Prajapati Trivedi is currently the Special Envoy for SDG Implementation, Commonwealth Secretariat,[1] London, UK and Distinguished Professor at Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, India.

[7] Dr. Trivedi worked for fourteen years (1994-2009) as a Senior Economist[8] for the World Bank in Washington, DC, before joining the Government of India in 2009.

He is also the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), Washington, DC [11][12][13] On March 11, 2019, Prof. Trivedi was awarded the Harry Hatry Distinguished Performance Management Practice Award for 2019  in Washington, DC.

This award is presented each year by the Center for Accountability and Performance (CAP), American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).

The Hatry Award is presented to an individual whose outstanding teaching, education, training, and consultation in performance management has made a significant contribution to the practice of public administration.

Prof. Trivedi is on the Board of the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID).ISID | Institute for Studies in Industrial Development Dr. Trivedi has authored the following books: This book is a guided tour through an economist's workshop, introducing readers to various microeconomic concepts and their utility in analyzing economic problems.

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Public Administration, and in regular courses taught at leading universities in the United States, India and Singapore.

It is a practical guide that informs the reader in simple, non-ideological, and clear terms of the various steps in implementing a privatization decision.

A major reason for this lack of public discussion is the fact that there is hardly any material available on MOUs.

The subsequent sections deal with the experience of MOU type approaches in France, Senegal, Pakistan, Korea and Bangladesh.

Using his vast experience and familiarity with the public enterprise literature, Professor Prajapati Trivedi has carefully selected a set of papers and documents that have become essential reading for policy makers, academicians and public enterprise managers dealing with MOUs, not only in India but around the world.

This book contains a collection of original papers written and published by Professor Prajapati Trivedi on various aspects of public enterprise management and policy.

The distinguishing feature of this book is a common framework for analyzing various aspects of public enterprise policy.

The three building blocks for the recommendations for the PRP are: Results-Framework Document (RFD), Performance-Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) and Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR).

It is hard to fully appreciate the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission without a solid understanding of these three distinct though interrelated concepts.