Mohan Das Manandhar is an expert in climate change, political economy analysis, energy policies, socio-political dimension of government and social inclusion. He has more than 35 years of hands- on experience in government agencies, development organizations, academic institutions, and private sector enterprises in Nepal, South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan), South East Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Myanmar), and Africa (Liberia).
Mr. Manandhar is the Chairperson of Nepal Energy Foundation. He is also the Chairperson Sustainable Prosperity Initiative Nepal and Executive Chairperson of Organisation Development Centre (ODC). He was Executive Director of Niti Foundation and has also served as chairperson of a development bank. Mr. Manandhar was the Political Economy Consultant for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Political Economy Analysis (PEA) of energy and electricity sector of Nepal in designing an economic reform programme for the Government of Nepal. He also served as senior academic advisor to Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC). Mr. Manandhar was a visiting scholar at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He is also an adviser of Displacement Research and Action Network (DRAN)/MIT and is a member of Nepal Research Advisory Group, the Program of Resilient Communities, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. He was board member of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), a government institution established with the objective of developing and promoting renewable/alternative energy technologies in Nepal.
He did his BE (Civil) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Roorkee and MBA from International University of Japan (IUJ).
