Dreesti Wasti

Ms. Dreesti Wasti is from Itahari in the Sunsari district of Nepal. She completed her B.Sc. degree at the Nepal Polytechnic Institute, Purbanchal University before going on to earn an M.Sc. degree in Agribusiness Management. She now serves as an Assistant Professor at Purbanchal University, Nepal, and is a PhD candidate at Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in agribusiness and agricultural sciences with an emphasis on applying business and management principles to the agricultural sector. As one of relatively few women teaching at the university level, her presence in the classroom serves as an inspiration to the girls she teaches. Her research interests span agribusiness, gender, and food and nutritional security. Her PhD project, "Food Supply Chain Performance and Food and Nutritional Security among Marginalized Caste Communities in Madhesh Province, Nepal", examines why marginalized communities in this agriculturally productive province continue to face persistent food and nutritional deficits despite the region's overall agricultural output. As an FSEP-supported scholar, Ms. Wasti is committed to generating evidence that informs policies and programs for more inclusive and sustainable agricultural development in Nepal. Ms. Wasti's graduate advisor is Professor Dr. Shiva Chandra Dhakal.