Career
He is also the Faculty Chair for the Management Programme in Public Policy (MPPP). In addition, he is a Visiting Fellow at the International Business Machines Corporation Center for The Business of Government, Washington, District of Columbia, and visiting Economics Faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Prior to Joining the Indian School of Business he served as a Secretary to the Government of India. In January 2009, he was appointed as the first Secretary, Performance Management.
Based in the Cabinet Secretariat with the responsibility for managing Government Performance, he reviewed and reported to the Cabinet Secretary/Prime Minister on the performance of all government departments.
In addition, he also headed the National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention as its chairman. Doctor Trivedi has worked for fourteen years (1994-2009) as a Senior Economist for the World Bank in Washington, District of Columbia, before joining the Government of India in the year 2009.
He was previously Economic Adviser to Government of India from 1992 to 1994.