Jaya Singh Verma is presently Policy Advisor with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office working with the Indo-Pacific Regional Team. She is the Senior Responsible Officer for the Managing Climate Risks for the Urban Poor (MCRUP) Programme. She has over 20 years of development experience including with DFID, international NGO and as an academic. She has led partnerships and managed multi-sectoral program and policy approaches in India, Asia regional, Africa, and established partnerships for innovations and lesson sharing as an acting head of Global Partnerships. She has managed flagship DFID urban programs in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh, and innovated climate change programs in the erstwhile Asia Regional Team. She is a keen advocate for gendered approaches to development and women and girls at the center of climate resilience approaches.