Meet the Devex Authors

Nina Segal Kennedy

Nina Segal Kennedy

Nina Segal occasionally blogs on career matters for both job seekers and HR employees for Devex. She works as an international career consultant with a broad range of nonprofit and international organizations, including UNICEF, UNFPA, the U.N. Secretariat, IFAD, FAO, Realizing Rights and the Ford Foundation, as well as individuals in the NGO community. Nina has a particular interest in building networks and improving access to career opportunities for underrepresented groups.
Niranjali Amerasinghe

Niranjali Amerasinghe

Niranjali Amerasinghe is the executive director of ActionAid USA and has extensive experience with international climate negotiations and accountability. She holds an LL.M in international and comparative law from the George Washington University Law School.
Niranjan Konduri

Niranjan Konduri

Niranjan Konduri is currently a principal technical advisor at Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services, a United States Agency for International Development funded program implemented by Management Sciences for Health, whose vision is a world where everyone has the opportunity for a healthy life.
Nirj Deva

Nirj Deva

Nirj Deva, a Conservative MEP for the South East of England for the past 12 years, has served in both the U.K. and European parliaments and has spent over 20 years in public service. Nirj's work in international development led to his nomination for the post of secretary-general of the United Nations, to succeed Kofi Annan, in 2006. In 2014, Nirj was elected chair of the delegation for relations with the Korean peninsula and re-elected as the vice-chair of the European Parliament's Development Committee.
Nirmal Kumar Ganguly

Nirmal Kumar Ganguly

Nirmal Kumar Ganguly is an honorary senior research professor at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences and chairman of the Immunology Foundation of India. He is also the former director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research. Ganguly is a former member of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Vaccine Policy was drafted under his leadership.
Nisha Marles

Nisha Marles

Nisha Marles is a global public health professional with experience in global health policy and program management with overseas placements and projects in sub-Saharan and West Africa, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe. She is currently the practice lead for global health security within RTI International’s global health division and previously worked at ICF as the senior manager for global health security on USAID’s Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance Project. Dr. Marles also is an adjunct faculty member at Purdue Global University’s School of Public Health.
Nishant Lalwani

Nishant Lalwani

Nishant Lalwani is a managing director at Luminate, a global philanthropic organization focused on empowering people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies.
Nisreen Elsaim

Nisreen Elsaim

Nisreen Elsaim is an environmental and climate expert with a bachelor’s degree in physics and a master’s in renewable energy from the University of Khartoum. She is the former chair of the U.N. secretary general’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change and a fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, contributing to global climate policy and youth empowerment.
Nithin Coca

Nithin Coca

Nithin Coca is a Devex contributing reporter who focuses on social, economic, and environmental issues in developing countries, and has specific expertise in Southeast Asia.
Nitin Paranjpe

Nitin Paranjpe

Nitin Paranjpe is the president of the Home Care Business of Unilever.