Nagesh Kumar is Director and Chief Executive of the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), a publicly funded policy think tank based in New Delhi. Prior to taking up this role in May 2021, he served as Director at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), holding several senior management roles from 2009-21. These included Chief Economist of UNESCAP, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division (MPDD), Director of the Social Development Division (SDD), and Head of the South and South-West Asia (SSWA) Office of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) based in New Delhi, which he had the privilege to establish. Kumar is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.
