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Aape Pohjavirta

Founder and President, Funzi

Aape Pohjavirta is the Founder and President of Funzi, a mobile learning service. Funzi gives the world’s billions of mobile users access to motivating and useful learning. An opportunity to develop skills to build a better tomorrow. High quality, relevant courses delivered with a combination of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Ashish Dhawan

Founder and Chairperson , Central Square Foundation

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

Bowden Percival

Digital Development Asia Regional Manager, Plan International

Sitting at the junction of technology and development, Bo Percival is a self-proclaimed ‘giant nerd’. Bo has worked extensively in digital development internationally in Education, HIV, LGBT rights, Youth Development and WASH. Bo has a Ba. in economics and marketing and is currently completing a…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Despoina Kouria

Supplier Diversity and Sustainability Analyst , World Bank Group

Despoina Kouria is a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability analyst with Corporate Procurement at the World Bank Group (WBG), which she joined in 2020. She is part of the team that mainstreams sustainability considerations into over $1.7 Billion of annual purchases for the World Bank Group’s…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Eunjin Oh

Vice President, Korean Women's Development Institute

Eunjin Oh is the Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI). Prior to her position at KDWI, she was a lecturer at Sogang University, Sungshin University, Ajou University, and Dongduk Women's University. She also worked with Korea Research…

   Topic(s): Education, Gender Equality, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Karunn Kandoi

Unknown, Extramarks

A dynamic entrepreneur with a vision for Extramarks, Mr. Kandoi has as B.E. (BIT) and MBA from the University of Washington. Having held senior managerial positions in Microsoft Corporation, Philips, and G.E. Medical Systems, his zeal for education led him to start Shree Eduserve, a vocational…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Katja Freiwald

Lead, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

Katja Freiwald leads the UN Women Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) and Migration portfolios in Asia and the Pacific. She oversees UN Women’s work on gender-inclusive entrepreneurship, transformative work on the care-economy and works towards strengthening gender-responsive business conduct…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Manisha Dogra

Vice President, Telenor Group

Manisha Dogra is senior business sustainability professional with extensive operational and strategic experience in Asia.   Manisha is currently the Vice President, Head of Sustainability Asia at Telenor Group. Prior to this, she was heading Telenor Group’s Supply Chain Sustainability and…

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

Manisha Vasdev

Marketing Team Lead, Coursera Asia Pacific

Manisha Vasdev is an experienced marketing and technology professional. She leads Coursera’s marketing team in Asia Pacific with a focus on providing the world’s best education to learners across Asia Pacific.  Manisha has almost 10 years of marketing and consulting experience in India,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Manzul Kumar Hazarika

Director, GIC, Asian Institute of Technology

Dr. Manzul Kumar Hazarika has assumed charge as Director of AIT’s Geoinformatics Center (GIC).  Dr. Hazarika is responsible for the coordination and administrative responsibilities of GIC. Prior to assuming this position, he was serving as Director (Project Operations) at GIC. A graduate of…

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