Executive Committee - NEPAFE - Nepalese Association of Agriculture, Forestry and Environment in Australia

Executive Committee

Our Executive Committee

Subject to the Act, the Regulation, this constitution and any resolution passed by the association in general meeting, executive committee is formed to carry out the day-to-day functioning of the association. The executive committee controls and manages the affairs of the association.

Executive Committee 2024-2026

Dr. Yakindra Timilsena
(VIC)
President

Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University

Mr. Sujan Neupane
(ACT)
Secretary

Asset Manager, Parks and Conservation Services, ACT Government.
Agricultural Engineering from IOE Dharan

Ms. Anjana Sharma
(WA)
Treasurer

Phd Scholar, Fungicide Resistance Management, Curtin University

Dr. Buddhi R. Chaudhary
(SA)
Member

Agriculture Research and Development
PhD in Climate-resilient local agricultural practices in Nepal from the University of Western Australia, 2021

Dr. Yuba Raj Subedi
(Queensland)
Member

Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Brisbane

Mrs. Sita Tiwari Pokharel
(NSW)
Member

Phd in Agriculture from University of New England, Australia

Executive Committee 2022-2024

Dr. Yakindra Timilsena
(VIC)
President

Food Scientist, CSIRO

Dr. Sita Ram Ghimire (ACT)
Vice-President

Research Agronomist, CSIRO

Dr. Ram P Acharya (QLD)
Secretary

Climate Change Policy Analyst

Dr. Bishwo Mainali (NSW)
Treasurer

Research Fellow, Macquarie University

Dr. Devraj Chalise
(QLD)
Member

Soil Scientist, Mackay Area Productivity Services (MAPS)

Dr. Bandita Mainali
(NSW)
Member

Lecturer, Macquarie University

Dr. Prativa Sapkota
(VIC)
Member

Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Mr. Sujan Neupane
(ACT)
Member

Infrastructure Officer, Roads ACT

Ms. Anjana Sharma
(WA)
Member

PhD Scholar, Fungicide resistance management, Curtin University

Founding Executive Committee 2019-22

Dr Jagadish Timsina (Melbourne, VIC)
President

Dr Hemant Ojha (Sydney, NSW)
Vice President

Dr Sita Ram Ghimire (Canberra, ACT)
Secretary

Dr Basu Dev Regmi (Perth, WA)
Treasurer

Dr Aneeta Pradhan (Perth, WA)
Member

Dr Yakindra Timilsena (Melbourne, VIC)
Member

Dr Tek Maraseni (Toowoomba, QLD)
Member

Dr Phul Subedi (Rockhampton, QLD)
Member

Dr Thakur Bhattarai (Rockhampton, QLD)
Member