Toyanath Pandey

MSc (Agriculture)

Chairperson & Senior Financial Services Advisor

Chairperson of Development Alliance Nepal; Senior Financial Services Advisor to the Nepal Livestock Sector Innovation Project; former Senior Officer at Agricultural Development Bank Ltd.; and visiting professor at HICAST.

Prasiddha Singh Suwal

MSc (Agriculture)

Agricultural Finance & MSME Specialist

Director at Development Alliance Nepal and former Head of the Agriculture and SME Department at ADBL. His experience includes training, research, project identification, feasibility studies, and project report development. Working experience with government agencies, NGOs, and INGOs.

Rudra Prasad Upadhyay

BE (Civil), EMBA

Executive Director & Rural Infrastructure Specialist

Former Division Chief at ADBL with expertise in rural infrastructure development, including buildings, irrigation, drinking water and solar systems, as well as community irrigation and property valuation.

Dr. Amar Shah

MSc (Agriculture)

Agriculture & Livestock Advisor

Former Senior Agriculture and Livestock Advisor with SABAL and Team Leader for the Nepal Livestock Sector Innovation Project.

Mrigendra Rimal

MBA

Project Management & Finance Specialist

Director at Development Alliance Nepal, former Senior Officer at ADBL and Director of Bindhabashini SACOS, with experience in project identification and preparation, management, marketing, project analysis and training.

Bijay Raj Pokharel

MSc (Horticulture)

Agricultural Financing Expert

Former Head of the Credit Department at ADBL, specializing in agricultural and rural financing, training, project development and analysis, monitoring and evaluation.

Surendra Bahadur Zuwa

MSc (Aquaculture)

Aquaculture & Livestock Specialist

Former Senior Officer in ADBL’s Credit Department with expertise in aquaculture and livestock management, rural community development, natural-resource management and biodiversity conservation.

Shashi Chitrakar

MSc (Aquaculture)

Fishery & Rural Finance Specialist

Former Senior Officer in ADBL’s Credit Department with experience across fishery, agriculture and rural finance.

Basanta Lal Shrestha

Irrigation & Appropriate Technology Specialist

Former Senior Engineer at ADBL with experience in ground- and surface-water irrigation, alternative energy, micro-hydro and appropriate technology across Nepal.

Him Prasad Bhattarai

MSc (Agriculture)

Integrated Agriculture Specialist

Former Senior Officer at ADBL and Director of Divine Organic Farm Stay and Research Center, with practical experience in integrated agricultural-farm development and management, training and research.

Dr. Shankar Bhattarai

MBA, PhD

Research Analyst

Former Senior Officer at Rastriya Banijya Bank and research analyst.

Ujjwal Acharya

MSc (Statistics), MBA

Statistician

Former Deputy General Manager at Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. with expertise in statistics and management.

Dron Prasad Acharya

B.Sc. (Ag) and MA (Rural development)

Micro Insurance

Former senior officer of Agriculture Development Bank. Ltd.; Former Executive Director at Nepal Insurers' Association. Expertise in the area of non-life insurance (Agricultural and Micro insurance), Agriculture production (Fruit and vegetables), and Academia