Mr. Sagar Prasai

Is treasurer of NTTP Institute. He has worked for The Asia Foundation for more than 12 years including four-and-half years in the capacity of country representative in India.  He has worked for UNDP as District Development Adviser for two years before studying Masters’ Degree in Urban Planning from University of Hawaii in USA and obtaining Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Regional Planning from University of Illinois is USA. He holds Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Visvervaraya National Institute of Technology.

Mr. Vidyadhar Mallik

a former Minister, is one of the NTTP facilitators and Executive Committee Member and immediate past- Chairperson at NTTP-I. With a former career in in civil service and governance, he played a significant role in negotiating with the CPN-Maoist and later, holding the Constituent Assembly election as a Minister in the Election Government formed under the Chairmanship of Chief Justice Khilaraj Regmi in 2013. Also a former advisor to the President, his civil service stints included Peace Secretary and Secretary at the Ministry of Finance.

 

Mr. Youba Raj Acharya

is Executive Director at NTTP-I.  He has more than 19 years of professional experience in the field of media, political analysis, peacebuilding, conflict transformation and electoral affairs. He has worked for 8 years in UN carrying out various responsibilities related to conflict prevention,peace building, political analysis and political coordination and dialogue facilitation. He has worked extensively for rolling out UNDP’s Conflict Prevention Programme in all five development regions of Nepal and headed western regional office of and Social Cohesion and Democratic Participation Program in Pokhara as Regional Dialogue Coordinator for two years. His experience includes Coordination and Liaison Officer with Peacebuilding and Recovery Unit, Political
Affairs Officer with UNMIN and media and outreach consultant with UNDP’s SKILLS Program. Before joining the UN, Mr Acharya was a journalist with Republica English Daily, The Kathmandu Post, Associated Press, Times of India and Space Time Today for nearly a decade. He has also worked as district focal person for Election Commission of Nepal in Khotang and Rasuwa during 1994 and 1997 elections, and has taught Political Science in Modern Indian School. He holds Master’s Degree in Political Science from TU and MPhil in English from Pokhara University.

Mr. Daman Nath Dhungana

Dhungana is a senior NTTP facilitator, Executive Committee Member and former Chairperson at NTTP-I. He served as the Speaker of the House after restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1990 and was asked to facilitate official peace talks between the government and the Maoists in 2001 and 2003.

He is a senior advocate and a human rights defender who has continuously engaged with Nepal’s peace process as an insider for the last 18 years. He is renowned for advocacy of democratic process and constitutionalism

Mr. Birendra P. Mishra

is an eminent member of Nepal’s civil society and a regular contributor of opinion pieces in major national dailies. After two decades of experience as a Professor of Philosophy in Tribhuvan University, he was appointed as Commissioner of the Election Commission, Nepal (1994-2000) where he oversaw two parliamentary elections. He also briefly served as the Coordinator of the National Monitoring Committee on Code of Conduct for Ceasefire (NMCC)formed to monitor the ceasefire arrangements between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists until the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) was signed in November, 2006.

Ms. Sajana Maharjan

is one of the founding members of NTTP-I and is currently one of the members of executive committee of NTTP-I. She had served NTTP-I in the capacity of Executive Director until April 30, 2016 and is currently the Deputy Chief of Party for FHI 360 implemented USAID’s Civil Society: Mutual Accountability Project (CS:MAP). She has extensive experiences working with civil society groups, political actors, government officials, media and women both at national and sub-national levels. She also has more than ten years of experience working in various sectors of peace and governance. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science and in Law (International Law and Human Rights Law), and an M.A. in Sociology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. She is trained on Negotiation Approaches and Skills in Protracted Conflict at Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, April 2013 and had done a summer course on peace and human rights studies from South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) in 2006.