Staff & Fellows
Chair and Directors
Dr. Biswash Gauchan
ED & Director of Center for Economic Policy
Dr. Sucheta Pyakuryal
Director, Center for Governance
Dr. Arun R. Joshi
Director, 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 Director, Asian Development Bank
Yamuna Ghale
Senior Fellow of Practice
Adjunct Fellows
Prof. Alok Bohara
University of New Mexico
Prof. Avidit Acharya
Stanford University
Arbin Sherchan
Vice President, Credit Suisse, New York
Professional Staff
Dr. Dhurba Bhandari
Senior Economist
Dharmendra P. Lekhak
Program Specialist (Survey and Statistics)
Saurab Shrestha
Economist
Binisha Nepal
Program Specialist (Finance)
Abyaya Neopane
Program specialist (economics)
Madhu Ram Maharjan
Program Officer
Anuj Bhandari
System Analyst
Prabin Dhakal
Research Associate
Ojeshwini Singh
Program Associate
Hem Raj Joshi
Program and Finance Assistant
Administrative Staff
Devendra Shrestha
Senior Administrative & Finance Officer
Govinda Ghimire
Word Processor
Kalash Thaib
Admin & Account Assistant
Om Bahadur Acharya
Office Support
Bijay Ghimire
Office Support
Bishnu Kafle
Office Support
Gita Nepali
Office Support
