Shanti Jagannathan

Principal Education Specialist
, ADB
Profile / Bio: 

Shanti Jagannathan is Principal Education Specialist in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of Asian Development Bank. She works on ADB education sector policies and strategies and provides technical advice to ADB’s lending and non-lending education operations in the Asia and Pacific region.

Shanti has over 25 years of experience with education sector transformation initiatives in school education, technical and vocational education, and training and higher education in Asia. She has led policy research studies on skills for greening economies, Asia’s knowledge-based economies, innovation, and implications of industry 4.0 on education and training, among others. Her recent work includes guidance notes on Education and COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific, designing hackathons for digital reskilling and upskilling for displaced workers, and co-editing a book on powering a learning society during an age of disruption. She has over a dozen publications from her work in ADB.

Shanti has contributed to international cooperation in education at policy and operational levels and has been on advisory bodies, steering committees, and working groups on education development, gender equality, elimination of child labor, democracy, and human rights, and scholarships for underprivileged students. Prior to ADB, Shanti worked with the European Union as Development Adviser where she developed and implemented programs in health, education, and rural livelihoods in South Asia as a lead task manager. Prior to that, she worked with a think tank, the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
Boosting Capabilities for the Digital Creative Industry 19 October 2023 Multimedia Education
Putting “Space” in the Future of Education and Jobs 19 October 2023 Multimedia Education
Round Table of CEOs of Foundations- Boosting the Role of Philanthropic Organizations in Scaling Quality Education and Skills 18 October 2023 Multimedia Education
Opening Session 17 October 2023 Multimedia Education
Digital Jobs and Digital Skills A shifting landscape in Asia and the Pacific 06 October 2022 Slides Education
ADB’s Education Sector Group - Investment Operations and Knowledge Solutions 14 September 2022 Slides Education, ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
Education Sector 26 October 2021 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
ADB’s Support to Education and Training- Ongoing and Emerging Priorities 08 September 2021 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Health
Future of Skills and Jobs in the Context of Technological Disruption 25 August 2021 Slides Education
Health and Education (South Asia Department) 15 March 2018 Slides Transport
Skills and Human Capital for Innovation 13 December 2017 Slides Education, Capacity Development
ADB Support to Education: An Overview 26 March 2015 Slides Education
ADB Support to Education (Overview) 13 March 2014 Slides Urban Development, Water
The Skills Development Reform Roadmap in ADB Developing Member Countries 11 December 2012 Slides Capacity Development, Education