Abhaya is a Chartered Accountant by profession and founder of Biz Serve Pvt. Ltd. He has over nine years of experience in Business Advisory & Consulting, Auditing & Assurance, Accounting and Taxation and FDI Facilitation related services in Nepal. He holds certification degree in International Taxation and is a Certified Information System Auditor from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has been serving as a mentor in various business accelerator programs in Nepal and running an entrepreneurship development program through Biz Serve Pvt. Ltd.

Having started her career as a technology consultant at Google, she went on to run some of the world’s largest Open Data events and consult for governments on the uses for Open Data. Megan then joined the founding team of a now very successful health-tech startup, which won its way into one of Europe’s best Social Impact Accelerators under her leadership.

Niraj Khanal is a CEO/Co-founder of Antarprerana, a private company that is supporting entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship. Antarprerana is promoted by Brihat Group. He is the representative for a Netherlands based group which provides Nepali companies with senior experts in various fields, based on their needs.He also gives guest lectures to MBA’s students on Entrepreneurship. He has also been providing coaching and training for established and aspiring entrepreneurs. Previously, he was associated with foreign asset Management Company where he worked on sourcing entrepreneurs, for investment and facilitated in bringing Foreign Direct Investment.

Mr. Sohan Babu Khatri, is a well-known management consultant with experience ranging across the cross-section of industries and sectors in Nepal as corporate business consultant, resource person for trainings and development, researcher and program designer. Having started his career as Civil Engineer, he widened his qualification through MBA in India, with specialization in Finance and Marketing and took it further to specialize in finance and investment through professional certifications namely Certified Financial Manager (India) and Licensed International Financial Analyst, Charterholder (US). As an entrepreneur himself, his experience, among others includes contribution to the entrepreneurial development of youths in various sectors through contribution as a resource person/ mentor in various entrepreneurial and startup boot camps/ accelerator programs plus development/social organizations. He has rendered his consultancy service across the sectors/industries which include agriculture business, hydropower, tourism/hospitality, hospitals, social organizations, banks and financial institutions, information technology to name a few. He has been involved in research supervision, business planning and assessment team of various organizations, including academic institutions.

He has been visiting faculty in various renowned colleges of Nepal and continues to be adjunct faculty of Financial Management, Commercial Banking, Rural Marketing and Agribusiness, Investment Decisions, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SME Management, Strategic Marketing and related subjects in some of them. As a passionate hobbyist, he is also an artist and has three painting exhibitions under sleeve done on the social issue for social cause to his credit.

Tara is Co‐founder and Program Manager of REAP at Daayitwa. He is also the Manager of Nepal Leadership Academy. He obtained his MSc. in Economics and Business Management degree from Aalto University, Finland and a BA in Economics from Middlebury College, USA. He has worked as a business consultant and entrepreneurship specialist for various startup businesses, social enterprises, and NGOs such as the World Bank and UNICEF in the US, East Africa, Europe, and Nepal.