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Victoria TauliCorpuz

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

Victorino Manalo

Executive Director, National Archives of the Philippines

Mr. Victorino Mapa Manalo is the Executive Director of the National Archives of the Philippines. He is also the current Chairperson of SARBICA. 

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Vidmantas Jankauskas

international energy regulatory expert, independent consultant

Country: Lithuania Vidmantas Jankauskas studied at the Vilnius University and worked for twenty years at the Lithuanian Energy Institute, researching energy economics. During that period he received his doctorate and doctor habilitation scientific degrees, published more than 100 scientific…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vidya Soundarajan

Director, Ecological Footprint and Advisory Consultant, Climate Finance, WWF-India and Oxford Policy Management

Vidya Soundarajan has more than 2 decades of experience in the fields of sustainable development, climate change, public policy, development fund management, and large-scale adaptation programmes. She is the former India Programme Head of Oxford Policy Management and Senior Regional Advisor…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Vidyut Mohan

Co-founder & CEO, Takachar

Vidyut Mohan is the co-founder and CEO of Takachar, a social enterprise enabling farmers to prevent open burning of their waste farm residues and earn extra income by converting the residues into value-added chemicals like activated carbon on-site. Passionate about energy access and supporting…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Viganda Varabuntoonvit

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Viganda Varabuntoonvit is an assistant professor at the Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Her areas of specialization and research include life cycle assessment, energy efficiency, energy and carbon intensity, energy management system, carbon…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vignesh Naidu

Director of Operations, The HEAD Foundation

Vignesh Naidu is currently the Director, Operations at The HEAD Foundation. Vignesh helms The HEAD Foundation’s education team that works across Southeast Asia to improve education outcomes through; the design and delivery of bespoke capacity building opportunities for educators, the production of…

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

Vignesh Nandakumar

Partner, Aspada Investments

An electrical engineer from IIT Madras, with a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, Vignesh has significant experience in technology development and renewable energy, in initiating, sustaining and…

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

Vijay Anand

Chief Business Officer, Greenpod Labs

Vijay is the Chief Business Officer of Greenpod Labs which uses nanotechnology to extend the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables.  GreenPod Labs is a post-harvest solutions company committed to minimise food waste. The company has built a 100% natural, cost effective solution to extend…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

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