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Dinesh Arora

Principal Health Specialist, ADB

Dr Dinesh is a medical doctor with specialisation in public health and economics and is currently the Principal Health Specialist of the Health Sectors Group of the Asian Development Bank. He has over 20 years of experience leading transformational public sector projects in South Asia, the Middle…

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

Dinesh Kumar Ghimire

former Secretary , Ministry of Energy, Government of Nepal

Mr. Dinesh Kumar Ghimire is former Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Government of Nepal. He has been associated with the power sector of Nepal for more than three decades. He led many bilateral and regional negotiation meetings with neighboring countries like India, Bangladesh and China in…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Dinesh Shiwakoti

Unit Head, Project Administration, ADB PRM

Currently Head, Project Administration Unit, Pakistan Resident Mission, Islamabad. Before joining ADB, Dinesh worked in Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, and Nepal. He has extensive experience in physical infrastructure projects in planning, designing, procuring, executing and implementing…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Ding Li Yong

Advocacy and Policy Manager (Asia), BirdLife International

Dr. Ding Li Yong is passionate about biodiversity (especially migratory species, wetlands and rainforests) and its protection, and how conservation practice can be reconciled with human development. He works with culturally diverse teams across Asia to create, drive, and scale-up projects that…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Dipal Chandra Barua

Founder, Bright Green Energy Foundation

Barua is the pioneer of solar energy in Bangladesh and played a role in the conceptualization resulting to the initiation of Grameen Bank project in later part of 1976. From then Barua started his creative work as a co-founder of Grameen Bank and dedicated himself 35 years for building Grameen Bank…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Dipti Vaghela

Co-Founder and Manager, Hydro Empowerment Network

Dipti Vaghela is the co-founder and manager of the Hydro Empowerment Network (HPNET), a south-south knowledge exchange platform that advances policy, technology, and socio-environmental aspects of small-scale hydropower across ten countries since established in 2013. Dipti brings sixteen years of…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Divina Chingcuanco

Senior Energy Policy Specialist, IDG Learning, Energy & Environment for Development, RTI International

Divina brings over 38 years of experience in the energy and environment sectors, focusing on electric power industry restructuring, privatization, utility regulation, renewable and clean energy, and climate change. She was a three-term Chief of Party spanning 16 years for three USAID Philippines…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Divya Gupta

Chief Business Officer, Qure.ai

Divya Gupta is the Chief Business Officer, Global Health at Qure.ai. Qure offers cutting edge AI solutions to make healthcare more accessible and equitable. Qure has impacted more than 20mil lives, across 90+ countries, in TB, Lung Cancer, Stroke care etc. Divya has extensive experience across med…

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

Divyam Nagpal

Independent Consultant, Independent Consultant

Divyam is a renewable energy specialist with over 7 years of professional experience at the intergovernmental and national level. He is currently working as an independent consultant with the MIT Energy Initiative, International Renewable Energy Agency(IRENA), and Factor.  Until recently,…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Diwakar Gupta

Vice-President, Private Sector and Public-Private Partnerships, ADB

Diwakar oversees ADB's assistance to private sector projects with a clear development impact but limited access to capital. Gupta was Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the State Bank of India, where he was responsible for setting strategies and direction alongside other members…