Vice President Kanak Mani Dixit, 65, is a writer and journalist as well as a civil rights and democracy activist. He is a campaigner for open urban spaces, and is also active in the conservation of built heritage. Dixit helped revive Nepal’s only public bus company and is involved in applying the concept of public […]

Advocate Sanjay Adhikari is a Public Interest Litigator for issues pertaining to Natural and Cultural Heritage across Nepal. He is the primary coordinator for the Social Responsive Litigation Clinic and is an associated with Kathmandu School of Law where he teaches Conservation Law.   Among many cases filed and pleaded before the Supreme Court of Nepal to conserve […]

Dilendra Shrestha has been a key person in carrying out the project to conserve traditional houses and convert them into quality tourist accommodations in Patan with financial support from UNESCO. He has also worked as the Project coordinator of Bandipur Eco Cultural Tourism Project funded by European Union through its ‘Asia Urbs’ Program. He has […]

Rohit Ranjitkar is the Director of Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT) has managed over 12 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP)-supported cultural heritage preservation projects in Patan and Kathmandu Durbar Squares, including the 16th century Char Narayan Temple, which is due to be completed later this year. After the 2015 earthquakes, he played an instrumental […]

Roshan Mishra, a visual artist based in Kathmandu, is the Director at Taragaon Museum. He also manages the Nepal Architecture Archive (NAA), which is run by the Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions and Culture, a patron organization of the Taragaon Museum. Since 2014, he has been affiliated with the Museum and has been working with […]

Alisha Sijapati, the Heritage Campaign Director of Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign, is a journalist. She works in the weekly newspaper, Nepali Times. With experience of over eight years now, she has previously worked as a reporter for The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times daily newspapers. Most of Sijapati’s stories touch base upon human interest, […]

Ashish Dhakal currently lives in Kirtipur and is deeply passionate about history, language, and repatriation of stolen heritage. He has a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Santa Fe, and has worked with artefacts and education in museums before. At present, in addition to researching on stolen deities and how to bring them home, […]