Rahul Sen
Rahul brings a considerably rich experience of university teaching & learning, research and scholarship, as well as service to the profession in the field of international trade theory and policy, over his career spanning nearly 15 years. He presently works as a senior academic faculty at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. He has published and has been cited widely in the media on Asian Economic Integration, and Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific. His current research focuses on the economic impact of trade-related distortions in New Zealand and its trading partners.
Sadhana Srivastava
Prior to her PhD, Sadhana Srivastava worked for the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in Delhi, India. Sadhana’s current research has focused on analysing the importance of foreign direct investment in global value chains in developing Asia as well as global outsourcing of services. Her work in the context of comparing India and China’s FDI valuation system attracted significant international press and media attention and was cited by The Economist magazine in 2003. In 2011, Sadhana joined as a member of the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) an open regional network composed of leading trade research institutions across the UNESCAP region, and supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. She has contributed to the ARTNeT Working paper series in 2012.