Vineeta Hariharan
Public Policy Leader | Strategic Advisor | IAF Woman of Excellence Awardee | Leadhership Awardee | Key Note Speaker | Author | Thought Leader |
UN Habitat Fellowship-Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Executive Program in Business Management, IIM Calcutta
Ms. Vineeta Hariharan, is a voracious public speaker and a thought leader in diverse issues of Nation Building. She is on the board of studies of leading global institutes, mentor to social foundations and holds advisory positions in various organisations that work towards empowering women, promoting Indian diaspora, strengthening rural networks and spreading innovation.
Vineeta was conferred the Woman of Excellence Award twice from the Indian Achiever’s Forum which honoury “Individuals of strong will and dedication, who despite all odds, are champions who polish their lives so much in their field of interest that they stand apart in society”. (https://www.iafindia.com/ms-vineeta-hariharan)
After a decade in senior roles across India's public and private sectors, her mid-career training in Public Administration and Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School (NUS, 2010–11) broadened her perspective on policymaking, especially in Southeast Asia.
Post her training, since 2012, she has been with bilateral and multilateral institutions, such as DFID and World Bank, engaging with the senior most bureaucracy and political leadership in policy formulation and leading the implementation of several flagship programmes, in different Ministries of Government of India focusing in the sectors of Urban, Rural and Enterprise development.
She has also served in leadership positions in the Corporate world in Public Affairs and Communications.
She believes in effecting change and transformation and has the necessary 360 degree skills to bring this about in large canvases at the National and Regional scale.
Awards
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Bharat Vibhuti Samman Award, Constitution Club, New Delhi, January 2024
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Social Impact Champion - Leadership Award, New Delhi, August 2024
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Woman of Excellence Award, Indian Achiever's Forum(IAF), 2020 & 2021​
Prominent Roles played
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National Rurban Mission, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
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Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) Program, Ministry of MSME, Govt of India & World Bank​
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Prime Minister's Formalisation of Micro Enterprises (PMFME), Ministry of Food Processing, Govt of India & World Bank
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Green Affordable Housing Initiative, Agence France De Developpment (AFD), CRISIL
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Award winning initiative with Sankassa Foundation in advocating for labourer's rights and bringing about policy shift at the National level.
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Environmental Awareness & Charity Drives with Sankassa Foundation
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Rural Town Centres and Hypermarts Initiative at Reliance Industries
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Public Affairs and Communication at Coca Cola India
Career Graph
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Public Policy Advisor/Leader, Deloitte (South Asia), 2024-Present
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Board of Governors, Promethrus School, Noida, India, 2024-Present
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Head of Public Affairs, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, 2022 - 2023
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Government Relations, Public Policy and Programme formulation, World Bank Group, 2018 - 2020
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Chief Programme Officer, Ministry of Rural Development, GoI, 2015 - 2018
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Head Network Planning, Senior Manager, Infrastructure, Reliance Retail, 2006 - 2008
Global Conferences - Chair / Keynote Speaker:
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Key Panelist, IPF, UAE, on Solar Energy and Opportunities for MSMEs, March, 2021
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Key Speaker, Affordable Housing Summit, Singapore, 2018
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​Presented the National Rurban Mission at the International Poverty Reduction Centre, China, leading a six member high power delegation from the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, April 2018
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Emissions Trading: Does The European Experience Justify An International Expansion? Presented at the Globe Seminar on “International Regimes for Global Warming Political, Economic, and Legal Challenges”, Tufts University, European Center, Tallories, France, August 2010
India Conferences - Chair / Panelist/ Keynote Speaker:
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Panelist at the 6th Annual Conference – MSMEs in Viksit Bharat, hosted by the India SME Forum, in New Delhi, 2025
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Panelist - "Changing Paradigms of Business: Intersection of Public Policy, Technology, Environment, and Society" organised by IMpulse - International Business and Public Policy Club of MDI Gurgaon
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Chair - "Viksat Villages towards Viksat Bharat", at the 11th India CSR & ESG Summit 2024 – Asia’s largest CSR and Sustainability Forum in New Delhi on 17th Oct, 2024, was truly thought-provoking and stimulating
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Speaker at the 11th India CSR & ESG Summit 2024 – Asia’s largest CSR and Sustainability Forum
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Speaker - "Promoting Private Sector Participation and Capitalization in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management in India" held on August 30, 2024, in New Delhi, steered by Bridge Policy Think Tank group in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
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Mentor for the Workshop -Unnat Gram towards Unnat Bharat, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
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Speaker at MSME ,JagranBadlav - 2024
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Jury member & Speaker at the 4th edition of MSME IndiaBusiness Convention, 2024 organised by Industry Live, in New Delhi on 29th June, 2024
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Speaker at the International conclave on Circular Economy at Manipal University, Jaipur campus
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Chair at Women’s Entrepreneurship, Challenges and Way forward, at the launch of Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum (WEF) of India SME Forum
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Keynote Speaker at the WorldHR summit in New Delhi on Dec 8th, 2022
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Speaker at Kerala Young Thinkers Meet 2021
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Chief guest at the Prestige Institute of Engineering Management & Research, Indore
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Chair at CSR summit, organised by CNRI, and launched by Minister of State, Corporate affairs alumni forum of the UAE diaspora on the synergies between NRIs and the Government of India programmes.