Staff & Fellows
Chair and Directors
Dr. Biswash Gauchan
Executive Director and Director, Center for Economic Policy
Dr. Sucheta Pyakuryal
Director, Center for Governance and Academic Affairs
Dr. Arun R. Joshi
Director, Center for Human Assets
Fellows
Rameshore Khanal
Distinguished Fellow - Former Finance Secretary
Durga Prasad Bhattarai
Distinguished Fellow - Former Foreign Secretary
Dr. Arbind Kumar Mishra
Distinguished Fellow - Former Member of the National Planning Commission
Dr. Bishnu Dev Pant
Distinguished Fellow - Former Executive Director, IIDS and Former Director of ERDI, ADB
Dr. Arnico Panday
Senior Research Fellow- Atmospheric Scientist
Dr. Prista Ratanapruck
Senior Research Fellow- Social Anthropologist
Dr. Uttam Sharma
Senior Research Fellow- Education Policy Expert
Dr. Yamuna Ghale
Senior Research Fellow- Development Practitioner
Mr. Akhilesh Upadhyay
Senior Fellow- Former Chief Editor, The Kathmandu Post
Ms. Moushami Shrestha
Senior Fellow of Practice- Director, Shreenagar Agro Farms
Mr. Rabi Sainju
Senior Fellow of Practice- Former Joint Secretary, Government of Nepal
Adjunct Fellows
Ambika P. Adhikari, DDes
Principal Planner at City of Tempe, AZ, USA
Prof. Alok Bohara
Professor of Economics, University of New Mexico
Prof. Avidit Acharya
Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Arbin Sherchan
Vice President, Credit Suisse, New York
Dr. Hom Moorti Pant
Principal, Deloitte Access Economics, Australia
Dr. Prem Jung Thapa
Senior Economist, The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Dr. Prabin Khadka
Assistant Professor in Government, University of Essex
Professional Staff
Dharmendra P. Lekhak
Program Specialist (Survey and Statistics)
Sanjeev Adhikari
Program Specialist (Agricultural Economics)
Ashmita Gautam
Migration Resource Specialist
Dr. Bijan Bhattrai
Program Specialist (Economics and Finance)
Astha Bhatta
Program Specialist (Economics)
Zaky Khan
Program Specialist (Economics)
Divya Rana
Program Officer (Governance and Human Assets)
Vibhav Pradhan
Program Officer (Governance and Human Assets)
Nanda Kumar Maharjan
Program Officer (Agriculture)
Devika Thapa
Program Associate
Samar SJB Rana
Senior Research Assistant
Hem Raj Joshi
Program and Finance Assistant
Arjun Kumar Thapa
Program Assistant
Administrative Staff
Devendra Shrestha
Senior Administrative & Finance Officer
Bijay Ghimire
Office Support
Bishnu Kafle
Office Support
Jiban Babu Sedai
Office Support
Samjhana Rawal Sedai
Office Support
Interns and Volunteers
Neha Bajaj
Program Trainee
Sagar Jung Karki
Intern, Center for Economic Policy
Yukta Poudel
Intern, Center for Academic Affairs
Shristi Rai
Intern, Centre for Governence and Human Assets
Tajol Thapa
Intern, Survey and Statistics
Aabhushan Narsingh Rana
Intern, Media Outreach & Center for Sustainability
Saroni Shrestha
Intern, Finance & Operations
Sujaan Aryal
Intern, Center for Economic Policy
Shanta Subedi
Intern, Library Management
Ritu Bhattarai
Intern, Center for Human Assets
Sandip Bhandari
Intern, IT and Media Outreach
Tanushree Gauchan
Volunteer, Center for Economic Policy
Sashwat Sharma
Volunteer, Center for Human Assets
