Current Affiliation:

• Secretary: Ministry of Forest, Environment and Soil Conservation Province 1, Biratnagar, Nepal (http://mofesc.p1.gov.np/) February, 2022 to till date
• Chair: Botanica Society of Nepal ( https://bson.org.np/), Kathmandu, Nepal; December 2022 till date
• Volume Editor, Flora of Nepal (Joint collaboration with MOFE, NAST, CDB,TU Nepal and RBGE, UK & TI, Japan)
• Advisor: Kirat Rai Karmachari Manch, Kathmandu, Nepal

Awards: RBGE Medal 2018: Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

https://www.rbge.org.uk/news/articles/nepalese-botanist-is-awarded-rbge-medal/

Former Posts:

• Director General of the Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu https://dpr.gov.np/team-category/former-dg/ (2017-2019, 2020-2021)
• Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment, Province 1, Biratnagar, Nepal (2019-2020)
• Deputy Director General of the Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu (2015-2017)
• Vice Chairman of the Botanical Society of Nepal (2018-2022)
• Chief of National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories (KATH), Kathmandu, Nepal
• District Chief of Plant Resources Offices, Jumla and Kailali
• Garden Officer, Central Garden, Singhadurbar, Kathmandu

Books & Articles

• Author and co-author of 11 books, Joint Editor of two books, more than 30 research articles
• Others
• Skilled in R Language, CANOCO, ArcGIS, Statistical Analyses, Plant Photography