List of participants Foreign participants S.N Name Country Contact [email protected] 1. Associate Professor Anoop Singh India Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur 2. Ashok Mehta Independent Analyst India [email protected] Research Officer 3. Dharshani Premaratne Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka [email protected] Gaurav Shukla CUTS International 4. India [email protected] Deputy Chief Superintendent Ismail Nashid 5. Maldives Commissioner General's Office [email protected] Senior Research Associate Kishore Kumer Basak Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) 6. Bangladesh [email protected] Head, Centre for Resources Management, Lydia Powell 7. India Observer Research Foundation [email protected] Director (Program, Research and Policy Advocacy) Mostafa Abid Khan 8. Bangladesh Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) [email protected] Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Adil Khattak Attock Refinery Limited 9. Pakistan [email protected] Professor Indian Council for Research on International Nisha Taneja 10. India Economic Relations (ICRIER), [email protected] Senior Fellow and Professor Research and Information System for Developing Prabir De 11. India Countries (RIS) [email protected] Professor Research and Information System for Developing Ram Upendra Das 12. India Countries (RIS) [email protected] Assistant Director Rubiya Binta Mustafiz 13. Bangladesh Keystone Business Support Company Limited [email protected] ICRIER Sanjana Joshi 14. India [email protected] Professor Selim Raihan University of Dhaka 15. Bangladesh [email protected] Founder President Bangladesh Women's Chamber of Commerce and Selima Ahmad 16. Bangladesh Industry [email protected] Visiting Faculty Somnath Mitra Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) 17. India Faculty of Management Studies [email protected] Director Udai Singh Mehta CUTS International 18. India [email protected] Deputy Executive Director Vaqar Ahmed Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), 19. Pakistan [email protected] Chairman Zaidi Sattar 20. Bangladesh Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) [email protected] Former President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Zubair Ahmad 21. Pakistan Industry (FPCCI), [email protected] Local participants S.N Name Contact Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries 1. Tej Prasad Dhakal (FNCSI) [email protected] Associate Professor 2. Bimala Shakya Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus [email protected] Former Secretary 3. Purushottam Ojha Ministry of Commerce and Supplies [email protected] Joint Secretary 4. Nirmal R. Kafle Ministry of Foreign Affairs [email protected] FES 5. Dev Raj Dahal [email protected] Reporter 6. Samuel Rana Magar Artha ko Artha [email protected] Executive Director Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries 7. Hem Kumar Rai (FNCSI) [email protected] EIF National Program Manager 8. Buddhi Upadhyay Ministry of Commerce and Supplies [email protected] Freelance Researcher 9. Krishna P. Pant [email protected] SAWTEE 10. Nav Raj Dahal [email protected] Republica 11. Rudra Pangeni [email protected] Assistant Professor 12. Anushree Paul Symbiosis School of Economics, India [email protected] Assistant Professor 13. Anwesha Aditya Indian Institute of Technology, India [email protected] Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India 14. Shahana Mukharjee [email protected] PhD Scholar, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum 15. Anirban Kundu [email protected] Project Manager 16. Murari P. Gautam Nepal-India Regional Trade and Transport Project [email protected] Senior Advisor 17. Peter Richter Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) [email protected] Ministry of Commerce 18. Manoj Kumar Roy Bangladesh Assistant Director 19. Sumann Neupane Nepa Rastra Bank [email protected] Research Fellow 20. Wajid H. Shah Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) [email protected] Staff College 21. Sagar Dodhia [email protected] Shanta Banskota 22. [email protected] Koirala 23. Bhawani Prasad Kharel [email protected] Director General Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) 24. Hemant Dabadi [email protected] 25. Sudeep Bajracharya SAWTEE 26. Ashok Thapa Business 360 27. Ram Tamrakar [email protected] Former Minister 28. Dipak Gyawali Water Resources [email protected] 29. Ram Nepali [email protected] 30. Kamal B.K. [email protected] Managing Editor 31. Keshab Paudel Spotlight [email protected] Senior Reporter Nepal Television 32. Pradeep Chapagain [email protected] Executive Director 33. Ishwari P. Ghimire Trade and Export Promotion Center [email protected] 34. Rameshwor Timalsena [email protected] The Annapurna Post 35. Yubaraj Ghimire [email protected] Journalist 36. Gunja Khadka [email protected] Business Reporter 37. Asish Gyawali The Annapurna Post [email protected] Managing Director 38. Hridaya Raj Gautam Artha ko Artha [email protected] Consultant 39. Kishore Maharjan SAWTEE [email protected] Senior Correspondent 40. Pushpa Acharya The Himalayan Times [email protected] Senior Economist 41. Binod Karmacharya [email protected] Managing Director 42. Pradeep K. Shrestha Panchakanya Group [email protected] 43. Shyam P. Giri [email protected] Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) 44. Bishnu Prasad Adhikari [email protected] Student 45. Paras Kharel St. Hida’s College, Australia [email protected] President 46. Rajan Sharma Nepal Freight Forwarders Association [email protected] Under Secretary 47. Mina Aryal Ministry of Commerce nd Supplies [email protected] Senior Vice President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry 48. Suraj Vaidya [email protected] Chief technical advisor SAARC-TPN GIZ 49. Gerald Duda Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) [email protected] Assistant Director 50. Anup K Shrestha FNCCI [email protected] Member 51. Urmila Joshi SAWTEE [email protected] Deputy Director 52. Surendra Gongal TEPC [email protected] Senior Vice President 53. Shyam Giri Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries (FNCSI) [email protected] Former Chairperson SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council (SCWEC) 54. Pramila Rijal [email protected] Under Secretary 55. Shankar Prasad Poudel Ministry of Commerce and Supplies [email protected] Chairman Institute for Policy Research and Development (IPRAD) 56. Pushpa R. Rajkarnikar [email protected] NTM Desk Officer 57. Ayush Siddhi Confederation of Nepalese Industry [email protected] SAWTEE 58. Prakash Ghimire [email protected] Under Secretary 59. Rabi S. Sainju National Planning Commission [email protected] 60. Govinda R. Pokhrel Vice Chairperson, National Planning Commission [email protected] Bishwambher Professor Emeritus, Tribhuwan University 61. Pyakuryal [email protected] 62. Reshma Pandey [email protected] Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries 63. Hari Har Thapa (FNCSI) [email protected] Nepal Administrative Staff College 64. Rajendra Adhikari [email protected] 65. Khagendra Awasthi [email protected] 66. Keshab Bahadur Bam [email protected] 67. Ram Nepali [email protected] 68. Ballab Bhu [email protected] Member 69. Swarnim Wagle National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal [email protected] President, Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and 70 Pradeep Jung Pandey Industry (FNCCI) [email protected] Mahendra Bahadur 71 Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal Pandey [email protected] 72 Posh Raj Pandey SAWTEE 73 Hiramani Ghimire SAWTEE 74 Puspa Sharma SAWTEE 74 Asish Subedi SAWTEE.