Indian Economic Service

Profile

Mr. Syed Zubair Husain Noqvi

Date of Birth	:	1 Dec 1986
Gender	:	Male
Date of Entry into Service	:	29 Aug 2011
Date of Superannuation	:	30 Nov 2046
Mother Tongue	:	Hindi
Languages known	:	English Spanish

Mode of Recruitment	:	Direct Recruitment
Present Grade	:	JAG
Date of entry into present Grade	:	19 Jul 2011
Present Posting	:	Investment Division
Present Designation	:	Joint Director
Nature of post	:	Cadre
Domicile State	:	Uttar Pradesh
Place of domicile	:	Lucknow

Detailed CV	:	View

Educational Qualifications

Degree	University/Institution	Subject/Subject of specialization	Year of passing/completion	Achievements
Graduation	Delhi University	BA (Economics Honours)	2007	First Division
Post-Graduation	GIPE, Pune	MA (Economics)	2010	First Division
M. Phil
PhD
Post Doctoral
Professional Degrees	Harvard University	Master in Public Administration	2020

Whether Study leave has been availed by the Officer	:	Yes
		Details regarding the course attended /Ph D completed during the period.
		2 year Master in Public Administration from the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Details of Posting in IES

Grade	Designation	Place of Posting	Brief description of duties	Date	Total Time period	Category
JTS	Assistant Director	IES Division Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance	Organized and coordinated Probationary and In service Training of IES Officers with both domestic and international institutions such as Civil Service College, Singapore and Duke University USA Organized and coordinated two Mid Career Training Programs for the IES Officers of six weeks each	19 Nov 2012 - 9 Dec 2014	2 Years, 20 Days	Cadre
JTS	Assistant Director	Office of CEA	Discharged responsibility as Officer on Special Duty and key media liaison advisor to the Chief Economic Advisor and Undertook economic research and analysis in the Office of CEA and provided technical inputs for the key annual publications of the Ministry of Finance the Economic Survey for the years 2014 15 2015 16 2016 17 and 2017 18 Prepared policy notes and briefs on a regular basis concerning various sectors and issues of the Indian economy for the Prime Ministers Office PMO and the Finance Ministers Office	9 Dec 2014 - 31 Mar 2016	1 Years, 3 Months, 21 Days	Cadre
STS	Deputy Director	Office of CEA	Discharged responsibility as Officer on Special Duty and key media liaison advisor to the Chief Economic Advisor and Undertook economic research and analysis in the Office of CEA and provided technical inputs for the key annual publications of the Ministry of Finance the Economic Survey for the years 2014 15 2015 16 2016 17 and 2017 18 Prepared policy notes and briefs on a regular basis concerning various sectors and issues of the Indian economy for the Prime Ministers Office PMO and the Finance Ministers Office	1 Apr 2016 - 31 Jul 2018	2 Years, 3 Months, 29 Days	Cadre
STS	Deputy Director	Financial Markets Division	Working on policy issues pertaining to Foreign Exchange Management Act and Foreign Exchange Management Non Debt Instrument Rules Policy analysis of issues related to capital markets and foreign portfolio investment in India Facilitating the operation and management of the Indias first International Financial Services Centre in Gujarat	5 Jun 2020 - 14 Sep 2023	10 Months	Cadre
JAG	Joint Director	Financial Markets Division	• Working on policy issues pertaining to Foreign Exchange Management Act and Foreign Exchange Management NonDebt Instrument Rules, SEBI Foreign Portfolio Investment Regulations and the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act	7 Apr 2021 - 30 Aug 2022	1 Years, 4 Months, 23 Days	Cadre
JAG	Joint Director	Investment Division	Handling all administrative and technical matters related to National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, India’s quasi Sovereign Wealth Fund. Undertaking analysis of Investment data and bilateral investment opportunities and engaging proactively with institutional investors including Pension Funds and Sovereign Wealth Funds. Facilitating the organization of Investor Roundtables for the FM to engage with and hear from the investor community	31 Aug 2022 - 14 Sep 2023 Till Date		Cadre

Personal/Study Leave (if any)

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Took Study Leave for 2 in 2018 for pursuing the 2 years Master in Public Administration from John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Training

Details of In Service training (Both Domestic and Foreign whether debarred from foreign training, if so, the details thereof) attended by the officer sponsored by the cadre.

Year	Name of the training course	Name of Institute	Venue	Period of Training (in weeks)
2014	Project Appraisal and Risk Management	Duke University, USA	USA	1 month

Details of Training Programme attended by the officer sponsored by the Ministry/Department in which they were posted

Year	Name of the training course	Name of Institute	Venue	Period of Training (in weeks)
2015	Fiscal Analysis and Forecasting	Singapore Training Institute	Singapore	2

Any specific area or subject where the officer would prefer to be trained, for current assignment and for long term career progression.

Training for Current assignment	:
Training for Long term Career Progression	:

Publication & Awards

Please mention contributions, if any, like publication of articles in journals/ publication of books/paper presentations in seminars or workshops or conferences by the officer during the tenure in IES.

Nature of Activity	Name	Topic	Description	Year of publication
Article in Journal/Newspapers		A Watershed 14th Finance Commission	Oped in Business Standard	2015
Article in Journal/Newspapers		India’s real fiscal policy for FY 2016”	Oped in Business Standard	2015
Article in Journal/Newspapers		Insiders Outsiders and the IES”	Oped in Business Standard	2016
Article in Journal/Newspapers		Twin balance sheet problem PARA is Paramount	Oped in Financial Express	2017
Article in Journal/Newspapers		The Pathologies of Redistributive Resource Transfers	Oped in LiveMint	2017

Specialization

Area of specialization of the officer	Grade	No. of years of specialization gained
Planning	JTS,STS	6 Years
Research, Data processing & Analysis	JTS,STS,JAG	4 Years
Financial Markets	STS,JAG	2 Years
Public Finance	JTS,STS	3 Years
Capital Markets	STS,JAG	0 Years

Specific area of interest/field of work where the officer would prefer to be placed.
Economic Regulation, Financial Markets, Infrastructure, Commerce & Industry, Public Finance, Capital Markets

Subject/Area or topic preferred by the officer to deliver a lecture, whenever required.
Economic Regulation, Financial Markets, Capital Markets

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