Dr Pandey has more than 25 years of experiences working on issues of trade, economy
and development. Currently, he is the Chairman at South Asia Watch on Trade
Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), a think tank working to build capacity of
concerned stakeholders in the context of liberalization and globalization and which also
works as a consortium of South Asian NGOs. He holds a PhD in Economics, and
Master’s Degrees in Business Management and in Economics. Dr Pandey has served
as a Member of the UN Secretary General High-Level Panel on Technology Bank, New
York. He is listed in the Indicative Panelist of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World
Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva. He was a Member in various high-level
committees of the Government of Nepal, including, High-Level Foreign Policy Review
Task Force, Board of Trade and Nepal Business Forum. Dr Pandey has also served as
an Economic Expert in Prime Minister’s Advisory Board and was a Member of the
National Planning Commission, an apex policy making body of the Government of
Nepal. He was one of the negotiators for Nepal’s accession to the WTO. Dr Pandey has
worked for the UNDP in Nepal on the issues of multilateral trade integration and trade
related capacity building. He has also worked as a consultant to UNDESA, New York,
Asian Development Bank, Manila, UNESCAP, Bangkok, FAO, Bangkok, ODI, London,
among others. He was a faculty at the Central Department of Economics, Tribhuvan
University, Kathmandu. Dr Pandey has extensively published on the issues of
international trade, macroeconomics and development and presented papers in various
international seminars.
