Samir Sach Deva
Samir Sach Deva
Samir Sach Deva
Career Goal: In quest of assignments in area of Policy Framework, Consulting, e-Governance and
Government Advisory with focus on advocacy, training, process reforms, programme/ project management,
content creation, and change management.
Professional Summary
Over eight years of experience in e-Governance / Government Advisory./ Governance Reforms.
Significant experience in content creation in form of contributing multiple chapters / papers in national,
international journals and on line publications.
Proficiency in providing consultancy services on Strategy, Policy Framework, Project Management, BPR and
Project Conceptualization focusing on Government Sector.
Have handled Relationship Management, Customer Feedback and Business Development in area of eGovernance.
A thorough professional with a proactive attitude, capable of thinking in and out of the box, generating
new design solutions and ideas.
Effective communicator with excellent presentation skills with over six years of experience in core
advocacy for the Cause of e-Governance. (2003 to 2009 through india-egov)
Qualification Highlights
2001
M.B.A. IT and Marketing from University of Roorkee with CGPA: 8.3 (Awarded Ideal Student
Award)
1998
B.E. Electrical from C. R. State College of Engineering, Murthal (MDU, Rohtak) with 65%
(Awarded Best Student Award by ISTE)
Career Highlights
Senior Associate, Policy & Investment Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, India
Manager (Marketing & Customer Care), National Institution of Smart Government (NISG)
Project Manager, Capacity Building for Good Governance, Department of Administrative Reforms & PG,
GOI
Assistant System Engineer with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (First Full Time Assignment)
Brought out Citizens Report Card on implementation of RTI Act in India (June'09)
Visiting Faculty, Institute of Secretarial Training & Management (ISTM) under Department of Personnel and
Training, GOI
Advocated with Parliamentarians for introduction of e-Governance Act for the country
Submitted feedback to Government of India in key Governance Areas like Civil Services Reforms, IT Act
Amendments, e-Governance Standards, Publications of Knowledge Commission. Publication of ARC and
more
Assisted in Project Management for projects: Redesigning the passport issuance system in India ,
Delhi On-line (Jeevan Project of Delhi Government), EnVision: e-Governance implementation in Ministry of
Environment and Forests (GOI), UNDP funded project on ICTD
Worked as Project Manager for World Bank Project - Capacity Building for Good Governance having
components on Charter Mark, Public Grievance Redress Mechanism Rating Model, Scheme of Awards to
institutions of Excellence in Public Service Delivery, Documentation and Dissemination of Best Practices,
Setting up of a digital repository of good governance initiatives.
Part of the teams for the projects: Establishment of Institute of Creativity, Perception Survey for
USIBC , Concept Note on Global Law School
Project Conceptualization
Design of framework for the first ever e-Readiness Assessment by Department of Information
Technology, GOI and funded by InfoDev.
Contributed inputs on key National initiatives like Core Group on Administrative Reforms (CGAR),
Empowered Committee headed by Deputy PM on Administrative Reforms, Centrally Sponsored scheme on
e-Governance, Dfid sponsored project on Capacity Building for poverty alleviation, Compendium on eGovernance
Publications
Concept note on Disaster Management System for India, recognized as an innovative contribution
during the Citizen Centric Workshop organized by e-Governance Innovation Lab, New Delhi
Authored paper Capacity Building Strategy for e-Governance in India published on-line at
development-gateway and UNPAN
Authored paper Change Management for e-Governance published in International Journal on eGovernance I-Ways
Authored paper Integrated Government (iGov) considered as the Best Entry and published in eGovernance Compendium as part of proceedings of 10th National Conference on e-Governance at Bhopal
Contributed multiple chapters in book e-Governance in India Issues and Cases published by The
ICFAI University Press
Contributed two chapters Twenty Five Steps towards Successful e-Governance and Twenty Five
Steps Towards e-Governance Failure published in book Delivering e-Government, GIST Publication, the
monthly newsletter of GIL, Government of Gujarat and international journal I-Ways.
Contributed Chapter in Book State, IT and Development published by Sage Publications (There was
a chapter contributed by former President Kalam in the same book)
Authored paper e-Governance Action plan for India published on-line at development-gateway,
UNPAN and Australian Repository on e-Governance
Co-authored paper Quantifying e-Governance published i4d issue of Nov03
Authored paper, NeGAP Myth or Reality published on-line at development-gateway, UNPAN and
Australian Repository on e-Governance
Authored paper, ICT for Sustainable Development published on-line at development-gateway
Authored paper e-Governance Strategy for India published in annual journal Management in
Government of Department of Administrative Reforms and discussed in various forums of Government of
India.
Notable Distinctions
Won the Best Paper Award from GOI, Department of Administrative Reforms & PG during the 10th
National e-Governance Conference at Bhopal
Won the InfoSoc Malaysia 2002 e-forum Competition organized by National IT Council, Government of
Malaysia
Recognized for innovative contribution during the Citizen Centric Workshop organized by e-Governance
Innovation Lab (EGIL)
Awarded Ideal Student Award, 2001 by Department of Management Studies, University of Roorkee
Awarded Best Student Award, 1997 by Students Chapter Indian Society for Technical Education
(ISTE), CR State College of Engineering, Murthal
Memberships