Dr. R. Subramaniam¯was Associate Professor of Science Education at the National Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore until his recent retirement. Previously, he was worked at the Singapore Science Centre to popularise science and technology to students and the public. Recently he also worked as a STEM Education consultant for ADB.
Mara is part of the teams that produce the Asian Economic Integration Report and Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index, where she provides research and data support and handles the overall coordination for the preparation and dissemination of publications. She manages a team of consultants for the maintenance and improvement of the Asia Regional Integration
Arghya supports the implementation of ADB’s Integrated Disaster Risk Management Framework, the key objective of which is to strengthen disaster resilience in ADB’s developing member countries. He supports integrating disaster resilience considerations in ADB projects in different sectors and themes. Arghya is closely involved in designing interventions that strengthens
Shanti Jagannathan has over 25 years of experience with reforms and transformation in school education, technical and vocational education and training and higher education in Asia. She has led policy research studies on skills for greening economies, Asia’s knowledge-based economies, and implications of industry 4.0 on education and training.
Shawn Hunter is an Industry Fellow (APEC) at Griffith University’s Asia Institute, and an accomplished international development practitioner and researcher. Shawn has 13 years’ experience designing and implementing economic development programs across the Asia-Pacific region with a particular focus on financial inclusion and the digital economy. Much of his career has centred