Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma

Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma, who served as Nepal’s Ambassador to India from 2022 to 2024 and to the United States from 2009 to 2014, holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Hawaii. He was the Vice-Chairman of Nepal’s National Planning Commission from 2002 to 2006.

Dr. Sharma has extensive experience in government, international organizations, and economic research. Prior to becoming a member of the National Planning Commission in 1997, he held positions as a Senior Economic Advisor in Nepal’s Ministry of Finance and a Senior Economist (Fellow) at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. He also worked as the Professor of economics at the Centre for Economic Development and Administration at Tribhuvan University. Additionally, Dr. Sharma served as a consultant to the Constitution Committee on matters regarding the “Distribution of Natural Resources, Economic Rights, and Public Revenue,” contributing to the drafting of Nepal’s new Constitution.

 

Work Experience

• Ambassador of Nepal to India and Bhutan (March 2022– July 2024) Team Leader (Feb. 2016 –2021 December). Economic Policy Incubator Project, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and FCDO, UK Team Leader (August 2015- Feb. 2016). Functional Analysis and Assignment in Nepal, Project jointly sponsored by the Ministry of General Administration and UNDP.
• Ambassador of Nepal to the United States of America (Nov. 2009- Jan. 2014) Freelance Consultant (2006 – 2009), Worked mainly in the Projects of the Ministry of Finance (supported by ADB, UNDP) and the Constitutional Assembly, Nepal
• Vice Chairman (Oct. 2002 to May 2006), National Planning Commission, Nepal
• Member (Dec. 1997- Oct. 2002), Member National Planning Commission, Nepal.
• Senior Economic Advisor (December 1995- Dec. 1997), Ministry of Finance, Nepal
• Professor of Economics (1994-1995) , Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• Fellow (Senior Economist) (Aug. 1986-April 1993), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
• Lecturer (1974-1986). Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Education

• PhD in Economics 1984, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• M.A. in Economics, 1981, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.
• M Sc in Statistics, 1974, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
• B. Sc 1971, Tri-Chandra College, Tribhuvan University, Nepal