Ms. Prakriti Mainali

Ms. Mainali is a pioneering social entrepreneur and co-founder of Shakti Milan Nepal. This upcycling social enterprise creates sustainable bags from discarded materials. In addition to her entrepreneurial ventures, she also operates a hotel aligned with the principles of circular economy, women empowerment, and social justice. Demonstrating her commitment to fostering entrepreneurship in Nepal, Ms. […]

Dr. Pramila A. Crivelli

Dr. Crivelli is an economist at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Her main fields of specialization are applied econometrics, international trade policy, regional trade agreements, trade negotiations, and rules or origin. Since joining ADB in November 2020, she concentrated her research on the implementation of trade agreements, […]

Ms. Pranisha Shrestha

An experienced banking professional with over 16 years of experience in Branch Management, Merchant Banking, SME Banking, Corporate Banking, Branding, and Marketing, MNCs, Development Organization, CSR and GESI Initiative Lead. She has worked previously with Standard Chartered Bank Nepal and currently with NMB Bank for over 10 years, which has played an instrumental role in […]

Ms. Priyanka Nilanthi Samaraweera

Ms. Samaraweera, with over 25 years of experience at the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, serves as the Executive Director of the Research and Policy Advocacy Department, wherein she leads and oversees the department’s operations, conducting and supervising research studies related to economic and investment promotion, regulatory analysis, sectoral assessment, market analysis, international performance […]

Dr. Pulasthi Amarasinghe

Dr. Pulasthi Amarasinghe is a Research Fellow at IPS with research interests in labor, health, and development economics. He has conducted research on migration, social protection, and discrimination in low-income nations using various econometric tools. His recent work examines health infrastructure and nutrition under the cross-cutting themes of climate change and gender. He holds a BA […]