Gautam Ray was Director General (Audit) at the Central Board of Excise and Customs. He has worked for over three decades in tax policy making and its implementation in the field, with more than 16 years in the Tax Research Unit in Finance Ministry dealing with all taxation issues relating to indirect taxes. He represented India in Non-agricultural Market Access negotiations in the WTO during the period 2002 to 2007 and was advisor to the Advisory Group on Tax policy and Tax Administration for the Tenth Five-Year Plan.
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