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Vasant Joshi

Business Manager for urban water services, Suez

Expertise is in implementing programs for Non-Revenue Water (NRW) reduction, water distribution system improvement, rehabilitation and augmentation works. Worked with several city corporations and state water boards for project development and implementation. Carried out multiple water supply…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, 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

Venkat Bhargav Sreedhara

Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank

Venkat Bhargav Sreedhara is a Financial sector specialist with the South Asia team of the World Bank. He works on development financing and technical assistance projects across financial sector issues such as climate finance, MSME access to finance, housing finance, fintech and others. He has…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment, Urban Development

Verena Streitferdt

Green Finance/Sustainable Energy Policy Consultant, Pertiwi-Consulting

Verena has over 10 years of work and research experience in the field of policy advisory/project development especially on the topics of energy efficiency: policy & finance, energy/climate policy and urban governance in the South East Asian context. In her PhD research, she explored how far the…

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

Vergel Medina

Social Development Specialist, ADB

Vergel Medina is a forester by profession and has worked in the fields of community based forestry, involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples safeguards. He has completed a degree in Forestry from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos and professional master’s degree in natural…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples , Human Rights Council

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples by the Human Rights Council in 2014 and served until April 2020. She is an indigenous leader from the Kankana-ey Igorot people of the Cordillera Region in the Philippines. As an…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Vijay Jagannathan

Secretary General, CityNet

Vijay Jagannathan comes from the World Bank where he was Sector Manager for infrastructure in the East Asia and Pacific region. He was responsible for an annual lending program of about $5 billion in the urban, water, transport and energy sectors. Mr. Jagannathan has been also …

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

Vijay Padmanabhan

Director, ADB

An Engineer-Urban Planner, Vijay is the Operations Director for urban development and water in the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Southeast Asia Region and manages a $3 billion portfolio. With 23 years of professional experience, he has led multi-sector teams in designing and delivering large and…

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

Vijaylakshmi Brara

Sociologist and Associate Professor, Centre for Manipur Studies, Manipur University

Vijaylakshmi Brara is a sociologist and Associate Professor at the Centre for Manipur Studies, Manipur University, Manipur. Her major areas of academic interest are gender, culture and grassroots institutions. Her research has focused on northeast India for three decades. She is the author of the…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities