Advisory Council

The SAP advisory council is composed largely of persons based outside Cornell. With the aim of making the South Asia Program's governance structure more global, the advisory council ensures that SAP fulfills its intellectual and educational mission in a rapidly changing international context. 
 

Kaushik Basu

C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics, Cornell University

Anuj Bhagwati

Managing Director of A.T.E Enterprises, India

Anne M. Blackburn

Professor of South Asia and Buddhist Studies, Cornell University

Iftikhar Dadi

Director, South Asia Program, and Associate Professor, History of Art, Cornell University

 

Neville Edirisinghe (PhD ’82)

Former Regional Program Advisor, Regional Bureau for North Africa, Mediterranean and Central Asia, and Policy Analyst, World Food Program

 

Rounaq Jahan

Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh

Rohan Murty (BS ’05)

Technology Entrepreneur, and Funder, Murty Classical Library of India

 

Porus Olpadwala

Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, and Dean Emeritus, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University

 

Biru Paksha Paul

Associate Professor of Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland

 

Bina Pradhan (MPS ’92, PhD ’95)

Socio-economic and Gender Specialist, Federation of Business and Professional Women, Nepal (FBPWN)

Iqbal Quadir

Founder, Grameenphone, and Founder and Director Emeritus, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ali Raza Siddiqui (BS '02)

Co-Chairman, JS Group, Chairman, Future Trust, and Vice Chairman and CEO, Mahvash & Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation

Samir Somaiya (BS '90, MS '92, MBA '93)

President, Somaiya Vidyavihar, and Chairman, K. J. Somaiya Trust

Brinda Somaya

Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University