Economists’ First National Conference- 2022 Successfully Completed
NECS Nepal successfully organized National Economists’ Conference for the first time in Nepal in March 25-26, 2022. Ganga Bahadur Thapa Chaired the opening ceremony of the conference. The chief guest of the conference was honorable Finance Minister Janardan Sharma. Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, former Prime Minister of Nepal participated as a special guest delivering key note. Other distinguished key note speakers were honorable Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, Leader, Nepali Congress Party; honorable Ghanashyam Bhushal, Leader, Communist Party Nepal, UML; honorable Shakti Basnet, leader, Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Centre) and honorable Ram Kumar Phuyal, member of National Planning Commission; Prof. Dr. Shiva Raj Adhikari, Head, Central Department of Economics, Tribhuan Uniersity and Min Raj Kandel Chairman, National Cooperative Federation of Nepal. The welcome Speech was delevered by Prof. Dr. Jiba Nath Dhital, Member of NECS Nepal.
Dr. Jeeban Amgain, Vice Chairman of National Economic Concern Society Nepal presented the theme paper entitled “Outlook of National Economy and Contemporary Issues”.
In the conferece, there were eight different thematic papers. Session Chair, Presenter and Discaussant were as follows.
Session 1
Title : Utilization of Natural Resources for Sustainable Economic Development
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Jiba Nath Dhital
Presenter: Dr. Sunil Kumar Pokharel
Discussant I: Dr. Chadra Mani Adhikari
Discussant II: Dr. Nirmal Kumar Raut
Session 2
Title : Socialism in Nepali Context
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Surendra Lav Karna
Presenter: Hari Roka
Discussant I: Dr. Uttam Khanal
Discussant II: Dr. Surendra Upreti
Session 3
Title : Overview of Periodic Plan and Development in Nepal
Session Chair: Deependra Bahadur Kshetri
Presenter: Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha
Discussant I: Prof. Dr. Surendra Lav Karna
Discussant II: Prof. Dr. Govinda Nepal
Session 4
Title : Transformation of Agricultural Sector in Nepal : Challenges and Opportunities
Session Chair: Dr. Dil Bahadur Gurung
Presenter: Dr. Ganesh Raj Joshi
Discussant I: Dr. Yam Bahadur Thapa
Discussant II: Dr. Sushil Pandey
Session 5
Title : Role of Industrialization on Socialism Oriented Economy
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Surya Thapa
Presenter: Dr. Uttam Khanal
Discussant I: Babul Khanal
Discussant II: Ganesh Ghimire
Session 6
Title : Sixty Five Years of Nepalese Cooperative Movement and Its Direction
Session Chair: Lila Mani Paudyal
Presenter: Dr. Gyanendra Paudel
Discussant I: Paritosh Paudel
Discussant II: Dr. Chandra Kanta Paudel
Discussant III: Gopi Mainali
Session 7
Title : Financial Inclusion and Productive Investment for Self Sustained Economy
Session Chair: Dr. Raghu Bir Bista
Presenter: Siddha Raj Bhatta
Discussant I: Nar Bahadur Thapa
Discussant II: Ananta Raj Dahal
Session 8
Title : Dichotomy of Neoliberalist Policy Framework in Nepal
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Bishwombhar Pyakurel
Presenter: Baikuntha Pandey
Discussant I: Assoc. Prof. Ananta Kumar Mainali
Discussant II: Dr. Dilli Raj Khanal
Discussant III: T.N. Acharya
