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ACEF 2019 Speaker

Virinder Sharma

Senior Urban Development Specialist, Sector Advisor Service Cluster (SDSC), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC)
Asian Development Bank


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 under the ADB administered multi-donor $150m Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF).

Dr. Sharma is a sustainable development professional with more than 25 years of experience in designing, planning, executing, and monitoring programmes on Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environment, Urban development and Rural livelihoods. He has worked in India, Kenya and Philippines and managed projects in the UK, Australia, China and Nepal.