Name – Anita Prakash

Current Positions – Senior Policy Advisor for International Economic

Cooperation, Economic Research Institute, ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA),
Jakarta
Previous Positions – Director, Government of India in the Department of
Commerce and Niti Aayog (1991-2009) ; Visiting Fellow in the Global
Governance Center at the Graduate Institute of International and Development
Studies, Geneva (2016-2019)

Professional Experience –
Anita Prakash is Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of President of Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, Indonesia.

She provides policy and research support for bilateral and multilateral processes
between ASEAN and its Dialogue Partners, the Trade Ministers meetings in ASEAN,
the East Asia Summit, the Asia-Europe Meeting, and the G20.

Her policy research covers international trade and investment with a focus on GVCs
and supply chains, and connectivity plans in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and between
Asia-Europe and Asia-Africa. Her current research focus is on emerging economic
architecture and supply chains in the Indo-Pacific.

Prior to her work at ERIA, she served as Director in the Government of India in the
Department of Commerce and NITI Aayog. She was a Visiting Research Associate
at the Graduate Institute, Geneva from 2016 to 2019.

Important works include the plans for Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, and Asia-Europe
Connectivity. Her latest work are the studies on ‘GVCs and Investments: Changing
Dynamics in Asia’ and ‘UK-ASEAN Trade: Strengthening the Supply Chain
Linkages.’ She is currently writing on ‘Regional Integration, Connectivity, and New
Supply Chain Linkages in Indo-Pacific.

She is an alumnus of Delhi University (M.Phil) and Australian National University

(MBA). She has expertise on International Trade, GVCs and Supply Chains, Indo –
Pacific Economic Architecture