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Varun Srivastava

Manager, Accenture Development Partnerships' Global Health

Varun Srivastava is a Manager at Accenture Development Partnerships' Global Health team, based in Bengaluru, India. With over eight years of experience in the development sector, Varun has deep expertise in public health, including immunization, public health supply chains, surveillance, and health…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Vasiti Seruvatu

National WASH Officer, Pacific WASH Program, ADB

Vasiti Seruvatu lives and works in Fiji, and is currently the national WASH officer for the ADB Pacific WASH TA, working closely with the Water Authority of Fiji. As a teacher and community worker, Vasiti understands well the value of early education and community programs supporting better health…

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

Vegard Skirbekk

Professor, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Columbia University

Vegard Skirbekk is a Professor of Population and Family Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and a Professor at Columbia University’s Columbia Aging Center. His research focuses on understanding the links between aging, health, and worker productivity in countries undergoing…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Veronica Mendizabal Joffre

Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), ADB

Veronica leads ADB’s gender program for the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. She manages regional and country-level technical assistance on gender equality and social inclusion and works with loan processing teams ensuring that gender equality is an integral part of ADB operations. …

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Vibeke Jensen

Director, UNESCO

Since 1st January 2020, Vibeke Jensen is the incumbent Director of the Division for Peace and Sustainable Development within the Education Sector at UNESCO Headquarters. The Division covers, amongst others, education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, prevention of violent…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Victor Ochieng Owino

Nutrition Specialist, International Atomic Energy Agency

Dr. Victor Owino is a Nutrition Specialist in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s, Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section. His work focuses on supporting the Member States to apply stable isotope techniques to design and evaluate nutrition interventions that target all…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Victoria Austin

CEO, Global Disability Innovation Hub

In 2016, Victoria Austin co-founded and is now the CEO of the Global Disability Innovation Hub. She works with over 70 partners in more than 41 countries on programs that total about £50m. She is also an Associate Professor of Social Justice and Innovation at UCL Engineering. She is also…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Vineet Sukumar

Founder, Vivriti Asset Management (VAM)

Vineet Sukumar is the Founder and CEO of Vivriti Asset Management (VAM). Vineet is also the co-founder of Vivriti Group which was founded in 2017 and comprises of India's largest debt platform, ‘CredAvenue’, along with an NBFC. Vivriti Group - backed by marquee investors…

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

Vinita Rodrigues

Project Assistant, cBalance Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Vinita has a Masters Degre in 'Natural Resources and Governance' from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She worked with an NGO working with rural communities in India. She engaged in socioecological research and supported community-based participatory action reserch work aimed at landscape…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Vivian Lou

Director, The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Lou Vivian W. Q. is the Director of Sau Po Centre on Ageing, and Associate Professor at Department of Social Work & Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on family gerontology, in particular family caregiving for dementia, stroke, end-of-life…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals