Dr. Kalpana Dube, Dean of the Faculty of Finance at Indian Railways, is an accomplished senior civil servant from the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), 1987 batch. With an MBA and a PhD, she brings vast expertise in financial management, infrastructure financing, and public-private partnerships (PPP). Her career spans notable roles in public sector institutions such as ONGC, Western Railway Mumbai, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration Mussoorie, and the Research Designs and Standards Organization (Ministry of Railways).
A highly respected teacher and trainer, Dr. Dube has mentored civil servants and public sector managers, gaining recognition at the national level, including being shortlisted for the Fulbright Fellowship. She was also awarded the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Teaching Fellowship in Public Policy by the European Union. Her contributions in academia include teaching public policy at the University of Texas, Austin, and conducting research on High-Speed Train Operations at RTRI Japan.
Dr. Dube's areas of expertise include Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Leadership Skills, Financial Management, Project Appraisals, Costing, Budgeting Standards, and Audit & Expenditure Management. She has published several key works, including "Ideas on PPP", "Handbook of PPP Terminology", and the "Benchmarking Performance Standards for Customer Satisfaction in the Railways". Her case study on Delhi International Airport Limited is a noted reference in the PPP domain.
With extensive international exposure and a passion for teaching and leadership, Dr. Dube continues to influence both policy and practice in Indian Railways and beyond, particularly in areas of infrastructure financing and project management.
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