ADBI-APAEA Conference on COVID-19 and Central Banking in Asia and the Pacific

Central banks have been at the forefront of COVID-19 response and recovery policies. The effective transmission of monetary policy to the real economy in response to pandemic shocks is highly uncertain, however. In addition, how fiscal and monetary policies complement each other and can be efficiently implemented and monitored is not well understood and requires further research.

B. C. S. Baliga

B. C. S. Baliga is a Finance Specialist with more than 25 years’ experience. He currently works with the Namami Gange Program of Government of India (GOI) as Senior Financial Management Specialist (Consultant). Previously, he was Director (Finance) in Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation and supervised financial management of ADB assisted hydropower projects under the Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Program. Earlier, he supervised financial management of UNDP assisted GOI Project for Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Steel Re-rolling mills.

Ramesh Bhujade

Ramesh is a Chemical engineer, having experience of over 40 years in the Bioeconomy, CO2 management, and Hydrocarbon-based industry. The experience covers the entire gamut of the process technology value chain - from heading the R&D to engineering and production management. Subject Matter Expert in Process Design, Technology development and Scale-up, Techno-economic analysis, Life cycle analysis, Due Diligence, and Process Safety.