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The World Bank South Asia Regional Poverty Monitoring & Evaluation The World Bank South Asia Regional Poverty Monitoring & Evaluation Workshop New Delhi, June 8-10, 2000 List of participants Country Title F-Name L-Name Designation Organization City E-mail Bangladesh Dr. Zaid Bhakht Research Director Bangladesh Dhaka [email protected] Institute of Bangladesh Dr. Abdullahel Hadi Senior Research BRAC Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Faheem Khan MIS Advisor CARE Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Ms. Hosne Ara Begum Senior Assistant Chief Government of Dhaka (Health) Bangladesh Bangladesh Mr. Imtiazuddi Ahmad Operations Officer World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Ms. Nilufar Ahmad Social Scientist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Farouk Chowdhury Economist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Ms. Sarwat Chowdhury Natural Resources World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Md. Abdul Ghani Irrigation Engineer World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. A.S.M. Huq Energy Specialist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bashirul Bangladesh Mr. Zahid Hussain Economist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Ms. Shireen Jahangeer Operations Officer World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Kapil Kapoor Lead Economist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Zahed H. Khan Urban Specialist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Syed Nizamuddin Economist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Ms. Lamia Rashid Social Scientist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Zaidi Sattar Economist World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Ms. Nevine Sultana Consultant, HNP World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Bangladesh Mr. Frederick Temple Country Director, World Bank Dhaka [email protected] Thomas Bangladesh Bolivia Mr. John Newman Principal Economist World Bank La Paz [email protected] Lincoln India Mr. M. Alam Project Implementation Asian New Delhi Officer Development Bank SAR Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop Participants List Page 1 Country Title F-Name L-Name Designation Organization City E-mail India Ms. Manisha Priyam Delhi University New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Frances Sinha Executive Director & EDA Rural Gurgaon [email protected] Economist Systems Pvt. Ltd. India Mr. P. Raghuveer Conservator of Forests Government of Warangal [email protected] Andhra Pradesh India Ms. R. Padmaja Scientific Officer ICRISAT Patancheru [email protected] India Mr. Mervi Karikorpi ILO Area Office New Delhi India Dr. Nirmala Murthy Former Professor Indian Institute of New Delhi [email protected] Management, Ahmedabad India Mr. Chandram Mishra Senior Research Indian Institute of Lucknow [email protected] ohan Associate Management, India Mr. R.K. Ojha Senior Research Associate Indian Institute of Lucknow [email protected] Management, India Mr. D. Parthasarath Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Mumbai [email protected] y Technology, Powai India Mr. Dipankar Gupta KPMG-India New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. Abhas Jha Deputy Secretary (FB) Ministry of New Delhi Finance, GoI India Dr. P.V. Thomas Economic Advisor Ministry of Rural New Delhi [email protected] Development India Dr. S. Rajakutty Director National Institute Hyderabad [email protected] of Rural India Dr. Yash Aggarwal Senior Fellow NIEPA New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. V.K. Bhatia Joint Adviser (PEO) Planning New Delhi India Mr. Debabrata Das Director (PEO) Planning New [email protected] India Dr. S.P. Pal Adviser (Evaluation) Planning New [email protected] India Mr. K.N. Pathak Deputy Adviser Planning New Delhi India Mr. Amar SinghDeputy Adviser Planning New [email protected] India Mr. Samuel Paul Chairperson Public Affairs Bangalore [email protected] SAR Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop Participants List Page 2 Country Title F-Name L-Name Designation Organization City E-mail India Mr. Roshi Bakshi Sr. Programme Officer Royal New Delhi [email protected] Netherlands Embassy India Ms. Joke Muylwijk Sr. Programme Officer Royal New Delhi [email protected] Netherlands Embassy India Ms. Nandini Prasad Sr. Programme Officer Royal New Delhi [email protected] Netherlands Embassy India Ms. Jasveen Jairath General Secretary Society for Hyderabad [email protected] Participatory Development India Mr. Charles Geiger Swiss Bangalore [email protected] Development India Ms. Preeti Malhotra Research Associate TERI New Delhi India Mr. I.H. Rehman Research Associate TERI New Delhi India Mr. Dilip Singh Research Associate TERI New Delhi India Dr. Sanjay Verma Statistician UPBSN Lucknow [email protected] India Ms. Nira Anand Head, Human Resources World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. M. Balasubrama Sr. Agriculturist World Bank New Delhi mbalasubramanian@worldbank. nian org India Ms. Sajitha Bashir Education Economist World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Meera Chatterjee Sr. Social Dev. Officer World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Prema Clarke Education Specialist World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. Md. Hassan Social Development World Bank New Delhi [email protected] Specialist India Mr. Stephen Howes Sr. Economist World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. E.V. Jagannathan Water Resources Engineer World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Monica Jain Research Analyst World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Mandakini Kaul Operations Analyst World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. Edwin Lim Country Director, India World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. Lars Lund Sr. Social Scientist World Bank New Delhi [email protected] SAR Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop Participants List Page 3 Country Title F-Name L-Name Designation Organization City E-mail India Mr. R.S. Pathak Irrigation/Water Res. World Bank New Delhi [email protected] Engineer India Mr. Gajanand Pathmanatha Principal Economist World Bank New Delhi [email protected] n India Ms. Madhavi Pillai Natural Resource World Bank New Delhi [email protected] M. Management Specialist India Mr. N.V.V. Raghava Municipal Engineer World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. Shyamal Sarkar Sr. Sanitary Engineer World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Supriya Sen Financial Analyst World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Vandana Sipahimalan Education Economist World Bank New Delhi [email protected] i India Mr. Trond Vedeld Consultant World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Farah Zahir Research Analyst World Bank New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. Parmeswar Iyer India Country Team WSP New Delhi [email protected] an Leader India Mr. Khawaja Minnatullah Sr. Program Officer WSP New Delhi [email protected] M. India Ms. Pushpa Pathak Urban Specialist WSP New Delhi [email protected] India Ms. Gabriela Prunier Consultant WSP New Delhi [email protected] India Mr. Mike Webster Rural Specialist WSP New Delhi [email protected] Nepal Mr. Shyam Ranjitkar Irrigation Engineer World Bank Kathmandu [email protected] Sundar Pakistan Mr. Safdar Parvez Program Manager Aga Khan Rural Islamabad [email protected] Support Program Pakistan Mr. Inamullah Khan Asst. Director, MIS Govt. of Pakistan Peshawar Pakistan Dr. Azizullah Khattak Chief Statistical Officer PIHS Section Islamabad [email protected] Pakistan Mr. Sakwa J. Bunyasi Sr.Agricultural Economist World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Pakistan Mr. Qazi Isa Community Development World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Azmat Specialist Pakistan Ms. Shahnaz Kazi Economist World Bank Islamabad [email protected] SAR Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop Participants List Page 4 Country Title F-Name L-Name Designation Organization City E-mail Pakistan Ms. Memoona Khan Natural Resources World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Rauf Economist Pakistan Ms. Nahid Khan Procurement Analyst World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Pakistan Mr. Riaz Mahmood Disbursement Analyst World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Pakistan Mr. Abid Mallick Consultant (M&E) World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Ahmed Pakistan Ms. Zareen Naqvi Economist World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Fatima Pakistan Mr. Arif Yaqub Financial Mgt. Specialist World Bank Islamabad [email protected] Pakistan Ms. Mehreen Hosain Community Development WSP Islamabad [email protected] Specialist Pakistan Mr. Mohamma Akbar Asst. Process Monitoring WSP Islamabad [email protected] d Field Officer Pakistan Ms. Tayyaba Samina Process Monitoring Field WSP Islamabad [email protected] Officer Sri Lanka Mr. W. Piyasena National Project Director National WSS Battaramulla cwssp@ sri lanka.net Sri Lanka Mr. Terrence Abeysekera Agricultural Economist World Bank Colombo [email protected] Sri Lanka Ms. Mariana Todorova Country Director, Sri World Bank Colombo [email protected] Lanka Sri Lanka Ms. Princess Ventura Program Assistant World Bank Colombo [email protected] Srilanka Mr. Nihal Fernando Irrigation Engineer World Bank Colombo [email protected] UK Mr. Alex MacGillivra Deputy Director New Economics London [email protected] y Foundation t.co.uk USA Mr. Brian Spicer Consultant & Sr. Academy for Washington [email protected] Technical Advisor Educational Development
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