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Dr. Bahul Raj Shrestha is a public policy and development professional with extensive experience in public sector management, governance, and institutional capacity development across Asia. He currently heads the Public Sector Management and Public Policy (PSMPP) Unit at AIT Extension, where he leads professional training, executive education, and capacity development initiatives for government institutions and international development partners.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Shrestha has designed and managed more than 100 capacity development programmes for government officials and development practitioners, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. His professional expertise encompasses public administration, governance and institutional reform, policy planning and implementation, human resource development, and public service delivery. His recent work also addresses digital government transformation, AI-enabled public administration, and responsible AI governance.
Dr. Shrestha has worked on initiatives supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank, USAID, United Nations agencies, and other bilateral and multilateral organizations. His professional experience spans Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Afghanistan, and Thailand.
He holds a PhD in Development Administration, specializing in Public Policy, from the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Thailand. His academic and research interests include public policy, governance, institutional development, disaster risk governance, and contemporary challenges in public administration.
