The Public Relations Committee of Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA)
Extends a cordial invitation to the interactive program with:
His Excellency Former Ambassador of Nepal to the United States of America Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM EST
Conference Call Phone No. (605) 562-0020; ID: 122-152-689.
Theme: Life as a diplomat and beyond: An envoy reflects on the current politics and life in Nepal
Dr. Sharma is a globally renowned diplomat from Nepal. He has served as the Ambassador of Nepal to the United States earlier. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Hawaii. He was the Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission, Nepal from 2002 to 2006.
Before joining the National Planning Commission as a Member in 1997, he worked as a Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Nepal; Senior Economist in the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore; and a Fellow in the East-West Center, Hawaii. He also served as a Professor of Economics in the Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University. Dr. Sharma was a lead consultant to the Constitution Committee on “Distribution of Natural Resources, Economic Rights and Public Revenue” in helping to draft the new Constitution of Nepal.
Dr. Sharma has much expertise at the grass-roots level as he has been an international consultant in Laos, Bhutan, and India. He also worked as a consultant expert in a number of national and international agencies including the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and UNDP. Dr. Sharma was also an editor to ASEAN Economic Bulletin and a consultant editor to Hydrocarbon Asia, both published from Singapore for about seven years. Currently Dr. Sharma serves as a Team Leader in a project on Federalism sponsored by the Government of Nepal and UNDP. He is a good friend of NASeA and has appeared frequently in this program and conventions.
Please do not miss out this important interactive session with Dr. Sharma. Following his talk, he will take questions.
Moderator:
Nar Kaji Gurung, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAN
Associate Professor of Animal Sciences at Tuskegee University, Alabama and
Chair, Public Relationships Committee, NASeA
Phone: 334-727-8457 Email: nkgurung2002@yahoo.ca
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