Vijay Padmanabhan

Director, ADB

Profile / Bio

Profile / Bio

An Engineer-Urban Planner, Vijay is the Operations Director for urban development and water in the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Southeast Asia Region and manages a $3 billion portfolio. With 23 years of professional experience, he has led multi-sector teams in designing and delivering large and complex projects on urban development, water, and sanitation across several countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. He has also led enterprise resource planning for urban local bodies; structured and financially closed private sector projects helped issue infrastructure bonds in the water and sanitation sector; and structured and successfully implemented emergency and post-conflict assistance projects. He has also served as ADB’s Technical Advisor for Urban and Water advising operations across the Region.

 

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Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topics
ADB in Southeast Asia Slides ADB Administration and Governance
Utility Creditworthiness and Alternative Lending Instruments: The Southeast Asian Experience Slides Water, Finance
Youth Participation in Water Security – Examples from South East Asia Slides Water, Civil Society, Urban Development
ADB: Key Issues in Urban Sector Slides Climate Change, Transport, Urban Development, Water
Experience in Advocating Fecal Sludge Management Slides Capacity Development, Urban Development, Water
Water and Urban Development (Overview) Slides Water, Urban Development
Integrated Urban Planning and Development Slides Urban Development