Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution owned by 68 member countries, headquartered in Manila, Philippines. It mobilises capital for sustainable development across Asia-Pacific, with a strong focus on climate finance, clean energy, infrastructure, and poverty reduction — acting as both lender and convener for public and private sector projects.

ADB's mission is a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia-Pacific. It has committed to making 75% of its committed projects climate-relevant by 2030 and targets $100 billion in cumulative climate finance for 2019–2030, with energy transition and adaptation as core pillars.

ADB maintains a large resident mission in New Delhi and operates across Indian states through government counterparts. In India, it finances urban infrastructure, renewable energy, transport, and social sectors. It works closely with central ministries and state governments, deploying sovereign and non-sovereign lending, and supports private sector clean energy developers through its private sector window.

Roles are shown generally — verify the current appointees on the agency's own site.

• Clean energy & energy transition
• Climate adaptation & resilience
• Sustainable urban infrastructure
• Green & climate finance mobilisation
• Transport decarbonisation & e-mobility

• Sovereign concessional and market-rate loans
• Non-sovereign direct lending to private entities
• Partial credit guarantees and political risk guarantees
• Equity investments and green/climate bonds

Private developers and CXOs can engage ADB through its Private Sector Operations Department for direct non-sovereign financing. Project developers should approach ADB's India Resident Mission with bankable proposals. Co-financing, technical assistance grants, and viability gap support are also accessible via state or central government channels for public-private projects.