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Directorate

Pema Gyamtsho

Director General

Izabella Koziell

Deputy Director General

Shekhar Ghimire

Director Administration, Finance and Operations

Anju Rana

Executive Officer

Pabitra Banjara

Executive Associate

Prabina Maskey Nagarkoti

Senior Executive Associate

Shivani Chemjong

Communications & Public Relation Specialist

Suraj Maharjan

Directorate Assistant

Strategic group: Climate and environmental risks

Qianggong Zhang

Head of Climate and environmental risks

Ananya Asad

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist

Aneel Piryani

Programme Officer

Anisha Shrestha

Programme Associate

Ashmita Shakya

Programme Officer

Chimi Seldon

Communications Officer

Debabrat Sukla

Senior Communications Officer

Action area: Cryosphere and water

Neera Shrestha Pradhan

Cryosphere and Water Lead

Bipin Dulal

Disaster Risk Reduction Analyst

Faisal Mueen Qamer

Senior Intervention Manager-River Basins

Finu Shrestha

Remote Sensing and Geo - information Analyst

Manish Shrestha

Hydrologist

Mohd. Farooq Azam

Senior Intervention Manager - Cryosphere

Prabesh Bahadur Shrestha

Programme Associate

Pradeep Man Dangol

Senior Hydrology Research Associate

Prashant Baral

Cryosphere Analyst

Rongkun Liu

Water Policy Specialist

Sarthak Shrestha

Remote Sensing and Geo - Information Associate

Saswata Sanyal

Intervention Manager-DRR

Shailendra Shakya

Project Analyst: Early Warning Systems (EWS)

Sharad Prasad Joshi

Cryosphere Monitoring Specialist

Sher Muhammad

Remote Sensing Specialist

Shova Bhandari

Senior Programme Associate

Sonam Wangchuk

Cryosphere Specialist

Sravan Shrestha

Senior Associate - Remote Sensing & Geoinformation

Sudan Bikash Maharjan

Remote Sensing Analyst - Cryosphere

Sunwi Maskey

Cryosphere Research Associate

Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa

Cryosphere Analyst

Vijay Khadgi

Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Vuyasi Rajbhandari

Communications Associate - HI-GRID

Yeshi Lham

GEDSI Officer - HI-GRID

Action area: Air

Arshini Saikia

Air Quality Modelling Analyst

Bhupesh Adhikary

Senior Air Quality Specialist

Bidya Banmali Pradhan

Senior Air Pollution Specialist

Deanna Sherpa

Programme Associate

Dikra Prasad Bajgai

Air Pollution Associate

Govinda Shrestha

Senior Programme Associate

Kamala Gurung

Gender and Natural Resource Management Specialist

Khushboo Sharma

Air Pollution Analyst - Observation

Parth Sarathi Mahapatra

Intervention Manager- Air Pollution Mitigation

Ravi Sahu

Air Quality Specialist

Sagar Adhikari

Air Pollution Analyst

Suresh Pokhrel

Senior Air Pollution Associate (Observation)

Strategic group: Resilient economies and landscapes

Ajaz Ali

Programme Officer

Barsha Rani Gurung

Communications Officer

Mamata Shrestha

Senior Programme Associate

Sadiksha Guragai Bhattarai

Programme Officer - GAC

Shiba Satyal Banskota

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead

Sushmita Kunwar

Communications Officer – HI-REAP

Swikriti Sharma

Programme Officer

Thomas Samuel Moloppomannil

Senior Communications Officer

Action area: Economies

Abid Hussain

Economies Lead

Abul Kalam Azad

Senior Intervention Manager - Livelihoods and Enterprises

Amina Maharjan

Senior Intervention Manager - Foresight

Anu Joshi Shrestha

Rural Enterprise and Value Chain Specialist

Anu Kumari Lama

Tourism Specialist

Avishek Malla

Intervention Manager- Renewable Energy

Binaya Pasakhala

Environment, Social and Governance Specialist

Erica Udas

Intervention Manager - Settlements

Kamal Prasad Aryal

Climate Resilient Agriculture Specialist

Kaweri Bhandari

Programme Associate

Mewang Gyeltshen

Senior Renewable Energy Specialist

Nisheeth Basnet

Programme Associate

Oshin Sharma

Food Systems Associate

Pugazenthi Dhananjayan

Renewabale Energy Analyst

Rajendra Dhakal

Climate Resilient Agriculture Analyst

Rasmi Dangol

Programme Associate

Sabarnee Tuladhar

Statistical Analyst

Sarada Tiwari

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Analyst

Simran Silpakar

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Analyst

Sunayana Basnet

Livelihoods Associate

Action area: Landscapes

Bandana Shakya

Landscapes Lead

Goma Khadka

Springshed Management Analyst

Indu Chitrakar

Programme Associate

Kabir Uddin

GIS and Remote Sensing Specialist

Kesang Wangchuk

Biodiversity Specialist

Madhav Prasad Dhakal

Watershed and Springshed Specialist

Poonam Tripathi

Geospatial Training Analyst

Ramesh Timilsina

Senior Rangeland Associate

Rekha Rasaily

Senior Programme Associate

Sajana Maharjan

Remote Sensing and GeoInformation Analyst – SERVIR

Sanjeev Bhuchar

Senior Intervention Manager - Springs

Srijana Joshi Rijal

Ecosystem Specialist

Sunita Chaudhary

Ecosystem Services Specialist

Tashi Dorji

Senior Livestock and Rangeland Specialist

Usha Ghimire

Springshed Management Associate

Upama Ashish Koju

Remote Sensing and Geo Information Analyst

Yi Shaoliang

Senior Intervention Manager-Rangelands and Wetlands

Yogesh Barola

Springshed Analyst (Hydrogeologist)

Strategic group: Regional action and global advocacy

David Potter

Head of Regional Action and Global Advocacy

Bhawana Syangden

Programme Officer

Chhaya Namchu

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Analyst

Madiha Qureshi

Program Officer

Md. Jaber Hassan

Digital Communications and Outreach Officer

Nusrat Hossain

Communications Officer

Rekha Khatri Thapa

Senior Programme Associate

Sabina Uprety

Programme Officer - HIREAP

Vanessa Villegas-Carriedo

Senior Communications Officer

Action area: Regional

Babar Khan

Regional Lead

Abul Maala Tanvir Hussain

Environmental Specialist (Economist)

Avash Pandey

Intervention Manager- Regional Cooperation

Bikram Shakya

Geospatial Application Development Analyst

Birendra Bajracharya

Interim Senior Intervention Manager- Regional Information Service

Gauri Shankar Dangol

Senior Digital Cartography Associate

Kiran Shakya

Geospatial Application Development Specialist

Manashree Newa

Senior Programme Associate - SANDEE

Mani Nepal

Programme Coordinator - SANDEE

Rachel Naidu

Programme Associate

Rajesh Bahadur Thapa

Senior Remote Sensing & Geoinformation Specialist

Sachin Manandhar

Geospatial Application Development Analyst

Sudip Pradhan

Senior Geospatial Application Development Specialist

Action area: Global

Kunzang

Global Lead

Amlan Mishra

Policy Analyst

Chandani Thapa

Research Associate - Leveraging Investment

Clara Lindhard Neltoft

Climate Finance and Investment Analyst

Karen Marie Oseland

Advocacy & Networking Specialist

Neetu Ghale

Senior Programme Associate

Pradyumna J.B. Rana

Intervention Manager- Global Engagement

Shivaranjani Venkatramani

Climate Finance Specialist

Independent Evaluation Unit

Farid Ahmad

Chief of Evaluation and Learning

Ghulam Muhammad Shah

Impact Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Strategic Results, Partnerships and Business Development

Ayushma Rana

Project Management Specialist

Deepa Singh

PMR Specialist

Mona Sharma

Business Development & Partnerships Officer

Nasir Ali Khan

PMR and Data Information Management Specialist

Prerana Dhakhwa

Business Development and Resource Mobilisation Officer

Rajesh Shrestha

Admin Associate - SRPBD

Udayan Mishra

Partnerships Specialist

Zenita Tamang

Senior PMR Associate

Communications

Annie Dare

Head of Communications

Anil Kumar Jha

Information and Library Officer

Anshu Pandey

Senior Media Associate

Feng Yuan

Communication Officer - China

Gillian Summers

Senior Editor

Jitendra Raj Bajracharya

Photographer/Photo Editor

Kritika Sharma

Senior Web Associate

Mahmud Al Haq Patwary

Editorial Officer

Mohd Abdul Fahad

Design Officer

Punam Pradhan

Senior Communication Associate/Graphic Design

Ravindra Rana

Communications Associate - Web

Sabitri Dhakal

Senior Editorial Associate

Sakila Chaudhary

Communications Administrative Associate

Shreyans Tamang

Web Officer

Sudip Kumar Maharjan

Design Officer

Sunipa Das Gupta

Publication Coordination Officer (Editor)

Human resources and organisational development

Shreejan Kayestha

Head of Human Resources & Organization Development

Asad Uz Zaman

Human Resources Officer

Pallavi Pradhan

Human Resources Officer

S.B. Miya

Senior Human Resources Associate

Information technology

Saisab Pradhan

Head of IT

Ujjwal Bajracharya

Senior IT Associate

Enterprise resource planning

Rahul Dabas

Head of ERP

Amit Verma

ERP Analyst (Developer)

Sandeep Kumar

ERP Analyst (Developer)

Programme finance

Amar Bahadur Gurung

Head of Programme Finance

Chandrakala Mungamuru

Senior Programme Finance Officer (Partnerships Admin)

Mik Tamang

Programme Finance Officer

Budget and finance

Bijay Kumar Shrestha

Head of Finance

Aditya Dangol

Finance Associate

Alisha Aryal

Senior Finance Associate

Rajani Shahi (Shrestha)

Finance Associate

Trishna Amatya

Senior Finance Associate

Administration and logistics

Prashant Kumar Upadhyay

Head of Administration and Logistics

Anu Rana Magar

Administrative Assistant (Front Office)

Dambar Bahadur Giri

Senior Administrative Associate (Liaison and Security)

Dipesh Shakya

Administrative Associate (Procurement)

Rabindra Ranjit

Administrative Assistant (Stores)

Rajana Shrestha

Administrative Associate (Stores)

Saroj Thapa Magar

Administrative Assistant (Maintenance)

Suyog Maskey

Senior Administrative Associate (Procurement)

Travel and events management

Achala Sharma

Head of Travel and Hospitality

Ram Sundar G.C.

Travel & Hospitality Associate (Motorpool)

Sabak Kumar Singh

Senior Driver

Sandeep Gurung

Travel & Hospitality Associate (Protocol and Liaison)

Shristy Shrestha

Travel & Hospitality Associate (Events)

Sneha Shakya

Travel & Hospitality Associate (Motorpool)

Country offices

Dago Retty

Country Support Officer – Bhutan

Haris Ayub

Administrative Finance Associate – Pakistan

Muhammad Aslam

Driver-cum-Office Assistant – Pakistan

Living Mountain Lab

Yufang Su

Head of Living Mountain Lab

Jiwan Tamang

Living Mountain Lab Assistant

Narendra Bajracharya

Technical Officer – Innovation Solutions