The engagement focuses on enhancing service delivery to citizens through recommendations ; strengthening Urban Local Governance ecosystem by working on digital data platforms ; adopting Shared Services Corporation for providing back-office operations for government departments thereby strengthening governance effectiveness & efficiency.
Engagement Highlights
- The Fellow's recommendations across areas such as Urban governance, SSC, and Stakeholder councils have been incorporated into the final report of the Reforms Commission.
- Recommendations were primarily focused on incorporating innovative means to raise urban finances; Value Capture Financing (VCF), Betterment Levies, Trade license fees, the potential of Municipal Bonds among others.
- Business cases for various government processes and functions that can be housed within the Shared services corporation have been developed.
Shri T M Vijay Bhaskar, post his inspirational term as Chief Secretary for the Government of Karnataka, is now leading the Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission II (KARC-II), where he evaluates the current administrative landscape and suggests resource and process efficiency measures to enhance citizen service delivery. He is a master's in Economics from the BITS, Pilani, and has an MBA in public administration from the University of Birmingham, UK.
A civil servant from the 1983 batch, In the last 34 years, he has worked across multiple domains spanning education reforms, rural development, and leading administrative affairs. He brings rich experience in sanitation & water sustainability education, infrastructure development, and agriculture reforms.
His interests have always aligned towards human development and improving the quality of life for citizens at large.
Dynamic executive who helped manage the steep growth phase of Fidelity Investments operations in India, from about 200 to about 7,000 people providing technology, operations, analytics and shared services support
Career:
Board member and CFO, Fidelity Investments | ex - Deutsche Bank, AF Ferguson (PwC)
Education:
Chartered Accountant, Cost & Management Accountant
