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UNU-WIDER congratulates Deepak Nayyar on appointment to IDS board

Deepak Nayyar, long-time supporter of UNU-WIDER and former chair of the WIDER Board, has been appointed as chair of the Board of Trustees at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).

Professor Nayyar has played a significant role in UNU-WIDER’s history, both as chair of the institute’s advisory board from 2001-08, and leading research projects across the past two decades. His UNU-WIDER research projects have produced some much-cited publications, including edited volumes Governing Globalization and Asian Transformations and his authored book Resurgent Asia.

We wish to congratulate Professor Nayyar on his appointment and wish him all the best in this next chapter.