Shubhagato Dasgupta (shubhagato@hotmail.com)
A. Employment History:
Academic:
Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research.
May 2013 Onwards
1. Leading a Research and Policy Advocacy project on Scaling up urban
sanitation infrastructure and services in India.
2. Research on JNNURM design and its resultant impacts on project
planning monitoring and implementation
3. PhD candidate, Amsterdam Institute of Social Sciences, University of
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Independent consulting:
Team Leader: Support to National Policies for Urban Poverty Reduction,
UK Aid from DFID-MoHUPA, GoI Partnership.
July 2010 to April 2013
Leading a 40 member team of senior consultants (international and national)
and a technical assistance fund of GBP 8 million and financial assistance
fund of GBP 7 million, embedded as the Policy and Programme Support Unit
at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, GoI. Supporting
Policy and Program development and implementation at MoHUPA;
Strengthening a network of Resource Centers and 4 National Resource
Centers in particular; and supporting 20 cities in 15 states implement urban
poor focused programs of the MoHUPA.
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Lead advisor on the design on two flagship National Programs
National Urban Livelihoods Mission and the Rajiv Awas Yojana.
Contributed to number of efforts of the MoHUPA including various
Task Forces, and schemes such as CF, CMTF, RRY and AHP etc.
Govt of India Committees:
1. National Transport Development Policy Committee, Government of India,
Chaired by Dr Rakesh Mohan. Anchored the work on Urban Transport
including primary drafting of the urban transport chapter, 2011 to date.
2. High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) on estimating investment
requirements for urban infrastructure services, JNNURM, MoUD,
Government of India, 2011. Papers on Estimation of Urban Infrastructure
Finance requirements till 2031 and Estimates of Cost Escalations in urban
projects in India with Ramesh Ramanathan, Janagraaha for the HPEC
Academic:
Shubhagato Dasgupta
Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research.
For 2 years during 2008-10
November 2008 – July 2010
Senior Fellow leading the collaboration with India China Institute (ICI), The
New School, New York, running the India – China Fellowship program and
undertaking India – China urban research and comparative analysis of
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Chinese and Indian Urban governance and institutional framework; Water
and Sanitation policy, governance and service delivery provision challenges
in India; and Supporting the development of theindiacity.org web site for
collaborative research on urban issues. Various assignments for the World
Bank, esp on Bangladesh and Gujarat.
Independent Consulting: Senior Urban Specialist – based in Johannesburg, South Africa
For 2 years during 2007-08
January 2007-August 2008
1. International Finance Corporation – worked on a number of urban sector
projects in Tanzania, Uganda, Lesotho, Kenya, Rwanda, India and
Afghanistan on sector policy, strategy, governance, institutional analysis and
PPP design (water, sanitation, solid waste management and urban
development strategy), 2007-08
2. Acumen Fund: Identifying and screening pro-poor water, sanitation and
waste management projects for venture capital investment in East Africa and
South Asia, 2007
3. Mvula Trust, South Africa: Inputs into programme planning on Water for
Development program for DWAF- Government of South Africa, and
Participatory Budgeting tool design for the water sector, 2007-08
4. Hifab/Stephen Berrisford Consulting - supported the strategy paper on
Integrated Urban Development for the African Development Bank, 2008
Multilateral
Organization:
Senior Urban Specialist, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP-SA), The
World Bank
For 4 years during 2004-07
Senior Urban Specialist, supported urban governance and institutional
reform, sanitation, solid waste and water supply initiatives of WSP especially
on commercialization, bank ability and pro-poor aspects and work on
developing public private partnerships (PPPs). Various activities which
contributed to the design of the JNNURM, including the CCF, Rapid
Assessment of cities, design of various reforms and the CDP structure.
Private Sector:
Assistant Vice-President – Operations, Infrastructure Development
Finance Company (IDFC)
For 4 years during 2000-04
Assistant Vice-President – Operations, lead the urban infrastructure work in
northern India, including investment appraisals and the development and
structuring of urban infrastructure projects, for e.g., solid waste management,
urban transport, tourism, education, etc.
Public Sector:
A.Appraisal Officer, Housing and Urban Development Corporation
(HUDCO)
For 4 years during 1997-2000
A.Appraisal officer to the Chairman and Managing Director (Mr.V.Suresh),
direct responsibilities as part of the Chairman’s team included developing
research papers and presentations on issues related to Housing and Urban
Development for HUDCO and the MoUD; internal organizational coordination/management; and external institutional liaisoning and
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coordination. Supported the CMD on a range of externally aided projects and
policy work for the MoUD.
Academic:
Researcher, Human Settlements Management Institute (HSMI)
For 1 year during 1996-97
Researcher; wrote three sections of the UNDP and DOPT study, the first of
its type looking at third tier reforms entitled `Quest for Urban Sector
Reforms’; organized workshops, seminars and training programs for
National, State and Local level officials.
Non-Government:
Researcher on Habitat and Poverty
For 2 years during 1992-94
 Researcher at The Action Research Unit (TARU); Involved in action
research for governments and donors on development programs with
specialization in analysis of poverty issues in physical infrastructure. Also,
worked in post-disaster situations esp. in Uttarkashi and Latur.
 Researcher at Ahmedabad Study Action Group (ASAG )in Ahmedabad;
worked on a rural housing project; developed participatory tools for
decision making at the community level.
B. Education and Professional Training:
Education:
M.Sc. International Housing Studies, 1995-96
Development Planning Unit, University College London
University of London, United Kingdom
Recipient of Overseas Development Assistance Shared Scholarship Scheme
Dip.Arch in Architecture, 1988-94
School of Architecture, Centre of Environmental Planning & Technology,
Ahmedabad
Undergraduate Thesis"A Decision Support system for an Architect in the
Rural Housing Situation in India."
Professional Training:
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation reform, New Delhi, India, 2006
Advanced International Training program on Solid Waste Management,
Goteborg, Sweden, Apr-May 2006
Water Week Learning and training, World Bank, Washington DC, USA,
2004
Urban Symposium and learning week, World Bank, Washington DC,
USA, 2003
Workshop on Urban Mobility and BRT Planning, World Bank and
Institute for Transport Development and Policy, Bogotá, Colombia and
Quito, Ecuador, February 2003
South Asia Urban and City Management Course, World Bank Institute,
Jaipur, India, January 2002
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Frontiers in Infrastructure Finance, World Bank Institute (WBI), Goa,
India, January 2001
Project Financing Alternatives: Opportunities, Risks, Evaluation.
Strategic Decisions Group, Stanford (USA), Mumbai, India, October 2000
Financial Decision Analysis Workshop, Strategic Decisions Group Stanford
(USA), Lonavala, India, 2000
C. Publications
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“Evolution of National Policies for Basic Services, Affordable Housing and Livelihoods
for the Urban Poor”, with Arun Misra, in State of the Urban Poor Report 2013 ed. by
O.P Mathur, Oxford University Press, forth coming
“Unravelling India’s enduring urban drinking water indigence” YOGANA, 2010.
“Alternative Service Delivery Models To Transform Citywide Municipal Waste
Management Services : The Case of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi” with Rakesh
Mehta, CWG Workshop, Kolkata, 2006
“Governance Framework For Delivery of Urban Services” with David Savage, India
Infrastructure Report, New Delhi India, 2005
“Urban Development in India in the Twenty First Century Policies for Accelerating
Urban Growth” with Dr. Rakesh Mohan at the Fifth Annual Conference on Indian
Economic Policy Reform at The Stanford Center for International Development, Paolo Alto,
2004
“The Twenty First Century: Asia Becomes Urban” with Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Urban
Symposium proceedings, The World Bank, 2003. Published in the Economic and Political
Weekly, 2004
“Towards Public Private Partnership: Solutions for India’s Urban Public Transport
Problems” published in `Urban Transport for Growing Cities – High Capacity Bus
Systems’ edited by Dr. Geetam Tiwari published by Macmillan, New Delhi 2002
“Towards Regulatory Authorities in Urban Infrastructure” paper presented at Seminar
on “Regulatory Issues in Infrastructure” organised by the CII, September 1999.
“Participatory tools for an Architect involved in community design” published in
`Development and Urbanisation’ published by the International Institute for Environment
and Development, Vol. 8 Num. 2, London, October 1996
“Habitat II and the new Partnerships Agenda”, in the DPUNEWS London, July 1996
Conference proceedings of the second international conference on Design and Decision
Support Systems - “A Decision Support System for an Architect in the rural housing
situation in India”, Eindhoven, 1994.
E. Personal details:
Shubhagato Dasgupta
First Floor, S-141, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110070, India
Tel: +91-1126895091 Cell: +919811660176 shubhagato@hotmail.com
Born on Feb 26, 1968, Male, Indian national, Married
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