Board Members

Prof. Dr. Vinod P. Shrestha
President
Prof. of Geography, T.U

Team leaders of mid term evaluation committee of 10th Plan in National Planning Commission, Nepal. About 30 years teaching and working experience in different Natural Resources and Decentralization related projects with different donors.

Purna Man Shakaya
Vice President
Constitutional Lawyer and Senior legal advisor

Asst. Professor at T.U and law practicener. Coordinated and lead different projects and its evaluations of major donors such as SNV, The World Bank, UNDP, ADB, FINIDA etc since 1988. Worked and working as legal advisor for different GOs, NGOs, INGOs and cooperate sector since last 20 years.

Mr. Dhiraj Pokhrel
General Secretary
MBA, Development Expert

15 years working experience in community and policy level projects with the support of DANIDA, USAID, JEA, JEC, UNDP, The Ford Foundation etc. Beside it worked as UNDP staffs for 5 years for its development project. Working as member of different governmental policy level committees.

Prof. Dr. Shree . Shrestha
Treasurer
Head, Department of Public Administration, T.U

20 years teaching experiences in public administration. 20 years working experiences in community development, good governance and capacity building sector by coordinating different project of UNDP, USAID, DANIDA, The World Bank etc and worked as advisor to Vice Chairman of National Planning Commission.

Prof. Dr. Surya Dhungel
Member
Constitutional Expert and Convener of Consortium of Nepalese Constitutional Experts

20 years teaching experience in law. Worked as Representative of UN Human Right Commissioner in Cambodia and Africa for six years. Worked as international consultant for UNDP Nepal and Peace core/ USAID. 20 years experience in legal, environmental and human right related projects with USAID, DANIDA, DFID, The Asia Foundation, GTZ etc.

Surya Kiran Gurung
Member
Local Governance Expert and Hon. Nepalese Ambassador to Russia

Worked as program officer in The Asia Foundation and 12 years working experience as Secretary General of Parliament Secretariat of Nepal and expertise on local governances and parliamentarian affairs.

Mrs. Kusum Sakha
Member
Asst. Dean, Faculty of Law, T.U.

Harvard graduated with 18 years teaching experience in T.U. 18 years working experience in women and children related project with the support of different donor agencies.