Anupam Saraph

Anupam Saraph is an innovator and polymath who has been an advisor in governance, informatics and strategic planning. Anupam Saraph obtained a PhD from the University of Groningen, Netherlands in Informatics[1] while working with the IMAGE team at the RIVM and IVEM in the Netherlands.

Anupam Saraph
Born(1961-08-31)31 August 1961
Nasik, India
Known forSyslogic,[1] Theory of Organization of Systems,[1] Economic Cycles,[2] Crowd-sourced governance,[3] Disruptive Governance, City Resource Planning[4] and IT Designs for Urban India[5][6][7]
Scientific career
FieldsSystems Sciences, Systems theory, Governance,Public Information Systems, Simulation and Modelling,Environmental Systems

Career

Saraph started his career as a Research Assistant at the Tata Research Design and Development Centre, a research division of the Tata Consultancy Services. He also Worked with the Systems Research Institute in Pune.

He served as Vice-Chairman of the Infotech Corporation of Goa, a Public Sector undertaking of the Government of Goa. He has also consulted with multinational companies, large and small business houses in Asia and Europe.

He is also a Professor of Systems and Decision Sciences at the Lally School of Management and Technology at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy and Hartford Campuses where he taught courses on Information Systems and Business Statistics.[8]

Earlier Anupam Saraph started his career with Donella Meadows on global modelling[9] and systems theories[1] Theory of Organization of Systems,.[1] He is credited with the development of systems theories and simulation tools that model the behavior of actors in a system and explore the evolution of systems.

Anupam Saraph has also worked with Malcolm Slesser et al. in Edinburgh in the late 1990s to develop the ECCO modelling paradigm for assessing the economic and energy potentials of nations and regions.[10] Slesser and Saraph are also credited with the 10th World Model, Monde, that allowed the common man to explore the impact of their actions on global sustainability.[9] The work of Saraph and Slesser also allows development planning and help formulate economic policies.

Contributions
  • Saraph is the first CIO of any Indian City and has promoted and implemented revolutionary ideas on crowdsourced governance,[4][5][6][11][12][13] His ideas are echoed in the creation of a Unique National Identity Authority of India by the Prime Minister of India.
  • His message of smart cities, which he initiated in early 2008, has spread to other states in India, among infrastructure developers, as well as politicians opening up a trillion dollar market across India.[14]
  • He has been for introducing the use of social-networking tools in modern e-governance.[15]
  • He was appointed advisor to Manohar Parrikar during Parrikar's term as Chief Minister of Goa where he contributed to creating a digital society and introducing governance reforms
  • He built wikis, twitter and googlemaps[16] in public and private governance. He also designed and implemented the first worldwide governance wiki, Giki.
  • He works with leaders across Asia, Europe and the Americas to mentor innovation, strategy and leadership that has resulted in significant value generation.
  • He is an inspiring leader, having coached leadership across the globe in the Americas, Europe and Asia,[17][18][19] building teams for better organization.

Awards
  • Saraph was selected one of the top CIO's for 2008 by the CIO Magazine[20]

References
  1. Bibliotheek. "Toolbox for Tomorrow:Exploring and designing sustainable systems". Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  2. Slesser M & Saraph A, 1994 "Sadi Carnot & economic engines", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 46: pp. 259-268
  3. "Global Governance Wiki".
  4. "Web 2.0, CRP for a better city: Saraph". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  5. "CIO's and their Role".
  6. "Multipurpose ID Cards".
  7. "IT Vision for India's next Prime Minister".
  8. Krishna, Prasad. "Digital Disruption or Digital Black Money? — The Centre for Internet and Society". cis-india.org.
  9. Slesser M & Saraph A, 1991 "GlobEcco User's manual: a two region natural capital accounting model of the world", Resource Use Institute, Edinburgh, 78 pp
  10. Raphie Essling. "ECCO Research Publications". University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  11. "Biztech".
  12. "Convenience on the cards". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  13. "Citizen Services: collaborative approaches" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  14. Das, Goutam (13 July 2010). "How smart is my city". Financial Express. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  15. "Social networking tools are indispensable to modern e-governance". Archived from the original on 12 June 2010.
  16. "Integrating wiki and googlemaps to govern Pune's electoral wards". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009.
  17. "Building a Better Asia".
  18. "Beijing Crossroads".
  19. "Goa Dialogues". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
  20. "CIO 100, 2008". Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
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