Sunil KC, Vice President of Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI), has been appointed as the advisor to Independent Power Producers’ Association Nepal (IPPAN). The 21st annual general meeting of IPPAN held on June 15, 2023 elected a new executive committee under the leadership of Ganesh Karki and the first executive committee meeting held on June 16, 2023 appointed KC as the adviser to IPPAN, reads a statement issued by the NICCI. KC is the Founder of Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA), a think tank based in Kathmandu which has been doing advocacy in the field of diplomacy for the past one decade.

KC has been contributing his expertise in the area of economic diplomacy of Nepal as well as in the area of Nepal-India trade, transit and energy cooperation, Nepal-India trade as well as Nepal-India-Bangladesh trilateral trade engagement and power trade since year 2015 and has also been putting his views through the articles frequently published in the national and international publications and online media as well.

The appointment of KC as the advisor to IPPAN would contribute to bringing FDI from India in the field of hydropower and energy development. Since KC has been engaged and facilitating power trade between Nepal and India as well as trilateral power trade between Nepal-India-Bangladesh, his expertise would surely be helpful to bring FDI from India and will contribute execution of power trade between Nepal and India as well as Nepal-India-Bangladesh trilateral power trade in the days ahead, the statement reads. NICCI also congratulated the newly elected executive committee of IPPAN under the leadership of Ganesh Karki and the entire team for the successful tenure ahead.