Nanthi 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 the UNDP Independent Evaluation Office, he conceptualized and conducted corporate and country level evaluations. As a Regional M&E Advisor in the Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, he was responsible for planning, monitoring and evaluating (M&E) 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.
Suppiramaniam Nanthikesan
Independent Office of Evaluation at IFAD
Lead Evaluation Officer