Work
Systems built and policies written for government agencies, regulators, development partners and civil society in Nepal, from 2017 to now. Where a fuller account exists, the project links through to it.
Civic technology and systems
NALCIS, National Land Commission
Government of Nepal, 2021 to 2023. IT Expert and Head of Department.
A national land information system that automates the generation of land ownership certificates. It runs in 380 local governments and holds records for more than 900,000 families living in landless and unorganised settlements, people who in many cases had no documented claim to the land they lived on.
The system was only half the work. More than 2,500 officials across 250 local bodies were trained to operate it in their own jurisdictions, which is what turned a deployment into something that stayed in use.
Client
National Land Commission, Government of Nepal
Role
IT Expert, Head of the Department
Reach
380 local governments
900,000+ family records
2,500+ officials trained
Years
2021 to 2023
Open Governance Mobile App
Co-founder, 2017 to 2018.
A civic participation app that put municipal budgets and spending in front of the people funding them. Rolled out across seven local governments, built for citizens who wanted to see where money went without filing a request for it.
Tamankhola Rural Municipality profile and masterplan
buildNepal, 2019 to 2021. Chief Technologist.
A five year municipal masterplan built on real data rather than estimates: a household database with geo-coordinates, thematic GIS maps, and a data management portal the municipality could run itself. Community mobilisers were trained on the collection method so the data could be refreshed without outside help.
Policy and research
Internet Universality ROAM-X assessment of Nepal
Digital Rights Nepal, 2023. Research consultant.
Nepal assessed against the UNESCO framework for rights, openness, accessibility and multistakeholder participation.
Municipal Data Management Policy and Guidelines
Digital Rights Nepal, funded by The Asia Foundation. ICT consultant.
Rules for how local governments collect, hold and share data, written for municipalities that were gathering it well ahead of any policy governing it.
ICT and telecom convergence framework
Nepal Telecommunications Authority, 2021. Research associate.
Study supporting the regulator on how converging telecom and internet sectors should be treated.
IT Human Resource Development study
e-Governance Commission, Government of Nepal, 2023. Research consultant.
What technical capacity government actually had, and what it would need.
Nepal ICT Policy Brief
Open Internet Nepal and Internet Society Nepal Chapter, 2025.
Published analysis of Nepal ICT policy direction.
Digital Rights and Safety Handbook
Digital Rights Nepal, 2024. Contributing author.
Chapters on internet governance, digital safety measures and digital wellbeing.
Internet governance
Convening and organising work, run alongside the consulting.
Youth IGF Nepal
Co-founder and Chair, 2021 to present.
A national youth internet governance forum, now in its fourth edition. The 2025 edition ran in Kathmandu on the theme Youth as Co-Governors.
Open Internet Nepal
Co-founder and Strategic Lead, 2024 to present.
The Internet Society Nepal Chapter, working on open internet policy in Nepal. Published the Nepal ICT Policy Brief in 2025.