Debashish Paul Shuvra is a Bangladeshi citizen and Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the World Bank. He is part of the South Asia Region (SAR) Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (SSACD) team under Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice (GPURL). He is the Co- Task Team Leader of the Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project (EMCRP) and South Asia - Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia (CARE) Project. He is a key team member of the Bangladesh team with interventions and managing over US$ 1.44 billion of high-priority disaster resilience, emergency recovery and response, and climate change projects. In addition, as a SAR Climate Change Focal Point for Bangladesh and Bhutan, he co-leads SSACD’s support for corporate climate commitments, including climate co-benefits maximization and Paris Alignment Assessments for projects in the Bangladesh and Bhutan portfolio. Shuvra has over eight years of experience at the World Bank. Prior to joining the Bank, he worked in project management, construction supervision, business-to-business sales and Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) in the construction sector for three years. Shuvra holds an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology.