Nepal Official website of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN)

Staff and Experts

TAAN Staff

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Ram Chandra Sedai

Account Officer

Account Officer

Sarita Simkhada

Planning & HR Officer

Planning & HR Officer

Ina Shrestha

Admin Officer

Ambika Adhikari

Logistic Officer

Logistic Officer

Raju Chitrakar

Assistant

Assistant

Late Tek Bahadur Lama

House Keeping

House Keeping

Laxmi Bhattarai

TIMS Staff

TIMS Assistant Officer/ Cashier

TIMS Assistant Officer/ Cashier

Tilak Bhattrai

TIMS Assistant Officer

TIMS Assistant Officer

Ramita Thapa Magar

TIMS Assistant Officer

TIMS Assistant Officer

Juna Dharel

Driver

Driver

Ramesh Koirala

TAAN HR Profile

SN	Name of employee	Qualification	Position	Areas of Expertise
1	Ram Chandra Sedai	Masters in Buddhism and Himalayan Studies (Completed) Masters in Tourism Studies (MTS), BSc Forestry BBA	Chief Executive Officer	20 plus years of tourism sector experience Execution of community based pro-poor rural tourism project execution Buddhist heritage based tourism Tourism MSMEs creation & promotion Protected area & ecotourism. Tourism policy and strategic planning Private sector engagement Community mobilization & capacity building Trail based tourism product development, packaging and promotion Tamang Heritage Trail, Rasuwa (2002-07). Numbur Cheese Circuit, Dolakha & Ramechhap 2009. Indigenous Peoples Trail, Dolakha & Ramechhap 2009. Red Panda Eco-Trail (Taplejung)-2010. Ecological Trail, Phongna Ke Bang, Vietnam (2011) Greater Lumbini Buddhist Circuit, Lumbini-2014-17. Buddhist Circuit of Nepal (BCN)-2019. Ajirkot-Buddha Himal Eco-trail, Gorkha Great Himalaya Trail (STAPs preparation-2012). Food, Textile and Tea Garden Trail in Komalgunj, Bangladesh (2011). Tourism and climate change
2	Sarita Simkhada	MBS	Account Officer	Accounting & financial management, Project finance management Procurement and Inventory management Internal and final audits. Annual/monthly budgeting, expenditure and report preparation Social security fund.
3	Ina Shrestha	Bachelors in Business Studies (BBS)	Planning and HR Officer	Members and sector database management. TAAN website and social media handling. Project activity planning. Human resource strengthening programs. Project field works Documentation and information dissemination
4	Raju Chitrakar	SLC Passed Experienced based promotion	Logistic Officer	Meeting management Inventory and Store Keeping Logistic management (field work, rescue etc.) Membership renewal Cash collection, letter submission. Filing and store clearing. Library and resource center
5	Ambica Adhikari	Intermediate passed, Bachelors running	Admin Officer	Administration Communication/correspondence Public Relation TAAN membership registration & renewal Trekking Trail and Mountain Tourism Destination Information Information on various permits
6	Laxmi Bhattarai	8 passed	Housekeeper	House keeping Kitchen Garden
7	Tek Bahadur Tamang	Literate	Office Assistant	Office security and safety

TAAN Expert Consultants (Need/Project based)

SN	Name of Expert/Consultant	Qualification	Expert Position	Areas of Expertise
1	Roshan Sherchan PhD.	PhD Biodiversity MSc. Resource Management BSc. Forestry	Biodiversity/Environment Expert	Natural resource management Ethnic peoples and livelihoods Community based conservation Landscape level conservation Conservation and eco-tourism. Environment management.
2	Yuba Raj Lama	Masters in Humanities and Social Sciences (Anthropology)	Culture/Heritage Expert	Mountain culture and livelihoods Buddhist heritages Mountain tourism Mountain geography and climate change. Culture/tourism planning and feasibility study. Content writing
3	Bachchu Shrestha	PhD Scholar (Tourism); MPA, B. Com	Tourism Institutional and Policy Expert	Responsible mountain tourism Private sector engagement Mountain tourism policy and institutions Tourism planning Tourism associations
4	Ms. Yasoda Basnet	MA (Political Science), MA (Conflict, Peace and Development Studies) Masters in Buddhism and Himalayan Studies.	Gender and Inclusive Development Specialist	Conflict and development studies. Women empowerment. Mountain culture and Buddhist heritages Yoga, meditation and retreat Inclusive tourism growth
5	Er. Krishna Gautam	Masters in Transportation Engineering (2020). Bachelors of Civil Engineering	Civil Engineer/Trail Planner	Trail alignment and development Road alignment and development GPS/GIS based trail planning. Trail based infrastructures (Trail, resting places, signage, sanitation/toilets, drinking water, Visitor information centers. Waste management Vernacular architecture design.
6	Sunil Koirala	Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism Masters in Rural Development	Media/Executive Producer	Documentary/Radio PSA Print media TV Presenter News editing Script writing Research
7	Manoj M. Manandhar	BBA with webpage/graphic design training	Graphic Designer	More than 8 years of experience in graphic design, photo-shop etc.