Pawan Kadyan — CEO

In the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) to work towards initiatives involving: • Sustainable Development - achieving the goals espoused in the UNSDGs with special focus on health, education, infrastructure, resilient public space design & planning, renewable energy, public transport, poverty reduction and social harmony. • Public Financial Management, Macro-Fiscal Forecasting, Debt Sustainability, Development Economics, Business Strategy & Intelligence, Financial Modeling. • e-Governance and Business Process Re-engineering in Administration. • Public Policy - innovations, implementation & formulation. • Strengthening Democracy through conduct of elections, rural & urban administration and effective implementation of Government Policies, Schemes and Programmes. • Projects - design, logistics, integration, improvement, infrastructure development. • Citizen Centric Governance - improving citizen-government interface experience, public service delivery. • Social Change - creating and highlighting local role models in society for community development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Public Administration expert with a focus on financial management and e-Governance initiatives.

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Experience: 15 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Public Administration
Public Financial Management
Public Policy
Leadership
E-governance

Career Highlights

Led COVID-19 response with lowest positivity rates.
Conferred with multiple national awards for governance excellence.
Expert in public financial management and e-Governance.

Work Experience

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) - Government of India

DTA WB : Director 'Treasuries & Accounts' WB (4 mos)

DPPG WB : Director 'Pension & Provident Fund & Group Insurance' WB (4 mos)

Inspector General of Registration & Commissioner of Stamp Revenue WB (1 yr 1 mo)

Senior Special Secretary Finance GoWB (2 yrs 8 mos)

District Magistrate & District Collector (4 yrs 4 mos)

Inspector General of Registration & Commissioner of Stamp Revenue, WB (1 yr 1 mo)

Joint Secretary, Finance, GoWB (1 yr 11 mos)

Joint Secretary, eGovernance, GoWB (1 yr 11 mos)

Add. District Magistrate & Collector (11 mos)

Commissioner, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (1 yr 10 mos)

Sub-Divisional Magistrate & Sub-Divisional Officer (1 yr 10 mos)

Asst. Magistrate & Asst. Collector (2 yrs 7 mos)

Reliance

Manager (1 yr 6 mos)

Education

Executive Education Programme at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Public Financial Management at International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Public Administration & Public Policy at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie

Executive Masters Education at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

XII at Model School Rohtak

X at Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai

Pawan Kadyan

CEO

Kolkata, West Bengal, India15 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led COVID-19 response with lowest positivity rates.
Conferred with multiple national awards for governance excellence.
Expert in public financial management and e-Governance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Public Administration expert with a focus on financial management and e-Governance initiatives.

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Skills

Core Skills

Public AdministrationPublic Financial ManagementPublic PolicyLeadershipE-governance

Other Skills

Business Process Re-engineeringDevelopment EconomicsData AnalysisTeam ManagementProject ManagementManagementPublic FinanceAccountingBusiness ManagementAnalyticsCrisis ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyFinancial ModelingIntegration

About

Experience

15 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

7 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

14 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Indian administrative service (ias) - government of india

12 roles

DTA WB : Director 'Treasuries & Accounts' WB

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos

Public Financial ManagementPublic Administratione-GovernanceDevelopment EconomicsBusiness Process Re-engineeringLeadership+4

DPPG WB : Director 'Pension & Provident Fund & Group Insurance' WB

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos

Public Financial ManagementPublic AdministrationBusiness Process Re-engineeringPublic Policye-GovernanceDevelopment Economics+3

Inspector General of Registration & Commissioner of Stamp Revenue WB

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Functions and responsibilities related to all matters pertaining to the Directorate of Registration & Stamp Revenue, West Bengal

Public AdministrationPublic Financial Managemente-GovernancePublic PolicyBusiness Process Re-engineeringDevelopment Economics+4

Senior Special Secretary Finance GoWB

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Green & Climate Finance matters
Artificial Intelligence matters
Coordinating Externally Aided Projects (EAPs) with different Multilateral Development Banks and Government of India
16th Finance Commission matters
Public Financial Management, Policies, Programmes, and Projects of various Sectors and Departments of the State Government like Health & Family Welfare, Agriculture, Fisheries, Animal Resources, Urban Development, Panchayat Bodies, Power, Transport, Public Works, Women & Child Development, Social Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare, Tribal Development, Minority Affairs, North Bengal Development, Paschimanchal Affairs, Cooperatives & Cooperation Sector, Correctional Administration, Fire & Emergency Services, etc.
New e-Governance initiatives
New Policy and Cabinet proposals

District Magistrate & District Collector

May 2019 – Sep 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Served as District Magistrate of Cooch Behar and Nadia Districts in West Bengal, India having populations of over 3 million and 5.5 million respectively.
The functions included leadership roles for the whole of government and whole of society and discharging all duties & responsibilities as the Administrative Head of the District to serve its citizens from all perspectives to deliver good governance.
During the COVID Pandemic, took concerted efforts galvanizing the entire District Team to keep Cooch Behar District safe. Despite numerous challenges, Cooch Behar ended the Pandemic with the distinction of being the District that had the lowest COVID positivity and fatality ratios in the country among all plain-area Districts.
In this period, was conferred with 3 National Awards by GoI for different initiatives. Also was bestowed with the Excellence in Governance Award as District Magistrate & Collector in 2023 by the Indian Express Group and bagged more than 20 other major Awards & Accolades from different reputed institutions.

Public AdministrationPublic PolicyLeadershipe-GovernanceBusiness Process Re-engineeringPublic Financial Management+5

Inspector General of Registration & Commissioner of Stamp Revenue, WB

Apr 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

All functions and responsibilities as the Administrative Head of the Registration & Stamp Revenue Directorate.

Public AdministrationPublic Financial Managemente-GovernancePublic PolicyBusiness Process Re-engineeringLeadership+9

Joint Secretary, Finance, GoWB

Jun 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

Responsible for:
Public Financial Management (PFM) in the State Government;
Administrative planning, designing, implementation and monitoring of eGovernance matters related to:
The State's Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS),
Human Resource Management System (HRMS),
GSTN State Interface, e-Treasury,
Government e-Marketplace (GeM),
e-Office implementation, e-Procurement Portal of the State Government;
MPLS Network of the State Government and related WBSWAN matters, etc.;
Administrative approvals and financial sanctions of Engineering/Works/IT Projects of different State Government Departments;
All Public Private Partnership (PPP) related matters in the State referred to the Finance Department;
Financial planning of large scale infrastructure projects in the State;
State Financial Rules and State Treasury Rules related matters of the State Government;
Restructuring of State Public Sector Undertakings and Joint Venture Companies;
Institutional Finance matters & Banking Sector matters dealt by the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) including Financial Inclusion initiatives and coordination with RBI;
Cases related to Economic Offences;
Matters related to National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in the State Government (like Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Warehouse Infrastructure Fund (WIF), NABARD Infrastructure Development Assistance (NIDA), NABCONS, etc.).

Joint Secretary, eGovernance, GoWB

Jun 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

Responsible for conceptualizing, planning and executing eGovernance initiatives including:
Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiatives in the State Government, both that are part of the Business Reforms Action Plan and others;
Paperless eOffice in all Departments of the State Government;
Blockchain Technology, AI, IoT and other emerging technology based Projects;
Statewide Enterprise Architecture based on reference models of IndEA;
State Data Centre (SDC) management on behalf of the State Government;
Single Mobile App Platform of the State Government;
Over 200 G2C online services rendered through e-District and other Portals of the State Government;
Unified Project Lifecycle Monitoring Portal of the State Government;
WB SWAN (State Wide Area Network) and NOFN (National Optical Fibre Network) implementation related matters;
Administrative establishment matters related to the eGovernance in the State.