Clean up Nepal Talk Series with Chandan Sapkota

Clean up Nepal is organizing its next monthly gathering on Saturday, 4 April 2015 at 11am.

Date: Saturday, 4 April 2015
Time: 10.45 am for a 11.00 am start (SHARP!)
Venue: Cafe Mitini

Program Schedule:
10.45 am - 11.00 am: Meet and Greet/Registration
11.00 am - 11.20 am: Talk on 'Nepali Economics in 15 minutes: How an understanding of Economics can help you understand the problems we face today?' by Chandan Sapkota, Economics Officer, Asian Development Bank
11.20 am - 11:30 am: Questions and Answers session
11:30 noon - 11.45 am: Tea break
11.45am - 1.00 pm: Clean up Nepal Programs

For further information, please contact Amod Karmacharya on 9803 097 951.
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Who is our speaker this month?
Name: Chandan Sapkota
Designation: Economics Officer, Asian Development Bank

Chandan Sapkota is an Economics Officer at the Asian Development Bank's Nepal Resident Mission, Kathmandu. Chandan worked formerly as a researcher at SAWTEE, Kathmandu. He also worked as a national consultant at Ministry of Commerce & Supplies, Government of Nepal; FAO, UNDP, GIZ-CIM, among others. He was an Op-Ed Columnist at Republica from December 2008 to June 2012.

Chandan is a former Junior Fellow for Trade, Equity & Development program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. He graduated with a major in economics and a minor in mathematics from Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA in May 2009. He is interested in trade policy, economic growth, human development and social protection.

He regularly blogs on issues related to economic development, trade policy, public policy, and development in the developing countries.