Dr. Riant Nugroho is Senior Lecturer at the University of Indonesia and Adjunct Professor at the School of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Electronic Science and Technology China. He is also founder of the Indonesia Water Initiative (tIWI). Dr. Nugroho was member of the Steering Committee of Millennium Development Goal 7c, member of the Committee Global Water Partnership Offices and member of the Steering Committee Member of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty-UNDP.