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Anup served in the Indian Administrative Service, borne on the UP/Uttarakhand cadres, between 1985 and 2021. He was India’s Commerce Secretary for an extended period and did a three-year stint in the World Bank.
He has a doctorate in economics from Duke University with a thesis on “The Time Path of Macro Variables under Alternative Structural Settings”, and masters’ degrees from the Delhi School of Economics and Duke University, and a bachelor’s degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi, all in Economics.
In the Government of India, he served in the Departments of Economic Affairs, Financial Services and Commerce, and the Prime Minister’s Office, handling subjects like foreign trade, export infrastructure and SEZs, trade negotiations and WTO issues, capital markets, and the banking, insurance and pensions sector. He served on the IRDAI, Bank of India and Agriculture Insurance Company of India boards and was officiating Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority for an extended period. He oversaw the passing of the Insurance Laws Amendment Act 2015 and the PFRDA Act 2013.
His work in UP and, subsequently, in Uttarakhand, ranged from magisterial and development administration positions in the field at the district and subdivisional level, to policy making and regulatory assignments at the state level in areas like education, planning, hill development, rural development, panchayati raj, cooperatives, urban development, forests & environment, land revenue, home, vigilance and disaster management. He was Sub-Divisional Magistrate/ADM in Ballia, Karwi and Ranikhet, Chief Development Officer, Agra District and District Magistrate, Etawah. He worked as Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission and as Member Secretary of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board.
He worked for the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank, providing technical assistance for urban reform and accountable water supply, sanitation and solid waste management service-delivery through policy, institutional and utility reform. He did an African Development Bank assignment evaluating lending to the public utilities sector in Ghana and Tanzania.
He is currently an independent director on several boards in the insurance, fintech and non-profit sectors, and lectures/teaches extensively in the areas of economics, finance, regulation, public service delivery and other public policy issues, and has written on these subjects.
