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
Arbin Sherchan
Vice President, Credit Suisse, New York
Prof. Alok Bohara
Professor of Economics, University of New Mexico
Prof. Avidit Acharya
Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Dr. Hom Moorti Pant
Principal, Deloitte Access Economics, Australia
Dr. Prem Jung Thapa
Senior Economist, The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Mr. Sudyumna Dahal
PhD Scholar, Australian National University and Former Economist, World Bank
Professional Staff
Dr. Dhurba Bhandari
Senior Economist
Dharmendra P. Lekhak
Program Specialist (Survey and Statistics)
Saurab Shrestha
Program Specialist (Economics)
Binisha Nepal
Program Specialist (Finance)
Abyaya Neopane
Program Specialist (Economics)
Madhu Ram Maharjan
Program Officer
Prabin Dhakal
Research Associate
Ojeshwini Singh
Program Associate
Hem Raj Joshi
Program and Finance Assistant
Administrative Staff
Devendra Shrestha
Senior Administrative & Finance Officer
Kalash Thaib
Admin & Account Assistant
Om Bahadur Acharya
Office Support
Bijay Ghimire
Office Support
Bishnu Kafle
Office Support
Gita Nepali
Office Support
Min Bahadur Karki
Night Guard
Interns
Ashruta Acharya
Economic Policy
Dikshya Khadka
Academic Affairs
Ayush Pallav
IT and Media Outreach
