Shyamala Shukla is a Senior Public Private Partnerships Specialist in the Public Private Partnership Cross Cutting Solution Area. She has over two decades of experience in infrastructure financing, policy, and regulation, with expertise in public-private arrangements, innovative financing, and government support instruments, inter alia. She was closely involved with the development and implementation of infrastructure and PPP policies in India for several years and in various positions, including as Director (Infrastructure) in the Union Ministry of Finance. She has also worked on programs and projects in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Russia, Albania and other countries. Shyamala has an MPA from Harvard University and an MS in Finance from the Johns Hopkins University.