Category: speakers

Professor Mustafizur Rahman is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, where he previously served as Executive Director. Before joining CPD, Professor Rahman taught at the University of Dhaka. His recent work has focused on the macroeconomic, trade, and fiscal policies of Bangladesh, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) implementation, the challenges associated […]

Dr. Kumar is the Director and Chief Executive of the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), a New Delhi-based public-funded policy think-tank. In 2024, he was also appointed by the Government of India as an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India. He is also a Non-Resident Senior […]

Ms. Neelu Thapa is a seasoned policy researcher with over two decades of experience in areas such as international trade, food security and livelihoods, and gender and trade. She has authored numerous publications on topics including gender, trade, and post-disaster reconstruction. Affiliated with SAWTEE since 2002 in various capacities, Ms. Thapa currently serves as a […]

Dr. Nanda is an economist and a public policy analyst with more than two decades of experience in research, consulting and teaching. Currently, he is Director of the Council for Social Development, a social science think tank based in New Delhi. Earlier he was with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), CUTS International and National […]

Mr. Kharel is an economist working in in the areas of international trade and development. He has been with South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE)—a Kathmandu-based think tank—since 2007 and is currently its Executive Director. He has a PhD in Economics (University of Melbourne) with specialization in international trade and applied micro econometrics. […]

Dr.Kerdlap is the founder and managing director of PXP Sustainability, a consultancy that conducts research and analysis and organizes events to assist businesses, non-profit organizations, and development agencies in Asia measure sustainability and create insights to support decision-making, planning, and advocacy. He has ten years of experience in life cycle assessment, circular economy, and clean energy […]

Dr. Pandey has more than 25 years of experience working on issues of trade, economy and development .Dr. Pandey served as a senior advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Federal Government of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of South Asia Watch on Trade Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), a consortium of South Asian NGOs, working […]

Dr. De is a Professor at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. He has over three and half decades of full-time research and teaching experiences in India and abroad. He works in the field of international economics and has research interests in international trade and development. He has been conducting policy […]

Mr. Mehta is the founder Secretary General of the Jaipur-based Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International), a global economic policy research, advocacy and networking, NGO established in 1983 in India, with centres in Nairobi, Lusaka, Hanoi, Accra, Geneva and Washington DC. Currently he is a Member of the WTO DG’s NGO Advisory Board, for […]

Mr. Kafle (M Phil in natural resource management) is currently working as thematic lead for resilience and climate justice in Oxfam Nepal. He brings almost two decades experience on food security and rural resilient livelihoods, climate change and disaster risk reduction and community mobilization and capacity building. As a development practitioner, he worked in different […]