Experience

UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Doctoral Student

  • Sep 2023 - Present



Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation

• Kathmandu, Nepal

• Conservation Officer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  I help draft policies, guidelines, working procedures, directives, and regulations concerning wildlife conservation and protected area management as directed by the department. I also review and facilitate implementation of the protected area management plan of 12 national parks, 6 conservation areas, 1 hunting reserve, and 1 wildlife reserve, & conduct field research and monitoring. I help draft policies, guidelines, working procedures, directives, and regulations concerning wildlife conservation and protected area management as directed by the department. I also review and facilitate implementation of the protected area management plan of 12 national parks, 6 conservation areas, 1 hunting reserve, and 1 wildlife reserve, & conduct field research and monitoring.



Shey Phoksundo National Park

• Acting Chief Conservation Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Dec 2021

  Overall planning, implementation, management, and monitoring of protected area management, research, anti-poaching law enforcement, and conservation education activities.

• Conservation Officer

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Planning and implementation of wildlife research and monitoring focus on snow leopards, working as an information officer of the park, planning and executing anti-poaching law enforcement patrol, coordinating WCCB meetings.



National Centre for Biological Sciences

• India
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• MSc Student

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2018

  · MSc Thesis: Prey, predator and livestock: Population estimation of snow leopard and blue sheep with implications for livestock depredation. Supervised by Dr. Charu Dutt Mishra, Executive Director, Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, USA & Dr. Kulbhushan Suryawanshi, Scientist, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India. · I integrated multiple methods from camera trapping survey of snow leopards, household level surveys, and statistical analysis to determine the relative influence of different factors (e.g., livestock density) on snow leopard predation on livestock. The published paper out of this research shows livestock and predator density largely influences livestock depredation by snow leopards. Show less



River Dolphin Trust

• Nepal

• CEO

  • Jan 2016 - Oct 2018

  To oversee the overall management of the organization including fundraising and field activities including river dolphin research and conservation activities To oversee the overall management of the organization including fundraising and field activities including river dolphin research and conservation activities



Institute of Forestry (IOF)

• Pokhara Nepal

• B.Sc. Student

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2015



Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP)

• Nepal

• Future Conservationist -2013

  • Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  I am leading the team of youths to implement the CLP funded project- “ Ecology and Conservation of Ganges river dolphin in the Karnali river of Nepal”. I will be working to assess the population status and habitat selection patterns of dolphin in the Karnali throughout this year. Additionally, I will further engage in community outreach programs to aware local riverbank community and fishermen on the conservation importance of dolphin and Karnali riverine ecosystem. I am leading the team of youths to implement the CLP funded project- “ Ecology and Conservation of Ganges river dolphin in the Karnali river of Nepal”. I will be working to assess the population status and habitat selection patterns of dolphin in the Karnali throughout this year. Additionally, I will further engage in community outreach programs to aware local riverbank community and fishermen on the conservation importance of dolphin and Karnali riverine ecosystem.



National News Agency Nepal

• Correspondent

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2012