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Venkatesh Dwivedi

Director (Projects & BD), Energy Efficiency Services Limited

Venkatesh Dwivedi is the first project manager of Energy Efficiency Services Limited's (EESL) flagship scheme UJALA, as well as the National Program Manager for Streetlights National Program of India. With more than 26 years of rich experience, he has been earlier in the Oil and Energy Sector…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vergel Medina

Social Development Specialist, ADB

Vergel Medina is a forester by profession and has worked in the fields of community based forestry, involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples safeguards. He has completed a degree in Forestry from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos and professional master’s degree in natural…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Vidmantas Jankauskas

international energy regulatory expert, independent consultant

Country: Lithuania Vidmantas Jankauskas studied at the Vilnius University and worked for twenty years at the Lithuanian Energy Institute, researching energy economics. During that period he received his doctorate and doctor habilitation scientific degrees, published more than 100 scientific…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vidya Soundarajan

Director, Ecological Footprint and Advisory Consultant, Climate Finance, WWF-India and Oxford Policy Management

Vidya Soundarajan has more than 2 decades of experience in the fields of sustainable development, climate change, public policy, development fund management, and large-scale adaptation programmes. She is the former India Programme Head of Oxford Policy Management and Senior Regional Advisor…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Vidyut Mohan

Co-founder & CEO, Takachar

Vidyut Mohan is the co-founder and CEO of Takachar, a social enterprise enabling farmers to prevent open burning of their waste farm residues and earn extra income by converting the residues into value-added chemicals like activated carbon on-site. Passionate about energy access and supporting…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Viganda Varabuntoonvit

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Viganda Varabuntoonvit is an assistant professor at the Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Her areas of specialization and research include life cycle assessment, energy efficiency, energy and carbon intensity, energy management system, carbon…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vignesh Nandakumar

Partner, Aspada Investments

An electrical engineer from IIT Madras, with a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, Vignesh has significant experience in technology development and renewable energy, in initiating, sustaining and…

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

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 Gaba

Partner, KPMG

Vikas Gaba is the Partner, Power & Utilities, KPMG in India. He has over 14 years of experience working across the South Asia region with leading donor agencies and public sector institutes in designing power markets and policy & regulatory reforms. His expertise includes renewable energy,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vinayagan Dharmarajah

Regional Director (Asia), BirdLife International

Vina is the Regional Director (Asia) of BirdLife International and has been in post since January 2017. BirdLife International is a Partnership of about 120 local organizations globally and supports conservation in 15 countries in Asia. Prior to joining BirdLife, Vina worked for the business school…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water