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Esther Rani is a Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist with over 16 years of experience working across India on disaster risk management, urban resilience, and inclusive development. She currently serves as the Gender Specialist for IPE Global, funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB)–supported urban flood management initiative, supporting Greater Chennai Corporation for the integration of gender equality and social inclusion into urban planning, implementation, and institutional systems.
Her work combines extensive field engagement in flood-prone urban and peri-urban contexts with close collaboration with government institutions and development partners. Esther’s experience includes strengthening inclusive preparedness and response mechanisms, improving the accessibility and effectiveness of relief and recovery services, supporting livelihood restoration, and leading evidence-generation processes such as baseline studies and user satisfaction surveys to inform policy and programme design.
Previously, she has worked with UNICEF and World Vision India on national and state-level programmes in disaster risk reduction, nutrition, child protection, education, and social protection. Esther holds a Master’s degree in Sociology and an MBA in Human Resource Management and is certified in disaster risk reduction and psychosocial care in emergencies