MPA Alumnus Sachinder Mohan Sharma Published Paper Titled "Exemplar for PPP initiatives on Indian Railways" and Contributed to Mission 1 for 15 to Feed the Hungry during Covid-19

In March 2020, Sachinder Mohan Sharma (MPA 2013), Professor at National Academy of Indian Railways, published his paper titled "Exemplar for PPP initiatives on Indian Railways" in the International Journal of Procurement Management. 

Exemplar for PPP initiatives on Indian railways
by Mohita Gangwar Sharma; S.M. Sharma
International Journal of Procurement Management (IJPM), Vol. 13, No. 2, 2020

Abstract: Public-private partnership (PPP) is seen as an area to leverage private resources in infrastructure. PPP has been a method of financing in which government join hands with the private sector partner to execute a project which provides synergy and mutual benefits for all stakeholders. PPP can be a successful implementation method if it is executed considering the risks faced by all stakeholders. The private partner because of his expertise in execution takes the responsibility for projects design to operation and is finding wider acceptance in the transportation and infrastructure areas. The case carries out a literature review with regard to risks in PPP and illustrates these risks in PPP’s through the port connectivity project of Pipavav. It analyses the stages of the projects when the different risks occur and infers that most of these risks can be considered from principal-agent perspective.

Online publication date: Thu, 02-Apr-2020

Meanwhile, Sachinder is the mentor of the Mission 1 for 15, one contribution to feed 15 souls. This is an initiative to allow the Officer Trainees of National Academy of Indian Railways to serve cooked food for the hungry during the Covid-19 lockdown period. Till date (4 May 2020), they have served 50,000 meals in collaboration with Maharaja Sayajirao University, Akshay Patra Foundation and volunteers from the local university. They also supported the frontline fighters with Mission Suraksha wherein they provided 5,000 masks, 1,500 gloves and 200 litres of sanitisers to the local medical and police staff. Moreover, they donated a sum of Rupees 50,000 to an NGO in Bihar to help the migrants to return home.