Background
After finishing his BE (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani,
D S Pandit went on to do his LLB and MBA (Finance) from Delhi University. He got
his PGDIT from the Indian Institute of Public Administration.
Current
job profile
As Deputy Commissioner (IT), MCD, Pandit has been entrusted with the task of
making the most of information and communication technologies for the benefit of
the organization and the people of Delhi. "Having started its journey on
the IT path much after some smaller municipal bodies, MCD can learn from the
experiences of these smaller bodies to chart out a course of its own," he
says.
Best professional decision
"At the height of the IT boom in the Y2K year, I enrolled for a course
in PGDIT. That gave me an understanding of what IT is all about and how it can
be leveraged to the advantage of both the common man and the government,"
he muses. I would rank my tenure as GM, Interstate Bus Terminus, in 1994-97 in
the Transport Department of the Government of Delhi as highly satisfying
professionally. This is simply because when I joined the post, there was no
money in the ISBT’s kitty and the services to passengers left a lot to be
desired. When I was transferred after three years, I left behind around Rs 9
crore in FDs and improved the range of passenger services in all the three ISBTs
in Delhi.
Turning point
The postings as GM (ISBT) and Additional Secretary (IT) in Government of
Delhi gave me opportunities to enhance my skills and to achieve something
concrete for the organization and for the people.
Philosophy in life
Be honest with yourself, try your best and Leave the rest to God. This is
another way of saying ‘If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well’.
As told to Manjiri Kalghatgi
In New Delhi