Think-tank set up

Kathmandu, April 27. A Centre for Diplomacy and Development (CDD) has been formed in order to facilitate diplomacy and development of the country.

Chaired by former ambassador to France, Mohan Krishna Shrestha, the non-profit think-tank is tasked with providing suggestions in relation to country’s diplomacy to the government as a non-governmental intellectual group.

Other members of the group are Gyanchandra Acharya, former secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, former education secretary Shankar Prasad Pandey, Dr Ganga Bahadur Thapa, Anita Jadhari, Arun Ranjit, Hemanta Kakshapati, Khemraj Lakai, Nawaraj Pandey, Dr Pramod Jaisawal, Sriram Lamichhane, Surendra Shakya, Shanti Laxmi Shakya and Mitra Bandhu Poudel.