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Aniruddha Vinaykumar Patil

Unit Head, ADB

As the Head of the Social Sectors Team, Private Sector Operations at the Asian Development Bank, Aniruddha Patil is responsible for ADB’s direct lending to and investments in private healthcare and education companies in Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining ADB, Aniruddha worked for Macquarie…

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

Anju Sharma

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat, India

Dr. Anju Sharma is a member of the prestigious lndian Administrative Service and has been serving in the Government at senior leadership positions for more than 30 years. She currently holds the Office of Labour, Skill Development and Employment (LSD&ED) Government of Gujarat, as Additional…

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

Annop Nopharatana

Director of Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

   

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

Anthony Kenneth McDonald

Executive Director, Board of Directors, ADB

Anthony Kenneth (Tony) McDonald has been elected as Executive Director of the Asian  Development Bank Board of Directors representing Australia; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Georgia,  Hong Kong, China; Kiribati; Federated States of Micronesia; Nauru; Palau; Solomon Islands; and…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Antoinette Taus

Founder, CORA Philippines

Antoinette Taus is a Filipino-American award-winning actor, singer, host, and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Combining her renown with her longstanding dedication to people and the planet, she founded CORA (Communities Organized for Resource Allocation), a…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Arnold Tukker

Professor and Scientific Director, Leiden University

Arnold Tukker is a Professor of Industrial Ecology and the Scientific Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University. He also serves as a senior researcher at TNO, a large Dutch not-for-profit research organization. Arnold has set up prominent EU projects in the field…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land

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

Athena Douglas

Coordinator, British School Manila

12 years teaching experience in Europe, Asia and now Africa. Dedicated to instilling a passion for learning through a carefully designed curriculum, pastoral care and student well-being. I am a Mindfulness in Schools Project teacher, experienced and qualified in teaching the Pawsb curriculum to Key…

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

Ayah Shashaa

Global Director of Business Development & Partnerships , Udacity for Government

Ayah Shashaa works with governments and foundations globally on large-scale national capability-building programs, to upskill thousands of learners in the latest technologies from Silicon Valley. 

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

B.V. Phani

Head of Department, Department of Industrial Management & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

B. V. Phani is the head of the Department of Industrial & Management Engineering at IIT Kanpur.  His research interests are financial intermediaries, credit risk modeling, entrepreneurial finance, innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, market micro-structure and valuation, and …

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