Jaiganesh Murugesan
Climate and Disaster Resilience
- Role
- Climate Resilience Portfolio Specialist (Consultant) at Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Location
- Coimbatore, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jaiganesh Murugesan
Over twenty years of international experience in climate and disaster resilience. • Experience in working in developing, least developed countries (LDCs)and small island developing states (SIDS) of South Asia (India, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka), South-East Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Philippines), East Asia (People’s Republic of China) and remote consultancies in the Pacific (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Samoa, Fiji and Tuvalu) and Caribbean (Grenada and Dominica).• Extensive experience in providing strategic guidance, policy advice, project and programme management, proposal development, resource mobilization, multi-stakeholder coordination and reporting.• Demonstrated experienced in multi-sector resilience interventions (urban, infrastructure, agriculture, rural development, housing and energy) and cross cutting themes (gender, conflict sensitivity and environment). • Extensive experience of working with national and local governments, United Nations agencies, multilateral financial institutions (MFIs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. • Roster Member of 1) UNDP Rapid Response (ExpRes)- Disaster Risk Management /Disaster Recovery Advisor. 2) Norwegian Capacity (NORCAP)-Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist. 3) UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa - Climate Change and Resilience Specialist. 4) ADB 2nd Window of Assistance - Asia Pacific Disaster Recovery Expert Pool.
Experience
Climate Resilience Portfolio Specialist (Consultant)
Sep 2025 — Present
Education
Bharathiar University
Bachelors, Civil
1996 — 1999
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
Masters, Structural Engineering (Civil)
1999 — 2001
Skills
- Program Management
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Qualitative Research
- Grants
- Policy
- Policy Analysis
- Government
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Capacity Building
- Strategy
- Environmental Management Systems
- Project Planning
- Ngos
- Research
- Sustainable Development
- International Development
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Early Warning Systems
- Training
- Environmental Awareness
- Proposal Writing
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