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AsCon Expert Speak || Applying Gross National Happiness (GNH) Principles in the COVID-19 Era



AsCon Expert Speak || Applying Gross National Happiness (GNH) Principles in the COVID-19 Era || Dasho Karma Ura, President, Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan "Expert Speak" is a virtual platform under Asian Confluence Web Series Program to associate and engage with eminent experts for their insights on the COVID-19 world and beyond; on contentious issues like development funding, connectivity, trade, strategic and security cooperation with particular emphasis on the Bay of Bengal region with Northeast India at its epicenter. Speaker Profile: Dasho Karma Ura worked for the Ministry of Planning, Government of Bhutan for 12 years before becoming the Director of the Centre for Bhutan Studies (CBS) from its founding in 1999 until 2008 when he became its President. Under Dasho Karma Ura, the CBS has been at the forefront in promoting and deepening national and global understanding of Bhutan's home-grown development philosophy of Gross National Happiness. He has written several books, including a novel, The Hero with a Thousand Eyes.