New chair of SANEI steering committee

Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud

Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud of Dhaka University has been elected the chair of the steering committee of the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI).
The committee members agreed at a meeting on Saturday to strengthen networking among economic research institutions in the region to generate knowledge for development.
Established in June 1998, SANEI aims to develop networking among research institutions and experts in South Asia and beyond.
SANEI, a regional partner of the Global Development Network, has 48 research institutes from the region as its members.
The SANEI Secretariat is located at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies with its Director General Mustafa K Mujeri as the coordinator.
The meeting was joined by Dr Mustafa K Mujeri, director general of BIDS and coordinator of SANEI, Dr Ishrat Husain, dean and director of Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan, Dr M Govinda Rao, director of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India, Dr Rajiv Kumar, director and chief executive officer of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations and Dr Shanker Krishna Malla, executive director of Institute for Integrated Development Studies.