Saroj Kumar Jha

Ques: Recently who has been appointed as Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank Group?

(a) Saroj Kumar Jha
(b) S.N Jha
(c) D J Pandian
(d) Jai Kumar Garg

Ans (a)

Related facts:

  • Saroj Kumar Jha has been appointed as the Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank Group.
  • He assumed the position on February 1, 2016.
  • The World Bank President Jim Young Kim assigned him the new role.
  • He will provide strategic leadership to address the challenge of fragility, conflict and violence, working across the Bank Group and in close collaboration with partners.
  • Before this, Jha was the World Bank’s Regional Director for Central Asia based in Almaty, Kazakhstan since February 2012.
  • Earlier, Jha worked as the World Bank’s Global Manager for Disaster Risk Management Practice and served as head of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
  • He joined the World Bank in 2005 as a Senior Infrastructure Specialist in the Sustainable Development Network.
  • Jha holds a dual degree in civil engineering and development economics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India.

Reference:

http://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/saroj-kumar-jha

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/saroj-kumar-jha-appointed-to-key-world-bank-position/articleshow/50816733.cms