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| Dr. Nishchal N. Pande Director |
Dr. Nishchal N. Pandey is Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), a premier think-tank of Nepal. He was Executive Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he worked for 8 years (1998-2006).
He is Ph.d in political science from Tribhuvan University, M.A. in English and bachelor of law. He was also Advisor to the National Planning Commission for the tourism and civil aviation sectors in 1996-97. He was also task force member to draft the ninth five year plan of Nepal Government. A man of letters, he is author of 3 books published by SAGE and Manohar, New Delhi. Dr. Pandey was Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore in 2006-07 and visiting fellow at the University of Hull, UK in 2009. In Sep. 2013, he was visiting fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), a leading think-tank in Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Pandey’s edited books are:- “New Life within SAARC” (IFA, 2005), “Labour Issues and Foreign Policy” (IFA, 2006), “Nepal as a Transit State: Emerging Possibilities” (IFA, 2006). He is the Co-Editor of “Comprehensive Security in South Asia” (Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2006). Pandey’s latest co-edited books are: “Nepal’s National Interests” (CSAS-KAS, 2011), “Towards a More Cooperative South Asia (CSAS-KAS, 2012), “SAARC: Towards Meaningful Cooperation” (CSAS-KAS, 2012), “Regional Environmental Issues: Water and Disaster Management” (CSAS-KAS, 2012) and “Nepal’s National Interests” (CSAS-KAS, 2013). He is author of dozens of research papers and articles that have been published in internationally reputed journals, newspapers and magazines.
Dr. Pandey was also International Research committee member of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo and at present Honourary fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi. Pandey also teaches at the department of conflict, peace and development studies under the Tribhuvan University.
