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Barkha Dutt

Founder, Editor, and Columnist, Barkha Dutt Media Private Ltd.

Barkha Dutt is an award-winning TV journalist, anchor and columnist with more than two decades of reporting experience. She is India’s only Emmy-nominated journalist who has won multiple national and international awards, including the Padmashri, which is India’s fourth highest civilian honour.…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Barry Charles Peddle

Founding Director, TAFE Directors Australia and World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics

He is a former Australian TAFE CEO who led the country’s largest TAFE Institute with over 78,000 students and 4,500 staff. He was also a founding Director of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCAP) and Chair of the Australian TAFE Directors Association (TDA). In those capacities,…

   Topic(s): Education, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Bawornsak Sakulkueakulsuk

Robotics and Automation Engineering Program Chairperson, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

   

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

Belinda Yuen

Professional Fellow, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Dr Belinda Yuen is Professorial Fellow. She is a qualified urban planner. Aside from master planning practice, Belinda has extensive research and publication in spatial planning and urban policy analysis, most recently, on planning livable, sustainable cities. She has been elected to President…

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

Bernard Woods

Principal Director, ADB

Bernard Woods is the Principal Director of the Department of Communications (DOC), responsible for leading the external relations and communication strategies of ADB with stakeholders including donors and developing member countries. He is concurrently the Director of the Results Management and Aid…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education

Bert Tuga

University President and Chair, hilippine Normal University and Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges – NCR

Dr. Tuga is the President of the Philippine Normal University (PNU). Outside PNU, he serves as the Regional Chair of Philippine Association of State University and Colleges and as the President of the Philippine Association for Teachers of Educational Foundations (UPDATE). He also serves as lead…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bhim Prasad Paneru

Training Chief, Education Training Center, Nepal

Bhim Prasad is the current Training Chief at Education Training Centre, Provincial Office, Sudurpaschim Province, Dipayal, Doti, Nepal.  He has a Master's Degree in Health Education.  He had the opportunity to participate in training and professional conferences organized…

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

Bimbika Sijapati Basnett

Gender Specialist, CCSD, ADB

At ADB, Bimbika coordinates and contributes to the mainstreaming of gender in ADB operations in the Central West Asia region, focusing on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the South Caucasus. Before joining the ADB in January 2024, she worked as the Head of Gender and Social Inclusion at the Australia-…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Bin Chhom

Director, Teacher Training College, Battambang

Bin is the director of BTEC and was a vice rector at the University of Battambang for 10 years. He holds a master’s degree in economics from People Friendship University of Russia. His areas of expertise include taxation, macroeconomics, microeconomics, leadership and management in higher education…

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

Biswanath Debnath

Consultant, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

Biswanath Debnath is a resettlement specialist currently working as a consultant for ADB, where was previously a Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards). He obtained his master’s degree and PhD in Anthropology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities