IRS Officer Sudha Koka selected for World Bank Institute's prestigious course starting today
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The key objectives of this course is to strengthen the ability of trade officials, advisors, analysts, representatives of government, and business and consumer associations, and to understand the economic and development implications of preferential trade agreements and their contribution to the formulation of their country's regional trade policy and negotiating agenda.
Sudha holds a Masters degree in Economics from Osmania University. In the year 2008, Sudha completed a two year Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
She worked on her Master's dissertation of PGPPM on the topic Rules Of origin in India's Free Trade Agreements under the guidance of Prof. Rupa Chanda of IIM Bangalore, an alumna of Harvard and Columbia Universities and a renowned academician and scholar in the area of trade, especially trade in services.
The World Bank Institute's invitation to her states,
You have been selected to attend the course for Preferential Trade Agreements from May 11 to May 15, 2009 in Washington DC. There were hundreds of applicants from all over the world yesterday at the final hours of the deadline. We are very pleased to have you with us. The key objective of this course is to strengthen the ability of trade officials, advisors, analysts, and representatives of government, business and consumer associations, and to understand the economic and development implications of preferential trade agreements and to contribute to the formulation of their country's regional trade policy and negotiating agenda.
She flew to Washington on 8th May to attend the course from today. This is a rare honour for an Indian Customs & Central Excise officer and TIOL congratulates her on the well deserving distinction.