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PK Joshi

Former Head, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dr. P K Joshi superannuated as the Director-South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC. Prior to this he was holding the positions of the Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, and the Director of the ICAR-National Centre of Agricultural…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Po Yang

Associate Professor, Peking University

Po Yang is an associate professor with tenure, chair of Department of Economics of Education and Administration as well as a research associate of the Institute of Economics of Education, at the Graduate School of Education, Peking University, and a research fellow at China Institute of Education…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Poornima Jayawardana

Financial Sector Specialist, ADB

Poornima Jayawardana is a Financial Sector Specialist in SEPF. She has been involved in ADB's financial inclusion interventions in the Southeast Asia region, and leading financial inclusion support for Indonesia. Poornima holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Manchester…

   Topic(s): Education, Finance
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Prabhjot Khan

Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), ADB

Prabhjot works in ADB's Gender Equity Thematic Group and provides support for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the ADB Policy on Gender and Development and Strategy 2030’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Operational Plan, 2019-2024. She has many years of experience in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Pradeep Srivastava

Former Country Director, Tajikistan, ADB

Pradeep Srivastava was the Tajikistan Country Director for the Asian Development Bank. Prior to joining the ADB, Mr. Srivastava worked at Harvard University as a lecturer and associate in the Harvard Institute for International Development, following which he worked at the World Bank’s Africa…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty

Pring Morkoath

Director, Department of General Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Cambodia

Pring coordinates the implementation of New Generation School Program and the Secondary Education Implement Project. Prior to joining the Department of General Secondary Education, he worked at Hun Send Ang Snoul High School in Kandal province. He holds graduate degrees in law and political…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Prof. Wim van den Doel

Dean, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus University Alliance

Wim van den Doel has been professor of Contemporary History at Leiden University since 2003. From 2007 to 2016 he was Dean of the faculty of Humanities of Leiden University. From 2017 to 2020 he was member of the Executive Board of the Netherlands Organizations for Scientific Research (NWO). Since…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Protap Mukherjee

Senior Research Manager, Young Lives India

Protap Mukherjee is a Quantitative Research Coordinator at Young Lives India and works on education, child labor, and poverty. He obtained his master's degree in Geography from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and a masters degree in Population Studies from the International Institute for…

   Topic(s): Environment, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Purdie Bowden

Assistant Director, Private Finance for Climate and Development, DFAT

Formerly a lead negotiator for Australia at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including for the Paris Agreement negotiations, Purdie is an experienced policy advisor at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has expertise in climate change and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Puri Jyotsna

Associate Vice-President, Strategy and Knowledge Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development

She leads the organization’s strategy work in IFAD’s key areas, targeting agriculture, climate, gender, nutrition, youth, and social inclusion as well as provides the vision for evidence-informed advice on programme designs and implementation, contributing to resource mobilization, and supporting…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger