Staff and Experts

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

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.