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Anjal Niraula is the CEO at Gham Power and is a renewable energy expert trained at Jacobs University in Germany. He is a Chevening scholar from the
University of Edinburgh and also a member of the Future Energy Leader’s group with the World Energy Council where he works on the Energy Access
taskforce.
Bishwaraj Bhattarai is the Project Manager and has a Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy from the University of Edinburgh UK. He is a recipient of the
prestigious Chevening Scholarship from the UK Government, and has almost 5 years’ research and professional experience in the Renewable Energy sector.
He manages the entire Off Grid Bazaar project, including further development tasks under the SoLAR IF grant. Joshna Silwal is the Senior Administrative
Manager with over 4 years’ experience at Gham Power and she is responsible for overseeing the administrative, logistic, financial and operational aspects
of the project.
Kabita Poudel is the Lead Project Engineer with almost 3 years’ experience in engineering and is mostly engaged in designing on-grid and off-grid PV
systems along with solar water pumping systems. She deals with the technical parameters of the project and is responsible for the complete engineering
oversights in the project.
Kiran Timilsina is the Agri-analytics Officer at Gham Power and is a merit agriculture graduate from Agriculture and Forestry University Nepal with profound
experiences in innovative agriculture researches for improving livelihood of smallholder farmers. He guides the end-users of Gham Power to mitigate their
agriculture constraints for profitable farming and contributes in developing a robust platform for agricultural digitalization.
Wandana Shakya is the Marketing Executive and has a BBA degree in Marketing from Kathmandu University School of Management. She has experiences of
working with different organizations in the marketing field and is responsible for managing offline and online marketing activities in Gham Power to help
build branding and promotions.
Arya Manandar is the Communications Officer at Gham Power and assists the project implementation team in reporting and knowledge management,
donor and investor relationships, etc. She is responsible for coordinating with the in-house experts and external MEL consultants, and deals with reporting
aspects of the project.
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