Arun Bhatia
| Arun Bhatia | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 August 1942 Pune, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Organization | People's Guardian Party |
| Known for | Acting against corruption |
| Website | http://www.arunbhatiaelect.com |
Arun bhatia (born 3 August 1942) is the President of People's Guardian Party. He was an IAS officer and ex-Municipal Commissioner of the Pune Municipal Corporation before he entered politics. As a civil servant, Bhatia worked in various positions in the Maharashtra cadre. In 1984, he was selected by the United Nations for assignments. Later, he contested the parliamentary election as an independent candidate from Pune in 2004 and again in 2009 from the People's Guardian Party.
Arun Bhatia started his career as an Indian Administrative Service officer. Arun has the best track record of fighting corruption for 35 years. He has been transferred 26 times in 26 years. Arun has more than 35 years of working experience in India and abroad.
CONSULTANT, UNOPS, (United Nations Office for Project Services), Asia Office, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia. Supervision and evaluation of multi-disciplinary rural development projects in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangla Desh, Laos and Vietnam financed by IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations). As Team Leader, prepared monitoring and supervision reports, recommendations etc. for the UN and the national Governments. The projects covered minor irrigation, watershed improvement, forestry, micro-credit, income generation, agricultural extension, animal husbandry, rural employment, gender mainstreaming, social mobilisation and health service delivery. The emphasis was on development of participatory methodologies in planning and project implementation.
CTA (CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISER) (LAOS) Worked as the CTA in the Xiengkhouang Highland Development Programme. This programme consisted of three projects which were supervised/managed by Bhatia. The main project, funded by IFAD, covered crop, irrigation, livestock and credit sectors. The other two related to rural development (health, education, water supply) and labour-intensive road construction. These were funded by UNDCP (United Nations Drug Control Programme). The main functions pertained to preparation of budgets and work plans, procurement of supplies/equipment, report writing, monitoring, liaising with the Government and UN funding agencies and co-ordination/supervision of six international experts. A certificate was given by the Government of Laos for good work.
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