Coaches

Shailendra Jha

Selection and Recruitment Director

Teach For Nepal

Shailendra Jha is an experienced organizational leader who has successfully led the team of 10 to scale up the recruitment by multiple folds by successfully recruiting around 300 outstanding candidates from the applicant pool of 5821.

Ila Poudel

Freelancer (Content Writing and Search Engine Optimization)
Ila Poudel is a freelancer working as a content writer and search engine optimizer. She completed her MBA, Marketing from Kathmandu University School Of Management (KUSOM) in 2017.

Manish Aswani

Nature care and Lifestyle Coach
He is an engineer in Electronics and businessman by profession has given up all to become organic farmer and a nature cure & lifestyle coach. He helps people recover from ailments such as diabetes, PCOD, Thyroid etc. without the use of drugs.

Padmakshi Rana

Deputy Director, Programs

Nepal Communitere

Padmakshi has experience in researching and consulting at the intersection of business sustainability & innovation. Her work and research interest spans across business model & value innovation for sustainability, and corporate social responsibility.

Lorina Staphit

Co-Founder

Aji’s Product

Lorina Sthapit is the co-founder of Aji’s Products and host of Aji’s Podcast. Aji’s is a social enterprise that empowers the elderly to live healthy and happy lives by providing a platform to showcase their skills and knowledge.

Ashrina Ranjit

Recruitment Coordinator

Teach For Nepal

Ashrina Ranjit is a Recruitment Coordinator in Teach For Nepal. She was a Teach For Nepal Fellow and has experience of working in rural schools and teaching students. She also worked as Business Development Officer in Essence Life Magazine.

Anisha Karn

CEO

SmartPaani

A management professional, with expertise in stakeholder management, marketing, sales, communication, project management and operations with over 8 years of experience ranging in sectors like IT, Telecom and WASH, in both Nepal and India market.

Nawang Sherpa

Chief Operations Officer

Health At Home

Nawang Sherpa is currently working as Chief Operations Officer at Health At Home. Before he was associated with Teach For Nepal in the capacity of Fundraising Officer. He has worked as a fellow at Teach For Nepal.

Santona Malakar

Associate

SAFAL Partners

Santona Malakar is an associate at SAFAL Partners, Nepal’s first operations-focused investment firm. She is the Board Chair in one of SAFAl- invested company- 8 Byte that sells its pre-school focused app named Kopila.

Yogina Shakya

Sr. Talent Officer

CloudFactory

Yogina Shakya is working as a Sr. Talent Officer at an IT company CloudFactory. She is a graduate of MBA in Global Leadership and Management from School of Management, TU. She has more than 10 years of work experience from administration to HR.

Ankit Aryal

Chartered Accountant

A.Aryal and Associates

Ankit Aryal is a Chartered Accountant at A.Aryal and Associates and currently Involved in Practice. Prior, he worked in A Class Commercial Bank of Nepal for 18 Months.

Prateek Lalwani

Business Development Manager

Vatsal Impex Pvt. Ltd.

Prateek heads Business Development at Vatsal Impex Pvt. Ltd, an Authorized Distributor of Xiaomi, Ezviz and Hikvision products in Nepal. His current role is to oversee sales and marketing, manage daily operations, develop the existing business.

Ram Keshar Thapa

Recruitment Coordinator

Teach For Nepal

Ram Keshar Thapa (Teach For Nepal Alum 2015) is an educator and an enthusiastic learner. He currently serves as a Recruitment Coordinator at Teach For Nepal. He started his journey of change when he worked as a TFN fellow from 2015 to 2017.

Rochak Bohora

DFLP

Daraz

He explores the marketing department at Daraz Nepal as part of Daraz Future Leadership Program. At Kathmandu Model College, he serves as Head of Student Development and also as lecturer for Entrepreneurship at MBS program.

Roshan Ghimire

Country Coordinator

International Development Institute

Roshan Ghimire is a photojournalist and social media enthusiast. He is currently associated with International Development Institute (IDI) as Nepal Country Coordinator.

Sushant Rijal

Head of Otharo Incubation Center Program Officer of Yunus Social Business Center

King's College

Shushant Rijal is the Head of Otharo Incubator Program and Program Officer of Yunus Social Business Center, King’s College. He holds a degree in MBS in Entrepreneurship and PGD in Counseling Psychology.

Mona Aditya

Former CEO

The Oda Foundation

Mona Aditya was raised in the Kathmandu valley, then attended college in Canada and in the US at Cornell University.

Utsaha Khakurel

Business Development Officer

UpayaCity Cargo

Utsaha Khakurel is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the entrepreneurship development industry. She is skilled in Marketing & Sales, Sourcing, Customer Service, Relationship Management, and Strategic Planning.

Sailaja Kasaju

Co-Founder

Tekka

Shailaja has completed Bachelor in Development Studies from KU and has worked as a Teach For Nepal fellow for 2 years. She has also worked at Chaudhary Foundation as a Manager. She is currently pursuing her own venture Tekka as a Co-Founder.

Bijendra Shah

Head of Operations

Clock B Business Innovations

Bijendra Shah is a purpose-driven and process-oriented professional who has successfully mentored and coached entrepreneurs in launching their new venture or on pivoting their business model for success.

Dina Bhandari

Junior Officer

Himalayn Bank Limited

Dina Bhandari is Junior Assistant at Hmalayan Bank Limited. She has a great value of life so she always believes in thinking optimistically and inspiring and developing herself and others collaboratively.

Anita Gurung

Founder

Happy Hands Nepal

Anita Gurung aka Amazingly Anita is a Certified Hospitality Trainer from AHLEI. She is also the Founder of Happy Hands Nepal, a social enterprise that aims to empower the Nepalese Disabled Community.