Dr  C.S. Arora

Office of the Registrar General, India
(Min. of Home Affairs)
Govt. of India
dr*******@gmail.com
+91 986****509

Academic Qualification

1. B.Sc. (Mech. Engg.) - DCE/DU
2. PG Diploma in SQC&OR - ISI
3. MBA - FMS/DU
4. PhD (Business Administration) - AMU

Position held

1.Senior Consultant, National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD (Now Min of Education), Govt. of India
2. Professor (OM), Asia Pacific Institute of Management
3. Census EDP Specialist, UNFPA Afghanistan (As International Consultant on Short Term)

Publications

Reviewer of papers/books in the areas of Information Systems for ACM’s journal Computing Reviews. My 55 Book Reviews appear at http://www.computingreviews.com/browse/browse_reviewers.cfm?reviewer_id=118238

Experience

1. Worked as Director (EDP) - Head of Data Procession Division - in the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (MHA) from March 1988 till superannuation in September 2010.
I had been responsible for setting-up the in-house IT infrastructure for 1991 Census and had also acted as National Project Director for a UNFPA project on modernization of Indian census office, apart from working on USAID and UK-ODA funded projects.This experience provided me with insights into IT projects implementation with international collaboration. During last months of my tenure, I contributed for the IT infrastructure planning for roll-out of Multi-purpose National Identity Card project (MNIC) and was the Nodal Officer for setting-up of Card Production Centre at Delhi for Pilot MNIC project. This project was later transformed and scaled up to UIDAI's Aadhar project by Govt. of India.

2. Was deputed to UNFPA Afghanistan as Census EDP Specialist for 3 months in 2007. I was responsible as International Consultant (on SSA contract) for developing EDP management systems and training/ capacity building of Afghanistan CSO staff, and being on project procurement committee. I also proposed an EDP/KM Strategic plan for the Afghanistan CSO, covering the job specifications and competencies for recruitment of EDP staff.

Area of Specialization

1. Census Data Processing
2. Setting up and Managing large Information Systems
3. Project Management
4. Training and Development for Information Systems

Membership of other Professional Associations

1. Life Member of Delhi Management Association
2. Worked on AIMA's AMT Accreditation Board

After superannuation as Director (EDP) from ORGI/MHA, I worked for another 5 years full-time as Professor in a Business School and then as Senior Consultant with Min of HRD, Govt. of India till Sept. 2015. Since then, I've been engaged as a freelance Advisor, Assessor, Evaluator, Inquiry Officer and Management Faculty.