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Academic Networks: Infrastructure Resilience Academic Exchange

Academic Networks: Infrastructure Resilience Academic Exchange

Implementing Partner: Build Change

Project name:Academic Networks: Infrastructure Resilience Academic Exchange

CDRI’s research highlights that higher learning in infrastructure often focuses on sector-specific and asset-level resilience. However, climate and disaster resilient infrastructure demands an integrative, multi-disciplinary approach.

IRAX, through its network modality (IRAX-UC), fosters a global academic ecosystem, promoting structured collaborations.

By encouraging students and professionals to engage beyond their disciplines, IRAX cultivates a holistic understanding of resilience, strengthening innovation, policy integration, and knowledge sharing for sustainable, disaster ready infrastructure solutions worldwide.

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Impact

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Seeks to establish academia as a vital global stakeholder in advancing infrastructure resilience. By driving international collaborations and knowledge exchange, it empowers academic institutions to shape innovative policies and practices, fostering sustainable, disaster ready infrastructure worldwide.

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Enhance universities’ capacity within member countries to deliver impactful research, expert guidance, and skilled graduates—empowering governments to design and implement effective disaster resilient infrastructure strategies that drive sustainable development and long-term resilience.

3

Equip current and future infrastructure professionals, from early to mid-career stages, alongside educators with essential knowledge and skills. This empowers them to drive the development of climate and disaster resilient infrastructure, ensuring sustainability and adaptability across its entire lifecycle.

Resources

IRAX Vision Document 

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IRAX University Consortium  

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Alpana Saha 2

Director, Partnerships, Governance, and Resource Mobilisation 

Alpana heads institutional partnerships, governance, and resource mobilization at CDRI, advancing cross-sector collaborations that drive resilient infrastructure programming across Member Countries and organizations. With over 25 years of experience spanning international development, global health, and the non-profit sector, she brings deep expertise in fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and delivering strategic change. 

At CDRI, Alpana has been pivotal in forging strategic alliances with governments, international organizations, and philanthropies. She also plays a key role in fortifying institutional systems and board governance mechanisms as the Coalition transitions into an international organization. 

Before joining CDRI, Alpana held senior leadership roles at The George Institute for Global Health, Plan India, WaterAid India, and SOS Children’s Villages, leading institutional fundraising and cultivating strategic partnerships for social impact. 

She holds a Master’s in Finance & Control from Aligarh Muslim University and completed Executive Education at Harvard Business School (CSR India). Her work is driven by a commitment to building enduring, values-based partnerships that accelerate sustainable development outcomes. 

Alpana Saha 

Director, Partnerships, Governance, and Resource Mobilisation 

Alpana heads institutional partnerships, governance, and resource mobilization at CDRI, advancing cross-sector collaborations that drive resilient infrastructure programming across Member Countries and organizations. With over 25 years of experience spanning international development, global health, and the non-profit sector, she brings deep expertise in fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and delivering strategic change. 

At CDRI, Alpana has been pivotal in forging strategic alliances with governments, international organizations, and philanthropies. She also plays a key role in fortifying institutional systems and board governance mechanisms as the Coalition transitions into an international organization. 

Before joining CDRI, Alpana held senior leadership roles at The George Institute for Global Health, Plan India, WaterAid India, and SOS Children’s Villages, leading institutional fundraising and cultivating strategic partnerships for social impact. 

She holds a Master’s in Finance & Control from Aligarh Muslim University and completed Executive Education at Harvard Business School (CSR India). Her work is driven by a commitment to building enduring, values-based partnerships that accelerate sustainable development outcomes.