Prabhjot is a Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) working with the Gender Equity Thematic Group of ADB. She provides support for the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the ADB Policy on Gender and Development and Strategy 2030’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Operational Plan, 2019–2024.

She has been devoted to the field of gender and development, gender mainstreaming, and social development for more than 16 years. Her experience covers mainstreaming gender equality into programs and projects in infrastructure sectors such as urban, transport, energy, as well as social sectors such as skills, education, health, agriculture, and natural resources. In projects, she has also been involved in the evaluation of practical and strategic gender benefits and has worked on the intersectionality of gender with other vulnerabilities.

Before ADB, she worked with UN agencies and national and international NGOs, supporting programs for the advancement of women.