A K Shiva Kumar is the Professor at Harvard University, ISB and YIF. He is a development economist and serves as the Director of the International Centre for Human Development, New Delhi. He has contributed regularly to UNDP's Annual Human Development Reports.<br>An MBA graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and PhD from Harvard University, he has served as a senior policy adviser to UNICEF India (1992-2017).<br>Professor A K Shiva Kumar is a Board Member of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, Co-Chair of Know in Violence in Childhood, and a member of the Leadership Councils of both the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Global Women�s Institute, The George Washington University, Washington DC.<br>
