Profile of Chairs

Anup K. Pujari, is a civil servant from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) currently serving as Secretary, Ministry of Mines. Prior to this, Dr. Pujari has served for over 30 years in the Central Government and State Government of Karnataka in several Ministries/ Departments including in Ministries of Commerce, Finance, Science and Technology, Communications and IT. Earlier, he had served in the Election Commission of India and was also Managing Director of Mysore Sugar Co Ltd and Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd."

ANUP K. PUJARI

Till August 2014, Dr. Prajapati Trivedi was Secretary to the Government of India with the responsibility for Performance Management in Government of India. He was involved in the design and implementation of the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES) and several other administrative reform initiatives including implementation of a system of Results-Framework Documents (RFDs), Citizens’/ Clients’ Charter and Grievance Redress Mechanism, among others. Prior to joining the Government of India, Dr. Trivedi worked as a Senior Economist for the World Bank in Washington, DC (from 1995-2009) and STC Chair Professor of Public Enterprise Management at IIM Calcutta (1987-1994). He has worked in more than 25 countries of the world.

DR. PRAJAPATI TRIVEDI

ANURAG GOEL

CHITRA CHOPRA

Anurag Goel is a retired career civil servant from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). In a period spanning over four decades, he has served in a wide range of sectors such as corporate affairs, defense, home affairs, civil aviation, health, and finance. Mr. Goel is credited with the globally unique governance initiative of saving an IT company 'Satyam' after a $1.50 billion fraud. He also set up and operationalizing the hugely successful and widely appreciated MCA-21 e-governance system for corporate compliance. He has received a number of awards including the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration. He is one of the principal architects of competition law and regulation in India, and played a key role in establishing the Competition Commission of India.

Chitra Chopra is a retired civil servant from Indian Administrative Service (IAS). She has worked in various capacities across several sectors and has held eminent positions in the policy formulation and implementation spheres of Government of India and State Governments. In a career spanning over four decades, she has extensively worked in the field of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, social security, labor and personnel administration, revenue, excise and customs, women development, tribal development, among others. Post retirement, she has held eminent positions in Central Administrative Tribunal, and National Commission for Backward Classes, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

V.K. Agnihotri has been a career civil servant in Indian Administrative Service (IAS). In the course of his career spread over 44 years he has had multifarious experience comprising human resource development, e-Government, Quality in Government, Institution Building, Corporate and NGO sectors, Judicial Assignments, Electoral Work, Parliamentary Procedures and Practices, and Editorial Assignments. He has several publications to his credit. He has several publications to his credit including books on issues of environment, public policy analysis and design, parliamentary affairs, and effective and responsive administration among others.

V.K. AGNIHOTRI

Sanjay Kothari is an Officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), currently serving as Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. He has earlier served as the Secretary of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, along with several other important positions in Government of India and State Government of Haryana.

In a career spanning over three decades, he has implemented several initiatives, often innovative and pioneering reforms for ‘Good Governance’. He has published more than 30 articles on administrative reforms, city development and subjects pertaining to tourism. He has authored a book in 2007, entitled “Good Governance Initiatives and Reforms.”

SANJAY KOTHARI

Radha Singh was an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), with 39 years of experience in public service in areas of rural and agriculture development, water resources, public finance and institution building. Ms.Singh has been a strong advocate of South —South Cooperation in the field of agriculture and has staunchly supported developing partnership with countries, through positive action and technical assistance in the field of agriculture. She was also with the World Bank in Washington, U.S.A. as an Institutional Specialist and in other capacities for six years – 1992-1998.

RADHA SINGH

MAX EVEREST-PHILLIPS

Max Everest-Phillips has been Director of the UNDP Global Centre for Public Service Excellence (GCPSE) in Singapore since July 2013. Under his leadership the Centre has become increasingly influential in promoting foresight, emphasizing the importance of motivation in public service, and re-examining the key challenges to successful reform around leadership, governance, political economy and public administration. Before joining GCPSE, Mr. EverestPhillips served as Director of Governance at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, managing its largest division delivering public service reforms to the 54 member countries. He started his career serving in the UK Diplomatic Service, and worked at the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, where he was Acting Chief Adviser, and responsible for the UK’s research on governance. He was a Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute in 2007. His latest book Neville Chamberlain and the Art of Appeasement (2013) examines how government policies are portrayed in art.

S. P Jakhanwal is a retired civil servant from Indian Administrative Service (IAS), and has served in several capacities at senior policy levels at state and central government. He has been a Convenor of Ad-Hoc Task Force (ATF) that was constituted to deliberate on MoUs and Result Framework Documents (RFDs) of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and the ministries of Government of India. For outstanding contributions he received the Press India Award, National Citizen Award, and IBC Life Time Achievement Award.

S. P JAKHANWAL

Anil Razdan has been a career civil servant in Indian Administrative Service. He is an eminent international energy expert, writer and consultant in the energy sector. In a career spanning more than four decades, he has held several leadership positions with central and state governments organizations including public sector undertakings and is known to be an expert on energy, power, oil and natural gas, urban development and infrastructure.

ANIL RAZDAN