Liu Thai Ker, Former Chief Planner, Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority in conversation with Swati
Ramanathan, Co- Founder, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy
Liu Thai Ker(Urban Planning & Design) |
Liu Thai-Ker is a planner architect and has been the Director of RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd, Singapore since 1992. As Chief Executive Officer and Chief Planner of the Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority from 1989 to 1992, he spearheaded a major revision of the Singapore Concept Plan that is widely recognised as a visionary and pragmatic work which has contributed towards making Singapore a city of excellence. As architect-planner and Chief Executive Officer of the Housing & Development Board in Singapore from 1969 to 1989, he oversaw the completion of over half a million dwelling units. He is a member of several government bodies in Singapore, and planning advisor to over 20 cities in China.
Swati Ramanathan(Urban Planning & Design) |
Swati Ramanathan is Co-Founder of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy and is also Chairperson of Jana Urban Space Foundation, commited to improving urban planning and urban design in India’s cities. She has received international recognition for ipaidabribe.com on retail corruption; and ichangemycity.com on hyper local citizen participation, most recently winning Google’s Global Impact Challenge, 2013. She has prepared the National Urban Spatial Planning and Development (NUSPD) 2013 Guidelines, for the planning of India’s cities, at the behest of the Ministry of Urban Development, and the Planning Commission.
Mohd Azharuddin bin Mat Sah( Urban Capacities & Resources) & ( City Systems Strategy Panel) |
Mohd Azharuddin bin Mat Sah works at the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) in the Prime Minister’s Department. He is the Director - National Key Economic Area - Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley & National Key Results Area - Urban Public Transport that is part of the Malaysian Government National Transformation Programmes. He has held key positions in notable companies and organisations, including a recent tenure at Microsoft as Director of Public Sector Group in Malaysia. Prior to that, Mr. Azharuddin has served the Prime Minister’s Office in various capacities and was also attached to KhazanahNasional, the state investment arm where he was the Senior VP for Special Projects in the Managing Director’s Office.
Dr. M. Ramachandran( Urban Capacities & Resources) |
Dr. M. Ramachandran has had a distinguished career of 38 years in the Indian Administrative Service during which period he has held various important assignments such as Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand and Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Urban Development.
Michael Caudell-Feagan(Empowered and Legitimate Political Representation) |
Michael Caudell-Feagan is the vice president of government performance at The Pew Charitable Trusts where he oversees a number of major initiatives including the Elections Initiatives, Public Safety Performance Project, Home Visiting Campaign, Kids Safe and Healthy Foods, Public Sector Retirement Systems, Consumer Finance, NG 911, Retirement Security, Short Term Savings, Safe Food Project and the Children’s Dental Campaign. In 2005, during the formation of the Pew Center on the States he oversaw work on campaign finance reform and efforts to modernize state election systems. Michael has been an advisor and strategist for philanthropic initiatives for more than 15 years.
Baijayant Panda(Empowered and Legitimate Political Representation) |
Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda is a Member of Parliament from Kendrapara Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha. In 2008, he received the award for best parliamentary practices from the Chief Justice of India. He has been a member of Parliamentary Committees on Energy, Urban Development, Home, Commerce and Human Resource Development.
Kerina Biou Wang(Transparency, Accountability & Participation) |
Kerina Wang works as an engagement strategist at the Open Government Practice of the World Bank Institute (WBI) and is responsible for strategy development, planning and external engagement. She leads strategic engagement for the Open Private Sector Platform at WBI, which aggregates open-data instruments to empower and mobilize the private sector into acting as a development agent to achieve development, governance and sustainability impact. Prior to joining the World Bank, Ms.Wang led strategy development and international cooperation for the Sustainable Cities Initiative at the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental think tank based in Washington DC.
Srikanth Viswanathan(Transparency, Accountability & Participation) |
Srikanth Viswanathan is Coordinator- Advocacy, Research and Capacity Building at Janaagraha overseeing programmes in Municipal Finance, Open Data and Urban Policy. Srikanth is a Chartered Accountant with over ten years’ professional work experience. Prior to joining Janaagraha, Srikanth spent 6 years in Standard Chartered Bank, India and 5 years in KPMG India.