RAJIV WALIA
Project Coordinator Project RAS/H60 Precursor Control in South and South West Asia

Rajiv has joined UNODC ROSA as the Project Coordinator for Project RAS H-60 which will be working on Precursor Control. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1975 and was allotted the Tamil Nadu cadre. He has served in assignments including as District Collector, Joint Secretary to various departments including Planning, Transport etc. He was Resident Commissioner of Tamil Nadu in Delhi and his tenures in the Government of India also included a 7-year stint in the Cabinet Secretariat, a two-year assignment as Civilian Advisor to the IPKF (Indian Peace Keeping Force) in Sri Lanka (Jaffna) administering 7 districts, including the conduct of elections, in war time. He has also worked in the Ministry of Defence. Prior to his assignment with UNODC ROSA he was the Deputy Director-General in the Narcotics Control Bureau where he looked after policy and planning, coordination and enforcement functions. Policy initiatives by Mr Walia in the NCB were primarily aimed at demand and supply control strategies. His coordination duties included interaction with national and state drug law enforcement agencies as well as participating in bilateral and multilateral dialogue and representing India at international forums. Enforcement-related functions included monitoring the implementation of the precursor control regime, measures to prevent illicit drug trafficking, equipping the organization to deal with new threats like online pharmacies, synthetic drugs etc.In his spare time, Rajiv enjoys traveling and Himalayan trekking. He maintains a keen interest in cricket, tennis and golf.

K RAGHAVAN
Project Officer, RAS/H60

He started his career with the Customs and Central Excise Department in 1982 after serving in the Southern Railway for five years. He has worked in the Narcotics Cell of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, the Narcotics Control Bureau in Chennai and possesses more than 20 years of experience in the detection and investigation of cases of drug trafficking. Mr. Raghavan has also interacted with the drug control agencies of other countries in detection and investigation of cases of drug trafficking abroad. He has received training, in the past, from the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

He is a guest faculty at various State Police Academies and the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) in South India including the National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Mr. Raghavan is a Commerce Graduate and is presently pursuing his degree in law. Raghavan says he enjoys listening to Carnatic music and can also play mridangam.

ARTI KUKREJA
Admin & Finance Assistant RAS/H60 - Precursor Control in South and South West Asia

Arti joined UNODC ROSA in July 2006 and works as Admin and Finance Assistant for project RAS/H60 (precursor control). Prior to this assignment she was working as an Administrative Assistant with one of the World Health Organization's Polio Project field units based in Gurgaon near to Delhi where she served for three and a half years. She also has experience of working in the telecommunications industry. Arti is a Graduate in Commerce with a Diploma in Secretarial Practice and is currently pursuing her postgraduate degree in human resources from the Institute of Management Technology.