Sanjay

Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, an Indian national, is a leading authority on governance and public sector capacity building, combining a distinguished research record with extensive operational experience. In recent years he led the design and implementation of the World Bank Group’s Governance and Anticorruption Strategy. In 2008, Mr. Pradhan assumed the position of Vice President of the World Bank Institute, the learning, training and capacity-building arm of the World Bank Group. Before this appointment he directed the Bank's Public Sector Governance Group from September 2002, where he oversaw worldwide advisory and lending services to governments on public sector management, public finance and governance. Mr. Pradhan joined the Bank in 1986 as a Young Professional in the Industry Department. Since then he has held various positions in the Bank. Mr. Pradhan was a Principal Author of the World Development Report 1997, The State in a Changing World. Mr. Pradhan completed his PhD and Bachelor’s degrees from Harvard University.