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Arindam Banerjee is a co- founder and Partner at Policy and Development Advisory Group (PDAG).
A public policy and communications specialist, he currently advises the Chief Minister - Jharkhand and the Chief Minister's Office- Jharkhand on key welfare policy issues, media outreach and digital communications. He also oversees key research and policy partnerships between PDAG and academic and other public policy organisations.
Prior to PDAG, Arindam read for the Masters in Public Policy at Blavatnik School of Government at University of Oxford. He was a reciepent of UK Govt's Chevening Scholarship. He also worked closely with Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo as a policy manager during his stint at J- PAL South Asia across New Delhi, Ranchi and Boston.
Arindam was also one of the 145 Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows (PMRDF) with the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. As a PMRDF , he worked for more than 3 years to support and advise the district administration of West Midnapore, a high Left Wing Extremism affected district. During this period, he worked closely with both district and the State Government of West Bengal to formulate key community driven governance initiatives in post conflict resolution.
Arindam has also worked as a Political Correspondent with the Indian Express newspaper and has also written for both national and international publications and web portals
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Soumyadeep Bhaumik is a medical doctor and international public health specialist with a demonstrated history of impactful work in evidence synthesis and knowledge translation which has informed multiple WHO guidelines, national and sub-national policies and often been picked up by influential media houses stimulating debate and discussion around issues. He leads methodological work in India’s only Rapid Evidence Synthesis Unit, which provides on-demand evidence to any public decision maker. He is also experienced in experienced in program evaluation, health policy and systems research on injuries (particularly on snakebite).
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Zoe Piper has over 20 years’ experience across management consulting, technology, manufacturing and investment. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, Zoe is actively engaged in a broad range of roles and appointments.
Combining her interests in technology and social impact, in 2017 Zoe founded Ethitrade International, a blockchain based provenance platform empowering small enterprises in South-East Asia. In 2009 Zoe also cofounded Ecolour, an Australian based manufacturer of premium quality, non-toxic (zero-VOC) paint. Ecolour is now used by hotel chains, hospitals and leading developers across the country.
Alongside her entrepreneurial ventures, Zoe has also spent the past 7 years working to drive innovation and boost industry productivity. At CSIRO she founded and led IC Global (https://innovationcatalyst.global/), an award winning suite of platforms developed to drive innovation by facilitating expertise discovery, problem solving and data visualization. This involved engaging over 70 partners from industry, research, and government (both domestically and abroad) to collaboratively design and develop the platforms. Zoe was named as a 2020 ACT State Finalist (Public Sector & Academia category) for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards for her work leading IC Global. During her first two and a half years at CSIRO Zoe also served as Data61’s representative on the Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) board of directors.
Zoe has shared her knowledge on stage both domestically and abroad in New York (Ecolour), Vietnam (Ethitrade) and Manila (IC Global). She also regularly mentors start-ups and young professionals looking to proactively shape their careers.
Zoe is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (serving on ACT Division Council), and a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders (formerly chairing the AIM ACT Regional Advisory Committee). She has studied in the USA, Europe, and China, and her qualifications include an MBA, and Bachelor of Economics/Communication. Zoe is currently undertaking a PhD (Public Policy: cross-sector careers) at the ANU.
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Professor of International Relations, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. My research focuses on issues of international ethics and international order. I have a particular interest in military ethics and technological innovation, including the uses of drones and the potential for lethal autonomous weapons. I am also interested in the ethical challenges in world politics arising from the diversity of human ethical perspectives and practices.
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Salma Ahmed is a development economist whose work focuses on gender inequality, child labour, education, health, and fertility in developing countries, particularly in Bangladesh and India and more recently on other states of South Asian region. Her recent research has focused on two central areas: (i) economic evaluation of welfare policy and development finance program, and (ii) impact of external shocks on maternal and child wellbeing. She obtained a PhD in economics in 2013 and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in economics in 2008, both at Monash University, Australia.
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I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration at University of Malaya. My interest in macroeconomics and economic policy.
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Anjali Adukia is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the College. In her work, she is interested in understanding how to reduce inequalities such that children from historically disadvantaged backgrounds have equal opportunities to fully develop their potential. Her research is focused on understanding factors that motivate and shape behavior, preferences, attitudes, and educational decision-making, with a particular focus on early-life influences. She examines how the provision of basic needs—such as safety, health, justice, and representation—can increase school participation and improve child outcomes in developing contexts.
Adukia completed her doctoral degree at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, with an academic focus on the economics of education. Her work has been funded from organizations such as the William T. Grant Foundation, the National Academy of Education, the Spencer Foundation, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Her dissertation won awards from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), and the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). Adukia received recognition for her teaching from the University of Chicago Feminist Forum. She completed her masters of education degrees in international education policy and higher education (administration, planning, and social policy) from Harvard University and her bachelor of science degree in molecular and integrative physiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a faculty affiliate of the University of Chicago Education Lab and Crime Lab. She is on the editorial board of Education Finance and Policy. She was formerly a board member of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network – San Francisco Bay Area.
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Prakash Kashwan is an interdisciplinary social scientist, with expertise in global climate governance, environmental and climate justice, global conservation policy, and international development. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Co-Director of the Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Prakash is a member of the global expert group for Scoping of Transformative Change Assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project, and an Editor at the journal Environmental Politics. He is the author of Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2017), and of forthcoming works on decolonizing environmentalism and climate justice (contracted with Oxford University Press).
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I am Assistant Clinical Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service and Director of the Urban Planning program at NYU Wagner. My research and practice centers on the political economy of disasters, primarily in small island developing states. I recently won the 2021-2022 Outstanding Decentralization Paper Award for Latin America and the Caribbean recognizing my novel in-depth analysis of Haiti's institutional challenges over the past three decades.
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Professor of Economics and Global Studies at Colby College; textbook The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development treats inequality throughout its chapters.