Personal Profile
Pranidhi Sawhney is a development economist working with Abhilash Puljal focusing on international trade, regional integration, investment promotion and value chain development across Africa and South-East Asia. She has about five years of experience in conducting extensive research and analysis on trade policy and regulatory matters across different verticals such as agriculture/agribusinesses, environmental goods, renewable energy, and manufacturing.
Her work primarily focuses on Aid for Trade programmes under the South-South Development concept in which she is responsible for identifying technical barriers to trade from an economic perspective, analyse value-chains, trace trade patterns and map the investment landscape of countries.
Previously, she has served short stints at the ILO New Delhi, UNFPA Geneva and BRICS International Forum, among others. Pranidhi is a postgraduate in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an undergraduate in Economics from the University of Delhi.
Company Profile
Abhilash Puljal is a boutique advisory firm based in New Delhi with project presence in Asia and Africa. The company provides advisory services to public and private sectors alongside multilaterals and industry associations in conceptualising and implementing sustainable ventures, developing business strategies, interpreting and advising on policy and regulatory matters across agriculture & agro processing.