Brief Profile of

Shri Baldeo Purushartha

Government Nominee Director, Central Bank of India

B. PURUSHARTHA

Mr Purushartha is a 2002 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Punjab cadre. He has served in various field and secretariat positions in the Government of Punjab and the Government of India. At present, he is working as Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and Government of India. He also represents the Government of India on the Board of many Central Public Sector Enterprises. He has received award from the Hon’ble Prime Minister for making Chandigarh, the first Million Plus ODF city.

He represents the Government of India on the Board of Indian Railway Station Development Corporation Ltd, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd., National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Trustee Limited and National Land Monetisation Corporation Limited, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, and Central Bank of India.

Mr Purushartha holds Post Graduate degree from the University of Delhi, India. As Joint Secretary, DEA, he has contributed to and shaped various books on PPP in infrastructure, namely, Reference Guide for setting up State PPP Units; Reference Guide for PPP Project Appraisal; Reference Guide for Project Implementation Mode Selection – Waterfall Framework; Transaction Advisors for PPP Projects: Manual for use of the Panel, etc. He has also written many articles on Infrastructure & PPP in various magazines.