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Sourav Majumder

Senior Project Officer (Urban), ADB

Sourav believes that the solution to smart cities lies in good governance, adoption of new technologies, and greater public participation. He has an academic background in civil engineering and urban planning. Before joining ADB in 2006, Sourav worked in complex urban infrastructure projects in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Stefano Barchiesi

Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International

Dr. Stefano Barchiesi has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services at a Ramsar Site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several projects on the different elements of nature-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Stephane Bessadi

Senior Procurement Specialist, ADB

As part of ADB's Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department (PPFD), Stephane Bessadi strategically supports infrastructure project design and procurement in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on sustainability, operations and maintenance, and low carbon technologies. He is based in the…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Stephen Blaik

Principal Urban Development Specialist, PARD, Asian Development Bank

Steve Blaik is a Principal Urban Development Specialist with ADB’s Pacific Department. He is a civil engineer by trade and spent most of his 37-year career working on urban and water sector activities in the Pacific including the past 17 years as ADB staff.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sudatta Ray

Assistant Professor, Council on Energy, Environment & Water

I am an Assistant Professor at the Environmental Studies Department at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. I received my PhD from the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at Stanford University. I study the unintended consequences of different electrification strategies…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Sudhir Gota

Freelance Consultant (Sustainable Transport), Independent Consultant

Sudhir Gota specialises on environmental issues related to the transport sector and has extensive experience in transport data crunching, policy evaluation, developing methodologies on transport emissions for different types of sustainable transport investments and on sustainable freight. He has…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 15: Life on Land

Sudhir Pillay

Research Manager, Sanitation Water and Wastewater Futures Water Research Commission, South Africa

Dr. Sudhir Pillay received his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2012 from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. As a postgraduate student, he won 3 scholar prizes from the Water Institute of Southern Africa and IWA-YWP Southern Africa for his research on gravity-driven membrane technologies…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Sudhir Yadav

Senior Scientist, Water Management at the Sustainable Impact through Rice-based Systems, International Rice Research Institute

Sudhir Yadav currently works as Senior Scientist - Water Management at the Sustainable Impact through Rice-based Systems platform of IRRI where he heads the Soil, Water, and Environment unit. His major areas of expertise encompass integrated water management, system agronomy, and environmental…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Sudipto Sarkar

Water Practice Manager, East Asia and the Pacific Region, The World Bank

Sudipto Sarkar is the World Bank’s Water Practice Manager for East Asia and the Pacific Region and is based in the World Bank’s Singapore Office. He has more than thirty years of work experience in water infrastructure and services. His experience also covers other sectors such as urban, energy,…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Suparana Katyaini

Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Hyderabad

Suparana is an Assistant Professor in the School of Livelihoods and Development at TISS Hyderabad campus. She is engaged in teaching interdisciplinary courses on climate change, conservation and development. Prior to being associated with TISS Hyderabad, she was engaged in research on environmental…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action