Bishwmabher Pyakuryal
Prof. Pyakuryal
Bishwambher Pyakuryal is a Professor of Economics since last 37 years at Tribhuvan University, Nepal, from where he received his master’s and doctoral degrees in Economics. He also has a Masters of International Affairs with a major in Development Studies from Ohio University, USA and completed post-doctorate research in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park, USA. Prof. Pyakuryal specializes in the areas of trade, investment, financial sector reform, conflict and economic liberalization & globalization.
A Professional Associate of the East-West Center, Hawaii, a Senior Fulbright Scholar in the USA, a Scholar-in-Residence of the Rockefeller Foundation in Italy, a Visiting Scholar at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C., and Fellow of the South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), Prof. Pyakuryal was also the member of the governing body of Nepal’s Central Bank (Nepal Rastra Bank). In addition, he is the member of National Development Council, Government of Nepal, commissioner of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation, SAARC. Professor Pyakuryal has also served as the chairman of High-level Public Expenditure Commission of the Government of Nepal.
Prof. Pyakuryal has worked as a consultant and resource person for many international organizations, including the World Bank, IFC, ADB, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNFPA, ESCAP, The World Conservation Union, IPPF, WHO, DFID, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), IFPRI, FAO, CIDA, United Nations Center for Agriculture Engineering and Machinery (ESCAP-APCAEM) International Confederation of Free Trade Union, International Center for Economic Growth, EEC, Asia Foundation and IRIS Center, University of Maryland at College Park, U.S.A., EU.
The widely traveled professor Pyakuryal has written, co-authored and edited nine books in conflict, aid, development and environmental economics and published hundreds of research articles, feature articles, technical and seminar papers in reputed national and international journals and in various UN publications.