Biography

Prof. Achyut Prasad Wagle is the Vice-Chancellor of Kathmandu University. Earlier, he held the positions of Registrar of the university, Associate Dean of the School of Management, and Head of the Management Science Department at the School of Management. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, an MSc in Economics from the University of Birmingham, UK and an MA from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Prof. Wagle has also held several important public positions including Advisor to the Prime Minister of Nepal and Advisor to the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, the Central Bank of the country. He is a seasoned fortnightly columnist for The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur, the most popular daily newspapers in Nepal. He teaches Econometrics and other core courses on economics and research. His research interests include business environment, regional economy, fiscal federalism and entrepreneurship.