{"id":2079,"date":"2025-03-21T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finovate.vamtam.com\/?page_id=2079"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:54:21","slug":"vitthal-shirgaonkar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retroaktiv.rs\/wmf\/executive-committee\/vitthal-shirgaonkar\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitthal Shirgaonkar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2079\" class=\"elementor elementor-2079\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04625ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04625ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ed073c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ed073c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Expertise<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84efbdb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"84efbdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391f30d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"391f30d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-f139a2f elementor-invisible elementor-align-justify vamtam-content-align-space-between elementor-widget__width-auto animated-fast vamtam-has-icon-styles vamtam-has-hover-anim vamtam-icon-pos-row-reverse elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f139a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-star\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Asian Development<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-0058cf9 elementor-invisible elementor-align-justify vamtam-content-align-space-between elementor-widget__width-auto animated-fast vamtam-has-icon-styles vamtam-has-hover-anim vamtam-icon-pos-row-reverse elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0058cf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:50}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-star\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Youth &amp; 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