Kirti, an Indian national, joined PPIAF in February 2013. Kirti assists in the management of activities under PPIAF’s Sub-National Technical Assistance (SNTA) program. Before joining the World Bank, Kirti worked for TCG International and Evensen Dodge International in the U.S., and for the Indo-USAID Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion Project in India, on sub-national finance for water and sanitation, affordable housing, energy efficiency and urban development. Kirti holds a Master of Planning from the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, India, and a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University, U.S.A.