Basant Raj Bhandari

Born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India in May, 1929. Mr. Bhandari, who is an international expert on foreign trade of over 46 years standing, has been since 1994 working as Chief Consultant to the Global Traders Conference (GTC), Geneva, Switzerland, as also Senior Consultant in the International Trade Centre UNTAD. WHO (ITS), Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Bhandari has also  worked an external consultant to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNTAD), Geneva, Switzerland, the World Bank, USA, Helsinki School of Economics’ Trade Development Institute (PRODEC), Finland, the International management Institute (RVB), Maastricht, The Netherlands, The Commonwealth Secretariat and pother international organizations, He has the unique experience of having worked in private sector, government and international organizations, as elaborated above.

Mr. Bhandari has been the author of several articles on international trade and has been the faculty members of the Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad, India. While working for the Government of India and the United nations, he has attended several international  conferences and has been responsible for organizing hundreds of training programmes on various aspects of foreign trade including WTO aspects in which he also participated as principal speaker and resource person.

Mr. Bhandari has travelled extensively throughout the globe covering more than 120 countries in all the six continents and visited some countries several times. His frequent missions have given him rare and unmatched experience of ground realities in developing countries for proposing suitable policy options and practical measures for strengthening and stimulation growth and development of their foreign trade.

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