Availability of Staff

DVN has a core team consisting of 3 directors and 3 finance/admin and support staff. Furthermore, DVN has a long list of competent resource personnel available in the sector of agriculture research and development, institutional development, governance, capacity building, social and economic development, community development, gender, etc., who have a long association with DVN and are always at standby and ready to provide their services.

Core Professionals Staff of the Company:

DVN renders services primarily through its own professional staff ensuring timely and quality services to the clients. Resource persons are hired and used to provide their expertise on a project basis as and when needed.

SN	Name and position	Position	Qualification	Exp. years	Field of Expertise
1.	Ms. Gauri K.C.	Chairperson	M.Sc., TU	25	Environment, Project management
2	Dr Basant Vickram Thapa	Director	Ph. D.,Agriculture	25	Agriculture, value chain, food security, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation
3	Mr. Achyut Dev Bhatta	Consultant/ Statistician	M.A. in Statistics, TU	30	Baseline and end-line survey, data management, project evaluation
4	Mr. Deependra K Josi	Consultant	MBA	20	Value chain development – Investment and financial analysis
5	Mr. Prashiddha Singh Suwal	Director	M.Sc. Agr, MBA	25	Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, finance, Training, Rural Credit
6	Mr. Ishwor P Neupane	M & E Specialist	M B A, MS	25	Project monitoring and evaluation; project appraisal, Environment, and safeguard management
7	Dr. An Singh Bhandari	Consultant / M & E Specialist	Ph.D. Philippines	27	Periodic plans, baseline studies, socio-economic studies, Monitoring and evaluation
8	Mr. Hem Raj Kharel	Consultant / Statistician	M.Sc, TU	27	Data Management, MIS
9	Mr. Subarna Man Shrestha	Consultant / Socio-economist	MBA, TU	25	Tracer Study, baseline studies, socio-economic studies, Monitoring and evaluation
10	Mr. Bhuwan Bhatta	Agriculture Expert	MSc, AIT	25	Baseline studies, socio-economic studies
11	Dr. Rebati Man Shrestha	Veterinarian / Livestock Expert	M.Sc., B.V.Sc. & A.H	30	Community livestock development project planning, management, and monitoring
12	Dr. Amar Saha	Livestock Expert	M.Sc., B.V.Sc.	30	Community livestock development project planning, management, and monitoring
13	Dr. K P Shankhi	Veterinarian / Livestock Expert	M.Sc., B.V.Sc. & A.H	30	Community livestock development project planning, management, and monitoring
14	Mr. Ganesh B Baniya	Value Chain Development Specialist	M A Agr Eco	35	Agribusiness development, value chain management
15	Dr. B Katuwal	Value Chain Expert	Ph D	20	Agribusiness development, value chain management
16	Er  Manoj Gyawali	Civil Engineer	M E	8	Engineering support for rural infrastructure
17	Mr. Ashok Awasthi	Environmental Expert	M.Sc	6	Environmental support services to different projects.
18	Mr. Dipendra Panta	Agribusiness specialist	M. A. Economics	10	Feasibility, project appraisal, proposal development, financial analysis, agribusiness development