Prof. Sagar Raj Sharma, Ph.D (Development Economics), Dean, Kathmandu University, School of Arts
Prof. Sharma, Chair of COLARP has extensively worked in the field related to Foreign Aid, Development, Private Sector and Land Reform in Nepal. He has the experience of working in the development sector both as an academician and a practitioner. He has experience of teaching at Fukuoka University, Japan. Nepal. In addition, he has worked as an Economic Advisor at the Nepalese Consulate Office in Japan
Prof. Kailash N. Pyakuryal, Ph.D. (Sociology), Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture and Forest Science (2011-2015)
Prof. Pyakuryal is a founder Chair of COLARP and a rural sociologist with 45 years of work experience: 11 Years with the government in the Ministry of Agriculture (1965-1976) and 30 years with Tribhuvan University (1976-2006), and from 2006- 2010 with Kathmandu University. He has offered his consultancy services to various organizations such as the USAID, FAO, ILO, SDC, UNCDF, FINNIDA, GTZ, JICA, Action Aid, ANSAB, ICIMOD and OXFAM. His consultancy service abroad was in Lebanon.
Ganesh Gurung, Ph.D. (Sociology), Chairperson
Dr. Gurung is a Sociologist by training and founder of NIDS with above 22 years of work experience. He was also a former member of National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal. He has been involved in migration issues since 1990 and has the credit of being author to a number of books and researches on varied issues related to migration.
Dr. Purna Bhanadur Nepali
Dr. Purna Bhadur Nepali is Associate Professor, Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM), Kathmandu University School of Management (KU SOM), Balkumari, Lalitpur. Dr. Nepali is Research Fellow (non-resident), Harvard Kennedy School and Hutchins Center, Harvard University, US where he is undertaking his research on Political Economy of Inclusive Agrarian Transformation: Comparative Analysis of Race-Caste of US and Nepal/South-Asia. Previously he was the Regional Project Coordinator, Regional Food Security Governance Project in South Asia and East Asia (Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar) at DanChurchAid (DCA), funded by the European Union. For the past decade he has researched land rights and food rights, and advocates for evidence-based policy and reform in South Asia from a civil society perspective. In addition, he teaches graduate courses for masters and PhD students as an adjunct professor at the Kathmandu University and the Agriculture and Forestry University in Nepal.
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Prof. Dr. Sagar Sharma (Chair): Prof. Dr. Sharma
Dean, School of Arts, Kathmandu University, is a land policy expert and development economist. He has extensively worked in the field related to Land Reform, Foreign Aid, Development, and Private Sector in Nepal, and has the experience of working in the development sector both as an academician and a practitioner. He has also the experience of teaching in Fukuoka University, Japan and Kathmandu University, Nepal. In addition, he has worked as an Economic Advisor at the Nepalese Consulate office in Japan
Mr. Dhanej Thapa, Executive Director, COLARP
Mr. Dhanej Thapa is a land, agriculture and CCA/DRR expert, who has more than 13 years of research and development experience in Nepal and South Asia. Prior to joining COLARP, he provided consulting services to DFID, Mott-Mcdonald, UNDP, UNRCO, CORDAID, UN-Women and other international organizations. Similarly, he was engaged in various climate change, livelihood and food security-related research tasks at Forest Action Nepal, Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI), and Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS). He worked as a focal person managing most of their research project activities, some of which were multi-country projects.He has been continuously working with senior scholars in various academic and applied research works, including publishing articles in international, national journals and other publications.
Hem Raj Upreti, Admin and Program Coordinator
is a former president of Nepal Red Cross Society, Dadeldhura/Nabdurga Sub chapter and development worker with more than 13 years of work experience in community development, disaster risk reduction (DRR), policy advocacy, social mobilization, capacity building, public auditing & other development activities both in rural and urban settings in different districts of Nepal with numerous intergovernmental organizations, UN agencies, INGOs and NGOs. He holds Masters in Health Education; and Masters in Rural Development from T.U.
Nabin Karki, Finance and Admin Officer
Mr. Karki has a good experience in financial auditing and account handling. He has already completed his Bachelor in Business Studies (BBS) from Tribhuwan University and is ACCA accredited auditor. He has good experience of working in audit firms and development sector. He has recently joined COLARP and is handling finance and administration of the organisation.