I am currently an Advisor to the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Nepal, where I am co-leading this newly formed Ministry’s engagement with universities to help foster a stronger university innovation ecosystem. Alongside this, I am working toward the longer-term goal of establishing a liberal arts college in Nepal.

Previously, I was a Senior Fellow at Swarthmore College’s Lang Center in the United States, where my work focused on social innovation, systems thinking, and engaged scholarship. Before that, I worked at the social entrepreneurship pioneer Ashoka in Washington D.C., collaborating with more than 45 universities across 10 countries to strengthen their social innovation ecosystems. I have also contributed to projects with organizations including Oxfam, the European Commission, the World Economic Forum, and the British Council.

I am particularly interested in how institutions, especially in the Global South, adapt global ideas and frameworks to their own contexts. A recent case study I published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, adapted from my graduate dissertation, explores how universities respond to institutional pressures while adapting social innovation frameworks to their local contexts. My broader interests include institutional strategy, education design, (social) innovation ecosystem, and systems change.

I studied economics at Swarthmore College and completed my graduate degree at the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School. I am originally from Nepal, where I contributed to the early conceptualization of the country’s National Innovation Center, including leading the design and implementation of two rural innovation labs.

Outside of work, I enjoy long-distance cycling and photography.