Chhalphal Discussion Series - Boston
Where words matter!
 
Title:              Arthabeed Unleashes Nepal
Speaker:        Sujeev Shakya, aka Arthabeed
Date:             October 29, 2009; Thursday
Time:             7-9 PM
Location:       Dudley House, Lehman Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
                      (Dudley is located in Lehman Hall, at the southwest corner of Harvard Yard nearest the T stop)

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Synopsis:
The past decade has been an eventful one for Nepal. It has featured thwarted attempts at democracy, a royal massacre and a coup, and finally, almost incredibly, Maoist guerrillas coming over ground, winning a popular mandate to form a government and decisively ending the centuries old institution of monarchy. At this historic juncture in Nepal, when many fundamental questions on economic rights are being asked by an ever more assertive citizenry, acclaimed columnist and business maven Sujeev Shakya’s Unleashing Nepal examines the chequered history of the Nepali economy—from the time of unification, through decades of autocracy, foreign aid dependence, the ‘conflictonomics’ of the Maoist guerrilla war and a remittance economy driven by the labour of diasporic Nepalis.
Unleashing Nepal is not only different but creates a path for Nepal to make a difference. With a population of close to 30 million people Nepal stands 40th in terms of population. With more than half of those people under the age of 26, it provides a large pool of people to be deployed. With India and China becoming the centre state of global economy, even splinter effects can transform Nepal. He of course examines the history, issues and pitfalls of the Nepali economy, but more than that he will point at the future growth opportunities and bring out prescriptive issues that can transform Nepal.
(http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/Bookdetail.aspx?bookId=3670)
 
About the Speaker:
 
Sujeev Shakya is a business executive with a societal conscience and is based in Kathmandu. He is a Chartered Accountant and also holds a Graduate Diploma in International Marketing from Boston University. He was awarded the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship by the US Department of State in 2002. Prior to starting Beed Management (www.beed.com.np), a management consulting and advisory firm, in October 2008, he was President of Tara Management (earlier Soaltee Group Private Limited) and the Bhotekoshi Power Company.  He also chairs the Nepal Economic Forum, a not-for-profit private-sector led economic policy centre. Since 2001, under nom de plume ‘Arthabeed’, he has written a very popular fortnightly column in Nepali Times, that delivers sharp economic analysis in a humorous and common sense voice.