Biography

Dr Biswo Poudel is currently a professor at Kathmandu University School of Management . He previously served as the vice chairman of National Planning Commission (NPC ), Senior Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Chairperson of the board of governors of ICIMOD, president of the Colombo Plan council and chair of Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration (RECI) in Asia and the Pacific. Additionally, he also served as the Chief Economic Advisor of Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), and a member of the Board of Directors of Sanima Bank and Sanima Middle Tamor Hydropower Company. He has published in prestigious international journals such as American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Natural Resources Modeling and Applied Economic Letters. Dr Poudel received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2010.