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Tapan Banerjee, PhD

Tapan Banerjee, PhD

Dr. Banerjee serves as a Senior Advisor for Whirlwind Wheelchairs International, San Francisco State University, California. Banerjee served as the former Executive Director of the U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USICD). He has over 25 years of experience in the field of international business development with a special focus on creating opportunities for people with disabilities in corporate and public ventures. He is a wheelchair user as a result of a spinal cord injury sustained in recent years.
 
Dr. Banerjee is also involved with several organizations addressing disability advocacy issues. In addition, he serves as consultant to a variety of agencies and organizations including —
 
Counselor, Senior Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Washington DC; Consultant, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education; local representative for Wheels of the World; Board of Directors, Excel, an employment opportunity program for disabled persons; Program Manager, MGM consulting company that trains and creates opportunities for persons with disabilities; Representative from Dranesville District to Fairfax Area Disability Board and member of Long Term Care Coordinating Committee of Fairfax County, VA.  He also is an advisor for E-Car Corporation for golf carts for disabled golfers; Member, Board of Directors, National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA), USA; and Consultant, World Bank's Disability Program, Washington, D.C. and Member of Washington, DC Metro Accessibility Advisory Committee.
 
Prior to his present responsibilities with disability communities, Dr. Banerjee was the Regional Commercial Counselor for West Africa for the American Embassy in Ivory Coast, Director of the U.S. Commercial Liaison Office to the African Development Bank (ADB), U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Counselor, American Embassies in Abu Dhabi, UAE and Amsterdam; Director, U.S. Export Assistance Center in Atlanta; First Secretary/Commercial Attach, American Embassy, New Delhi, India, and First Secretary/Senior Commercial Officer for the American Embassy in Helsinki, Finland.