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S D Rasika Perera

Director, Science and Technology Human Resource Development Project

S D Rasika Perera is the Project Director of the Science and Technology Human Resource Development Project, an ADB-supported project in Sri Lanka. Concurrent with this role, he works with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Open University of Sri Lanka. Before joining the project, he was…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Samantha ORiordan

Program Officer, GIGA, the joint ITU and UNICEF initiative

Samantha O’Riordan is the Giga Program Officer at ITU for the joint ITU and UNICEF Giga initiative, which aims to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. Samantha has worked on multiple information, communications, and technology programs…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sana Kazmi

Head of Partnerships and Lead, STEAM Policy Unit, Sindh - STEAM Pakistan

Sana works on mobilising diverse stakeholders for STEM/STEAM outreach to government schools; and on providing technical assistance on STEAM to the Sindh Province’s School Education Department. In the past, she has worked on government school reform, establishing school enrichment programs (e.g. in…

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

Shamsun Naher

Joint Program Director, Secondary Education Sector Investment Program (SESIP)

Prof. Dr. Shamsun Nahe joined as a lecturer of Bengali in BCS on 16 November 1993 and taught in five government colleges until 16 November 2003. She performed in DPE until 11 May 2005. Later, she worked in DSHE as a planning and monitoring officer and DD (Planning & admin) in SESIP. Now, she is…

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

Shanti Jagannathan

Principal Education Specialist, ADB

Shanti Jagannathan is Principal Education Specialist in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of Asian Development Bank. She works on ADB education sector policies and strategies and provides technical advice to ADB’s lending and non-lending education operations in the Asia and…

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

Shelli Brunswick

Chief Operating Officer, Space Foundation

Meet Shelli Brunswick, an eminent figure in the realm of space exploration and innovation. With a wealth of experience spanning across a dynamic career, Shelli's profound insights and visionary perspective have established her as a guiding force within the global space community. Having embarked on…

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

Shri Nilambuj Sharan

Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), India

Shri Nilambuj Sharan is currently working as Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). He is Indian Economic Service officer of 1993 batch. He is in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. During close to three decades as member of…

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

Sofia Shakil

Director, ADB

With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Ms. Sofia Shakil has been a transformative leader in economic and social development across Asia. Most recently, she served as the Director of Economic Development at The Asia Foundation from February 2020 to March 2023, where she led impactful…

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

Stanley Lee

Senior Director and International Programs Lead, Temasek Foundation

Stanley is senior director and lead for the international team at Temasek Foundation. He drives programmes to deliver the mission, mandate and impact of the foundation in South-east, Asia and beyond to develop programmes on capability-building in education, health, urban design and governance.

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

Sudath Warnakulasuriya

Professor, University of Colombo Sri Lanka

Prof. Warnakulasuriya is the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing University of Colombo and the president of Sri Lanka Nurses Association (SLNA). He has obtained his BSc Honors Degree from Open University Sri Lanka, and Master degree from Adelaide University Australia and PhD from University of Sri…

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