TEAM KARMA HEALTH
BISHAL CHAUDHARY
Director of Administration & Operations
Bishal is a hospitality management graduate with extensive experience in marketing. He is from the same municipality we serve. He likes coding and experimenting with the technology.
NAWARAJ ADHIKARI
Director of Population Health
Nawaraj is trained in public health and has further education in public policy. He is from Palpa, Nepal. He has experience in data systems and program evaluation.
ARBINDA POKHAREL
Director of Clinical Care & Outreach
Dr. Arbinda (MBBS, KU) has extensive experience in rural Nepal. His desire for helping people made him choose his career in medicine. He has an empathetic approach to patients.
RENU CHAUDHARY
Digital Health Assistant
NIRMALA CHAUDHARY
Community Health Worker
Community Health Worker
MINA KHANAL
Community Health Worker
CHANDRAWATI CHAUDHARY G. M.
BABITA PARIYAR
Community Health Worker
LAXMI PANDIT KUMHAR
Community Health Worker
SARITA YADAV
Community Health Worker
BHUMISARA GHARTI MAGAR
Community Health Worker
SONU PURI
Community Health Worker
SHOVA BISHWAKARMA
Community Health Worker
NIMA OLI
Community Health Worker
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pratik Khanal
President, Board of Directors
Pratik is a Public Health graduate from Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He has experience of working with academia, research organizations, and development sectors in Nepal.
Durga Sapkota
Secretary, Board of Directors
Durga is trained in law and nursing and is the co-founder of Youth-led Sexual and reproductive Health rights Advocacy Nepal. She was selected as one of the 100 Outstanding Nurse and Midwife Leaders.
Madan Gyawali
Treasurer, Board of Directors
Madan is a medical doctor with further training in Internal Medicine. In his public service, he has served as a health coordinator, the chief health administrator, of a rural municipality in western Nepal.
Suyog Bhandari
Member, Board of Directors
Suyog is a surgeon by training. He is also an educator at Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. He lead a team of one of the first responders at the epicenter of 2015 earthquake. He loves football. He is one of the ideators of Karma Health.
Bishal Belbase
Member, Board of Directors/Founder
Bishal is a medical doctor with further training in public health. He prefers masala tea and loves to watch documentaries. He served for two years in Rajpur and is currently volunteering as the CEO.
Lok Raj Joshi
Co-founder
Lok Raj is a medical doctor with further training in physiology. He has since worked as an educator teaching medical and health science students. He is one of the co-founders of Karma Health.
Nisha Kusum Kafle
Co-founder
Nisha is a nurse with further training in Public Health. She has experience in community-based healthcare delivery and in diabetes care research.
Biplav Shrestha
Co-founder
Biplav is a physician serving in rural Nepal. He has conducted research on rural healthcare, vaccines, etc. He loves football and is fascinated with physics.
Sweta Mahato
Co-founder
Sweta is a public health graduate from the University of Southern Denmark. She has extensive experience in projects on sexual, reproductive, and adolescent health.