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Dr Anoja Wickramasinghe is an Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She has significantly contributed to the field of energy, forestry, resource management, rural development, poverty, and also as a policy and institutional analyst, gender activist, community…
Topic(s): Gender Equality
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Ansgar Gabrielsen is a former Minister of Trade and Industry and a former Minister of Health and Care Services in Norway. He is an insurance agent by education and worked in this field prior to entering politics. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1993 and was re-…
Topic(s): Gender Equality
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Aphivath Keat is the CEO and Founder, Thyrada Co., Ltd. She is from Battambang province and came to live in Phnom Penh in 2002. She was raised in a low-income household. Her father passed away when she was 18 months old, so her mother had to play the role of mother and father.
Topic(s): Gender Equality
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Born and raised in Manila, Armie Jarin-Bennett started her professional career as a radio newscaster for three local stations, before moving to Atlanta in 1996 to intern at CNN’s main headquarters. She became a production assistant at Headline News in 1997 and quickly moved up to writer and…
Topic(s): Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Ashish Dhawan is one of India’s leading philanthropists and a key voice for system reform in the country. Ashish is the Founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation (CSF) with the mission to improve the quality of school education for all students (especially from low-income communities) through…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education, ICT
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 years teaching experience in Europe, Asia and now Africa. Dedicated to instilling a passion for learning through a carefully designed curriculum, pastoral care and student well-being. I am a Mindfulness in Schools Project teacher, experienced and qualified in teaching the Pawsb curriculum to Key…
Topic(s): Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education
Ayah Shashaa works with governments and foundations globally on large-scale national capability-building programs, to upskill thousands of learners in the latest technologies from Silicon Valley.
Topic(s): Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education
B. V. Phani is the head of the Department of Industrial & Management Engineering at IIT Kanpur.
His research interests are financial intermediaries, credit risk modeling, entrepreneurial finance, innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, market micro-structure and valuation, and …
Topic(s): Economics, Education, Industry and Trade
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Prof. Bakhadir Suyunovich Mirzaev is the rector of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers National Research University (TIIAME NRU). He was appointed to the position in 2019 and is the first rector of the university since it was granted national research…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals