Upendra Tripathy

Mr. Upendra Tripathy, Ex-MD, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, EX-Principal Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Transport and Home Department, Bangalore & presently holding the post of Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India.

Mr. Upendra Tripathy, a member of the Indian Administrative Service of 1980 batch, has 30 years of experience in civil service, working with local, provincial and federal Governments.He worked in various departments,including land administration, rural development, tax administration, agricultural marketing, petroleum & natural gases exploration, educational administration, pollution management and transportation. He has been a consultant to UNCTAD. Association of State Road Transport Union, New Delhi, of which he was the elected vice-president twice, had selected him as the Best Managing Director in the Urban Sector Transport Corporations.

He has been invited by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Union, and UNCRD to make presentations on sustainable transportation issues before global audiences. Currently he holds the honorary position of the Vice Chairman of the Association of Transport Development in India. A great believer in institutional capacity building in cities, Mr Tripathy has been the main architect of institutions like Environmental Management & Policy Research institute (EMPRI) and Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) in Bangalore.

Education
He has done M.A. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and MPA from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Environmental Policy formulation & project implementation has been his  areas of strength and interest.


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! Educational Attainments ! M.A. (J N U), New Delhi. 1st Rank, ‘A’ Grade –77.5%

M.P.A. (Carleton University) Ottawa, Canada 4th Rank – 75%

Ph. D – Political Economy of India’s Ozone Management Policy (Dissertation to be completed)
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Sept 94 – August 96

ABD in the Ph.D. program at Carleton University, Ottawa. Dissertation topic. The Political Economy of India’s Ozone-Management Policy (1974–92). Completed 7 half credit courses, six written examinations in two major and four subfields, conducted public defence of the dissertation proposal of the political economy of India’s stratospheric ozone management policy. Dissertation work to be completed. Supervisor: Prof. Lynn K. Mytelka, Director, UNCTAD, Geneva.

1992 1994

Completed Masters in Public Administration (M.P.A) at Carleton University, Ottawa, in August, 94 under CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) scholarship for mid-career professionals. Courses completed include: Quantitative Methods I & II; Human Ecosystems; Management Information Systems; Macro and Micro Economics; Financial Management, Business Accounting, Organization and Behavior, Policy and Decision Making, Development Planning, Public Sector Investment & Pricing, Public Service Management, Economics of Public Policy 1, Economics of Public Policy-II.

1979 1980

Joined the Program of Masters in Philosophy a pre-doctoral course in the Centre for political studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Core courses completed were: Methods in Social Sciences; Concepts and Methods in Political Analysis, Federal Policy in India, Political Systems and Political Processes.

1977 1979

M.A. Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Courses completed: Methodology; Political Sociology, Thought & Theory; International Relations; Government and Politics of UK, US, USSR and China; Introduction to Political Analysis etc. Grade A Rank – First.

1974 1976

B.A. (Honours) Political Science: Passed with Distinction. Courses included: Constitutional Law, International law; International Relations; International Constitutions, Political Thought and Theory; Public Administration.

1972 1974

Intermediate Science, Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology Scored First Class.

The works associated with / spearheaded by Shri Upednra Tripathy during civil service career

 * Birumallai Hill Development at Puttur, 1983–84,


 * Establishment of Officers’ Club, Chitradurga, 1985–86,


 * NREP Zoo, Jogimatti, Chitradurga, 1985–86, and "Gosaalas" during unprecedented drought in 1985 86 in Chitradurga.


 * Introduction of wireless for Intelligence and Vigilance wing of Commercial Tax Department,Bangalore, 1986–87,


 * Building of premises for Shuttle Court in Officers’ Club, Hassan, 1989 89


 * Foundation stone for Kala Mandir, Hassan, 1988–89 by Shivaram Karanhta and Shri Deve Gowda.


 * Establishment of School for Specially Challenged (Deaf and Dumb), Sakaleashpur, Hassan, 1988–89, with contribution from Dr Ravindra, Coffee planter.


 * Land for Central School Building, Hassan, 1987–89,


 * Establishment of Navyug School, Hassan, 1988–89,


 * Municipality Annual Festival cum Exhibition, 1988–89,


 * Belur Temple surrounding Development, 1988–89,


 * World Bank project for Rural Marketing in APMCs in Karnataka, 1989–90,


 * Aquarium in Gulbarga through Land Army, 1989–90


 * Creation of post of Director (Environment) in KSRTC, 1996–97,


 * Creation of Environmental Cell in KSRTC, 1996–97,


 * Operation plantation of 68000 teak trees in KSRTC called gratuity trees, 1996–99,


 * Two Mobile Schools for Bangalore slums, 1999 00,


 * Mobilization of one day’s salary for construction of Teachers’ Bhawan in Bangalore, 1999 00,


 * Introduction of Sikshana Barthe, an in-house Magazine for the Education Department, 1999 00,


 * Appointment of an Expert Committee that recommended the introduction of objective Questions for SSLC exams, 1999 00,


 * Establishment of Computer Centre in CPI’s office, 1999 00,


 * First time Lamination of SSLC certificates in SSLC board to avoid duplication, 1999 00,


 * Introduction of registration fee to develop a data base of class X students, 2000


 * Publication of SSLC results in the net for the first time, 1999 00,


 * Adoption of Schools scheme by officers for better academic results, 1999 00, (CPI had adopted Sarakki High School),


 * Donation of one lakh bottles of blood from education department employees and students, 1999 00,


 * Establishment of Multi-Purpose Lab at Hullimau, Bangalore, 2000–01


 * Land acquisition for Establishment of Safal, NDDB project at White Field, Bangalore, 2000–01


 * Purchase of Parishar Bhawan for Pollution Control Board from KIADB, 2002–03,


 * Implementation of World Bank project for strengthening of the Board, 2002–03,

Initiatives in BMTC

 * Introduction of daily and weekly passes (rainbow passes), 2004–05,


 * Devising ways for making operational profit in city transport operations, 2004–2008,


 * Demand for funding infrastructure and rolling stock under JNNURM and sanction of 500 crores under JNNURM, to BMTC, 2006–08,


 * Introduction of on-line GPS for buses in Bangalore city, 2004–08,


 * 3 lakh life insurance for each employee on death in harness, 2006,


 * Traffic and Transit Management Centers,


 * Home Connect Scheme,


 * Introduction Vajra and Vayu Vajra Services, Mini buses, Suvarna buses, Bangalore Rounds, and Parishar Vahini,

Publications
A policy of Micro-Planning for Environization in State Road Transport Undertakings,Indian Journal of Transport Management, Volume 21, No.2, February 1997. Planning an Environmentally Friendly Transportation System for the City of Calcutta, by Kerry Rhoads, Upendra Tripathy and Abdisamed Farah, Volume 22, No. 5, May 1997. Case studies based on work experience written for Administrative Training College, Mysore, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorrie; Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, Administrative Training Institute, Calcutta, West Bengal. The case study Finalizing a Tender (1990) received first prize in All India competition organized by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. Other case studies are: Revenue Recovery Drive (1984), Was it worth it? (1985) a Sad Tale of Gas Distribution in Hassan (1987); A story of Decentralized Decision Making in Hassan Municipality: What went wrong and why? (1998). Theses case studies are at present being used as training material.

A book of poetry published by the Writer’s Workshop, Calcutta. Poems have been published in various literary journals 1990.

Report for UNCTAD
Role of publicly Funded Research and Publicly owned Technologies in the transfer and diffusion of ESTs in India.

Lectures
Lectured as a CIDA scholar at the Canadian High School Conference on World Issues organized by the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in May 1993. Addressed a seminar at UNCTAI on Environmental Initiatives in Karnataka State Road Transport Undertaking. Taught enrichment minicourses to high school graduates. As a teaching assistant in the Ph.D programme, taught computer applications to undergraduate students at Carleton University.

Awards



 * He has been conferred with Prime minister's Award for the year 2007 08 on 21 April 2009 for Excellence in Public Administration for his work in Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation on Financial Sustainability.


 * Citizen’s Integration Peace Society, New Delhi have communicated conferring of “Rashtriya Rattan Award” and “International Gold Star Millennium Award” on him during the year 2008.


 * Rotary Bangalore Midtown has awarded “The Midtown Prestige Citizen Extraordinaire Award 2007” on him which was earlier bestowed upon people like S. M. Krishna, Jaykar Jerome, Swathi & Ramesh Ramanathan, Dr. Devi Shetty, N R Narayana Murthy & H D Kumaraswamy.