SAWTEE participates in regional conference on South Asian integration

Dr. Paras Kharel, Executive Director, SAWTEE, delivered special remarks in the inaugural session of the conference titled "South Asian integration: Trends and way forward", organized by Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India in New Delhi on 9-10 December 2023. The conference saw the participation of researchers, policymakers and private sector representatives from South Asian countries. Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, Government of India, chaired the inaugural session. On the occasion, Dr. Kharel joined Ms. Lekhi, Dr. Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, RIS, Professor Tetsuya Watanabe, President, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, and Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey, UNICEF Representative to India in launching three books of RIS. Dr. Posh Raj Pandey, Chairman, SAWTEE and Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal, spoke as a panellist in a plenary session on trade and investment. Dr. Kharel spoke as a panellist in a plenary session on trade facilitation and connectivity.