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Vijay Anand

Chief Business Officer, Greenpod Labs

Vijay is the Chief Business Officer of Greenpod Labs which uses nanotechnology to extend the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables.  GreenPod Labs is a post-harvest solutions company committed to minimise food waste. The company has built a 100% natural, cost effective solution to extend…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Vijay Jagannathan

Secretary General, CityNet

Vijay Jagannathan comes from the World Bank where he was Sector Manager for infrastructure in the East Asia and Pacific region. He was responsible for an annual lending program of about $5 billion in the urban, water, transport and energy sectors. Mr. Jagannathan has been also …

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Urban Development
   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

Vikas Choudhary

Senior Economist, World Bank

Vikas Choudhary is Senior Economist at the World Bank, based in Jakarta, and leading the agricultural work program in Indonesia and Timor Leste. Prior to this, he was based in Ethiopia and led the agriculture team working in Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea. His interest areas are the food…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Vikash Jha

Founder and CEO, Rukart

Currently, Vikash is the Founder - C.E.O of RuKart. He founded RuKart along with two other IIT Bombay alums in 2019. Mr. Jha did M.Tech in Technology & Development from CTARA at IIT Bombay. During his masters program, he has shown interest in developing scalable green technologies for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Vimlendra Sharan

Representative , FAO in Sri Lanka and Maldives

Vimlendra Sharan is FAO Country Representative for Sri Lanka and Maldives. Sharan brings with him nearly three decades of national and international government leadership experience focusing on rural development, agriculture, and food security issues. As a member of the Indian Administrative…

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

Virginia NewtonLewis

Director of Policy and Advocacy, WaterAid Sweden

Virginia specializes in water security as it relates to WASH. She has worked on a wide range of water issues including food security, irrigation, water resources management, and flood risk management. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, where she explored the topic of agricultural-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Virinder Sharma

Senior Consultant and former Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Mr. Sharma takes a lead role in managing delivery, maintaining strategic relationships, providing technical and advisory support to the ADB and to the UK Department for International Development (DFID), leading a team of 10 technical professionals and managing the implementation of 50 projects…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vladimir Stankovic

Program Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Vladimir Stankovic is an experienced international relations specialist with a demonstrated 15+ years history of working with the UN system for the governments and intergovernmental organizations in New York, Belgrade, and Geneva. He has been coordinating the World Summit on the…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Wahyuningsih Darajati

Primary Planner, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia

Wahyu Darajati serves as Primary Planner, supporting the Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Maritime, particularly for the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). She joined the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) in…

   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

Wanglin Ma

Associate Professor, Department of Global Value Chains and Trade, Lincoln University

Wanglin Ma is an associate professor of Applied Economics. His expertise lies in agricultural economics and development economics. Through Wanglin's research, he strive to unravel the strategies and solutions that enhance farm economic performance, augment people's subjective well-being and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger