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who is now a Research Fellow (BPS 20) at the Institute of Regional Studies, heading the Economic Development of South Asia program. Previously, he was Advisor and one of the founding Directors of CASS, leading the team on Economic Affairs & National Development. He is among the Top 100 Authors across all subjects & disciplines (out of 2.5 million authors) on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), which is the largest open repository of knowledge in the world. He has authored & edited ten books in the past eight years, all published with Routledge (see below). In the academic realm, his research has been cited widely, and Dr. Chohan has testified before various authorities based on his technical expertise. He has been published in prest who is now a Research Fellow (BPS 20) at the Institute of Regional Studies, heading the Economic Development of South Asia program. Previously, he was Advisor and one of the founding Directors of CASS, leading the team on Economic Affairs & National Development. He is among the Top 100 Authors across all subjects & disciplines (out of 2.5 million authors) on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), which is the largest open repository of knowledge in the world. He has authored & edited ten books in the past eight years, all published with Routledge (see below). In the academic realm, his research has been cited widely, and Dr. Chohan has testified before various authorities based on his technical expertise. He has been published in prestigious journals such as Policy & Society, The International Journal of Public Administration, and Parliamentary Affairs.

Dr. Chohan has a PhD in economics from UNSW Australia, where his doctoral work led to the world's first multidisciplinary synthesis of independent legislative fiscal institutions, and an MBA from McGill University (Canada), with coursework at MIT-Tsinghua. He has also been a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum from the Canberra hub.

His previous practitioner experience includes working at the National Bank of Canada and the World Bank. Dr. Chohan has been a speaker at major national conferences such as GSTAR and the Margalla Dialogue, and has taught courses on the digital economy at the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Belgium).

He is also the President of the International Association of Hyperpolyglots (HYPIA), the leading organization worldwide for hyperpolyglotism and whose membership consists of the speakers of six or more languages.

Dr. Usman appears frequently on domestic and international television, podcasts, and lecture series in various languages. He leads and hosts The Economic Angle podcast series. He is also trained in South Asian musicology and plays the sitar, with his second repertoire album released in 2025. In addition, Dr. Chohan has maintained an annual reading challenge of 100 books every year since 2011. ...more

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“Language is the rich fabric that enshrouds all experience that is truly human. Those who are hyperpolyglots therefore adorn multiple layers of beautiful fabrics at the same time. They have multiple lives in one sense; and they certainly have multiple souls.”
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“The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.”
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“It might seem that being a genius is a golden ticket to a life of glamorous soirees with the intellectual elite, champagne flute in hand, arm candy at your side, surrounded by a throng of smiling sycophants. But you might be confusing this scene with the lifestyle of a diplomat”
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"Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames."
- Rumi

"The cultivation of the intellect is man's highest good and purest happiness" - Aristotle

“Since knowledge is the ultimate perfection of our soul, in which resides our ultimate happiness, we are all therefore by nature subject to a desire for it.” —Canto I

"Think like a man of action. Act like a man of thought" - Henri-Louis Bergson

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