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Vinod Mathur

Director, Wildlife Institute of India

Dr. Vinod B. Mathur, joined the Indian Forest Service in 1983 and was allotted to West Bengal Cadre. He obtained his doctorate degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Oxford in 1991. As a faculty member and now Director of the Wildlife Institute of India, he has been actively involved in…

Vinod Veedu

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Oceanit Laboratories, Inc

Dr. Vinod Veedu is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Oceanit and he is responsible for identifying strategic directions for the company and for defining how best to expand the corporate footprint in these key areas. Prior to Oceanit, Dr. Veedu worked at the Rensselaer Polytechnic…

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

Vipul Sekhsaria

Co-Founder, Kaleidofin

Vipul Sekhsaria is co-founder of Kaleidofin which is a neo-bank in India.  Kaleidofin is a neo-bank with a mission to propel customers towards their real life goals by providing intuitive and tailored financial solutions. Kaleidofin follows a…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Virender Duggal

Principal Climate Change Specialist, SDCC, ADB

Mr. Virender Kumar Duggal is a Principal Climate Change Specialist in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In this role, he is leading ADB’s work on carbon pricing.  Mr. Duggal is an accomplished professional with a proven track record…

Virgilio Viana

General Superintendent, Sustainable Amazon Foundation, Brazil

Professional career divided in four different tracks: academia, government, non-profit organizations and international institutions. Below are some highlights. In academia, professional forester (ESALQ/University of São Paulo) Masters and PhD in evolutionary and organismic biology from Harvard…

Virginia Newton-Lewis

Director of Policy and Advocacy, WaterAid Sweden

Virginia specializes in water security as it relates to WASH. She has worked on a wide range of water issues including food security, irrigation, water resources management, and flood risk management. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, where she explored the topic of agricultural-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Virinder Sharma

Senior Consultant and former Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Mr. Sharma takes a lead role in managing delivery, maintaining strategic relationships, providing technical and advisory support to the ADB and to the UK Department for International Development (DFID), leading a team of 10 technical professionals and managing the implementation of 50 projects…

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

Virkein Dhar

Independent consultant, Independent consultant

Virkein Dhar is an architect, creative producer and entrepreneur, based in India. In her decade long experience, she has worked across disciplines of design, art and culture, social impact and innovation, building up novel spaces and programs. She now leads Poppy Seed Lab, a genre-agnostic creative…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Vishal Kapoor

Director (Distribution), Ministry Of Power (India)

Vishal Kapoor brings with him a multi-sectoral field experience in managing diversity in the workforce, policy design and implementation, sectoral reforms, and grassroots level operations in the Infrastructure Sector in India. As the Director dealing with Distribution Sector functions in the…

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

Vita Sanderson​

Structural Engineer, Arup

Vita is a chartered structural engineer who currently works at Arup where she supports development clients on the implementation of infrastructure, particularly in health and education. She is currently also the Chair of the board at the Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)…

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