BIOGRAPHY

Bhumika Muchhala is a policy researcher, analyst, and advocate with twenty years of experience in global economic governance, international political economy, and sustainable development. Her focus has been on the perspectives and priorities of developing countries in international organizations as well as that of marginalized communities in developing countries. For the past 10 years, she was a senior policy analyst for Third World Network (TWN), where she advised G77 developing country negotiators in the UN, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Financing for Development, Rio+20 Conference, and the UN Economic and Social Council. Previously, she was based in Washington, D.C., where she coordinated the IMF Program at the Bank Information Centre, the Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Women's Rights program at Global Rights. Bhumika is currently a consultant with the Right to Development division in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Ms. Muchhala holds a Masters in Development Economics from the London School of Economics, a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Carnegie Mellon University.