B I S H N U H B H A T T A

DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

PROFILE CAREER SUMMARY I am a development specialist, with over 30 years’ PSD Director experience, working in Nepal, Asia, and beyond. Partnership for Sustainable Development | 2002 – now Along with 7 founding members, I am responsible for Hosting 1,150+ volunteers in Nepal PSD Nepal, as an Executive director. I hold MBA from Coordinating over 420+ projects in Nepal Tribhuvan University, , Nepal. Liaising with 12 universities in 14 countries Handling reconstruction project after earth quake (1 SKILLS million USD)

Development expertise Finance Coordinator for SPW Development expertise in implementing partner role, Students Partnership Worldwide | 1993 to 2002 field site M&E, grant writing, funding applications, Accounts management & financial oversight organizing Conferences, workshop & seminars, liaison Government liaison for SWC, customs, visas with government and international and National Coordinating University programs for UEA UK organizations Logistic Assistant for Save the Children Management & leadership Save the Children Fund | 1992 -1993 PSD Nepal director, leading office & field staff, Logistical support & in-field co-ordination activating and implementing key projects Admin Assistant for American Peace Corps APC in Nepal | 1989 -1991 PSD NEPAL KEY ACTIVITIES Overall logistic, Annual & quarterly budgets, training PSD Nepal works with international volunteers from 12 universities in 14 countries INTERNATIONAL WORKEXPERIENCE Learning from Mother Nature - a program for rural school children to learn in nature South Asian ECD Board member International Mud Day - founded by myself and Early Childhood Devpt Prof. Forum | 2018 - now our team in 2003 NAAC Asia Working Group member Early Childhood Development workshops - Nature Action Collab. for Children | 2006 - now training new staff and teachers Emergency relief - for Covid-19 relief and iEARN Country Co-ordinator earthquake relief in Rasuwa and Kavre Int. Education & Resource Network | 2000 - 2002

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS MoBP Int. Deputy Co-ordinator Organized & hosted Knowledge Exchange Medicine in our Backyard Project | 2000 - 2002 Workshop in Nepal organized by Global Fund for Children - 2014, 2015, 2016 TRAINING ATTENDED Worked as organizing committee in IPRA 10 days Effective Conservation Leadership international conference in Nepal 2015 and training organized by George Mason University Appreciative Inquiry conference in Nepal 2009 and Smithsonian Institute, USA 2019 Organized ECD international conference in 2015 3 weeks Conflict Management Training & 2018 in Nepal organized by AMAN and ARF 2005 in Bangkok Worked as facilitators for three days workshop in Strategic Planning Exercise in context of working group in "Nature Action Collaborative for organizational Development for one year cycle Children" in Nebraska, USA (2006, 2008 & 2010) organized by SPW & Pragya Management organized by World Forum Foundation support Hosted 30 international professional teachers for Facilitations Skills "On workshop facilitation adn a month long in service training for 150 Nepal management organized by International Cultural Early Childhood Teachers in 2019 Affairs (5 days) R E S U M É - C O N T I N U E D

DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

KEY EVALUATION REPORTS CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS Impact evaluation of “Single women headed house Presented paper more than 50 different international hold” carried out for Habitat for Humanity in 2013 conferences some of them are below: Impact evaluation of “A Study of the Decentralized Presented a paper in International Conference on WASH Resource Centers in Surkhet, Chitwan and Early Childhood Education and Care of World Forum Rupandehi” in 2012 Foundation in 2007 – Malaysia, 2009 - UK, 2011 Program evaluation on “Additional Technical Support” Hawaii – 2014, Puerto Rico – USA, 2015 and carried out by Anandabhan Hospital in 26 different 2015&17 New Zealand, 2019 in Macau, China. 2013 districts for leprosy cases in 2010. Malaysia Work as team member for the evaluation of Students Presented a paper and attended on Global Summit on Partnership Worldwide program by SWC in three childhood education International conference in DC - different evaluations. USA 2013, Vancouver – Canada 2014, DC – USA Worked on team member to develop three sets of 2015, Costa Rica 2016 and DC – USA 2017 advocacy materials – targeted to:: (i) parents and Attended on “Investing in young Children Globally” caregivers, (ii) local government agencies, and (iii) workshop in new Delhi in 2014, Hong Kong in 2015 policy makers and Ethiopia in 2015 Participated on "South Asian Regional Conference on PUBLICATIONS Early Childhood Care and Education, Policies and Book chapter (2016) “Promotion of Education Practices" Towards 2015 and Beyond, 2012 Diplomacy through Community development work & Presented paper in Second International Climate volunteer mobilization, published by ACEI, USA Change Adaptation Conference 2012, USA Voluntarism in Nepal (2007) published in “The Participated and presented paper in International International Journal of Volunteer Administration” conference on Appreciative Inquiry conference in Volume XXIV, No. 6, USA Kathmandu, Nepal, 2009 and Belgium 2012 Environmental Education in Nepal (2011) pubs. Presented paper in International conference on IPRA Green Teacher Magazine, Canada in York University, Toronto, Canada 2006, Australia Upcycling in Nepal: PET Plastics (2020) published 2010, Japan 2011, Thailand 2014 and Nepal 2015 in Exchange Magazine (USA) Participated on Canadian Conference on Dialogue & Article published in Transition, Volume 6, year 1, April Deliberation in Ottawa, '05 & Vancouver – Canada '07 2011, Earth & Peace Education International (EPE) Presented paper in Conflict on water resources in Several article published in USA, UK, New Zealand’s River Symposium in Australia 2005 magazine about Nature Presented paper on Conflict and religious Editor of Quarterly Newsletter of PSD since 2005 fundamentalism in ADREF Bangalore 2005 Presented paper on Pathways to Resilience: An CHARACTER REFERENCES International Conference in Halifax, Canada 2005 Mohan H Parajuli Presented paper A Cross Cultural exchange; youth of PSD Nepal Chairperson, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal in ICYE in Hong Kong 2004 Email: [email protected] Presented the Poster session about Lake Conservation of Nepalese community in Japan - 2001 COUNTRIES TRAVELLED TO Participated Association of Volunteer Administration UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Conference in Phoenix, USA 2000, Toronto, Canada Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, South Africa, 2001 (worked as task force group in International Malaysia, India, Russia, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, working group to prepare Universal Declaration on Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Singapore, Pakistan, UAE, voluntarism), Busan, South Korea – 2002, Cincinnati, Qatar, Ethiopia, Costa Rico USA 2003, Jacksonville, USA 2005 Participated and presented paper in i*EARN Annual HOW TO REACH ME Conference in Beijing - China 2000, Cape Town, South M: +977-9841285379 - Email: [email protected] Africa 2001 and Moscow, Russia 2002 Address: Kalanki, Kathmandu, Nepal Presented paper in North American Association of Website: www.psdnepal.org Environmental Education in USA 1998 and 1999