Staff and Experts

TAAN HR Profile

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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

Madhuja Acharya

  • MBA
  • Masters in Buddhism

Senior Manager

  • TAAN Secretariat management,
  • Internal administration management
  • Stakeholders engagement,
  • Project planning, monitoring & reporting.
  • Private sector engagement
  • Trade union affairs management
  • PR/Publicity
  • TIMS management.

 

3

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.

4

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

5

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

 

6

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

 

7

Laxmi Bhattarai

8 passed

Housekeeper

  • House keeping
  • Kitchen
  • Garden

8

Tek Bahadur Tamang

Literate

Office Assistant

  • Office security and safety

 

 

TAAN Expert Consultants (Need/Project based)

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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.