Nepal's newly-appointed Ambassador to India♚ Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma on Friday took the oath of office and sec𓆏recy here.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to Dr Sharma at a 🐭special function organised at the Office of the Presi♕dent, Sheetal Niwas, My Republica newspaper reported. Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka was also present on the occasion.
President Bhandari on the recomme🧸ndation of the government appointed economist and former US envoy Dr Sharma as the country’s new Ambassador to India on March 20.
The post was vacant aꦫfter Ambassador Nilamb🎀ar Acharya, who was appointed by the previous government, was recalled from Delhi some six months ago.
Sharma had earlier served as Nepal’s Ambassador to the United St𒅌ates. He also worked as Vice Chairman of National Planning Commission between 2002 and🍎 2006.
Sharma, who holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Hawaii, had also served as the chief advisor at the Ministry of Finance. He has participated in the UN General Assemblies🅺, annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, SAARC ♏Summits, UNESCAP annual meetings and many other international meetings.
Before joining the National Planning Commission as a member in 1997, he worked as a Se𝓰nior E🐟conomist in the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore and as a Fellow in the East-West Center, Hawaii.
Sharma also served as a Professor of Economics at the Centre for Econoﷺmic Development and Administratio𒉰n, Tribhuvan University.
He worked as a lead consultant to the Constitution Committee on "Distribution of N𒀰atural Resources, Economic Rights and Public Revenue" in helping draft the new Constitution♏ of Nepal.
He has published eight books on economy, energy and the environment of the Asia-Pꦐacific region including Nepal. He also wor🐠ked as a consultant expert in a number of national and international agencies including the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and UNDP.
Sharm🌜a was also an editor to ASEAN Economic Bulletin and a consultant editor to Hydrocarbon Asia, both published from Singapore for about seven years.
