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During his stay in Kathmandu, Gen. Banerjee called on Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya and other senior officials. He had a separate meeting with Officiating Execuitve Director of the IFA Mr. Narayan Das Shrestrha. Deputy Execuitve Director of the IFA Mr. Nishchal N. Pandey hosted a reception in his honor at the Radisson Hotel which was attended by leaders of various political parties, foreign ministry officials and heads of various diplomatic missions stationed in Kathmandu.
A noted scholar and security expert of South Asia, Gen. Banerjee was previously the Executive Director of the Colombo based Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) and also a senior fellow at the Institute of Peace in Washington D.C.
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