RATNAKAR GEDAM - IIM

Curriculum Vitae of
RATNAKAR GEDAM
Mobile: 9810167950
email: gratnakar60@gmail.com or rgedam@yahoo.com
Contact Address: A-502, Ivory Tower, Sector-5, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad – 201010 (UP)
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1. Name: Dr. Ratnakar Gedam
2. Date of Birth: 4 th May 1950
3. Nationality: Indian
4. Qualifications:
(a) AMIIM (Equivalent to Bachelors Degree in Metallurgy)
(b) M. Sc. (Economics)
(c) Ph. D. (Economics)
(d) M. Sc. Development Management (Glasgow Caledonian Univ. UK)
(e) Master of Financial Management (Pondicherry)
(f) LL. B. (Delhi University)
(g) LL. M. (Delhi University)
(h) Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade & Business Laws
5. Last Salary drawn: Gross Rs. 88,898/- p.m. (Basic Pay: 58850, DA=20,598;
Transport All: 9450; Total 88,898) plus government accommodation, CGHS, group
insurance, and other benefits like LTC, paid holidays, etc.
6. Last Designation: Adviser (Transport), Planning Commission, New Delhi – 110001
(The post of Adviser Transport, that I was appointed carries pay and rank of Joint
Secretary to Government of India)
7. Total length of service:
Total 40 years, including 30 years as Group “A” Gazetted officer
8. Employment Details (from first job onwards):
(A) From 01.01.1971 to 17.01-1980 - Last position – Assistant Foreman (Technical)
Held various positions in Ordnance Factories. Last post held was Assistant Foreman (Technical) at
Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, Chennai. Duties performed were of supervision of mass production
activities of various components of battle field tank and quality control.
(B) From 18.01.1980 to 20-11-1987 Deputy Director (Metallurgy) in the office of Development
Commissioner (Small Scale Industries), Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi - 110011.
Served at Regional Testing Centre, Chennai, SISI Okhala and DC(SSI) Ministry of Industry, Head
Quarters New Delhi. Duties performed pertained to promote metallurgical industries under ssi
sector, assist the entrepreneurs to prepare DPR, bankable Techno-Economic Feasibility Reports and
eventually help them to set up small scale industries.
(C) From 21.11.1987 to 14.03.1994 : Senior Research Officer, Planning Commission, New Delhi -
110001.

Duties performed were socioeconomic research related to national planning for industrial
development, help formulate industrial policy, prepare demand and supply scenarios, analysis of
capacity creation and investment needed for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, minerals, prepare
econometric models for forecasting of demand for minerals and metals as well as modernization,
technologies needed, capacity expansion by existing companies for production, export, import of
different metals of industrial importance, preparation of econometric models, analysis of importexports
trend, prepare estimates for investment to meet capacity creation targets, projection of
need of investment from public and private sector in different sector, resources allocation for SME
and large scale industries, etc.
(D) From 15.03.1994 to 07.02.1996 : Deputy Adviser (Non-Ferrous Minerals), Planning Commission,
New Delhi - 110001.
Duties involved preparation of Five Year Plan and Annual Plan for development of non-ferrous
mineral industries in the countries. Approval of budgetary resources and investment plan of
different PSUs like Hindustan Copper Ltd. BALCO, HZL, etc.
(E) From 08.02.1996 to 09.04.2003 : Deputy Adviser (Steel) Planning Commission, New Delhi.
Duties performed were Prepare national plan and annual plan for development steel sector.
Approve investment plan of PSUs like SAIL, NMDC, MOIL, RINL, HSCL, BRL, etc. Manage government
equity and loan in the PSUs, approval of capital and business restructuring.
(F) From 10.04.2003 to 02-04-2008 : Joint Adviser (Minerals), Planning Commission, New Delhi –
110001
Duties performed included preparation of Five Year and Annual Plan for development of Indian
Minerals industries, formulate mineral policy, and assess investment needs, divestment of
government equity.
(G) From 03.04.2008 to 31.05.2010 : Adviser (Transport), Planning Commission, New Delhi – 110001
Duties performed relates to preparation of transport planning, transport geography, development
of transport infrastructure, removal of constraints in logistics, supply chain management, value
chain management. Planning & development of major ports, international shipping, PPP in port
projects, development of inland waterways, coastal shipping, etc.
9. Expertise gained:
1. Strategic Management of Public Sector Enterprises
2. Project Management, Project Financing, Project Evaluation
3. Financial Management
4. Policy Analysis
4. Shipping, Major & Non Major Ports, Inland Waterways, Coastal Shipping, Multi modal Transport
5. Logistics, Supply Chain Management
6. Minerals and metal industries
7. Steel Industry
8. Metallurgical Industries
9. Economic Policy Research
10. Law and Society, Legal Issues, Corporate laws, CSR, Consumer protection, Environment, etc.
11. Laws related to industrial, minerals, ports, shipping, and other sector industrial sectors
12. Higher Technical Education and Management of Education
10. Other information: Authored 16 books and over 90 articles. My name could be
found in worlds men of achievements, who’s who, bibliographies, and could be
searched on internet for on line articles.

11. Seminar Conferences: Attended over 200 seminars and conferences as speaker,
Session Chairman for highly technical sessions such as Geospatial Technologies in
Transport Sector, Logistics, Impact of Rise in Oil prices on Transport Sector, etc.;
made power point presentation of highly technical papers too.
12. Working Group in connection with Five Year Plans:
I had honour of not only set up various working groups but also Headed
important Working Groups such as Working Group on Rare Earth Minerals, Atomic
Minerals, Heavy Earth Minerals. Etc.
Dr. Ratnakar Gedam
Mobile: 9810167950
Email: rgedam@yahoo.com