National Steering Committee

Sno

Full Name

Designation  

Organization

1

Dr. Harihar Dev Pant 

Chairperson

Vice-Chairperson,
Center for Microfinance
(CMF), Nepal

2

Mr. Dharma Raj Pandey

Co-Chair

President, Nepal Microfinance Bankers
Association (NMBA)

3

Mr. Raj Babu Shrestha

Co-Chair

Executive Director,
Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF)

4

Mr. Megh Raj Gajurel

Co-Chair

Senior Manager,
Rural Microfinance
Development Center (RMDC)

5

Ms. Bishwa Ratna Pun  

Co-Chair

Youth/Economic Opportunity Coordinator,
Save the Children in Nepal

6

Mr. Subhakar Baidhya

Co-Chair

Program Support Manager, Plan Nepal

7

Ms. Sarah Shima

Member

South Asia Program Manager,
Canadian Cooperative Association (CCA)

 8

Mr. Hari Bastola             

Member

Country Representative,
CECI Nepal

9

Mr. Mukunda Bahadur Bista

Member

Executive Director, Center
for Self help Development (CSD)

10

Mr. Ganesh Bahadur Thapa

Member

Chairperson, Center for
Microfinance (CMF), Nepal

11

Mr. Mahenshwor Sharma Poudel

Member

Registrar, Department
of Cooperatives

12

Pitamber Prasad Acharya

Member

Executive Director, DEPROSC-Nepal

13

Ms. Bhagabati Chaudhary

Member

Chairperson, Forum for Rural Women Ardency
Development (FORWARD)

14

Mr. Horst Ammann

Member

Team Leader,
GTZ- INCLUDE

15

Mr. Amrit Bishwakarma

Member

President
Jana Utthan Praisthan (JUP)

16

Mr. Keshav Regmi

Member

Director,
Mahila Bikas Bibhag

17

Mr. Sanjaya Karki           

Member

Deputy Director,
Mercy Corps

18

Ms. Padma Sana Shakya

Member

Vice-Chairperson,
Microfinance Association Nepal
(MIFAN)

19

Mr. Kishore Joshi            

Member

Under Secretary,
Ministry of Finance

20

Mr. Bishwa Mohan Acharya

Member

Director,
National Cooperative Development Board

21

Mr. Rabi S. Saiju              

Member

Under Secretary, Macro Economic Division,
National Planning Commission

22

Mr. Sashin Joshi

Member

President, Nepal Bankers Association

23

Prof. Dr. Madan Dahal

Member

President, Nepal Economic Association

24

Mr. Min Raj Kadel

Member

Chairperson, Nepal Federation of Savings and
Credit Cooperative Unions Ltd. (NEFSCUN)

25

Mr. Bishnu Nepal            

Member

Executive Director,
Nepal Rastra Bank

26

Mr. Thomas Pedroletti

Member

Country Director
Planet Finance 

27

Mr. Jalan Kumar Sharma                    

Member

Chief Executive Officer,
Sana Kissan Bikas Bank Ltd.
(SKBBL)

28

Mr. Narayan Sapkota

Member

President,
Society of Economic Journalists-Nepal
(SEJON)

29

Mr. Bibek Chapagain

Member

Director
Winrock International

30

Ms. Saraswathi Shrestha

Member

Executive Chairperson,
Women Cooperative Society Ltd. (WCS)

31

Mr. Tejhari Ghimire

Member Secretary

Chief Executive Officer,

Center for Microfinance (CMF), Nepal