RESUME OF DR. MOHINDER S. BHATIA

Dr. Bhatia is an Economist and has had extensive experience in problems on economic growth, urban land policy, taxation, marketing, shopping centers, feasibility analysis, education programs and police planning.

Dr. Bhatia has had over 30 years of professional achievements in the capacities of professor, lecturer, economic advisor to foreign governments, planning advisor at the Puerto Rico Planning Board, etc. The following are some of his major achievements and areas of proficiency:

Achievements

Prepared a report for the Department of Commerce of the Commonwealth Government dialing with the creation of shopping centers in Puerto Rico. The report dealt with the problems which small retailers were confronting.

Assisted by nine economic and social planners, he prepared the first four-year Economic and Social Development Plan of Puerto Rico. The Plan covers almost all the major aspects of Puerto Rican society and economy, namely, manpower, financial, regional, industry, agriculture, education, housing, health, social welfare, utilities and tourism. As Coordinator of Federal programs, he coordinated and negotiated more than $25 million of grants-in-aid from the Federal EDA for various agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico.

Advised the governments of Central American countries in their efforts to develop their economies and improve the social welfare of the people. As development advisor to the Economic and Coordination Council of El Salvador, he developed their 5 Year Plan, assisted in studies and legislation on the application of minimum wages to the agricultural sector covering 60 percent of the total labor force of the country and designed a lunch program for more than 500,000 school children.

As senior economist and chief of the Planning and Programming Division of the Organization of American States, he provided short-term t cal assistance to the member countries and helped the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress in the evaluation of policies, programs and projects of the Latin American Republics.

Conducted major studies on taxation, tax evasion, redistribution of income through fiscal systems, shopping centers, economic growth, and urban land policy (the latter created the Land Administration of Puerto Rico).

Development plan for the Southwest region of Puerto Rico.

ü Organization for the development of the Southwest region.

ü Comprehensive plan for the Police Department.

ü Administrative Utility Analysis of the Vocational School Program in Puerto Rico.

ü Comprehensive Housing Plan for the San Juan Metropolitan Area, Santa Isabel, Villalba and Coamo, for-C.R.U.V.

ü Feasibility of establishing a technical institute in Ponce.

ü 1971-72 Revenue Projection for the Government of Puerto Rico.

ü Manpower Demand and Supply analysis and Projections for the Northwest Region of Puerto Rico.

ü New Educational Technologies for the Department of Education.

ü Feasibility of establishing compulsory pension plans for the private sector.

ü Curriculum for the Police Academy of the Department of Police.

ü Feasibility study for payment of wages by check.

ü Evaluation of the intangible assets of an expropriated shipping firm.

ü Prepared feasibility and marketing study for the manufacture of cement by a multi-billion dollar company in a Caribbean country. The study covered the entire Caribbean, Central American countries, Venezuela, Colombia, Jamaica, and British Honduras.

ü Prepared a feasibility study for the manufacture and distribution of an important product used in printing and publishing industry. The marketing area covered was the United States and Canada. Included in the study was an analysis of cash flows, investment, production and distribution costs.

ü Prepared an analysis of the market for communications equipment in the metropolitan areas of San Juan, Ponce, and Mayaguez for a billion dollar U.S. electronic company.

ü Assisted the Puerto Rico Highway Authority in determining needs and sources of funds.

ü Study of the market for high priced second homes conducted for a construction company.

ü Participated in an information system design for policy makers and planners for the University of Puerto Rico and its various campuses.

Areas of Proficiency

Functional Areas

Public Finance

Development Planning

Feasibility Studies

Government Agencies Operation

Municipal Government Operation

Urban Land Policy and Economics of Urban Land

Housing and Construction Survey (Marketing)

Marketing

Vocational and Technical Education

Project Evaluation

Police

Labor

Social Welfare

Teaching - Economics

Public Finance and Economic Development

Public Administration

PPBS

HUD Programs

Federal EDA

Dr. Bhatia was a manager in the Management Consulting Department of Peat, Marwick, Mithcell & Co. Prior to joining Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., Dr. Bhatia served in the following organizations:

Puerto Rico Planning board, Puerto Rico

Planning Advisor, 1967 to 1969

Coordinator, Fedral EDA and HUD Programs, 1967 to 1969

University of Puerto Rico

Professor in the Graduate School of Public Administrator

USAID Planning Administration Mission to Panama Chief, 1966

Government of El Salvador

Advisor of Planning and Administrative Reforms, 1963 to 1965

Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.

Senior Economist and Chief, Planning and Programming Div., 1962 to 1963

USAID

Member, USAID Mission to British Guiana, 1962

Puerto Rico Planning Board, Puerto Rico

Consultant, 1958 to early 1962

University of Puerto Rico, Department of Economics Lecturer (part-time) 1960 to 1961

University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Department of Economics Professor, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, 1961 to 1962

University of Delhi, India Staff member, Indian School of International Studies, 1957 to 1958

Guidance to students, Ph.D. thesis preparation (areas of public finance and economic development)

University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India Research Associate to Director Institute of Public Administration, 1956 to 1957

Planning Research and Action Institute, Lucknow, India economic Intelligence Inspector, 1954 to 1955

In addition, Dr. Bhatia is a frequent speaker before management and professional groups. The following are some of his publications, reports, pamphlets and articles:

ü Economic and Social Goals and Interagency Coordination in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

ü Administrative Reform and Plan Execution in El Salvador-Report, Government of El Salvador, 1965

ü Development Planning and Implementation in Guatemala, Organization of American States, 1962, p.44

ü Tax Exemption in a Developing Economy: A Case Study of Puerto Rico, National Tax Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 4, pp. 241-249.

ü Rapid Economic Development and the Monetary System, in Proceedings of the in Economic Planning Seminar of Puerto Rico), 1958, Mexico: ICA (US) 1960, pp. 4447-67.

ü Aspectos de un Desarrollo Económico Equilibrado en Sur Asia, Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 317-30.

ü Five Year Development Plan of El Salvador, Govt. of El Salvador, 1965 2 volumes, p. 1200 (Bhatia was assisted by about forty technicians in the preparation of this comprehensive document).

ü Budgetary Policy of the Government of India, Uttara Bharati (a search journal of the University of Lucknow), Vol. III, No. 2, pp. 95-103.

ü The Role of Public Budgeting in an Underdeveloped Economy, Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. XXXVII, No. 144, pp. 117-24.

ü Budgetary Position of the Government of India since Independence, Public Finance (The Netherlands), 1956, No. 3, pp. 241-52.

ü Problems of Planned Capital Investment in India, Economics and Statistics Review of Puerto Rico, October 1959, pp. 11-31.

ü Urban Land Values Problems and Policies. (This report was the basis for creating the Urban Land Administration of Puerto Rico), 1961, p. 250.

ü Income Distribution, Tax structure and Burden of Taxation in British Guiana, Washington, D.C., Agency for International Development, 1962, p. 61 (offset). (This paper constituted two chapters of the book on Economic Development of British Guiana published by the U.S.A.I.D.

ü Redistribution of Income through the Fiscal System of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Planning Board, 1960, p. 80.

ü Coverage of Personal Income on Tax Returns in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Planning Board, 1961, p. 95 (mimeographed).

ü Development Planning - and Budgeting, Organization of American States, October 1962, p. 34 (Also printed in A.I.D. Digest).

ü Four Year Economic and Social Development Plan of Puerto Rico, 1968, (Directed and coordinated).

ü Manpower, Education and Economic Development, published in For Education Administrators, Puerto Rico Department of Education, 1970.

Dr. Bhatia received a doctorate degree in Economics from Lucknow University, Lucknow, India, in 1956. He received a M.A- in Economics from Lucknow University in 1953.

Dr. Bhatia has -taught courses at the Graduate Department of Economic of the U.P.R. and Graduate School of Administration - U.P.R., in the areas of Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy and Economic Policy. Presently, Dr. Bhatia teaches courses on Planning and Development of Projects at the Interamerican University.

Dr. Bhatia is an Economic Advisor to the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is also an Economic Advisor to the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce. He has been an Economic Advisor to the "San Juan Star" and "El Nuevo Día".