Virinder Sharma
Former Principal Urban Development Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank

Dr. Virinder Sharma served as program manager of the multi-donor $150-million Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF) supported by the United Kingdom government, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and Rockefeller Foundation. He is a development professional with 30 years of experience with ADB, UK FCDO/DFID and the government of India in designing and implementing multidisciplinary programs.

Insight

Women were actively involved in developing the vision, plans and implementation of the local climate change projects.