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.