WB and DEA launch PPP Beginner’s e-course to foster PPP collaboration

Current Context: The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Beginner’s e-Course was launched by the World Bank and the Department of Economic Affairs on 20th December 2023.

• This initiative is aimed at fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors in infrastructure capacity-building.
• The course was launched by Shri Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, in the presence of Shri Ajay Seth, Secretary of the DEA, Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and Shri Parameswaran Iyer, Executive Director, World Bank Group.
• The PPP e-course is an infra-focused capacity-building program jointly undertaken by the Infrastructure Finance Secretariat, DEA, and the World Bank.

Question:

Q.1 Who launched the PPP Beginner’s e-Course?
a. Shri Ajay Seth
b. Shri Ajay Banga
c. Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran
d. Shri Parameswaran Iyer