City Desk :
The closing session of NSU-NASPAA South Asia Virtual Conference 2021 on “Preparing Public Leaders in South Asia for a Post Pandemic World” was held on Sunday.
It was organized by the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at North South University, the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) of USA, and the JSW School of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India.
Bhawani Prasad Khapung, State Minister,Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal was the chief guest at the closing session.
The conference brought together academics, practitioners, members of civil society, and representatives from the public and private sector across South Asia to share lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic and discuss ways to prepare public leaders for a post-pandemic world. Around 87 paper presentations & 14 panel discussions from 13 different countries & 78 universities across the globe were presented at this virtual conference.