Indian Economic Service

Profile

Kumar V. Pratap

Date of Birth	:	29 Dec 1963
Gender	:	Male
Date of Entry into Service	:	30 Nov -0001
Date of Superannuation	:	31 Dec 2023
Mother Tongue	:	Marwari
Languages known	:	English, Hindi, Marwari

Mode of Recruitment	:	Direct Recruitment
Present Grade	:	--Not Set--
Date of entry into present Grade	:	14 Jul 2021
Present Posting	:	Ministry of Home Affairs
Present Designation	:	Senior Economic Adviser
Nature of post	:	Cadre
Domicile State	:	Bihar
Place of domicile	:	--Not Set--

Detailed CV	:	View

Educational Qualifications

Degree	University/Institution	Subject/Subject of specialization	Year of passing/completion	Achievements
Graduation	Hindu College, Delhi University	Economics	1985
Post-Graduation	IIM, Lucknow	Finance	1987
M. Phil
PhD	University of Maryland, College Park, USA	Privatization of Infrastructure	2011
Post Doctoral

Diplomas / Certificate Courses	MOOC - edX	Project Finance: Funding Projects Successfully	2020
	MOOC - Coursera	Oil & Gas Industry Operations and Markets	2017
	MOOC - Coursera	Public-Private Partnerships: How can PPPs help deliver better services?	2016
	MOOC - edX	Next Generation Infrastructures Part 2	2015
	MOOC - edX	Next Generation Infrastructures	2014

Other Qualification(s)	Indian School of Business	Visiting Professor - Taught a Strategy and Policy elective called Infrastructure and the Private Sector	2017

Whether Study leave has been availed by the Officer	:	Yes
		Details regarding the course attended /Ph D completed during the period.
		PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA; Topic of dissertation: Sustaining Privatization of Infrastructure

Details of Posting in IES

Grade	Designation	Place of Posting	Brief description of duties	Date	Total Time period	Category
JTS	Research Officer	DEA, Ministry of Finance	Assisted the Expert Group on Commercialization of Infrastructure Projects. Issues covered included estimating overall resource requirements in the infrastructure sectors over the next decade, analysis of risks involved in infrastructure investment, sugges	16 Sep 1992 - 31 Oct 1995	3 Years, 1 Months, 14 Days	Cadre
STS	Deputy Director	Department of Economic Affairs	Monitored data in the field of Capital Markets, Money, Credit and Banking. Pointed areas of concern and proposed remedial measures.	1 Feb 2001 - 5 Feb 2002	1 Years, 4 Days	Cadre
JAG	Deputy Secretary	Prime Minister's Office	Helped formulate and implement policies designed to promote Public Private Partnerships in transport infrastructure including roads, ports, airports, and railways. Assisted policy formulation and implementation designed to improve governance in the coal i	7 Feb 2002 - 24 Aug 2006	4 Years, 6 Months, 16 Days	CSS Deputation
NFSG	Director	Planning Commission	Helped policy formulation and preparation of standardized documents for promoting private participation in the Indian power sector through balanced risk sharing between the public and the private sectors..Assisted the State Governments of Assam, Jammu and	1 Jul 2011 - 27 Dec 2013	2 Years, 5 Months, 27 Days	Cadre
NFSG	Director	Department of Disinvestment	Divestment Policy	27 Dec 2013 - 18 May 2014	4 Months, 20 Days	Cadre
SAG	Adviser	Department of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance	All matters relating to divestment of Central Public Sector Enterprises in Ministry of Shipping.Help determine the privatization agenda of the Government including the companies to be divested and extent of divestment. Strategise the divestment policy of	19 May 2014 - 26 May 2015	1 Years, 7 Days	Cadre
SAG	Economic Adviser	Ministry of Urban Development	Chair of the Working Group writing the Model Concession Agreement for Public Private Partnership in Urban Water Supply sector. Chair of the Committee for the issue of Municipal Bonds in India. Financing of Smart Cities.Public Private Partnerships in Smart	27 May 2015 - 4 Sep 2017	2 Years, 3 Months, 9 Days	Cadre
SAG	Economic Adviser	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas	In-charge of two flagship missions of the Ministry - 10% reduction in petroleum imports by 2022; and North-East vision for the petroleum sector.	4 Sep 2017 - 23 Nov 2017	2 Months, 19 Days	Cadre
SAG	Joint Secretary	DEA, Ministry of Finance	Mandate included Infrastructure Policy, Public-Private Partnerships, Infrastructure Finance, and Energy sector.	24 Nov 2017 - 18 Mar 2020	2 Years, 3 Months, 23 Days	CSS Deputation
SAG	Joint Secretary	Ministry of Home Affairs	Mandate includes planning, financing, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of all development programs in the 8 Union Territories of India, including economic and social infrastructure development projects.	19 Mar 2020 - 26 Jun 2020 Till Date		CSS Deputation

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Training

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Publication & Awards

Please mention contributions, if any, like publication of articles in journals/ publication of books/paper presentations in seminars or workshops or conferences by the officer during the tenure in IES.

Nature of Activity	Name	Topic	Description	Year of publication
Publication	Book on PPPs in Infrastructure (Springer Singapore)	PPPs in Infrastructure. Managing the Challenges		2018
Publication	India: A Critical Decade (Oxford University Press)	Does Privatization Lead to Benign Results: The Indian Experience and Policy Lessons		2011
Article in Journal/Newspapers	SAGE Journal Vikalpa of IIM Ahmedabad	Are we creating outcomes similar to power sector by proliferating metro rails across cities in India		2021
Publication	World Bank	Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Investments in South Asia's Electric Power Infrastructure		2010
Article in Journal/Newspapers	World Bank	What drives private sector exit from infrastructure: Economic crises and other factors in the cancellation of private infrastructure projects in developing countries		2009
Article in Journal/Newspapers	Economic and Political Weekly	Renegotiation in Long Term Infrastructure Projects		2013
Article in Journal/Newspapers	Economic and Political Weekly	Delhi Airport Metro Fiasco What can be done to redeem the project		2013
Article in Journal/Newspapers	Economic and Political Weekly	Floundering Public Private Partnerships in India Some suggestions		2014
Paper Presentation(Conferences/Seminar)	World Bank	Assessment of Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure		2009
Paper Presentation(Conferences/Seminar)	University of Maryland, USA	Sustaining Privatization: Do Public Private Partnership Projects in Infrastructure provide Value for Money to governments		2010

Specialization

Area of specialization of the officer	Grade	No. of years of specialization gained
Economic Regulation	JAG,NFSG,SAG	10 Years
Energy	JTS,STS,JAG,NFSG,SAG	15 Years
Infrastructure	JTS,STS,JAG,NFSG,SAG,HAG	29 Years
Transport	STS,JAG,NFSG,SAG,HAG	16 Years

Specific area of interest/field of work where the officer would prefer to be placed.
Economic Regulation, Energy, Infrastructure, Transport

Subject/Area or topic preferred by the officer to deliver a lecture, whenever required.
Economic Regulation, Energy, Infrastructure, Urban Development, Transport

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