Our Team
Managing Director- Mr. Baburam Yadav
Mr. Baburam Prasad Yadav holds a Master’s Degree in Natural Resource Management from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (2000–2002), where he researched the interaction between Asian wild elephants and humans in East Nepal. He also completed a second Master’s in Value Education and Spirituality from Annamalai University, India (2014–2015). His PhD dissertation, titled “Ecology and Human and Asian Wild Elephant Conflict in Central Nepal,” is awaiting completion at Tribhuvan University. With a rich career in conservation spanning over three decades, Yadav has served as forest ranger, chief conservation officer, and planning officer in several national parks and wildlife reserves across Nepal, including Dhorpatan, Shey-Phoksundo, Khaptad, and Suklaphanta. He also worked with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in various planning and management roles and has consulted on numerous environmental and development projects. Yadav has authored two books on biodiversity management in Nepal and published several national and international research papers, notably on forest management and Asian wild elephants. He has presented his work at many conferences, holds memberships in multiple conservation organizations, and has traveled internationally as a scholar and trainee, contributing significantly to Nepal’s wildlife and biodiversity conservation.
Research Coordinator (Ecology): Mr. Roshan Kumar Thakur
Completing with Masters in Zoology with ecology as specialization subject, Roshan have substantial background in elephant research and conservation in Nepal. MaxEnt modeling, habitat sampling, questionnaire survey was used in his Master’s Thesis “Habitat suitability, migratory trails and human-elephant interface of Asian elephants in Central Nepal.” For the last decade, he has been working on project funded by Rufford Small Grants, UK. He also completed an internship program at the pioneer organization of elephant conservation “SAVE THE ELEPHANTS” in Kenya. He got familiar with the international standard research conducted at SAVE THE ELEPHANT field offices. The Internship sharpened his skills of research and throttled his esteem to work for elephant in his country. In recent years, he has applied new research ideas into action and tried to help conserve the elephant population in Nepal. He has extensive research experience on Bengal florican, pangolins, crop-raiding elephants, and human–elephant conflict in Nepal and Kenya, working as both research assistant and principal investigator on multiple Rufford Small Grant–funded projects. Roshan has significant teaching experience at lower secondary to higher secondary levels across several districts in Nepal. His social work includes coordinating awareness projects on mushroom poisoning and volunteering in earthquake resilience efforts. He has completed specialized trainings in ornithology, GIS, statistics, camera trapping, and tiger monitoring, received multiple international research grants and awards, presented at major conferences, and published on illegal bird trapping and trade in Madhesh Province, Nepal.
Conservation Coordinator(Ecology): Mr. Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar Yadav is a zoologist Master’s in Zoology (Parasitology specialization), a B.Sc. in Zoology, a B.Ed. in Science, an Intermediate in Science (Biology), and SLC with Health and Optional Mathematics. He has taken computer and fish-farming trainings and participated in the 6th International Conference of Science and Technology. Professionally, he has several years of experience teaching science and biology at primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels across different districts. He also worked as an assistant researcher in an Elephant Corridor Expedition in Central Eastern Nepal and conducted a Master’s thesis on intestinal parasites in the Musahar communities. He has extensive research experience on Bengal florican, pangolins, crop-raiding elephants, and human–elephant conflict in Nepal and Kenya, working as both research assistant and principal investigator on multiple Rufford Small Grant–funded projects. Roshan has significant teaching experience at lower secondary to higher secondary levels across several districts in Nepal. His social work includes coordinating awareness projects on mushroom poisoning and volunteering in earthquake resilience efforts. He has completed specialized trainings in ornithology, GIS, statistics, camera trapping, and tiger monitoring, received multiple international research grants and awards, presented at major conferences, and published on illegal bird trapping and trade in Madhesh Province, Nepal.
Livelihood Specialist – Mr. Jay Krishna Yadav
Jay Krishna Yadav, from Balan Bihul Rural Municipality-4, Saptari, holds M.Sc. in Agronomy (2023–2025) at HNBGU, Srinagar, India, focusing his thesis on spatial arrangement and nitrogen management in maize–greengram intercropping, and had held a B.Sc. in Agriculture (2018–2021) from Tula’s Institute, Dehradun. He had received an Undergraduate College Administration and Top Attendance Award (2019) and a young player award in the Khotang chess tournament (2024). His research experience had included lab and field assistance in mushroom cultivation, RAWE on organic vegetable and mushroom farming, and principal M.Sc. thesis research. Since 2022, he had been a higher secondary agriculture instructor and secondary-level science teacher at Pancha Secondary School, Khotang. Socially, he had coordinated street dramas on drug abuse and girls’ education and had served as treasurer of Appan Belhi Yuva Club, Saptari. He had attended conferences on mushroom-based farmer income and post-harvest management of rural fruits and vegetables.
Research Coordinator( Fisheries): Mr. Pawan Rana
Pawan Rana is a Zoologist, specializing in Fish Biology and Aquaculture, with a strong background in freshwater fish biodiversity, taxonomy, ecology, fisheries, and conservation in Nepal. He completed his MSc in Zoology (2024) at Tribhuvan University, with a thesis entitled “Taxonomic Diversity of Genus Tor (Gray, 1834) in Kali Gandaki River, Nepal,” for which he received an award of NPR 50,000 from the Nepal Fisheries Society. His research experience includes extensive field surveys, fish sampling and identification, morphometric and meristic analysis, macroinvertebrate sampling, habitat assessment, questionnaire and assessment of fishing pressure and traditional fishing practices. He has worked across major river systems of Nepal, including the Kali Gandaki, Karnali, Babai, Rapti, Tinau, Tama Koshi, Dudh Koshi, Sun Koshi, and Trishuli. He has contributed to projects involving fish diversity, fish–macroinvertebrate interactions, water-quality assessment, and community-based fisheries research. His ongoing research focuses on freshwater fishes taxonomy and identifying new species. He has experience as a research assistant, fish consultant, and academic mentor, and participated in freshwater fish taxonomy and habitat assessment training. His research interests focus on fish taxonomy and systematic, fish conservation, biodiversity assessment, sustainable fisheries, and community-based conservation of threatened fish species in Nepal.
Admin and Account Assistant : Mrs. Sanjay Yadav
Mr. Sanjay heads our admin and accounts department. He has a M. Com degree from Nepal Commerce Campus, New Baneshwor Nepal. He has a great interest in biodiversity and a deep passion of conserving endangered species.
Field Assistant- Mr. Hari Mahato
Hari Mahato is from Sarlahi district with bachelors degree in Agriculture. He oversees our field operations and micromanages logistics during expeditions, field based experimental projects and community participated projects. He actively helps community filing for human elephant conflict compensation paperworks. He helps our team by being a mediator between the NGO and the community. He also collects human elephant conflict data, crop raid data by elephant, elephant movement data and coordinates during elephant intrusions to drive them back to elephant’s habitat.