

Dr. Manoj Nardeosingh
Secretary General
African-Asian Rural Development Organization

His Excellency Dr. Manoj Nardeosingh hails from Mauritius and took over the charge of the office of the AARDO Secretary-General in September 2019. Before this, H.E. served AARDO as Assistant Secretary-General from 14 February 2014 to 02 September 2019. Before joining the AARDO Headquarters in New Delhi, India, he worked with the Government of Mauritius in various positions such as Economist, Researcher, Educationist and Proponent of the cooperative movement in the country. He was Secretary for Cooperative Development, Ministry of Business, Enterprises and Cooperatives, Government of the Republic of Mauritius. He worked as Senior Cooperative Development Officer from 2003 to 2005; as Acting Secretary for Cooperative Development from 1995 to 2000; and as Cooperative Development Officer from 1992 to 1995 in the Ministry of Commerce and Cooperatives. In 1991, he was also an Economist in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Regional Cooperation and has also been a professor of Economics in the college. H.E. Dr. Manoj Nardeosingh holds a Master of Science in Economics from Moldavian State University (Ex USSR) and a Ph.D. from Finance Academy, Moscow, Russian Federation.