A roster of professors, political analysts, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, development experts and advocates constitutes the NESAC research group. Some of the group members have held top governmental posts such as Minister of Finance, senior civil servant and member of planning commission.

A very short profile of cream researchers

• Devendra Raj Panday, Ph.D.; Founding Chairman; Member, FDL-AP; Member, Transperancy International; Former Finance Minister and Senior Civil Servant.
• Chaitanya Mishra, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology, Tribhuvan University, Former Member, National Planning Commission
• Dr. Birendra Prasad Mishra, Professor of Philosophy, Tribhuvan University, Former Election Commissioner
• Sarad Sharma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics, Tribhuvan University
• Dev Raj Dahal; Associate Professor of Political Science, Tribhuvan University
• Posh Raj Pandey, Ph.D; Member, Associate Professor of Economics, Tribhuvan University

Other Researchers

1. Mr. Bhim Prasad Bhurtel
2. Mr. Bhaskar Gautam
3. Dr. Chiranjivi Nepal
4. Dr. Suman Kumari Sharma
5. Dr.Kailash Upreti
6. Mr. Ananda Aditya
7. Mr. Hari P. Bhattarai
8. Mr. Jhalak Subedi
9. Mr. Somat Ghimire
10. Mr. Sudeep Jana