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He served as Independent Director in the Philippines Electricity Market Corporation managing the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market up to the June 2015. He was Founder and first-elected President of Asia Pacific Basin for Energy Strategies, a Think tank in Special Consultative Status in UN-ECOSOC.…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, ICT
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Anwar Hossain is Minister of Environment and Forests for Bangladesh. He has also served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Minister of Communications and a Member of Parliament. Prior to entering politics, he was in the media business, serving as editor and publisher of the Daily…
Topic(s): Energy, Governance and Public Sector Management
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Arina is an energy expert with experience in developing global and regional analysis of innovations for the energy transition based on renewable energy, electrification of end-use sectors with renewables, power sector analysis and stakeholder engagement. Arina is an Analyst on Renewable Energy…
Topic(s): Energy
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Arjun P. Gupta is on a mission to eliminate energy waste. He started Smart Joules in 2014 to make energy savings simple, substantial and profitable for large businesses and through “energy efficiency as-a-service” business models and digital technology innovations. Smart Joules has since delivered…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Arun Kumar is currently the group CEO of Kreate Group, an integrated energy solution provider in India. Their services include licensed power trading, supply of solar, wind and hydropower to open access customers and discoms, as well as LED manufacturing. The company also provides automation and…
Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Asadullah Sumbal is a Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist at ADB’s Southeast Asia Department. He works as project officer for the flagship housing for integrated rural development program. He is also the co-team leader for the Strengthening Private Sector Participation in TVET program in…
Topic(s): Education, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
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
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
Ms. Begum Shamsun Nahar, a Freelance Consultant as Social Scientist & Gender Expert; Mid-Term Review and Evaluation Expert; Resettlement Expert; Knowledge Development & Training Expert; as well as Lead Researcher of Social Survey (Sanitation and Socio-Economic Household Survey; Improved…
Topic(s): Education, Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
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