Dr. Kumar Ranganathan is Senior Director for Infrastructure at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the independent US government foreign aid agency dedicated to reducing global poverty through sustainable economic growth. In this role, he oversees infrastructure programming across MCC's portfolio of multi-year development compacts, spanning transport, water, and energy projects in partner countries across Africa, Asia, and beyond. His work reflects MCC's core principle that development assistance is most effective when paired with sound governance and investment in people.