Executive Record Sheet
Profile
Mrs. A Srija
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Educational Qualifications
| Degree | University/Institution | Subject/Subject of specialization | Year of passing/completion | Achievements |
| Graduation | University of Madras | B.A Economics | 1993 | |
| Post-Graduation | University of Madras | M.A Business Economics | 1995 | |
| M. Phil | ||||
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| Whether Study leave has been availed by the Officer | : | No |
Details of Posting in IES
| Grade | Designation | Place of Posting | Brief description of duties | Date | Total Time period |
Category |
| SAG | Economic Adviser | Dept of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education | Presently involved in implementing the Samagra Shiksha Scheme in 16 States and UTs. Conduct of Pre Project Appraisal Board and Project Appraisal Board meetings review meetings etc with the States and UTs on SSA proposal finalisation clearance and implementation. Work related to policy matters and implementation of CWSN component under SSA wrt to children with disabilities. Handled implementation of PM Poshan Midday meal scheme from July to August, 2022. Implementing the National Means cum Merit Scholarship scheme of Dept of School Education in all States and UTs. Implementation of Vidyanjali A school volunteer initiative in all States and UTs. Monitoring implementation of Aspirational Districts Program in education sector participating in the Empowered Committee meetings of NITI Aayog. Web Information Manager of Dept of School Education and Literacy website overseeing the content updation of portals operated by NIC in the Ministry and in charge of Cyber Security. Overseeing the school component of Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat initiative. Service matters and court cases related to education department of UTs. |
1 Jun 2022 - 03 May 2023 Till Date |
10 Months, 28 Days | Cadre |
| SAG | Economic Adviser | Dept of Economic Affairs | Involved in Preparation of Chapters on Prices and Inflation and Social Infrastructure Employment and Human Development in Volume II of Economic Surveys of Govt of India during 2019 2020 and 2021. Led the team of officers that worked on Volume I Economic Survey involved in preparing the chapters Nourishing Dwarfs to become Giants Reorienting policies for MSME Growth Thalinomics The Economics of a Plate of Food in India The Bare Necessities under the leadership of Chief Economic Adviser Dr K Subramanian. Preparation of Policy Notes and PPTs on Food Inflation Employment for deliberations of Secretary and CEA at the PMO Cab Sec and PMEAC. Functioned as Member of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority representing DEA and actively participated in the deliberations of NPPA authority meetings during the time of covid during 2020, 2021 when drug pricing was an important issue as regards masks sanitizers essential drugs during the pandemic. Monitoring of Prices of essential food items prepared the weekly price analysis of essential food items. Prepared a comprehensive Note analysing the reasons for the frequent fluctuations in pulses prices. Initiated preparation of Quarterly note on Employment Scenario. Appraisal of Cabinet Notes EFC SFC Notes etc pertaining to Deptt of Consumer Affairs and Ministry of Labour and Employment. Examined and appraised the four Central Labour Codes of Ministry of Labour and Employment. | 1 Mar 2019 - 31 May 2022 | 3 Years, 3 Months | Cadre |
| SAG | Economic Adviser | M/o Information & Broadcasting | Handled Policy Matters related to broadcasting sector regulation of online content examined issues related to fixation of tariffs for Cable TV by TRAI. Examined EFC proposals related to Film sector and of other Central Ministries. Organizing and preparing Agenda Notes for the Sectoral Group of Secretaries on Transport and Communications. | 23 Aug 2017 - 28 Feb 2019 | 1 Years, 6 Months, 6 Days | Cadre State Govt. |
| NFSG | Director | NITI Aayog | Handled matters related to Skill Development Labour and Employment. Prepared the Twelfth Five Year Plan Vision Strategy and Action Plan pertaining to skill and employment sector. | 1 Jan 2015 - 22 Aug 2017 | 2 Years, 7 Months, 21 Days | Other Deputation Others Niti Aayog |
| NFSG | Director | Planning Commission | Labour laws and issues relating to social security of the organized and unorganized sector labour apart from work related to employment statistics. | 1 Jun 2010 - 31 Dec 2014 | 4 Years, 7 Months, 1 Days | Cadre |
| JAG | Deputy Adviser | Planning Commission | Handled EFC SFC Cabinet Notes pertaining to DGET of Ministry of Labour and Employment Mid term Apppraisal of Chapter on Labour and Employment of Eleventh Five Year Plan. | 20 Jul 2009 - 31 May 2010 | 10 Months, 10 Days | Cadre |
| JAG | Special Officer, WTO Cell & Director PPM Cell | Agriculture Department Govt Secretariat Govt of Government of Kerala | As Special Officer WTO Cell was the Nodal Officer for the conduct of the High Level Standing Committee chaired by the Hon Chief Minister and cochaired by State Agriculture Minister with Heads of State Departments Agri Commodity Boards under Ministry of Commerce Agri Research Institutions as Members to deliberate on issues related to Kerala Agriculture which was mainly cash crops affected by the removal of import quantity restrictions under WTO and import liberalization of EXIM policy. Studied the impact of WTO Agreement and FTAs on Agriculture Trade in the State export oriented agriculture and provided inputs to the State Govt for taking up the issues with the Ministry of Commerce on trade negotiations Functioned as the first Mission Director of State Horticulture Mission during which period laid down the blueprint for the Mission Programme to take off in Kerala. As Director PPM Cell dealt with agriculture marketing policy. Prepared rejuvenation and rehabilitation proposals for cash crops like pepper arecanut rehabilitation and relief package proposal for crops affected by floods for submission to Ministry of Agriculture for funding assistance. Presented on Kerala agriculture scenario before the European Union delegation that visited the State to monitor the performance of European Union assisted six Agriculture Wholesale Markets in the State. | 20 Jun 2004 - 15 Jul 2009 | 5 Years, 26 Days | Other Deputation State Govt. |
| STS | Senior Research Officer | Planning Commission | Worked in Development Policy Division and handled issues related to FDI and other macroeconomic issues. Contributed to the Tenth Five Year Plan Chapters on Real Estate and Internal Trade. Examined the Cabinet proposals of CACP on MSP of Foodgrains Oilseeds etc. Assisted in the preparation of the Report of the PPP Sub Group on Social Sector. | 16 Jul 2001 - 14 Jun 2004 | 2 Years, 10 Months, 29 Days | Cadre |
| STS | Deputy Director | Ministry of Textiles | Finalization of Annual Plan of the Ministry scrutiny of research proposals and other policy related work. | 17 Jul 2000 - 15 Jul 2001 | 11 Months, 28 Days | Cadre |
| JTS | Project Evaluation Officer | PEO Thiruvananthapuram | Conducted evaluation studies of Centrally Sponsored Schemes in implementation in the State such as Short Stay Home for Women and Children followed by MPLADS and Construction of Godowns and Mobile TPDS. | 4 Nov 1997 - 12 Jul 2000 | 2 Years, 8 Months, 7 Days | Cadre |
| JTS | IES Probationer | Institute of Economic Growth | Training | 4 Nov 1996 - 30 Oct 1997 | 11 Months, 25 Days | Cadre |
| Personal/Study Leave (if any) | : | Not availed |
Training
Details of In Service training (Both Domestic and Foreign whether debarred from foreign training, if so, the details thereof) attended by the officer sponsored by the cadre.
| Year | Name of the training course | Name of Institute | Venue | Period of Training (in weeks) |
| 2018 | Mid Career Training Program for IES Officers Phase II | IIM Bengaluru and University of Maryland in USA | Bengaluru and Washington | Four Weeks |
| 2022 | Mid Career Training Program Phase III | IIM Kozhikode | Kozhikode Kerala | Eleven days |
Details of Training Programme attended by the officer sponsored by the Ministry/Department in which they were posted
| Year | Name of the training course | Name of Institute | Venue | Period of Training (in weeks) |
| 2004 | WTO and Agriculture | IIM, Ahmedabad | IIM, Ahmedabad | one week |
| 2014 | Represented India at the 4th ADBI OECD ILO Roundtable on Labour Migration in Asia Building Human Capital across Borders and Presented on Higher Education and International Mobility of Graduates | Asian Development Bank Institute | Tokyo Japan | two days |
| 2018 | Attended the TDSAT seminar on Dispute Resolution in Broadcasting and cyber sector and presented on Developments in Broadcasting Sector | TDSAT | Nainital Uttarakhand | one day |
| 2019 | Participated in the In Service Management Development Programme on Data Analytics and Applied Machine Learning with R. | IIT Kharagpur | IIT Kharagpur | Five days |
| 2019 | Made presentation before Chief Economic Adviser Govt of India Dr. K. Subramanian on the study findings using Difference Indifference Technique to estimate the Impact of Kanyashree Prakalpa Scheme. | Deptt of Economic Affairs North Block New Delhi | Deptt of Economic Affairs North Block New Delhi | One day |
| 2020 | Attended the Five day training programme on WTO International Trade Law and Policy with Centre for WTO Studies Indian Institute of Foreign Trade | IIFT New Delhi | IIFT New Delhi | Five days |
Any specific area or subject where the officer would prefer to be trained, for current assignment and for long term career progression.
| Training for Current assignment | : | |
| Training for Long term Career Progression | : |
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 |
| Paper Presentation(Conferences/Seminar) | Fourth ADBI OECD ILO Roundtable on Labour Migration in Asia Building Human Capital Across Borders, Special Address at V V Giri National Labour Institute | Paper presented on Higher Education and International Mobility of Graduates India's Experience in 2014. Special Address presented on Startups and Young Entrepreneurs in 2020 | 2020 | |
| Article in Journal/Newspapers | VikalpaJournal, Yojana Journal, Kurukshetra Journal and CII Economy Matters | Decline in Rural Female Labour Force Participation in India A relook into the causes, Youth Unemployment in India, An Analysis of the Informal Labour Market in India, Fuel Price Movement in India An Introspection, Growth and Job Creation | 2021 | |
| Article in Journal/Newspapers | Review of Rural Market Integration 2021, Global Journal of Human Social Science, EPW | Female Labour Force Participation in India Insights through Time Use Survey, PLFS and CMIE How reliable is labour market in India, Implementation of the Minimum Wages Act 1948 Case Study of India, Employment trends among Religious Communities in India | 2020 |
Specialization
| Area of specialization of the officer | Grade | No. of years of specialization gained |
| Agriculture | STS,JAG,SAG | 5 Years |
| Economic Regulation | SAG | 1 Years |
| Research, Data processing & Analysis | STS,JAG,NFSG,SAG | 10 Years |
| Education | SAG | 3 Years |
| Trade | STS,JAG | 5 Years |
| Public Finance | STS | 1 Years |
| Labour Economics | JAG,NFSG,SAG | 7 Years |
| Health Economics | SAG | 1 Years |
| Rural Development | JTS,STS,SAG | 3 Years |
| Social Justice & Empowerment | SAG | 1 Years |
| Textiles | JTS | 1 Years |
| Any other (Information & Broadcasting) | SAG | 1 Years |
Specific area of interest/field of work where the officer would
prefer to be placed.
Education, Rural Development, Any other
Subject/Area or topic preferred by the officer to deliver a lecture,
whenever required.
Education, Rural Development, Any other
Disclaimer:
For the correctness of information provided in the ER sheet, the concerned officer is responsible.IES Cadre, Department of Economic Affairs or the National Informatics Centre will not be responsible for any decision or claim that is based on the basis of displayed data.This profile was last updated on: 3rd May 2023