Council Member
Dipankar Sengupta
IT Consultant, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Government of India
- Standing
- Member
- Capacity
- Independent Member
- Location
India
Dipankar Sengupta helped build the systems that move India's public money. As Deputy Director General of the Accounts Informatics Division at the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, he worked on the development and rollout of the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) of the Ministry of Finance, which tracks government fund flows, electronic payments and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to citizens. In more than 35 years at NIC, including over 25 years leading public sector FinTech and government treasury work until his retirement in December 2024, he designed and implemented nation-scale financial systems for public financial management, social sector scheme funds and purpose-built fund usage frameworks, so that public money moves safely, transparently and on the record. He now advises the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, as an IT Consultant.
Notable roles and recognition
- IT Consultant, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India
- Former Deputy Director General, Accounts Informatics Division, National Informatics Centre (NIC), MeitY
- Public Financial Management System (PFMS), Ministry of Finance, Government of India
- More than 35 years at NIC, retired December 2024
Dipankar Sengupta holds a seat on the AI Trust Council, the independent multi-stakeholder body that governs the Trust Identity Protocol.