Dr. Indran A. Naidoo is the Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD. He has served as Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP, and Deputy Director-General of the Office of the Public Service Commission of South Africa.
Indran is a globally recognized evaluation thought leader, speaker, manager and author, who has spearheaded international reform initiatives. During his 30-year career, he has used evaluation to enhance institutional transparency and credibility by advancing disciplinary boundaries to improve accountability, partnership and learning, leading UNDP’s National Evaluation Capacity event to become the largest by government participation globally. This followed his transformative capacity building work at country and continental level.
He is former vice-Chair of UNEG, was instructor at IPDET, and is board member of multiple evaluation associations. He holds a PhD in evaluation, and post-graduate degree in Geography and Education. Recipient of numerous awards, international publications document his work.
