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Jay Turner

Professor, Washington University in Saint Louis

Jay Turner is a Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, and Vice Dean for Education in the James McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis/USA.  He also holds a Visiting Scholar appointment with the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard…

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

Jaya Singh Verma

Policy Advisor and SRO, Indo-Pacific Regional Team, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Jaya Singh Verma is presently Policy Advisor with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office working with the Indo-Pacific Regional Team. She is the Senior Responsible Officer for the Managing Climate Risks for the Urban Poor (MCRUP) Programme. She has over 20 years of development experience…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Jayant Bhagwan

Executive Manager Research Manager, Water Use, Wastewater Resources and Sanitation Futures Water Research Commission, South Africa

Jayant (Jay) Bhagwan, is the Executive Manager of the key strategic area of Water Use, Wastewater Resources and Sanitation Futures at the South African Water Research Commission, which focuses on the management of water and wastewater in the Domestic, Mining and Industrial sector.  He has been…

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

Jayant Menon

Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

At the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Jayant Menon plans to continue his work on trade and investment issues and economic development in the Asian region. He left the Asian Development Bank as a Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist. He was also at the ADB Institute in Tokyo…

   Topic(s): Economics, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala

Former Goodwill Ambassador, Women's Rights Sri Lanka Ministry of Women's Affairs

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala is a women's rights activist with 18 years of experience in the field of women's rights and gender equality. She holds a MA in Gender Studies from Sussex University (UK), and a post graduate diploma in Women’s Studies from Colombo University. In 2016, she became the first Sri…

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

Jayash Paudel

Assistant Professor of Economics, Boise State University

Jayash Paudel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Boise State University. His research has appeared in journals including the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Social Science & Medicine, Land Economics, Energy Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics and…

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

Jayati Ghosh

Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Jayati  Ghosh  taught  economics  at  Jawaharlal  Nehru  University,  New  Delhi for  nearly  35  years.  She  is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA.  She has authored and/or…

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

Jayati Nigam

Health Specialist, East Asia Department, ADB

Jayati focuses on supporting ADB’s efforts to improve health outcomes in Mongolia and the PRC. Prior to ADB, Jayati worked for the World Bank in India where she gained extensive health sector experience in the South Asia region. Jayati is passionate about health equity, maternal and child health,…

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

Jayson Koh

Director, EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy

Dr. Jayson Koh is Director at EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy. He focuses on developing co-innovation and test-bedding projects with start-ups, SMEs, government agencies, and large enterprises. Jayson has wide experience in early-stage technology development, open innovation, tech…

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

Jazira Asanova

Principal Coordination Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Jazira Asanova has over 20 years of experience, including 15 years with ADB as staff in East Asia Department, Central and West Asia Department, South Asia Department, and Strategy, Policy and Review Department (SPD). In SPD, she led development of ADB’s corporate results frameworks for…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure