Mr. Dipak Gyawali

Mr. Gyawali, Academician of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, is Chair of Inter Disciplinary Analysts (IDA), a guest senior research scholar at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, and former Chair of Nepal Water Conservation Foundation. His research interests lie at the interdisciplinary interface of technology-society which he examines from perspectives of […]

Dr. Dushni Weerakoon

Dr. Weerakoon is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) with research and publications covering areas related to macroeconomic policy, regional trade integration, and international economics. She has extensive experience working in public policy engagement with the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), as a consultant to international organizations and […]

Mr. Foqoruddin Al Kabir ​

Mr. Kabir is currently working as a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue. Senior Research Associate, Centre for Policy Dialogue​. ​His areas of research interest are Macroeconomics, Climate Change, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Monetary Economics, Financial Economics, and Tourism Economics with theoretical application and theoretical development. He is also skilled in qualitative […]

Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja

Dr. Wignaraja is the Professorial Fellow in Economics and Trade at Gateway House in Mumbai and a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI in London (formerly Overseas Development Institute). He is also a Board Member of the Geopolitical Cartographer and holds a visiting appointment at the National University of Singapore. His previous senior roles include Advisor to the Sri […]

Ms. Ieva Baršauskaitė

Ms. Baršauskaitė leads IISD’s work on trade and the green transition, including research and advisory work with governments on the role of trade policy in industrial decarbonization and green energy transition and the fight against major environmental challenges, such as plastic pollution. During her 15-year diplomatic career at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ieva […]

Mr. John Samuel

Mr. Samuel has around thirty years of experience and expertise in strengthening human rights, democratic governance, and sustainable development in India, the Asia-Pacific region, and globally. His work combined policy research, advocacy, capacity building, institution building, strategic leadership, and social mobilization across the world. He has been working in leadership roles in the United Nations, […]