Dr. Saurabh Garg is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Odisha Cadre. He is presently Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India. Prior to joining MoSPI, Dr Garg was Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, where he was involved in the formulation of policies for social, economic and educational empowerment of the vulnerable and marginalised communities.<\/p>\n
Previously as CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India, he was instrumental in expanding the usage of Aadhaar and strengthening the technology stack of the Aadhaar ecosystem. He was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Secretary in the Departments of Agriculture, Industries and Urban Development at the Government of Odisha. He was on a secondment as Adviser at the World Bank, Washington DC. Prior to joining the IAS, he was with the Tata Administrative Service. He has rich experience in the domains of digitalization of agriculture, digital identities, direct benefit transfers schemes, infrastructure, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policies and urban development.<\/p>\n
Dr. Garg holds a Ph.D in International Economics and Development from the Johns Hopkins University, USA; an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad and a B. Tech from IIT Delhi. He was a Chevening Gurukul scholar at the LSE, London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6595,"menu_order":51,"template":"","team_designation":[],"team_department":[45],"class_list":["post-6604","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_department-speakers-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t