My contributions to Public Policy formulation include:
A. Information Technology:
• I was a Member of the Core Committee of the West Bengal Government to prepare the West Bengal IT Policy, which had Infosys chairman emeritus N.R. Narayana Murthy as its chief mentor and Sam Pitroda as the Chairman. (2011)
• I was a Member of the Core Committee of the Govt. of Odisha to prepare the Odisha IT Policy. (2011)
B. Industrial Policy:
• I provided important inputs to the Election Manifesto of the All India Trinamool Congress on the Industrial Policy of West Bengal, particularly in the area of Land, SEZ and incentives to attract investments in the state, if elected to power in 2011 West Bengal Assembly Elections. (2010)
C. Education & Skills:
• I provided inputs on Education & Skills: NEP 2020 (RSS & Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad )
Board Representation:
Information Technology:
1. Member of the IT Advisory Committee on Software & Hardware (Govt. of West Bengal) (Sep 2011 – Jan 2013),
2. Member- IT Advisory Committee on Software & Hardware (Govt. of Odisha) (Sep 2011- Jan 2013)
3. Member of the Board of Directors, Salt Lake Sector V Stakeholders’ Association, Kolkata (May 2011- May 2012).
Leather Industry:
1. Leather Industry representative (Govt. of West Bengal’ Association) to the 10th 5-Yr Mid-Tem Review Meeting at the erstwhile Planning Commission (Sep 2004)
Finance:
1. Outside Expert Member in the Regulatory Oversight Committee (as mandated by SEBI) of the Calcutta Stock Exchange (Oct 2023-Present)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):
1. Member of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry National Committee on CSR (Jan 2024-Present)
Bilateral Trade:
1. Member of the British Business Group- Eastern India (British Deputy High Commission Kolkata Kolkata) (Jan 2009- Jan 2013)
Entrepreneurship:
1. Head of Advocacy (Empretec India Foundation) (Mar 2016- Dec 2016)
Infrastructure development & Urban Local Bodies:
1. Board Member, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (Government of West Bengal) (Aug 2016- July 2019)
2. Member of the Expert Committee of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Government of West Bengal) (Sep 2011- Aug 2015)
Police:
1. Member- Advisory Committee (West Bengal Police) (Jan 2011- Jan 2013)
Education:
1. Chairman- Board of Governors of NIT, Nagaland (Ministry of Education, Govt. of India) (Jun 2017- Jun 2020)
2. Member of the Board of Governors of IIM, Sambalpur (Ministry of Education, Govt. of India) (Aug 2017- Mar 2019)
3. Member of the Information Technology Academic Bureau of AICTE
(Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)(May 2016- Jan 2020)
4. Resource Person, NITTTR, Kolkata (Ministry of Education, Govt. of India) (Oct 2004)
5. Board Member, a Member of the Finance Committee and a Member of the Regulatory Committee of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (the State government testing agency for admission to Engineering & other programmes)(Feb 2015-Present)
6. Member of the Academic Council of the Netaji Subhas Open University, the second largest distance-learning university, established by an Act of legislature (Jan 2016-Present)
7. Member of the Governing Body, Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (Jun 2016- Jul 2019)
8. Entrepreneurship Cell Development Adviser, Calcutta Business School (Mar 2013- Mar 2016)
9. Advisor to Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (RSS) (2014-2017), in the area of Education (NEP 2020) & Skills
