The RIGSS Friday Forum

Dr. Hamid Rashid will be speaking at the RIGSS Friday Forum Eminent Speaker Series on Friday, 19th May, 2023 from 5.00 to 6.30PM at the RUB Convention Hall, Thimphu.

Dr. Rashid is the Chief of Global Economic Monitoring at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDEA). He is the lead author of the UN flagship report, the World Economic Situation and Prospects.

The Friday Forum is the institute’s flagship public lecture series. Under this banner the institute brings eminent speakers from around the world that include eminent scholars, great thinkers, change-makers, spiritual masters, political geniuses and the like to deliver talks in Bhutan. Organized usually on Friday evenings, the Friday Forum is a public lecture and interaction forum that lasts for an hour and a half including a discussion session with the audience.