2013
Abhik Sen
Head of Innovation and Partnerships
The Commonwealth Secretariat
Abhik Sen is the Head of Innovation and Partnerships at the Commonwealth Secretariat, an inter-governmental organization for 52-member countries spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean and Oceania regions. Abhik is responsible for fostering innovation and multi-sectoral partnerships to address the most critical public policy and developmental challenges in Commonwealth countries.
Previously, he was Head of Policy and Research with a particular focus on the development of young people who comprise more than 60% of the Commonwealth’s population of 2.3 billion. In this role, Abhik supervised research and developed policy guidance on education, health, employment, entrepreneurship, inclusion, skills, and sustainable development. He also worked in partnership with the governments of Commonwealth countries to develop evidence-based national policies and collaborated with other international development organizations to improve policy frameworks, monitoring and evaluation.
The 2013 World Fellows
A diplomat who serves as Egypt’s representative to the Syrian opposition, a Dutch documentary filmmaker, a managing editor with The Economist Group in London, and an advocate for transparency in the Nigerian oil sector are among those selected as Yale’s World Fellows this year. “The 2013 class joins the extraordinary global network of World Fellows that Yale has been cultivating for more than a decade,” said former Yale President Richard C. Levin. “From the start, our aim has been to encourage leaders to continue learning about important global issues throughout their lives and careers, and to develop a deeper understanding of the perspectives of others.” “The Yale World Fellows Program...Read More
