Looking for experts on India?

OTTAWA , Nov. 12 /CNW Telbec/ - Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has experts in Ottawa and Delhi available to speak to the media on some of India's most pressing development challenges - from climate change, to food security, to global finance. Click for experts or see below.

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    Malone, David M. 2008-12
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-134488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    President (Ottawa)
    Expertise: India, South Asia, Iraq, United Nations, peacekeeping,
    security, conflict, international relations

    Medhora, Rohinton 2008-12
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-134500-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    Vice-President, Programs (Ottawa)
    Expertise: economics, globalization, monetary policy, international
    finance, trade policy, aid effectiveness

    McGurk, Stephen 2008-12
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-134485-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    Director, Regional Office for South Asia and China (New Delhi, India)
    Expertise: China, South Asia, social policy, economics, migration,
    environment, development finance, research funding

    Mitchell, Carrie 2009-03
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-137459-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    Senior Program Officer, Urban Poverty and Environment (Ottawa)
    Expertise: solid waste management, urbanization, Southeast Asia

    Shadrach, Basheerhamad 2009-03
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-137894-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    Senior Program Officer, telecentre.org (New Delhi, India)
    Expertise: information and communication technologies for development
    (ICT4D), governance, poverty reduction, public-private partnerships,
    South Asia

    Singh, Navsharan 2009-02
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-136511-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    Senior Program Specialist, Women's Rights and Citizenship and Peace,
    Conflict, and Development (New Delhi, India)
    Expertise: gender, peacebuilding, conflict, international trade, informal
    economy, South Asia

    Ahmed, Sara 2009-07
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-142701-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    Senior Program Specialist, Rural Poverty and Environment (Ottawa)
    Expertise: climate change, gender and water governance, participatory
    action and learning, human rights and security in conflicts

    Elder, Laurent 2009-01
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    http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-135726-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
    Program Leader, Pan Asia Networking (Ottawa)
    Expertise: information and Communication technologies for development
    (ICT4D), Africa, Asia
    

For further information: Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, Senior Media Advisor, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), [phone], www.idrc.ca/idrcexperts