Karuna Gopal — Co-Founder
Ms Karuna Gopal is an internationally acclaimed Thought leader, Innovator and Advisor on Smart Cities. She is the Founder President of Foundation for Futuristic Cities, a think tank that has influenced Urban Transformation in India for over a decade. Ms Gopal contributed to the design of the ‘100 Smart Cities Mission‘ of India and has been invited to speak at the launch of the Mission by the Prime Minister. Her innovation SCULPT your CITY -2009 has shaped the Mission guidelines and has been declared a National Best Practice. Governments of Singapore, Sweden, UK, Philippines, UAE, Turkey, Israel and USA have invited her for inputs on Smart Governance. In the past, she served as an Urban Expert for The WORLD BANK, DFID (Department for International Development, UK), USAID (United States Agency for International Development) & ADB (Asian Development Bank). In 2015, Ms Gopal was senior advisor, Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Affairs on behalf of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She was also one of the urban experts to have carried out a mid-course evaluation of the National Mission Program ‘ Clean India – Swacch Bharat Abhiyan on behalf of Asian Development Bank (ADB). Ms Gopal lectures at programs meant for senior IAS officers at India’s Premier Institutions like LBSNAA( Mussoorie ), CGG etc Ms Gopal been Interviewed widely both by National and International Media like the ECONOMIST, Channel News Asia, The National,National Geographic and World Economic Forum etc. Her articles have been incorporated into Parliamentary Documentation of Lok Sabha . Ms Gopal attended Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and participated in IVLP a flagship program of US Government. Her current initiative SURGE (Smart Urbanization Reinventing Growth with Equity) is about transformative policies for ushering a NEW INDIA. Ms. Gopal has been inducted into BJP, (Bharatiya Janata Party) in 2014. She hails from a family of freedom fighters & IAS officers.. www.karunagopal.com
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Urban Development and Smart Governance.
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Experience: 21 yrs 1 mo
Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Corporate Strategy
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Organizational Leadership
- Strategic Leadership
- Urban Transformation
- Public Speaking
- Sustainable Business
- Entrepreneurship Development
Career Highlights
- Key contributor to India's 100 Smart Cities Mission.
- Founder of a leading think tank on urban transformation.
- International speaker on smart governance and urbanization.
Work Experience
Engineers India Limited
Independent Director | Chairman Risk Management Committee (3 yrs 8 mos)
Independent Director (4 yrs 5 mos)
Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)
National Incharge Policy Research BJP Women Wing (4 yrs 8 mos)
Member BJP National Manifesto Committee 2019 Elections (2 mos)
Special Invitee to the State Executive of TS BJP (3 yrs)
World Government Summit
Plenary Speaker ( Prime Ministers Office UAE) (0 mo)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Urban Evaluation Expert (4 mos)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Advisor - Swachh Bharat Mission ( Ministry of Urban Affairs ) (4 mos)
UNFCCC
Speaker ,United Nations Convention for Climate Change , COP 21 (0 mo)
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
Invited Speaker (0 mo)
Indian School of Business
Mentor TEP ( Technology Entrepreneurship Program ) (6 yrs 3 mos)
Foundation for Futuristic Cities
Founder President (20 yrs 8 mos)
The World Bank
Urban Expert (0 mo)
Department for International Development (DFID)
Institutional Development Expert (5 mos)
Education
Driving Government Performance at Harvard Kennedy School
MRICS at Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , London
US Department of State at IVLP Fellow
Rotary International at GSE Scholar to USA
PGDSM .. Systems Management at National Institute of Information Technology
Genetics Major at Osmania University
Degree Elementaire at Alliance Francaise
