Pradip Baijal

Pradip Baijal, 1966 batch of IAS, trained in reforms from IDACA, Tokyo (agriculture reforms), Oxford and Harvard Universities. During his illustrious career, he worked on soybean and forest produce marketing, reforms in cooperative societies, privatization, telecom and oil & gas reforms.

Pradip Baijal

Pradip Baijal, 1966 batch of IAS, trained in reforms from IDACA, Tokyo (agriculture reforms), Oxford and Harvard Universities. During his illustrious career, he worked on soybean and forest produce marketing, reforms in cooperative societies, privatization, telecom and oil & gas reforms. He also worked with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Bank in many countries in these sectors. He held senior administrative positions in the Ministries of Finance and Industry, Government of India. As the first Secretary of Disinvestment, GOI, from 1999 to 2003, he formulated the entire gamut of rules and regulations for privatization in India. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee and a visiting fellow at Oxford University, he was Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) till his retirement in March 2006. During his tenure, TRAI articulated and adopted pro-development and consumer-friendly regulatory practices and made several important and far-reaching recommendations on the growth of the telecom industry in India. Baijal’s eventful career has been encapsulated in his earlier two books, Disinvestment in India: I Lose and You Gain (2008) and A Bureaucrat Hits Back (2016). Post retirement, he continues to provide strategic mentorship on reforms to leading companies in India and abroad through his consulting company.

Pradip Baijal talks about his latest book ‘Containing the China Onslaught’ with Pankaj Pachauri

Titles by Pradip Baijal