MENTORS

 Mr. NAWID AHSAN  
 Secretary Finance
 Government of Pakistan
 Islamabad, Pakistan.

 PROF. JAMES MANOR             
 Institute of Development Studies
 University of Sussex 
 UK.

 PROF. MIHALYI PETER          
 Department of Economics
 Central European University 
 Budapest, Hungary.

 Dr. Omar Azfar                            
 Research Associate
 University of Maryland 
 USA.

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

During the course of the fellowship year, each Fellow cooperates with two or three Mentors who are experts in their specific field of research. IPF also encourages cooperation between Fellows and relevant contacts who are Soros foundations network-affiliated, including at least one contact based in Budapest.

Mentors are expected to:

• Work with Fellows to help them devise a brief policy paper in their field(s) of expertise based on a lengthy research paper written over the course of the fellowship year,

• Maintain contact with Fellows at least once every six weeks or so by telephone, fax or e-mail to discuss the development of projects,

• If feasible, meet with Fellows at least once during the fellowship year to discuss the project,

• Facilitate Fellows’ contact with other relevant experts and participation in appropriate meetings (IPF has discretionary funds to support Fellow attendance at relevant events),

• Complete brief mid-term and final critique forms supplied by IPF to provide the program with feedback regarding the Fellow’s progress.