The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics
(SANDEE)is a regional network that uses economic tools and analyses to
address South Asia's environmental challenges. SANDEE works in seven
countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka.
Secretariat Staff
Anuradha Kafle works as research and information officer and has been with SANDEE since October 2002. She manages the information and research dissemination process, organizes regional training workshops, and supports implementation of programs in underserved areas. Before joining SANDEE she worked as a lecturer and as Program Assistant in the GEF/Small Grants Program of UNDP, Nepal. She has a Masters degree in Zoology with a major in Ecology from Tribhuwan University, Nepal. Her long term research and activism interests are in wildlife conservation and natural resource management.
Krisha Shrestha Administrative Associate joined SANDEE in November 2008. She will be instrumental in managing SANDEE's research activities and supporting SANDEE's growth as an organization. Her responsibilities include grants management, organizing research workshops, and managing the administrative tasks of the secretariat. She has Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from North-Eastern University, Boston. Previously, she worked in UNICEF Country Office, Nepal.
Mani Nepal is an environmental/development economist. Before joining SANDEE, he has worked as a visiting assistant professor at the University of New Mexico during 2007-2008. As an economist, he has also worked for the Department of Finance and Administration (New Mexico, USA), Action Aid Nepal, Agricultural Projects Service Center, and Nepal Foundation for Advanced Studies. Some of his research works have been published in international/national journals, such as Land Economics, International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Policy Studies Journal, and The Economic Journal of Nepal. Dr. Nepal has a PhD degree from the University of New Mexico in Resource/Environmental and Development economics, and Master of Science in Policy Economics degree from the University of Illinois.
Priya Shyamsundar is Program Director for the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE). As part of its various activities, SANDEE has supported over 60 research projects in the area of poverty and natural resource management, valuation of non-market goods, common property resource use and the economics of pollution management. Priya has also been a consultant for many years to the Environment Department of the World Bank. Her work in this area has mostly been on issues related to poverty and environment. Most recently, she led a team that was responsible for a new World Bank book on this issue. Prior to her work with SANDEE and the Bank, Priya served as Senior Program Officer for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and as Research Associate at the Institute of Social Studies Trust. Priya's research interests range over a number of topics within environment and development economics. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from Duke University. Her other most important qualification is being mom to two happy and challenging children: Tulsi and Kabir.
Anuradha Kafle works as research and information officer and has been with SANDEE since October 2002. She manages the information and research dissemination process, organizes regional training workshops, and supports implementation of programs in underserved areas. Before joining SANDEE she worked as a lecturer and as Program Assistant in the GEF/Small Grants Program of UNDP, Nepal. She has a Masters degree in Zoology with a major in Ecology from Tribhuwan University, Nepal. Her long term research and activism interests are in wildlife conservation and natural resource management. 
Krisha Shrestha Administrative Associate joined SANDEE in November 2008. She will be instrumental in managing SANDEE's research activities and supporting SANDEE's growth as an organization. Her responsibilities include grants management, organizing research workshops, and managing the administrative tasks of the secretariat. She has Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from North-Eastern University, Boston. Previously, she worked in UNICEF Country Office, Nepal. 
Mani Nepal is an environmental/development economist. Before joining SANDEE, he has worked as a visiting assistant professor at the University of New Mexico during 2007-2008. As an economist, he has also worked for the Department of Finance and Administration (New Mexico, USA), Action Aid Nepal, Agricultural Projects Service Center, and Nepal Foundation for Advanced Studies. Some of his research works have been published in international/national journals, such as Land Economics, International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Policy Studies Journal, and The Economic Journal of Nepal. Dr. Nepal has a PhD degree from the University of New Mexico in Resource/Environmental and Development economics, and Master of Science in Policy Economics degree from the University of Illinois. 
Priya Shyamsundar is Program Director for the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE). As part of its various activities, SANDEE has supported over 60 research projects in the area of poverty and natural resource management, valuation of non-market goods, common property resource use and the economics of pollution management. Priya has also been a consultant for many years to the Environment Department of the World Bank. Her work in this area has mostly been on issues related to poverty and environment. Most recently, she led a team that was responsible for a new World Bank book on this issue. Prior to her work with SANDEE and the Bank, Priya served as Senior Program Officer for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and as Research Associate at the Institute of Social Studies Trust. Priya's research interests range over a number of topics within environment and development economics. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from Duke University. Her other most important qualification is being mom to two happy and challenging children: Tulsi and Kabir.