EWI Hosts Webinar on South Asia’s Economic Future in the Post COVID-19 World

News | August 21, 2020

On August 12, the EastWest Institute’s (EWI) South Asia program, in cooperation with the Corporate Pakistan Group (CPG), hosted a webinar discussion on “South Asia’s Economic Future in the Post COVID-19 World.”

Moderated by South Asia Program Director Farwa Aamer, the webinar invited expert perspectives on the impacts of COVID-19 on South Asian economies and how the region can work towards improving its socio-economic conditions in the post-COVID world.

Speakers included EWI President Bruce McConnell; Dr. Jagannath Panda, research fellow at MP-IDSA, New Delhi; Nathan Sivagananathan, co-founder of Hatch and venture partner at Patamar Capital; Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, chairperson at Karandaaz; and Ikram Sehgal, chairman of Pathfinder Group and EWI board member.

Please find full coverage of the webinar here.