Management Committee and Professional Team - Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD)

Management Committee and Professional Team

Senior Advisor

Balaram Thapa, PhD

Senior Advisor

Management Committee

Bharat Bhandari

Executive Director

Laxman Khatri

Head of Programmes

Laxmi Gurung

Head of Admin And Finance

Mira Dhakal

Administrative & HR Manager

Priyanjali Joshi

Compliance Manager

Rita Gurung

Strategic Programme Lead (Food and Nutrition Security)

Niranjan Pudasaini

Strategic Programme Lead (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health)

Pragati Raj Sipkhan

Strategic Programme Lead (Climate Action)

Bishnu Dhakal

MEAL Manager

Professional Team

Yogesh Subedi

Team Leader (Better Nutrition Project)

Indeshwar Mandal

NRM Expert (RAIN Project)

Jenny Shrestha

Team Leader (CRA-III Project)

Buddha BK

Cluster Coordinator (RERAS Project)

Keshav Paudel

Team Leader (PRARAMBHA Project)

Pratik Adhikari

Team Leader (SAFE Project)

Krishna Lamsal

Project Coordinator

Lokesh Kumar Thapa

Cluster Coordinator

Indra Prasad Paudel

Senior Program Officer

Anupam Upreti

Senior Programme Officer

Shambhu Bahadur Basnet

Programme Officer

Nabin Poudel

Climate Change and DRR Officer

Samikshya Pandit

Senior Programme Officer

Raj Kumar Rijal

MEAL Officer

Divya Joshi

MEAL Officer, RAIN Project

Sujan Bhandari

Programme Officer

Bishnu Bhusal

Senior Programme Officer

Prakash Neupane

Programme Officer

Kabiraj Awasthi

Agriculture Officer

Raksha Thakuri

Program Officer

Yubaraj Thapa

Nutrition Officer

Milan Marasini

MEAL Officer

Jagadish Chandra Dhami

Programme Officer

Prativa Gaire

Monitoring and Documentation Officer (Green Karnali Project)

Kiran K.C

Grants and Compliance Officer

Sunit Gotame

Project Officer

Deepa Gurung

Procurement Officer

Mithlesh Sutihar

Project Admin and Finance Officer

Raj Kumar Chaudhary

Account Officer

Sarmila Chaudhary

Project Admin and Finance Officer

Raybon Shrestha

Admin and Finance Officer