he occupies the position of Vice Chairman of the Rajasthan Economic Transformation Advisory Council. He is also Chairman of the CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition.
As an IAS officerEdit
He had earlier held the positions of Secretary Ministry of Finance, Secretary & Special Secretary Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. He has also been the Alternate Governor for India on the Boards of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank & the African Development Bank. He was India's Finance (Deputy) in the G-20 & BRICS. He sat on the boards of the Reserve Bank of India and Securities and Exchange Board of India.
BRICS & G20Edit
He was India's chief negotiator for BRICS New Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and co-chair of the Framework Working Group of the G-20.
RajasthanEdit
He has worked as Commissioner, Investment & Non Resident Indians investment, Secretary Planning, Secretary Industries and Secretary Tourism, Art & Culture. He has also had experience of senior management positions in public sector enterprises.
IndiaEdit
He conceptualised and established the National Skill Development Trust and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He has been instrumental in several major initiatives in the area of investment, infra-structure development, Public Private Partnerships and institution building. He spear-headed the establishment of the framework for mainstreaming PPPs In India and accelerated the process of including newer areas for PPPs not only on sectoral basis but also in a large number of states across India. He also designed the first PPP module for delivering infrastructure in the rural areas.
Global ExperienceEdit
He has been an investment promotion expert with the UNCTAD for several years. He has undertaken a large number of missions for the UN agencies in several developing countries such as Sudan, South Africa, Fiji, Ecuador, Uzbekistan, South Africa, Cambodia etc. apart from participating in several foreign economic negotiations on behalf of the Government of India. His expertise in the area of PPPs is internationally acknowledged. He has been recognised as “Certified Public Private Partnership Specialist” by the Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) and the Water, Engineering and Development Centre of Loughborough University U.K.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Complete Biodata Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sharma, Aman (31 October 2014). "Arvind Mayaram gets second transfer order in a fortnight". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ Arvind Mayaram moved from tourism to minority affairs
- ↑ Arvind Mayaram transferred again; now shifted to Minority Affairs
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