Indian Economic Service

Profile

Dr. Shamim Ara

Date of Birth	:	30 Nov -0001
Gender	:	Female
Date of Entry into Service	:	5 Mar 2014
Date of Superannuation	:	30 Nov -0001
Mother Tongue	:	English, Urdu, Hindi
Languages known	:	English, Urdu, Hindi

Mode of Recruitment	:	Direct Recruitment
Present Grade	:	JAG
Date of entry into present Grade	:	11 Jan 2024
Present Posting	:	Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
Present Designation	:	Joint Director
Nature of post	:	Cadre
Domicile State	:	Bihar
Place of domicile	:	--Not Set--

Educational Qualifications

Degree	University/Institution	Subject/Subject of specialization	Year of passing/completion	Achievements
Graduation	ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY	ECONOMICS,MATHEMATICS,STATISTICS	2008	FIRST DIVISION WITH DISTINCTION
Post-Graduation	ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY	ECONOMICS,ECONOMETRICS,MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS	2010	FIRST DIVISION WITH DISTINCTION
M. Phil	JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY	ECONOMICS	2012
PhD	JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY	ECONOMICS	2018
Post Doctoral

Whether Study leave has been availed by the Officer

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No

Details of Posting in IES

Grade	Designation	Place of Posting	Brief description of duties	Date	Total Time period	Category
JTS	Assistant Director	Multilateral Institution Divison Ministry of Finance	Processing negotiating and monitoring of ongoing and pipeline project matters and policy matters relating to the World Bank New Development Bank International Finance Corporation Matters pertaining to Ease of Doing Business Sectoral charges of MoWCD Facilitated High level conference organised by IMF and cohosted by India NDB Second Annual Meeting of Board of Governors hosted by India and 57th Annual meeting African Development Bank hosted by India in consultation with Departments Ministries governments	7 Dec 2015 - 8 Jan 2018	2 Years, 1 Months, 2 Days	Cadre
JTS	Assistant Director	Multilateral Economic Relations Division Ministry of External Affairs	Examining providing inputs and preparing interventions on all references meeting documents reports etc in respect of BRICS G20 OECD IBSA NDB WTO UNCTAD UNIDO WIPO and WEF coordinating with various Ministries Departments of Government of India Handled Budget administration political clearance related work	8 Jan 2018 - 12 Feb 2019	1 Years, 1 Months, 4 Days	Cadre
STS	Deputy Director	Social Infrastructure Unit Economic Division Ministry of Finance	Preparation of chapter for Economic Survey GoI examining anlaysing the matters pertaining to social infrastructure viz employment health human development education social security schemes etc and providing policy suggestions thereon	12 Feb 2019 - 24 Jul 2020	1 Years, 5 Months, 10 Days	Cadre
STS	Under Secretary	Multilateral Economic Realtions Ministry of External Affairs	Examining providing inputs and preparing interventions on all refernces meetings documents reports etc on matters pertaining to Agriculture Labour and Employment Tourism Education Youth Affairs and Sports Consumer Affiars in respect of G20 BRICS IBSA G24 and Development Working Group meetings	24 Jul 2020 - 4 Mar 2021	7 Months, 10 Days	Other Deputation Others MEA Deputation
STS	Under Secretary	East Asia Division Ministry of External Affairs	Matters relating to procurement of goods and service under GFR FDI and Telecom	5 Mar 2021 - 24 Jul 2023	2 Years, 4 Months, 19 Days	Other Deputation Others MEA Deputation
STS	Deputy Director	International Investment Treaty and Framework Section Investment Division Ministry of Finance	Matters relating to Bilateral Investment Treaties and Investment Chapters of Free Trade Agreements with countries such as Peru, Sri Lanka, European Union, Iran,UK, Korea etc.	25 Jul 2023 - 10 Jan 2024	5 Months, 16 Days	Cadre
JAG	Joint Director	Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Ministry of Finance	Investment and Asset Management CPSEs	- 22 Apr 2024 Till Date

Personal/Study Leave (if any)

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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)
2019	Financial Development and Financial Inclusion	IMF SARTTAC	New Delhi	two weeks
2020	Macroeconomic Forecasting and Analysis	IMF SARTTAC	New Delhi	one week
2020	Training Programme on Financial Markets	Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning	Mumbai	one week
2020	Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries	IMF Institute	Virtual	four weeks
2020	Energy Subsidy Reform	IMF Institute	Virtual	twelve weeks
2020	Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries	IMF Institute	Virtual	two weeks
2021	National Account Statistics	IMF Institute	Virtual	five weeks
2021	Revenue Forecasting and Analysis	IMF Institute	Virtual	six weeks
2022	Inclusive Growth: Labour Markets Gender and Technology	IMF Institute	Virtual	8 hrs
2023	Cyber Risk Supervision	IMF Institute	Virtual	16 hrs
2023	Quarterly National Accounts High Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity	IMF Institute	Virtual	24 hrs
2023	External Debt Statistics	IMF Institute	Virtual	36 hrs

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Any specific area or subject where the officer would prefer to be trained, for current assignment and for long term career progression.

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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
Article in Journal/Newspapers	The Indian Journal of Labour Economics	Gender and Jobs Evidence from Urban Labour Market in India		2015
Article in Journal/Newspapers	Journal of Quantitative Economics	Globalistion and Gender Inequality Evidence from Labour Market in India		2019
Article in Journal/Newspapers	Kurukshetra A Journal of Rural Development	Skill and Entrepreneurship Development for Rural India		2019
Article in Journal/Newspapers	International Journal of Economics and Financial issues	Labour Market Reforms in India		2020
Article in Journal/Newspapers	Global Journal of Accounting and Economy Research	Gender Dimensions of Labour Market in India Trend re examined		2021
Article in Journal/Newspapers	The Indian Journal of Labour Economics	Gender Pay Gap in India Evidence from Urban Labour Market		2021
Article in Journal/Newspapers	The Hindu Business line	Jan Dhan, a financial inclusion game changer		2022
Article in Journal/Newspapers	The Hindu Business line	UPI has given cashless economy a boost		2023
Publication	Ideas for India	UPI: A game changer towards achieving a cashless economy’,		2023
Awards	National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP) research paper and visualization competition conducted by NITI Aayog	Inter relations between child malnutrition, learning outcomes and income growth in India: A simultaneous equation approach		2022

Specialization

Area of specialization of the officer	Grade	No. of years of specialization gained
Labour Economics	STS	1 Years
Health Economics	STS	1 Years

Specific area of interest/field of work where the officer would prefer to be placed.
Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Trade, Commerce & Industry, Urban Development

Subject/Area or topic preferred by the officer to deliver a lecture, whenever required.
Education, Trade, Labour Economics, Urban Development, Women & Child Development

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