Suppiramaniam  Nanthikesan

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Lead Evaluation Officer

Dr. Nanthikesan

Sri Lanka

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+39 06 5459 2243

PhD Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Masters in Public Administration Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

Bachelor in Engineering Sri Lanka

Nanthikesan is Lead Evaluation Officer at the Independent Office of Evaluation at IFAD. He has over 25 years of professional experience in the development field, including more than 20 years of evaluation experience in the United Nations development system. As Head of the thematic evaluation group in IEO of UNDP, he conceptualized and conducted corporate and country level evaluations. As a Regional M&E Advisor in the Asia-Pacific as well as the Sub-Saharan Africa regions, he was responsible for planning, monitoring and evaluating country programmes and developing M&E capacities in 68 countries. Prior to joining the United Nations system, he was a researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University.

Professional affiliations and distinctions Member, International Development Evaluation Association Member, Asia Pacific Evaluation Association Member, American Evaluation Association Member, Sri Lanka Evaluation Association Guest lecturer at Columbia University, SIPA Authored several evaluation-related peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and blog pieces. Convened sessions in a number of international evaluation events (American Evaluation Association, Asia Evaluation Week, Asia Pacific Evaluation Association, COP26, European Evaluation Society, and United Nations Evaluation Group).

25 years International Development experience, with focus on Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.

+20 years experience in the evaluation field

2019 Rome, Italy

2016 Bangkok, Thailand

2009 New York, USA

2002 New York, USA

Lead Evaluation Officer Independent Office of Evaluation IFAD

Regional M&E Advisor Asia Pacific Regional Office UNFPA

Regional M&E Advisor Regional Bureau for Africa UNDP

Evaluation Officer Independent Evaluation Office UNDP

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