Adnan is a Senior Program Associate in the Donor Management and Fundraising team at CEGIS. He has previously worked as District Youth Officer under a joint project of  UNDP, UN Volunteers and MoYAS in Chhattisgarh and executed the flagship programs of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. Post this he worked as National UNV Specialist - Resource Mobilisation and Partnerships and supported the resource mobilisation efforts at UNFPA India along with leading the organisation of private sector roundtable events. 

He holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics from Scottish Church College, Calcutta.