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Dr Brajesh Panth
Asian Development Bank
E. bpanth@adb.org

Mr Brajesh Panth is the Chief of Education Sector Group at the Asian Development
Bank (ADB). He provides technical leadership to the education sector group (ESG)
in ADB, leads the preparation of the ESG work plan and facilitates collaboration
across sector and technical groups in ADB and with external partners. He has over
25 years of experience in the education sector including sector assessment,
project processing, implementation, evaluation, and policy dialogue, covering all
levels—primary, secondary, technical and vocational education and training
(TVET), and higher education. He holds a doctorate in education administration,
planning and social policy from Harvard University. He worked with the World
Bank as senior education specialist in Nepal before joining ADB in 2001. Besides
coordinating and contributing to several publications, Mr Panth has made several
presentations in different fora and contributed to policy analysis, policy dialogue
and analytical work pertaining to different aspects of education reform.

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