Anupam Khanna is currently on leave from the World Bank, and is presently a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Global Development Network (GDN - now an independent international organization headquartered in New Delhi, supported by multilateral and bilateral agencies as well as private foundations to promote excellence in research and policy analysis in developing countries). In the World Bank, he most recently, he headed, Policy Support Group in the Corporate Secretariat of the Bank. He oversaw analytic and policy work for the standing committees (Audit, Budget, Development Effectiveness and Personnel) of the 24-member Board of Executive Directors which is resident full-time in Washington D.C. He advised senior management and the Board on strategy and policy as well as fiduciary and compliance issues. At GDN, Anupam in charge of launching two new flagship Global Research Projects (Climate Change; Urbanization in Developing Countries) and coordinating an effort to stimulate policy research and its usefulness for shaping debates in Africa and South Asia relating to trade and agriculture. Prior to coming to GDN in November 2008, Dr. Khanna spent five years as Senior Manager, Policy Support in the Corporate Secretariat of the World Bank in Washington D.C. He oversaw analytic and policy work for the standing committees (Audit, Budget, Development Effectiveness and Personnel) of the 24-member Board of Executive Directors and advised senior management and the Board on strategy, policy, fiduciary and compliance issues. From September 2000 through March 2003 Dr. Khanna was the Chief Economist for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group based in London, United Kingdom. He advised top management on global economic trends, business environment and country risks; supported corporate strategy and planning functions; and was a core member of the Shell Scenarios Team that developed Global Scenarios to 2020. He then spent April-July 2003 at Oxford University as a visiting fellow associated with the Department of Economics and University College where he undertook research on global economic governance and international regulation. Previously, during 1997-2000 Anupam was Senior Advisor, then de facto Chief of Staff to the World Bank's Senior Vice President & Chief Economist (first Joe Stiglitz, then Nick Stern). He was also a member of Infrastructure/Urban and Environment Sector Boards governing the World Bank Group's activities in these sectors. He also served as the Special Assistant to World Bank Presidents Conable and Preston during 1989-91. From September 2000 through March 2003 Dr. Khanna was the Chief Economist for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group based in their Corporate Centre in London, United Kingdom. In addition to advising the Managing Directors and senior management on global economic trends and the business environment and supporting the corporate strategy and planning functions, he was a core member of the Shell Scenarios Team that developed Global Scenarios to 2020. He then spent April-July 2003 at Oxford University as an Academic Visitor in the Department of Economics and a temporary fellow at University College when he undertook research on global economic governance and international regulation. Previously during 1997-2000 Anupam was the Senior Advisor (de facto Chief of Staff) to the Senior Vice President & Chief Economist (first with Joe Stiglitz, then Nick Stern) at the World Bank in Washington D.C. During this period he was also a member of two Sector Boards governing Infrastructure and Environment activities of the World Bank. Mr. Khanna, joined the World Bank through the Young Professionals Program in December 1980. After completing rotational assignments with the Eastern Africa (transport) and East Asia (housing finance) regional staff, he worked as an economist for four years covering manufacturing industries, particularly textiles & fibres, machinery and electronics in Latin America, Asia and Southern/Central Europe as well as telecommunications in Africa. In addition to issues of broad economic policy and business environment, he focused especially on supporting technology and industrial innovation. When the World Bank set up its office in China, Anupam lived in Beijing (1986- 89) with lead responsibility for industrial development, electric power and state enterprise reform. Upon returning to headquarters in 1989, he was selected to be the Special Assistant to the President of the World Bank and supported two chief executives, Barber Conable through the end of his tenure and Lewis Preston during his first four months in office. In 1992 Mr. Khanna rejoined the East Asia region as division chief and until mid-1997 managed infrastructure operations (road transport, ports, railways, water supply, urban development, village infrastructure) in Indonesia, Papa New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Anupam graduated at the top of his class from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1974. His studies at Stanford University spanned electronics & systems engineering, exploration geophysics, management science and economics, earning him three graduate degrees including a Ph.D. with a dissertation entitled "An Approach to Modeling Systems of Political Economy: Towards Introducing the Notion of Power in Economic Analyses".He is conferred with the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for his outstanding professional achievements in the fields of public policy and infrastructure management.