Manoj Sharma is Chief of Urban Sector Group in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Manoj has 30 years of experience working with ADB and the Government of India. He has led multi-sector teams for designing and implementing complex and innovative projects for urban infrastructure and economic corridors development in several countries in Asia. He has also led policy dialogues at senior levels of the governments for substantive reforms for industrial development, urban governance including capacity building of urban local bodies, and infrastructure financing including structuring and financially closing PPP projects. Manoj is a graduate in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, postgraduate in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a CFA Charter holder.