Resume of Ajay Saxena - Monitoring & Evaluation Expert / Specialist

b. Development of monitoring indicators for assessing Project performance against Development Objectives;

e. Facilitation in Project Implementation through designing of M&E techniques viz. PERT, CPM, Gantt chart etc for monthly, Quarterly, and annual reviews of each component;

f. Writing of Monthly, quarterly and Annual Progress and Project Status reports;

� Designed Project Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for Uttar Pradesh Land Development Corporation, Lucknow under Sodic Lands Reclamation Project II, financially assisted by World Bank

� Successfully implemented the Project SWASHAKTI, an IFAD and World Bank funded project for Rural Women Empowerment, in the capacity of Project Director with UPBSN, Lucknow;

� Presented Strategy Paper along with Action Plan on Sustainability of Women Empowerment in the Workshop on Sustainability of SWASHAKTI Project organized at World Bank, Delhi Chapter. This Action Plan was later included in the Aide-Memoire of World Bank as an example for other States to follow.

� Delivered lecture on �Sequencing of Events in the light of Project Withdrawal.� In a 3 Days workshop jointly Organized by Department of Women and Child Welfare, GoI and World Bank on the �Sustainability of the Impacts of Project Swashakti� at Manesar.

� Played a lead role in sanctioning of EU funded Ravine Stabilization Project for UP Land Development Corporation, Lucknow India.

� Integrated Information, database and Knowledge Management system in PICUP - a Govt. of Uttar Pradesh Financial Institution.

� Successfully Developed the Customized data banks to promote Industrial Investment in India for Central Government and Different State Governments while working with DISC (IT) Pvt. Ltd.

� Conceptualization of Corporate Plan for UPLDC and involved in developing a diversified income-generating strategy including both grants and technical services.

� Actively involved in a high level team for conceptualization of UPLDC�s website www.upbsn.org to make the computer based Monitoring easier and also the easier information dissemination;

� Corporate Plan for Department of Tourism, Govt. of Rajasthan, India for creating IT Aided Single Window for promoting Tourism in Rajasthan

� Managed and developed the biggest Multimedia Project of that time to Promote Industrial Investments in Maharashtra. 12 Major Corporate Organizations including TATA, ACC, Reliance Industries Ltd, Bajaj were covered besides the strengths of the State itself.

� Consultant to various State Governments of India on behalf of DISC (IT) Pvt Ltd. in formalization of Decision Support Systems to help formulating Industrial Policies of respective States

� Consultant to PICUP and Udyog Bandhu Uttar Pradesh for Industrial and Trade Promotion in UP along with Trade and economic Policies formation.

� Researched and Analyzed Economic data in www.economywatch.com on Indian Economy. Indian Industry Reports, Sector wise reports

� Conceptualized, designed, developed and instrumental in exponential Growth of the exhaustive Informative Map Portal www.mapsofindia.com.

� Closely associated with PHDCCI, Lucknow, www.indiastat.com Delhi and Jagran Research Center at Kanpur for the development of data. Consultant to www.indiahealthstat.com for Statistical and relevant information on Health Sector in India and various States.

(UP Land Development Corporation is a Governement of UP undertaking implementing a World Bank funded Project for Sodic Land reclamation) Major Responsibilities include Conceptualizing and negotiating new Projects, extension of existing ones with Funding agencies like World Bank, European Commission, IFAD and other international donor agencies, Monitoring the progress of the projects, Liasoning with World Bank and other international Teams, Making Presentations and managing MIS. Also undertook the responsibility to manage Project Swashakti in the capacity of Project Director, from August, 2002 to August 2003 and SAWERA during September, 2002-January, 2003

� UPSLRP II - Funded by World Bank for Sustainable Land Reclamation through Participatory Approach. It focuses on Poverty alleviation through reclamation of sodic lands and micro-credit development.

� Swa-Shakti - Project funded by IFAD. The Project focuses on socio-economic Empowerment of women with special focus on self reliant SHGs and micro enterprise development.

� SAWERA Project - Empowerment of Women Farmers for Food Security funded by UNDP. The project aims at establishing women as farmwomen and enhancing food production

a. Successfully developed M&E framework and Mechanisms to Monitor the Project Implementation Progress,

b. Successfully accomplished the bid process of selection of External M & E Agency and other Study Consultants on the World Bank Guidelines.

c. Reviewed the Monthly, quarterly and Annual reports Submitted by external M&E consultants (WAPCOS & TAHAL) and Agriculture Finance Corporation and made some qualitative improvements.

d. Reviewing of Progress Reports of M&E agencies; and ensure compliances/ corrective actions by PMUs;

e. Coordination with donor agencies (World Bank, IFAD, EU Experts) on regular basis.

f. Coordination with other line departments/agencies viz. Deptt. of Agriculture, Deptt. of Irrigation, UPPWD, UPRNN, UPRSAC, Panchayati Raj, UPCAR,

h. Participating in Meetings on behalf of Corporation in Department of Planning and Department of Externally Aided Projects, GoUP;

i. Developing Information and Knowledge Management Systems based on Participatory Strategic framework for UPSLRP II and SWASHAKTI Projects

j. Conducting Weekly Monitoring Meeting of Zonal and Section Officers and Monthly Monitoring Meetings of Project Managers at HQ and preparing periodic review reports

k. Designing and conducting Training courses / workshop on M&E issues, Participatory methodology and approaches for development professionals, technocrats, middle and field level functionaries

l. Capacity building of Partner NGOs, Technical Staff and Line Agencies in application of various I&KMS using CBIS including the use of GIS, Remote sensing and other applications.

n. Knowledge generation and dissemination activities to line agencies and participating communities.

M/S Compare Infobase Pvt. Ltd. (CIPL), New Delhi is into Web-based business and software Development. Effectively Headed the Portals Division of the Organization. Overall responsible for managing Independent Profit Center (Portals Division). Was also the part time consultant to Indiastat.com, indiahealthsatat.com, Indicus.org ('Information and Data Investigated and Customized' - NGO working for World Bank Projects) Economywatch.com, Mapsofindia.com, Jagran Research Center, Kanpur for Macro Economic data monitoring.

a.Successfully monitored the Economic and Industry Content Research and Reports development

b.Successfully developed the CBIS to monitor the traffic on the sites and developed effective feedback system

f. Conceptualized, designed, developed and instrumental in exponential Growth of the exhaustive Informative Map Portal www.mapsofindia.com

g. Successfully Managed SubstanceFactory.com Pvt. Ltd., Engaged in building high volume of researched database, - a subsidiary of M/s Compare Infobase P. Ltd. Main Source of Revenue was content Selling.

h.Formed Strategic Alliances with Yahoo India, HclInfinet, TataNova, IndianVisit, Maruti Udyog Ltd., RMSI and more than 300 International and national Affiliates (May refer www.mapsofindia.com/affiliatenetwork.htm)

Founded M/s Agrim Information Management Service (AIMS) at Lucknow and did Software Solutions marketing and Internet and Management Consultancies from February 1999 till May 2000 with staff strength of 4 persons and annual turnover of INR 1 mln.

� Imparted Consultancies to Jagran Research Centre, A research center of a Leading Northern India News Paper, PHD Chamber of Commerce, Lucknow. Udyog Bandhu, A single window for Industrial promotion in UP besides many small firms.

� Developed the Courier monitoring system and signed contracts with Small budgeted courier firms for the use of same.

With Compare Infobase Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi. as Manager (Projects) for Conceptualizing Websites and Based Activities during August, 1998 and November, 1998. Entered the futuristic zone of Internet activities and was among the firsts to start web based activities. Conceptualized www.indiaprofile.com, www.economywatch.com & www.mapsofindia.com, which earned heavy investments to the company in the later years.

Started my career as Executive (Economic Services Division), with M/S DISC (Information Technology) Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi but within a year was promoted to Head of Division and seeing the business development instinct and strong Management Skills, I was sent to Lucknow to operate Branch independently and to build the business around the same.. The company was into Software Development & Economic data banks and packaging them into diskettes with Easy to retrieve Software Engine, developed in-house, to promote Industrial Investment and Trade in India and its various States

2. May 1993 - July 1998 - DISC (Information Technology) Pvt. Ltd. A company into the Economic Services consultancies and Software Development - In various capacities. As Manager Economic services Division and as Branch Manager, Lucknow

Papers	1. �Rural Development Through U.P. Sodic Lands Reclamation Model in Northern India� in International Conference on Sustainable Management of Sodic lands held during February 9-14, 2004 at Lucknow, India. 2. Written a chapter on �Project Management� in the book published on UPSLRP II Project in the above Conference describing various Project Management issues and Implementation Management Plan.
Other Project Reports	� Monthly and Quarterly Indian Economic Reports, � Power Sector reforms Report � Role of IT in Basic Education in Rajasthan, - a feasibility report for Govt. of Rajasthan. � Feasibility Study on IT aided Single Window for Tourism in Rajasthan. � Data development and analysis of Market trend on specific Industry parameters for Indicus an NGO working for World Bank and CII projects. � Food Processing Report citing: The present scenario of Food processing Sector in India
Languages:	I am a native speaker of Hindi and have equally good level of English also understand working Punjabi.
Computer Literacy	MS-Office 2000, Lotus Smart Suite 6.0, MS Project 2000, AutoCAD, MapInfo, Arc Info, SPSS
Workshops/Trainings	1. 3 Days Workshop-cum-Training on Gender in Program and Project Monitoring and Evaluation Organized & Sponsored by World Bank in Delhi. It was organized simultaneously in 5 nations including Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka through Video Conferencing. 2. Attended 7 days extensive training program on Project Management (Project Planning, Implementation, M&E etc) at NIRD, Hyderabad. 3. 2 Days workshop to Promote Foreign Industrial Investment in India jointly organized by Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamilnadu at New Delhi and attended by more than 200 Foreign Investors of Europe and US. 4. One Day Workshop held at Mumbai to Promote Industrial Investment in Maharashtra organized by State of Maharashtra and chaired by Prime Minister of India. 5. Attended MapIndia 2001 and 2002 at New Delhi. 6. One-Day Workshop on Micro Credit Action Research (MCAR) Organized by UPBSN at BIRD, Lucknow.
As Resource Person:	1. 3 Days workshop jointly Organized by Department of Women and Child Welfare, GoI and World Bank on the �Sustainability of the Impacts of Project Swashakti�. Delivered lecture on �Sequencing of Events in the light of Project Withdrawal.� 2. Delivered Lectures on Concepts of Monitoring and Evaluation to Junior Engineers working in UPSLR � II P 3. Resource person in the Training Imparted to Young Agriculture Graduates at SIMA, Rehmankhera, Lucknow. 4. Resource person for training course on Concepts of Clusters and Monitoring and Evaluation at SIMA, Rehmankhera, Lucknow in SAWERA Project.
Professional References:	1. Mr. Pravir Kumar, IAS MD, UPBSN Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow � 226 010 Tel: 0522 2720428
	2. Ms Jeeva Perumalpillai-Essex Sr. Economist World Bank Washington Chapter Washington DC, US Email: [email protected]
	3. Dr. Paul Sidhu Co-Task Leader, UPSLRP II World Bank 69,70 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi Email: [email protected]
	4. Mr B K Tripathi, IAS Executive Director, CPSU (Project Swashakti) Bengali Market Central Lane New Delhi � 110 001 M - +919899045588

1997-2000	MBA with specialization in IT from Lucknow University
1988-1990	Post Graduation in Economics with Specialization in Econometrics. from Christ Church College, Kanpur
1985-1988	Graduation in Physics, Math and Geology from Lucknow University, Lucknow
1990-1993	LLB with Specialization in Labor Laws from Lucknow University.