The WCP-Nepal AIB South Asia Conference 2024 took place on the 7th and 8th of January, 2024 focusing on the theme "Global Trade and South Asia: Competitiveness, Value Chains, and ESG." The conference was jointly organized by the WTO Chairs Programme Nepal and Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM). The conference was chaired by Prof. Achyut Wagle, the Registrar of Kathmandu University, and Prof. K. Rangarajan, the Head of Kolkata Campus at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)...

On 17 October 2022, the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) formally launched a new chair institution-Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSoM), led by WCP- Nepal, Co-Chair and Registrar of Kathmandu University, Prof. Dr. Achyut Wagle. With the goal of facilitating WTO members' full participation in the multilateral trading system, the WCP provides financial and technical assistance to academic institutions in developing nations so they can increase their knowledge of international trade law and...