Sekhar Bonu, DG, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog

Dr Sekhar Bonu (PhD & Post Doctorate) joined as the Director General of Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) in April 2019. DMEO was established by the Government in September, 2015 as an attached office of the NITI Aayog to fulfill the monitoring and evaluation mandates assigned to NITI Aayog. Before joining NITI Aayog, Dr. Bonu worked with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila for 15 years. At ADB he worked in health, urban infrastructure development and regional cooperation, mainly in South Asia region. Dr. Bonu worked in the Indian Administrative Services and served as a civil servant in the state of Rajasthan between 1987-2003, among others, as district magistrate, director of primary and secondary education, chief executive officer of state-owned enterprises. Dr. Sekhar Bonu has a Ph.D from the Johns Hopkins University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He has wide range of research and operational interests and has published in peer-review journals.