Sustainable Mountain Development No. 56, ICIMOD, Winter 2009
ICIMOD Board of
Governors 2009
Regional Board Members
Eng Mohammad Sharif ‘Sharif’
New Regional Board
Deputy Minister of Irrigation and NRM
Member
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Afghanistan
Mr Masud Ahmad
Secretary-in-Charge, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tract Affairs
Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada,
Bangladesh Secretariat, Bangladesh
Vice Chairman, National
Planning Commission,
Mr Sherub Gyaltshen
Government of Nepal
Chair, ICIMOD Board of Governors
Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan
Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada was
Prof Dr DING Zhongli
appointed as a Regional Member
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
for Nepal on ICIMOD’s Board in
June 2009. He served as a Senior
Mr Vijai Sharma, IAS
Economist in the UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo
Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India
for three years (from July 2006) and is currently Vice
U Kyaw Htun
Chairman of the National Planning Commission,
Deputy Director General, Planning and Statistics Department
Government of Nepal. Born in 1956, Dr Khatiwada University of Forestry, Myanmar
received master’s degrees in Economics and Public
Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada
Administration from Tribhuvan University in 1981 and
Vice Chairman, National Planning Commission, Nepal
1984, respectively, and a PhD in Monetary Economics
from Delhi School of Economics in 1991. Dr Khatiwada
Mr M Zia-ur-Rehman
has also attended numerous national and international
Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Pakistan
training programmes and seminars on issues related to
development and planning techniques and has extensive
Independent Board Members
experience of attending such training programmes and
Dr Jacqueline A. Ashby
seminars as a resource person. Dr Khatiwada served
Chair, ICIMOD Programme Advisory Committee (PAC)
as a Member of the National Planning Commission, Vice Chair, ICIMOD Board of Governors (BoG)
Government of Nepal, from 2002 to 2005. Prior
Research and Policy Coordinator, Andean Change Program
International Potato Center (CIP), Peru
to this, he was Head of the Economic Research
Department of the Nepal Rastra Bank (1999 to 2002), Dr Elke Förster
a postgraduate teacher at Tribhuvan University in 1982,
GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Representative Offi ce Hanoi/
Senior Consultant, Vietnam
and intermittently a visiting faculty member at Tribhuvan
University and Kathmandu University from 1992 to Dr Amir Muhammed
2001. Dr Khatiwada has carried out a considerable Rector, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
amount of research and has authored and co-authored
Dr Linxiu Zhang
many books and articles. His indisputable knowledge
Professor and Deputy Director, Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy
and contribution to the fi eld of development and
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), PR China
management has led him to be honoured with awards
such as the Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (2001), and
Dr A K M Jahir Uddin Chowdhury
Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management
the Mahendra Bidhya Bhusan (1994). Dr Khatiwada
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
received a Letter of Commendation from the Federation
of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries in
Professor Matthias Winiger
Vice Chancellor, University of Bonn, Germany
2001.
Dr Lars-Erik Liljelund
Director General, Prime Minister’s Offi ce, Sweden
Profi les of the recently appointed regional Board
Members for Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be
Mr Jochen Kenneweg
included in the next edition of ‘Sustainable Mountain
Chair, ICIMOD Support Group
Development’.
Dr Andreas Schild
(Ex-offi cio) Director General, ICIMOD
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