CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR.

TARUN KANTI DAS

Proposed role in the project: Macroeconomist for Education Sector
Category: 1
Staff of:
Family name/s DAS
First name/s TARUN KANTI
Date of birth 19 August 1947
Contact Address : 10/14 First Floor, East Patel Nagar, New delhi-110008, India. Tel : 009111-25884540 EMAIL : das.tarun@hotmail.com
Passport holder INDIAN
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Education
Institution
[ Date from Date to ]
School of Economic and Social Studies,
University of East Anglia, Norwich, NOR 7TJ
England, U.K. (Sep 1974- July 1977)
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal,
India (Sep 1967- Sep 1969)
Presidency College, University of Calcutta,
West Bengal, India (July 1964-June 1967)

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Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained

Ph.D. (Economics) 1977
Decompositions of Poverty and Inequality Measures
MA ( Economics) 1969 with Econometrics, Statistics
and Mathematical Economics as Special Papers
BA Hons (Economics) 1967 with Statistics and
Mathematics as Accompanying Papers

Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Language
English
Bengali
Hindi

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Reading
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Speaking
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Writing
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Membership of professional bodies:

(a) Member, Indian Economic Service Association
(b) Life Member, Indian Economic Association.
(c) Life Member, Indian Association for Research on Income and Wealth.
(d) Member, Indian Economic Service.
(e) Member, Indian Econometric Society

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Other skills: Computer literate- Very efficient in working with MSWORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-POWER POINT
and EVIEWS7 for Econometric Applications
Present position: Independent International PFM Consultant
Years within the firm: Independent International Consultant

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Key qualifications:
Tarun Kanti Das has more than 35 years experience as Government Macroeconomist and Public Financial
Management Expert with specialisation in Macroeconomic Forecasting, Medium Term Strategic Planning
(MTSP) and Budgeting for Line Ministries including Education and uman Resources Development; Project
Appraisal, and Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation; Management of Public Debt, External Debt and
Contingent Liabilities.

Worked as a Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, World Bank,
Commonwealth Secretariat, IMF, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA), UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCAP,
UNITAR, UN-SIAP in 23 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and USA. .

Possesses diversity in skills in macroeconomic forecasting, policy plaanning. research, teaching, training,
policy dialogues with donors and consultation with multi-stakeholers.
Specific experience in the region and other countries in related fields: Have working experiences in
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Dubai (UAE), Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Countries, China, Ethiopia,
the Gambia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Samoa, Senegal,
Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA and Uzbekistan,

14. Professional Experiences including Comsultancy Assignments: Experiences with

Education Sector and Sector Strategic Planning are highlighted with Yellow
Colour.
Date from Date to
And Location
April 2015,
Nov 2015 to
April 2016,
Multi-Country

Company & reference person1

(name & contact details)
PWC India Ltd and ADB Funded
Project on Central Asia Regional
Economic Co-operation,

Sambit Kumar Dash

Email: sambit.k.dash@in.pwc.com

May-Oct 2015,
Dubai, UAE

Department of Finance, Government

of Dubai, Dubai, UEA
Peter Winglee, Senior PFM Expert
Email: pjwinglee@gmail.com

Jan 2011
June 2014,
Dhaka,
Bangladesh

World Bank Administered and MultiDonor (EU/ DFID/ Netherlands/

Denmark/ Canada) Funded Project on
PFM Reforms, MOF, Govt of
Bangladesh, Finance Division, Min of
Finance,
Md. Mahiuddin Khan,
Component Director (C1),
Mauddin62@gmail.com

Dec 2011,
Male, Maldives

ADB Project on Public Financial

Management Reforms, Ministry of Fin.
& Treasury. Peter Griffin, PFM Expert
and Team Leader, Pgriffin1@aol.com
African Development Bank Funded
Project on Institutional Support for
Economic and Financial Governance,
Ministry of Finance and Economic
Affairs,
Mod. K. Secka,
Permanent Secretary
(Deputy Minister),
Msecka40@hotmail.com

Dec 2008Nov 2010

(20 months,
intermittent),
Banjul,
the Gambia

Sep-Oct 2009 &

Apr-May 2011,
Kathmandu,
Nepal
Sep 2008
Nov 2008,
Uzbekistan
July-Sep 2008,
London, United
Kingdom
June 2007June 2008,
Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia

ADB funded project on Macroeconomic Modelling , Nepal Rastra

Bank and ADB Resident Office in
Nepal, M S Parwez, Project
Coordinator,
msparwez@adb.org
World Bank Resident Office in
Uzbekistan, Dr. Saumya. Mitra,
s.mitra@worldbank.org
Commonwealth Secretariat,
Arindam Roy, Debt Adviser,
a.roy@commonwealth.int
Asian Development Bank Capacity
Building Project on Governance
Reforms, Ministry of Finance,
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.
Enberish Sandagdorj,
Project Coordinator,

Position and Description of

Major Tasks Performed
Public Financial Management Expert
(Macroeconomic Forecasting for assessment of
Macroeconomic Stability and Fiscal and Debt
Sustainability Analysis for CAREC (Central Asia
Regional Economic Cooperation) Countries)
Macro-Fiscal Policy and Revenue Forecasting
Expert {Macroeconomic forecasting. Revenue
mobilisation policies, revenue forecasting,
preparation of medium term macro-economic
framework and fiscal policies)
Technical Expert (Medium Term Strategic
Planning and Preparation of Medium Term Budget
for the Ministries/ Divisions of Education,
Finance, Agriculture, Power, Local Government
and Social Sectors; Assisting the Planning
Commission for Macroeconomic Forecasting and
preparation of National Five Year Plan and
Prespective Plan, Result Based Monitoring and
Evaluation of Development Projects and
Programs, Public Debt Management, policy
dialogues on PFM reforms, strategies and work
plans with the IMF, World Bank)
Public Debt Adviser (Management of Public Debt and
External Debt)
Macroeconomic Adviser (Macroeconomic
forecasting, prepared strategic plans and budgets
for the Ministries of Finance, Education, Trade
and Industry, Labor and Employment; Prepared
Macroeconomic Framework and Budget Strategy
Papers; Formulation of Budget Support from EU,
WB, AfDB and UNDP; Public Debt Management,
Formulation of PFM Strategies and Action Plans,
and having PFM policy dialogues with AfDB, WB,
IMF, UNDP & EU).
Macroeconomic Modelling Expert and Team
Leader, (Macro-Fiscal Modeling for preparation of
medium term Strategic Plans and Budgets)

World Bank Consultant (Management of Public

and External Debt, Formulation of Debt
Management Strategy and Policies)
Consultant (Debt Sustainability Modelling and
Analysis)
Strategic Planning Expert (Macroeconomic
forecasting, Preparation of strategic plans and
budgets for the Ministries of Finance, Education
and Culture, Health, Labor and Employment;
Preparation of Macroeconomic Framework and
Fiscal Policy and Budget Strategy Papers; Public

1 The Contracting Authority reserves the right to contact the reference persons. If you have any
objection to this fact, kindly state so and provide a justification.

Date from Date to

And Location

Company & reference person

(name & contact details)
Sandag_e@yahoo.com

Mar 2006May 2007,

New Delhi,
India
Feb 2006,
Cambodia &
Lao PDR

Institute for Integrated Learning and

Management, Swapna Popli,
Director, spopli@iilm.edu

Mar 1989Jan 2006,

New Delhi,
India

Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India,

New Delhi.
Arvind Virmani,
Chief Economic Adviser
avirmani@imf.org

December
2006,
Malaysia
May 2006,
Kathmandu,
Nepal
Jan 1987Feb 1989,
New Delhi,
India
Dec 2005,
Indonesia,
Jakarta,
Nov 2005,
New York,

Malaysian Institute for Economic

Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

USA
Sept 2005,
Apia, Samoa
Jan 2005,
Dakar,
Senegal
Oct 2004,
Bangkok,

Ministry of Finance at Phnom Penh,

Cambodia, and Vientiane, Lao PDR.

Ministry of Finance
Planning Commission, Government
of India, Dr. Arvind Virmani, Principal
Adviser, avirmani@imf.org

Position and Description of

Major Tasks Performed
Debt Management, Formulation of PFM
Strategies and Action Plans and having PFM
policy dialogues with the ADB, World Bank, IMF
and UNDP.Medium Term Strategic Planning,
Preparation and Execution of Budget,
Macroeconomic forecasting, Public Debt
Management, Formulation of PFM Strategies
and Action Plans, having PFM policy dialogues
with the ADB, World Bank, IMF and UNDP)
Professor (Public Policy and Research
Methodology) Teaching Public Policy and
Research Methodology to MBA students
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Debt Management),
Management of External Debt and Public Debt,
Formulation of Debt Management Strategy and
Policy
Economic Adviser (Macroeconomic forecasting,
budget preparation for the Ministry of Finance
after consolidating the budgets for different
ministries including Education and Human
Resource Development, Public Debt
Management, Domestic Revenue Mobilisation,
Preparation of Macroeconomic Framework and
Fiscal Policy and Budget Strategy Papers;
Monitoring and Evaluation of development
Programs, Formulation of PFM Strategies and
Action Plans and having PFM policy dialogues
with ADB, World Bank, IMF,
UNDPMacroeconomic forecasting, budget
preparation and execution, Public Debt
Management, Domestic Revenue Mobilisation,
Preparation of Macroeconomic Framework and
Fiscal Policy and Strategy, Monitoring and
Evaluation of development Programs,
Formulation of PFM Strategies and Action Plans
and having PFM policy dialogues with the ADB,
World Bank, IMF and UNDPECA, UN-ESCAP).
Consultant , Role of FDI for Mergers and
Acquisitions
UN-ESCAP Consultant (Management of External
Debt and Public Debt, Formulation of Debt
Management Strategy and Policy)
Adviser (Modelling and Strategic Planning)
Strategic investment planning for energy and
transport sectors

UNITAR (UN Institute for Training

& Research) Consultant, MOF,
Indonesia, Jakarta.
Office of Development Studies,
UNDP, UNDP Plaza, New York
Igma Kaul, Director
Ministry of Finance and Planning,
Samoa, Apia.
Global Development Network and
African Commission

UNITAR Consultant (Drafting of Law on Public

Debt Management)

UN-ESCAP, Bangkok

UNESCAP Consultant (Social security, pension

and insurance funds)

UNDP Consultant (Financing international cooperation behind national borders)

UN-ESCAP Consultant (Management of
External Debt)
GDN Consultant (Bridging Research and Policy)
(BRP)

Date from Date to

And Location
Thailand
Feb 2002,

Company & reference person

(name & contact details)

Position and Description of

Major Tasks Performed

International Monetary Fund,

Statistics Division,

Member, IMF Expert Group to finalize IMF

Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001

Ministry of Finance, Govt of

Philippines, Manila.

World Bank Consultant, Management of

contingent liabilities

UN Economic Commission for Africa

(UN-ECA)

Consultant (Private sector development policies

in Africa)

China International Centre for

Economic and Technical Exchanges

UN-ESCAP Consultant (Role of FDI for regional

cooperation in technology transfer)

Short period
every year in
1993-1995,
Geneva,
Switzerland

UNCTAD Ad-hoc WG on Non-Debt

Creating Financial Flows, UNCTAD,
Switzerland, Geneva.

Member (UNCTAD WG on Non-Debt Creating

Financial Flows)

March 1993,
New York,USA

UNDP

Oct 1984Dec 1986,

India, Delhi
Oct 1983Sep 1984,
India, Delhi
May 1978Sept 1982,
India, Delhi
Sep 1974July 1977,
UK, England
Nov 1971Aug 1974,
India, Delhi
July 1970Oct 1971,
India, Kolkata

Ministry of Steel and Mines, Govt. of

India.

Consultant (Human Development Index),

Human Development Index
Chief Economist, and Head of Economic
Research Unit (ERU) Strategic Investment
Planning for Steel and Minerals
Chief (Economic Division) - Costing and pricing of
public goods and services under the Administered
Pricing System of the government
Deputy Adviser (Strategic Planning for the
Transport Sector) Strategic investment planning
for the transport sector in India
Commonwealth Scholar and Ph.D. student
in Economics (Research on decompositions of
poverty and inequality measures),
Research Officer (Government Finance
Statistics and Fiscal Policies)

Washington
D.C., USA
Jan March
2003,
Manila,
Philippines
Sept-Nov 1998,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
May 1995,
Beijing,

China

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Bureau of Industrial Costs and Price,

Ministry of Industry
UNDP Transport Policy Planning
Project in India
School of Economic and Social
Studies, University of East Anglia,
Norwich.
Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.

Centre for Advanced Studies in

Economics, Presidency College,
Calcutta.

Research Fellow (Economics) - Research on

income distribution and teaching economic
statistics and macroeconomics to BA Hons

Other relevant information (e.g., publications) : Selected Publications of Tarun Kanti Das on Education Strategic
Planning and PFM Reforms; Most of the Publications are accessible in: www.scribd.com/tarundas/
Medium Term Strategic business Plan for the Ministry of Education, Draft, pp.1-50, World Bank Administered and MultiDonor (EU/DFID) Funded Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh, Dhaka, May 2012.
Medium Term Strategic Business Plan for Agriculture in Bangladesh, pp.1-80, World Bank Administered and Multi-Donor
(EU/DFID) Funded Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh, Dhaka, May 2012.
An Operational Guide for the preparation of a Medium Term Strategic Business Plan for Line Ministries in Bangladesh, pp.171, World Bank Administered and Multi-Donor (EU/DFID) Funded Project on DMTBF, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh,
Dhaka, February 2012.
Budget Strategy and Policy Framework Paper, pp.1-39, AfDB-ISPEFG, MOFEA, the Gambia, Banjul, July 2010.
An Operational Macro-economic Model for Nepal- Model Structures, Data Base, Test and Calibration Techniques, Part-1: 60
pages and Part-2: 65 pages, ADB Resident Office in Kathmandu and Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu, Oct 2009.
Medium Term Strategic business Plan for the Ministry of Education, African Development Bank Institutional Support
Program on Economic and Financial Governance, ISPEFG, the Gambia, Banjul, January 2010.
An Operational Consistent Macroeconomic Forecasting Model for Gambia- Basic Concepts, Data Base, Calibration
Techniques and Projections, pp.1-71, African Development Bank ISPEFG, the Gambia, Banjul, 31 January 2009.
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) - Basic Concepts, Methodology and Applications for Mongolia, pp.1-50, ADB
Capacity Building Project on Governance Reforms (ADB-CBPGR), Ministry of Finance (MOF), Govt of Mongolia,
July 2008.
Manual on Medium Term Budget Preparation and Procedures for Line Ministries, pp.1-34, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia,
Feb 2008.

15.10 Strategic Plans and Program Budgets for 3 Pilot Ministries in Mongolia- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science;
Ministry of Food and Agriculture; and Ministry of Social Welfare and labor, pp.1-94, ADB-CBPGR, MOF, Mongolia, January
2008.
15.11 Policies and Strategies for Promoting the Role of the Private Sector in Industrial and Technological Development, including
Privatization in South Asian Economies, pp.1-171, ST/ESCAP/1696, UN, NY, 1996.
15.12 External Debt Management in Maldives- Debt Sustainability Analysis and Debt Management Policies and Strategies, pp.154, ADB Project on Public Financial Reforms, Min of Finance and Treasury, Maldives, Male, Dec 2010.
www.scribd.com/tarundas/
15.13 External Debt Management in Uzbekistan- Policies, Strategies, Procedures, Legal and Institutional Set Up, pp.1-45, World
Bank Country Office, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, November 2008. www.scribd.com/tarundas/
15.14 External Debt Sustainability Analysis for Gambia- Trends and policy issues, pp.1-40, Commonwealth Secretariat, London,
August 2008. www.scribd.com/tarundas/
15.15 The Gambia- Independent Debt Sustainability Analysis, Commonwealth Secretariat, London (major contribution).
www.publications/thecommonwealth.org/
15.16 Management of External Debt-International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-46, Best Practices Series No.9, UN
Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, 2006.
www2.unitar.org/dfm/Resource_Center/Bestpractices/bps.9/
15.17 Governance of Public Debt- International Experiences and Best Practices, pp.1-44, Best Practices Series No.10, UN
Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, 2006.
www2.unitar.org/dfm/Resource_Center/Bestpractices/bps.10/

15.Certification:
I, the undersigned, certify to the best of my knowledge and belief
(i) this CV correctly describes my qualifications and my experience
(ii) I am not sanctioned (ineligible for engagement) by any organization
(iii) I understand that any wilful misstatement described herein may lead to my disqualification or
dismissal, if engaged.

Signature of expert

Date: 08 June 2016

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