Biography
Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Anoma Abhayaratne. Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, and Senior Professor, ESOFT Metro Campus, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Debdas Banerjee. Retired Professor of Economics, Central University of South Bihar and Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, India. Aniruddha Bonnerjee. CEO, Policymetrika, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Ajaya Dixit. Senior Adviser, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, Lalitpur, Nepal. S. I. Keethaponcalan. Professor of Conflict Resolution, Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Department, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA. Farida C. Khan. Professor, Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, USA. Michael Kugelman. Senior South Asia Analyst, Washington, DC, USA. William J. Long. Professor, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Robert E. Looney. Late international consultant specializing in economic development and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. Iftikhar H. Malik. Professor Emeritus of History, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK. Tri Ratna Manandhar. Retired Professor of History, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. M. Monirul Qader Mirza. Environmental scientist. Ilhan Niaz. Professor of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Nyingtob Pema Norbu. Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. Pranab Kumar Panday. Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and Adjunct Professor, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia. Shubhangi Pandey. Public Policy Analyst, The Economic Intelligence Unit, New Delhi, India. Gyan Pradhan. Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, USA. Gareth Price. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK. Tirthankar Roy. Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics, UK. Sohini Sengupta. Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. Megha Sharma. Assistant Professor, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India. Brian Shaw. Honorary Research Fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Jit Tshering. Professor, Centre for Leadership Development, Royal Institute of Management, Thimphu, Bhutan. Thushari N. Vidanage. Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Duncan Woodside. Journalist and analyst specializing in economics.
