We are happy to share that the United Nations have recognized that the Asia Pacific Regional Evaluation Strategy as the best practice. Prof. Shyam Singh is co-chairing one of the themes “Building Partnership” under this strategy. The Asia Pacific Regional Evaluation strategy is being coordinated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA). Dr Shyam Singh is an Associate Professor in Social Sciences at IRMA.
He will also be co-chairing the ‘Consortium of Institutions on Monitoring and Evaluation which will function under the aegis of APEA and the Asia Pacific Regional Evaluation Strategy. The major objective of this consortium is to help academic institutions start academic courses on M&E in the Asia Pacific region. The consortium also aims to work as an advocacy group to promote the agenda of M&E education. We are starting the consortium with members from India, Japan, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines and will expand in a few months to other nations in the Asia Pacific.
“I am fortunate to be a part of a management school like IRMA that gives the critical space of aligning the managerial aspects of running institutions with the design and implementation aspects of development programs. My optional course on M&E was picked up by the evaluation community and as a result, I have been invited to co-author the concept note of the consortium and lead it as a co-chair.” Dr Singh affirmed.
Dr. Singh holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Institute for social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. He was the Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2018. He has been engaged in various evaluation and research assignments with UNICEF, the World Bank, NABARD, and state and central governments. He is currently an advisor to the Rural Development Department, Government of Jharkhand. Dr. Singh was also an expert committee member, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, for the National CSR Award 2018 and 2020. He was part of the Second National Common Review Mission, constituted by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. His research interests include community development and governance, monitoring and evaluation, CSR, and social networks. He teaches Rural Society and Polity, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Social Network Analysis at IRMA.