About

Currently

• Engaged in economics related work! :-)

Previously 

• Economics Officer at Asian Development Bank, Nepal Resident Mission
• Research Officer at SAWTEE, Kathmandu
• Junior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC 
• Consultant for The EIU, DFID, ADB, FAO, UNDP, GIZ-CIM, and Ministry of Commerce & Supplies (Nepal), among others
• Op-ed columnist for Republica

Education

• PhD in Development Economics (GRIPS, Japan)
• MA in Public Economics (GRIPS, Japan)
• MA in Economics (Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
• BA, Economics and Mathematics (Dickinson College, USA)

Research interests

• Nepali, Indian and South Asian economy
• Macroeconomics (growth, fiscal policy, trade and development)
• Policy analysis and program evaluation

I regularly blog on issues related to economic development, public policy and policy analysis in the developing countries. Read my blog here.

Blog posts are personal; they neither reflect the views of nor endorsed by the institutions I am associated with.