Dr. Sugandha D. Tuladhar

Education

PhD in economics, The University of Texas at Austin
MSc in operations research and industrial engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Experience

Dr. Tuladhar's work focuses on economic analysis of regional, national, and international energy, environmental, and climate policies. He specializes in computable general equilibrium model development and its application, and designs economic models for energy and environmental policy analysis. As a general equilibrium modeler with extensive econometric and programming skills, he has helped design proprietary national and international economic and trade models used to assess the impacts of energy and environmental policies. He has developed models to analyze major US greenhouse gas reduction policies, transportation, and other energy policies. He has also analyzed international climate policies such as the Kyoto Protocol, European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), and Copenhagen Accord. Dr. Tuladhar previously consulted for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and has a deep understanding of the operational aspects of multilateral institutions, including the ADB, DFID, the World Bank, and USAID.

Dr. Tuladhar was a Fulbright Scholar, and has authored and co-authored numerous articles, reports, and book chapters.