With the World Bank: has worked primarily on infrastructure finance and urban development; regional experience includes South and East Asia, Africa and the Middle East; former Head, Global Urban Development Practice, overseeing work on Urban Policy and Strategy and Knowledge and Learning; 2010, led the Urban Strategy; From 2012-2016, Director for Leadership, Learning and Innovation, currently, Senior Adviser and Head of Infrastructure Analytics and Programs in the Department of Infrastructure Finance and Public-Private Partnerships, The World Bank; concurrently Co-Chair, Global Future Council on the Future of Cities and Urbanization, World Economic Forum. Co-Editor, The Urban Imperative: Towards Competitive Cities, with Professor Edward Glaeser (Oxford University Press, 2014). Bachelor's, Lady Sri Ram College , Delhi University; Master's, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; MPhil, Oriel College, Oxford University.