 Bishwambher Pyakuryal taught Economics at Tribhuvan University for almost four decades. He holds Masters and Ph.D. in Economics from Tribhuvan University and Masters in International Affairs majoring in Development Studies from Ohio University, USA. As a Senior Fulbright Scholar he completed Post-Doctoral Research in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park, USA.
Professor Pyakuryal has been professional Associate at the East-West Center, Honolulu; a Scholar-in-Residence of the Rockefeller Foundation in Italy; and a visiting scholar at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C. Pyakuryal is also a Fellow at South Asia Network for Environmental Economics and Development (SANDEE). A President of Nepal Economic Association Pyakuryal is currently a founding Chairman of the Institute for Strategic and Socio-Economic Research (ISSR). He was the Nepalese ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives until August 2019. Prof. Pyakuryal has been the Chairman, South Asia Co-operative Environment Program (SACEP), an inter-governmental organization comprised of eight countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and Chairman, Colombo Plan Standing Committee, a regional organization comprised of 27 member countries which is based in Colombo. Pyakuryal was the Chairman of Nepal Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC); a member of the board of Nepal’s central bank (Nepal Rastra Bank); a member of Trade Advisory Committee headed by the Prime Minister; a member of the advisory board of the Office of Auditor General; a Chairman of High-level Public Expenditure Commission of the government of Nepal; a Commissioner of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation of SAARC. He was also a Commissioner of Electricity Tariff Fixation Commission. Amember of the editorial advisory board of the South Asian Economic Journal by IPS, Sri Lanka and RIS and also Development Cooperation Review by RIS, New Delhi. Professor Pyakuryal has written co-authored and edited thirteen books and published research articles in accredited national and international journals and has worked as an international consultant for nearly two dozens of agencies such as the World Bank, IFC, ADB, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNFPA, ESCAP, IUCN, IPPF, WHO, CIDA, ICEG, EU, The Asia Foundation; IRIS Center, U.S.A; UN/APCAEM; DFID; SDC; ILO; FAO; and IFPRI.
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