Seminar

Speaker

Dr Bindu N Lohani is the Vice-President (Finance and Administration) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He assumed the position in April 2007.
 
Dr Lohani oversees the operations of the following departments and offices: Office of the Secretary; Office of the General Counsel; Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department; Office of Administrative Services; Controller’s Department; Treasury Department; and Office of Information Systems and Technology.

Prior to this, Dr Lohani was the Director General of ADB’s Regional and Sustainable Development Department. Concurrently, he was ADB’s Chief Compliance Officer and the Special Advisor to the President on Clean Energy and Environment.

Dr Lohani began his career in ADB in 1985 as Environment Specialist and became Manager, Environment Division in 1995. He later served as Deputy Director, Infrastructure, Energy, and Financial Sectors Department (West) starting 1997. In 1999, he was appointed as the Secretary of ADB.

Before joining ADB, Dr Lohani worked with the Departments of Housing and Physical Planning, Roads, and Local Development in Nepal. He has also taught at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and was Division Chairman at AIT’s Environmental Division.

Dr Lohani has authored more than 200 publications, including eight books. He completed several management development programs, including administrative training for senior government staff of Nepal, Executive Program conducted by the Business School of the University of Chicago; Management Development Program by Cornell University; and also programs organized by Arthur D. Little School of Management, and Corporate Leadership program at Yale University.

Dr Lohani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Master’s degree in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, and a Doctorate in Environmental Technology and Management. He has also been awarded Doctorate of University (Honors) by the Griffith University, Australia and University Medal and Doctorate (Honors) by the Angeles University Foundation (AUF), Philippines.

Dr Lohani is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and elected Fellow of American Academy for Advancement of Science (AAAS) of the United States — the highest professional distinction accorded to an engineer — for his work on economic-cum-environmental approach to sustainable development. He is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (awarded for excellence in the practice of environmental engineering) and a Fellow of American Academy for Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has been conferred various awards, medals and listed several times in “Who’s Who in the World”.

Abstract

Dr Lohani will present the ADB's recently approved Long-term Strategic Framework 2008-2020, or Strategy 2020.   Strategy 2020 is anchored on three complementary strategic agendas — inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. One of the core areas of operation of Strategy 2020 is on strengthening its operational emphasis on clean energy & environment. Asia’s robust economic growth is contributing to accelerating environmental degradation and impacting climate change. The region’s energy demand is forecasted to double by 2015. Asia’s energy sector's share of global carbon dioxide emissions have more than tripled to 28% in 2005. Environmental damage from fast growth is already impeding the region's development and is reducing the quality of life — with the poor most severely affected. Dr Lohani will share his views on the challenge of Clean Energy and Climate Change in Asia — with a focus on how multilateral organizations such as the ADB have been planning to incorporate the challenges posed by climate change as well as discuss priority policy actions that Asian Countries should consider to help address these challenges.

You are cordially invited to the Seminar.

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