AsCon Expert Speak || Nourishing the Northeast Indian Regional Economy Bottom Up: Gaps and Opportunities

AsCon Expert Speak || Nourishing the Northeast Indian Regional Economy Bottom Up: Gaps and Opportunities, Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi, India "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: Dr. Arpita Mukherjee is a Professor at ICRIER. She has over 20 years of experience in policy-oriented research, working closely with the government in India and policymakers in the European Commission and its member states, United States (US), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in East Asian countries. Her research areas include trade and investment; special economic zones; economic corridors; food supply chain; start-ups and entrepreneurs; retail, ICT, food processing and other sector studies; labour mobility; bilateral and regional trade agreements. She specialises in sector and product-specific market trends, go-to market strategy, and government policies.