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Adishree Panda

Project Officer - Urban

Adishree serves as the Project Officer - Urban at UN-Habitat India. Prior to this role, she was the National Project Coordinator for the Mainstreaming Leave No One Behind (LNOB) project. With over three years of experience as a Research Associate in the Sustainable Habitat Program at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India, Adishree has developed expertise in sustainable urban development. Her earlier experiences include working as a research intern with the City Prosperity Initiative project at the Research and Capacity Development Branch of UN-Habitat headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. As an urban development practitioner, Adishree has been actively involved in policy research, strategic planning, and the mainstreaming of urban resilience into development frameworks across Indian cities. She has organized several stakeholder engagement workshops and contributed to capacity-building initiatives aimed at inclusive and sustainable urban growth. Adishree holds dual Master's degrees—one from the School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University Delhi, and another from the Development Planning Unit of University College London (UCL).