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Introduction

The National Conference on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning 2022 aims to bring together key stakeholders in the M&E ecosystem to deliberate issues and strategies for addressing challenges as they evolve at the national and sub-national level using best-in-class practices and technologies from India and globally.

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Theme

Monitoring & Evaluation for Sustainable Development through Cooperative Federalism

Building institutional and resource capabilities for M&E at the sub-national level

1

Making evaluations inclusive & sensitive to marginalized and vulnerable populations

2

Building future ready systems through M&E

3

Contextualizing Evaluation Policy

4

Data governance, technology and innovation for Monitoring & Evaluation

5

Developing resilient M&E approaches

6

Our

Speakers

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Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India

1

Sudhanshu Pandey

Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution

1

Vini Mahajan

Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India

1

Adil Zainulbhai

Chairman, Capacity Building Commission

1

Dr. Sekhar Bonu

Director General, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog

1

Kunal Kumar

Joint Secretary and Mission Director- Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India

1

Prof. Ian Goldman

Advisor on Evaluation and Evidence Systems, Global Evaluation Initiative-CLEAR Anglophone Africa

1

Shailendra Dwivedi

Joint Secretary, DMEO, NITI aayog

1

Antony Cyriac

Deputy Director General, DMEO, NITI Aayog

1

Ashish Desai

Director, DMEO, NITI Aayog

1

Dr. Emmanuel Jimenez

Director General, Independent Evaluation, Asian Development Bank

1

Alok Mishra

Additional Director General (Media & Communication) Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

1

Nadia Rasheed

Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP India

1

Paramjyoti Chattopadhyay

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, DMEO, NITI Aayog

1

Khalil Bitar

Independent Evaluator & M&E Specialist and Co-founder and former Chair, EvalYouth Global Network

1

Rudra Sen Sarma

Professor, IIM-Kozhikode

1

Santosh K Mishra

CEO, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency

1

Dr. Chaya Degaonkar

Additional Chief Evaluation Officer, Karnataka Evaluation Authority

1

Dr. Sanjeev Sridharan

Country Lead, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

1

Marie-Aude Even

Senior Technical Specialist, IFAD India

1

Mihir Bhatt

Director, AIDMI Ahmedabad

1

Pradnya Paithankar

SDG, Climate Change, DRR and SSTC Manager, World Food Programme India

1

Prof. Srijit Mishra

Faculty, IGIDR (Former Director, NCDS

1

Dr. Manoj Pant

Additional Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) and Additional CEO of Centre for Public Policy and Good Governance, Uttarakhand

1

Dr. Vasantha Kumar

Executive Director- Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit, University of Manitoba

1

Dr. Poornima Dore

Director - Analytics, Insights & Impact, TATA Trusts

1

Rama Kamaraju

Senior Consultant (Aspirational Districts Programme), NITI Aayog

1

Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan

Chief Secretary (Retd.), Government of Tamil Nadu

1

Rahul Kapoor

Director, SMART Cities Mission, Mo Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India

1

Viraj Tyagi

CEO, eGov Foundation

1

Dr. Ananya Samajdar

Head of Research, GRAAM

1

Dr. Basavaraju R

Executive Director, GRAAM

1

Dr.Yogesh Kumar

Executive Director, Samarthan- Centre for Development Support

1

Linda Raftree

Independent Consultant

1

Kancha Dyuti Maiti

Former Planning, M&E specialist in UNICEF

1

Dr.Renu Singh

Country Director, Young Lives India

1

Ritu B Nanda

MEL & Community Processes Consultant (India), Global Fund for Children, Washington

1

Asela Kalugampitiya

President, APEA

1

Sanjay Kumar

Core Group Member, Evaluation Community of India (ECOI)

1

Prashant Kumar Mittal

Deputy Director General, NIC and Managing Director, NICSI

1

Rakesh Ranjan

Senior Consultant, NITI Aayog

1

Maaike Bijker

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Research), UNICEF India

1

Yasumasa Kimura

Deputy Representative, UNICEF India

1

Shilpa Nag C T

Commissioner of Rural Development and Director of the E-Governance, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Departments

1

Urvashi Prasad

Director, DMEO, NITI Aayog

1

Shivendra Kumar Srivastava

Senior Scientist, NIAP-ICAR

1

Dr (Flt Lt) MA Balasubramanya

Advisor, Community Processes & Comprehensive Primary Health Care, NHSRC, MoHFW, GoI

1

Dr. Abinash Dash

Joint Director, DMEO, NITI Aayog

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Schedule

Conference Inaugural

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Welcome: Director General, DMEO
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Hon'ble Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog

Compendium of Essays

10:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for maximizing public expenditure efficiency and fostering cooperative federalism

Moderator: Dr Sekhar Bonu, DG, DMEO

Panel:
Ms Vini Mahajan, Secretary, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Government of India
Mr V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India
Mr Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, Capacity Building Commission
Mr Emmanuel Jimenez, Director General, Independent Evaluation, Asian Development Bank

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Localisation of outcome-monitoring

Moderator: Mr. Kanchan Dyuti Maiti, Former Planning, M&E specialist in UNICEF

Panel:
Mr. Kunal Kumar, Mission Director, SMART Cities, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India
Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Sr. Consultant (Security Cell/ MOD/MHA/ Aspirational Districts), NITI Aayog
Dr. Manoj Pant, ACEO, Centre for Policy Research and Good Governance, Uttrakhand
Ms. Nadia Rasheed, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP India

02:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Creating robust data systems and processes to enable data use for decentralised decision making

Moderator: Dr. Poornima Dore, Director - Analytics, Insights & Impact, TATA Trusts

Panel:
Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan, Chief Secretary (Retd), Govt of Tamil Nadu
Mr. Rahul Kapoor, Director, SMART Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India
Mr. Rama Kamaraju, Sr. Consultant (Aspirational Districts Programme), NITI Aayog
Mr. Viraj Tyagi, CEO, eGov Foundation

03:30 PM - 04:45 PM

Role of data, technology and innovation for more inclusive M&E practices

Moderator: Mr. Ashish Desai, Director, DMEO, NITI Aayog

Panel:
Dr. Rudra Sensarma, Professor of Economics, IIM Kozhikode
Ms. Linda Raftree, Independent Consultant, Linda Raftree LLC, MERL Tech, Technology Salon
Mr. Santosh Misra, Former Commissioner e-Governance and Commissioner Transport & State Transport Authority, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency
Mr. Prashant Kumar Mittal, Deputy Director General, NIC and Managing Director, NICSI

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Taking a participatory and citizen-centric approach to Monitoring & Evaluation

Moderator: Dr. Basavaraju R, Executive Director, GRAAM

Panel:
Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Executive Director, Samarthan
Ms. Shilpa Nag C T, Commissioner, Rural Development (MGNREGS), Govt. of Karnataka
Dr. Ananya Samajdar, Head of Research, GRAAM
Dr (Flt Lt) MA Balasubramanya, Advisor, Community Processes & Comprehensive Primary Health Care, NHSRC, MoHFW, GoI

Second Day Opening Session

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Strengthening Evaluation Capacities in States

Moderator:Mr. Paramjyoti Chattopadhyay, M&E Specialist, DMEO

Panel:
Dr. Vasantha Kumar, Executive Director, Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit
Dr. Chaya Degaonkar, ACEO, Karnataka Evaluation Authority, Planning Dept., Govt. of Karnataka
Dr. Sanjeev Sridharan, Country Lead, BMGF India
Mr. Antony Cyriac, Deputy Director General, DMEO, NITI Aayog

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Designing Inclusive Evaluations to be responsive to outcomes for children, adolescents and women

Chair: Mr. Yasumasa Kimura, Deputy Representative, UNICEF India

Moderator: Ms. Maaike Bijker, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Research), UNICEF India

Panel:
Ms. Ritu B Nanda, MEL & Community Processes Consultant (India), Global Fund for Children, Washington
Dr. Renu Singh, Country Director, Young Lives India
Mr. Khalil Bitar, Independent Evaluator & M&E Specialist and Co-founder and former Chair, EvalYouth Global Network

02:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Evidence needs for sustainable food systems and livelihoods

Moderator: Ms. Pradnya Paithankar, SDG, Climate Change, DRR and SSTC Manager, WFP India

Panel:
Ms. Marie-Aude Even, Senior Technical Specialist, IFAD India
Prof. Srijit Mishra, Faculty, IGIDR
Mr. Mihir Bhatt, Director, AIDMI Ahmedabad
Dr. Shivendra Srivastava, Senior Scientist, NIAP-ICAR

03:30 PM - 04:45 PM

Pathways for Institutionalising Evaluation at National Level

Moderator: Ms. Urvashi Prasad, Director, DMEO, NITI Aayog

Panel:
Dr. Ian Goldman, Advisor: Evaluation and Evidence Systems, Global Evaluation Initiative, CLEAR Anglophone Africa
Mr. Asela Kalugampitiya, President, Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA)
Mr. Alok Mishra, Additional Director General (Media & Communication), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Core Group Member, Evaluation Community of India (ECOI)

Closing Ceremony

05:00 PM - 06:15 PM

 

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India

Anchor: Dr. Abinash Dash, Joint Director, DMEO

Rapporteur presentations:
1. Mr. Shailendra Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, DMEO
2. Mr. Antony Cyriac, Deputy Director-General, DMEO

Closing Remarks: Director-General, DMEO

 

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