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ROOPA KUDVA
Managing Partner - Omidyar Network India
Roopa leads Omidyar Network India and is responsible for overall strategy, investments, operations and portfolio development. She
spent 23 years with CRISIL, and was its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. In 2020, she led CRISIL’s transformation from
being India’s premier ratings agency into a diversified global analytical company. Roopa is regularly featured in the media as a prominent
woman leader in corporate India. She has served as a member of several policy-level committees relating to the Indian financial system,
and has been on several government, regulatory and policy committees and industry associations.
SHOMBI SHARP
UN Resident Coordinator for India
Mr Shombi Sharp, a national of the United States of America, is the UN Resident Coordinator for India since November 2021and has
devoted more than 25 yrs of his career to promoting inclusive and sustainable development internationally. He most recently served as
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Armenia, after holding several leadership positions at the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) in various capacities across Armenia, Georgia, Lebanon, Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States in the Russian Federation,
and New York. He is a published author of works in health economics and was a United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) “Policy Champion” as well as a nominee for the UNDP Administrator’s Award.
