Mr. Murali Padmanabhan is a development professional with 24 years of experience and exposure in the field of gender, children, disability and inclusive development. He has a Master’s degree in Social Work. He is trained in gender and disability and inclusive development, human rights law, social justice and development law, inclusive project cycle management, ToT in UNCRPD (ToTAL-IDA) and Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DIDRR). His experience in working with disabled people and other marginalized stakeholders ranges from grassroots to the international level. He promotes empowerment, equality and mainstreaming through inclusive and participatory program development, policy influence and advocacy. He is currently the Gender & Disability Inclusion Advisor for the South and Central Asian Region at the Disability Inclusion Lab of Light for the World. The Disability Inclusion Lab is a space for NGOs, disabled people organizations, governments and businesses to come together to make disability inclusion work. The initiative’s main focus is on influencing key stakeholders including GOs, INGOs, bilateral and multilateral agencies about the human rights of persons with disabilities through advocacy, sensitization and capacity building.