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Leading Public Policy Commentator Aashish Chandorkar Appointed Director At India’s WTO mission
Aashish Chandorkar
The Union government on Wednesday (Jun 16) appointed Aashish Chandorkar, one of India's leading public policy commentator and a frequent Swarajya contributor, as Counsellor at the level of director in India's Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva for a period of three years.
The appointment of Chandorkar, who currently heads the India consulting arm of a global technology firm, represents a first at the Mission and comes ahead of a crucial ministerial conference of the WTO later this year.
The appointment is seen as a signal by the government that it is ready to avail the expertise of private sector talent for critical roles. A structured hiring process to bring lateral talent in the government has made very slow progress so far.
“Aashish Chandorkar, a private person, is appointed to the post of Councillor, Permanent Mission of India, WTO, Geneva at director level for a period of three years,” the department of commerce said in an office order.
A management consultant with 21 years of experience, Chandorkar has worked in global firms heading business and technology transformation projects for clients across industries and geographies.
Chandorkar is also the co-founder of Smahi Foundation, a public policy and research focusing at the intersection of governance, entrepreneurship and technology.
Chandorkar is also a frequent host of Bharatvaarta, one of India's fastest growing podcast platform which specialises in long-form discussions on issues of policy, politics and culture.
Chandorkar has been a prolific policy commentator writing in several publication on policy issues in the domain of trade, business, technology, economics and politics.
He recently authored a report on Indian metro systems analysing the growth story of metro systems in Indian cities and implementation lessons that can be taken from previous projects.
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