Narayan Adhikari
Narayan Adhikari is a global thought leader, Change entrepreneur, and strategic advisor specializing in nonprofit leadership, open governance, climate resilience, and civic innovation. As the Co-founder and South Asia Representative for Accountability Lab, he has designed globally recognized accountability tools, including Integrity Icon and CivActs, earning the organization the 2018 UN Anti-Corruption Excellence Award. He […]
Nicolas Weeks
H.E. Nicolas Weeks is the Ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh, a position he assumed in 2024. Appointed by the Swedish Government in June 2024, he presented his credentials to Bangladesh’s President in October 2024. A career diplomat, Ambassador Weeks joined the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2000. Prior to his posting in Dhaka, he […]
Nikki Singer
Nikki Singer is the Executive Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS), based in Cambodia, where she provides strategic leadership to CPCS’s mission of advancing positive peace across Asia. With over a decade of international peacebuilding experience, she brings an analytical mind, deep curiosity, and a values-oriented, people-centred approach to her work […]
Nikolaos Margaropoulos
Nikolaos K. Margaropoulos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, on March 30, 1965. He is an Attorney-at-Law before the Greek Supreme Court and a member of the Thessaloniki Bar since 1994, serving as Managing Partner of Margaropoulos & Associates – Scientia Legis Law Firm, a practice established in 1953 with offices in Thessaloniki and Athens. He […]
Nilanthi Samaranayake
Nilanthi Samaranayake is an Adjunct Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington and has spent most of her career conducting research on the Indian Ocean and South Asian security. She is author of the forthcoming book, Smaller South Asian Countries: Great-Power Competition, Asymmetry, and Agency (Bloomsbury Academic, 2027). Previously, Samaranayake served as the Director of […]
Nupur Tewari
Nupur Tewari is the Founder and CEO of Connect India Japan, the first dedicated India–Japan media and engagement platform, and has been working across the India–Japan corridor for over 23 years. She has pioneered initiatives that bring together business, diplomacy, culture, media and people-to-people relations, and has organized some of the largest India–Japan geopolitical and […]
Nurul Kabir
Nurul Kabir is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, columnist, editor, and activist. He is the editor of the outspoken Bangladeshi newspaper, New Age, and the editor of the Bengali weekly Budhbar. Nairbachanik Swairatrantro O Ganatantrer Sangram (Electoral Dictatorship and the Struggle for Democracy) and The Red Moulana are two of his most well-known books. Kabir received […]
Nuzhat Tabassum
Papa CJ
Papa CJ is an internationally acclaimed comedian, leadership coach, and educator who has spent more than two decades making people laugh, and, increasingly, making them think about why they behave the way they do. He has performed across the world and worked with leaders and organisations across industries, moving comfortably between comedy stages, corporate boardrooms, […]
Parvez Karim Abbasi
Parvez Karim Abbasi
Mr. Parvez Karim Abbasi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Executive Director at the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed an M.A. in Economics from York University, Toronto, Canada, 2004- 2005 on a full scholarship and did his B. S. in Economics from […]
Peter Aukamp
Peter Aukamp is an executive and investor with over 20 years of financial experience. Serving on the Management Board at Tresta Trust Company AG and as a Senior Advisor at KingsRock , he combines a global banking background with an entrepreneurial mindset to help private clients structure investments and develop custom solutions.
Petr Topychkanov
Dr. Petr Topychkanov is a leading expert on strategic security, nuclear non-proliferation, arms control, and South Asian affairs. He heads the Sector for New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is also an Assistant Professor at […]
Pradeep K Taneja
Dr. Pradeep Taneja is a specialist in Asian politics and international relations and serves as Deputy Associate Dean (International–India) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. He is also a Member of the university’s Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies and an Academic Fellow of the Australia India Institute. In addition, he is […]
Pramod Jaiswal
Dr. Pramod Jaiswal is the Research Director at Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE). He is a Teaching Faculty at different universities in Nepal, China, Thailand, and Bangladesh. He delivers lectures for US Department of State officials organized by the National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC), Washington, DC. He is a Visiting Fellow […]
Prodip Kumar
Pushpan Murugiah
Pushpan Murugiah is a regional governance, integrity, and anti-corruption specialist with extensive experience across the corporate, civil society, and international development sectors. He is the Founder of the Southeast Asia Institute for Accountability, Governance & Economics (SAGE), an independent regional institution promoting evidence-based policy research, strategic dialogue, and practical governance solutions across ASEAN. Through SAGE, […]
Pyrou Chung
Pyrou is a senior leader and advocate for open digital societies with more than 20 years of experience across Asia, Africa, and Australia. A recognized expert in open knowledge systems, inclusive data governance, and digital transformation, she works at the intersection of human rights, technology, environmental governance, and social equity. Her research and practice increasingly […]
Rajesh Mondal
Raju Mahajan
Raju Mahajan is a U.S. immigration attorney licensed to practise law in Maryland and Washington, D.C. As immigration law is federal, he represents clients throughout the United States and around the world in a wide range of immigration matters. His practice focuses on employment-based, investment-based, and family-based immigration, including EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW), EB-1, […]
Roman Uddin
Rüdiger Lotz
H.E. Dr. Rüdiger Lotz has served as the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Bangladesh since July 2025. A career diplomat with more than three decades of international experience, he previously served as Consul General in Karachi, Pakistan, from 2022 to 2025, and as Deputy Head of Mission and Head of the Economics […]
S. M. Ziauddin Hyder
Dr S. M. Ziauddin Hyder is the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Health Affairs, holding the status of a State Minister. He was appointed to the position on 22 April 2026. A physician, public-health specialist and development professional, Dr Hyder has more than three decades of experience in health, nutrition and […]
Sabyasachi Dutta
Sabyasachi Dutta is the co-founder and Executive Director of Asian Confluence, a premium Indian Think Tank. Sabyasachi pioneered the “Third Space” philosophy of the Asian Confluence whereby through a host of programs, the Asian Confluence as a premier “think and do” tank located in India’s Northeastern region, provides an opportunity for civil society to enhance […]
Sanjay Kumar Bhardwaj
Professor Dr. Sanjay K. Bhardwaj is a distinguished scholar of South Asian studies and a senior academic at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has served as Chairperson of the Centre for South Asian Studies and Director of the Energy Studies Programme. His research focuses on Bangladesh’s socio-economic development, identity […]
Sanjoy Debnath
Sarah Cooke
Sarah Cooke is the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh. She joined the Civil Service in 2002 and has served in a range of roles in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for International Development (DFID) and the Cabinet Office. Before taking up her current role, Ms. Cooke was Head of the South East Asia Department […]
Satoru Nagao
Dr. Satoru Nagao is a fellow (non-resident) at Hudson Institute, based in Tokyo, Japan. From December 2017 through November 2020, he was a visiting fellow at Hudson Institute, based in Washington, D.C. Dr. Nagao’s primary research area is U.S-.Japan-India security cooperation. He was awarded his Ph.D. by Gakushuin University in 2011 for his thesis, “India’s […]
Sebastian Groh
Dr. Sebastian Groh is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of SOLshare, a pioneering climate-tech company advancing decentralized renewable energy solutions and innovative peer-to-peer energy systems. With more than 15 years of experience in startups, energy access, and decentralized electrification, he has played a leading role in developing scalable solutions for energy poverty and sustainable development, […]
Sergejs Potapkins
Sergejs Potapkins is a researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) and a PhD candidate in International Relations and Diplomacy. His professional and academic work focuses on international security, geopolitical developments in Eurasia, critical infrastructure resilience, and Latvia’s foreign and security policy. His broader research interests include the transformation of the international order, […]
Shafqat Munir
Mr. Munir graduated from the Australian National University (ANU) with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Security Studies. He subsequently completed a Master of Science in Strategic Studies and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counter Terrorism Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he was […]
Shah Mohammad Naheeaan
Mr. Shah Mohammad Naheeaan is an international development and governance specialist with more than 18 years of professional experience spanning the United Nations system, the private sector, and national development organizations. He has served with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for over six years in South Asia and brings more than […]
Shah Zulfiqar Haider
Shah Zulfiqar Haider is a distinguished energy professional, executive leader, and public policy adviser with over four decades of expertise across public sector governance, national infrastructure, energy systems planning, and international development. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director at Engineering, Management & Infrastructure (EMI) Consultant, leading strategic advisory projects for governments, multilateral […]
Shama Obaed Islam
Shama Obaed Islam is a prominent Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She is an elected Member of Parliament (MP) from the Faridpur-2 (Nagarkanda–Shaltha) constituency and is one of the seven women elected in the 2026 national parliamentary elections. She was appointed as the State Minister for Foreign Affairs […]
Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
Dr. Shanthie Mariet D’Souza is the Founder and Executive Director of the Mantraya Institute for Strategic Studies and a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst. She serves as Visiting Faculty at the Naval War College in Goa, an Affiliate of the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., a […]
Sharaf Anjum Prova
