The President and co-Founder of the organization, Gomesh Singh Upreti has been working in Bighnaharta Nepal since its inception. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Anthropology. In terms of expertise and experience, he worked as an executive board member in GABASKA Nepal, NGO for a year, and as an Admin/Finance officer in the World Food Program project for eight months. He has a 2-year-long experience as a Customer Service Executive in HSBC Bank. He is also the founder of Retro Media Nepal Pvt. Ltd. and has worked as the CEO of the company for two years.

The Co-founder and Vice President of Bighnaharta Nepal, Raziya Banu has been relentlessly working to establish the vision and mission of the organization from the very beginning. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Political Science. On top of being the Co-Founder and Vice President of Bighnaharta Nepal, she has been working as the Office Secretary at QUEST-Nepal for over three years. Raziya has also gathered ample experience from working in institutions and organizations including One Love One World, Loo Niva Child Corner Group, Ashra Rehabilitation Centre. With the desire to help the people in need, she has been in part of several organizations including Boudhik Disabled Society and Social Welfare Council’s Elderly’s Home, Pashupatinath. On top of that, she was also one of the helping hands in the Earthquake Relief Campaigns of Bibeksheel Nepali (Rasuwa), Hatemalo Sanchar (Gorkha), and Youth Action Nepal (Kathmandu).

Sudan Manandhar is one of the executive members of Bighnaharta Nepal and has been supporting the organization in achieving its goals with his expertise. He is also currently the executive member of the Family Planning Association Nepal. For 11 years, Sudan worked as a counselor at Saarathi Nepal. He performed a similar role at Youth Vision Organisation for 2 years and Saksham Nepal Sudhar Kendra for 3 years. He was even the Vice President of Basantapur Dozo for 2 whole years. On top of that, he has three years of working experience as an outreach worker at RECPHEC. Currently, he is working as a counselor at Sankramit Tatha Durwesani (संक्रमित तथा दुर्वेसनी ) and Re Unity Rehabilitation Center. In addition to being the founder of Recovering Voice, he is currently on the board of members as the general secretary.

Being a professional in Disaster Risk and Management, Ankita Shah is one of the executive board members of Bighnaharta Nepal. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising and Public Relations from Stamford International University (Laureate International Universities) in Thailand and completed her Master’s in Crisis Management from Tribhuvan University Institute of Crisis Management Studies. On top of being an active executive member of Bighnaharta Nepal, she is working as a lead researcher and project manager at the Institute of Crisis Management Studies, Samarpan Academy. She has also worked as a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Researcher and Program Associate at Youth Innovation Lab for more than a year. As a skilled proposal writer, Ankita has worked at Chay-Ya Nepal and Kilagal Tole Sudhar Samiti as well. On top of that, she has coordinated consultation meetings and workshops whilst working as Policy Researcher at Crisis Management Research Center. Adding on to her list of achievements, she was also an Account Executive for Max L'agence.