Anju has 20 years of experience leading a team, managing digital tech, digital connectivity and digital inclusion programmes and projects across Asia, Pacific, Caribbean and Africa – she has extensive skills with donor reporting and relationships, telecommunication sector, ICT policy, broadband policies and strategy development, e-government, digital connectivity, digital transformation, cybersecurity, digital media, digital skills, digital financial inclusion and digital economy in Asia and Pacific. Anju has a masters in Governance and Development, a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science/Computer and GIS-Geography. She has worked with the key partners and regional organisations, private and public sector, academic institutions, research organizations, and think tanks, and specialists in the field of digitalization and technology innovation. She works with governments, ministers, high-level officials, civil society organizations to develop and support national and regional policies, digital transformation and digital connectivity initiatives.
She has significant management and technical experience overseeing and leading complex ICT, digital transformation projects and capacity building training to counterparts including collaborating with national and provincial governments, private and public stakeholders, civil society and academia.
She has led projects that support marginalised communities such as persons with disabilities, rural and remote communities and initiatives that support women and girls. She provides high-level recommendations on policies and strategies that support regional cooperation in cybersecurity and digital connectivity to support the Asia Pacific Information Superhighway, the Pacific Regional ICT Strategic Action Plan and the Digital Strategy of the Pacific. She has developed ICT strategies, Broadband Policies and knowledge management and communications strategy, action plans and implementation plan for the Asia and Pacific including implementation plans for national governments.
She has managed project budgets, consultants and national coordinators to develop policies, deploy content management systems and ICT and knowledge management platforms, solutions/approaches and initiatives in Asia-Pacific. She continues to engage and develop policies on information security, cybersecurity and digital transformation related policies to support policymakers, non-governmental organisations, national and regional counterparts including private sector organisations. She works with mobile operators, telecommunication industry experts, UNESCAP, ITU, APCICT, UNDESA, Asia Foundation, Internet Society, Kacific, UNDESA, ADB, World Bank, ICANN, APLD, APNIC, tech giants like Huawei, Meta, Twitter, Tiktok, Google etc to reduce the digital divide.