Dev Prakash Gupta
President

A seasoned, multilingual, multidisciplinary technology and management research executive with over two decades of proven experience, Dev, is the Chief Executive Officer at EShare Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a financial technology institution and the only real-time stock trading system provider and operator in Nepal for the Nepal Stock Exchange Limited (NEPSE).

Known for revolutionizing the capital market of Nepal by bringing in various technological changes by implementing the Central Depository System and developing various real-time systems such as Mero Share (largest online transaction processing system for electronic transfer in Nepal in terms of number of active users) and C-ASBA for online financial transactions processing and electronic data interchange for Initial Public Offering (IPO), he has considerable experience working with various government, non-government, technology, and financial institutions in the region.

He is a Computer Science Engineer by training with MBA and Phil degrees from Kathmandu University School of Management.

 

Shashi Raj Bajracharya
Vice President

Shashi is a business professional primarily involved in international business managing import trading company called Federal Agencies Pvt. Ltd. that deals in import and distribution of automobile parts all over Nepal. Parallel to this his equal involvement is in the area of medical equipment supplies that his company Ascent Inc imports from various countries in the world and distribute to hospitals and medical dealers across the country. He has also been involved in Synergy Finance Ltd. (currently Best Finance Ltd) and General Insurance Company Nepal Ltd. GIC, (currently Sanima GIC Ltd) in the capacity of member of Board of Director.

He is engaged in teaching and has taught International Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Management, Marketing Communication, Sales Management and Service Marketing for undergraduate and graduate programs in number of leading educational institutions and universities of Nepal and international affiliate colleges. He has also worked with management consultant called Lotus BizPort as marketing manager and in BDS MaPS as a marketing consultant and business development service provider.

He is a management professional with an MBA from Kathmandu University School of Management.

Ujjwal Chand
General Secretary

With over a decade of experience in capital market and investment management, Ujjwal is the Chief Investment Officer at Global Equity Fund. He has significant experience in the field of capital market of Nepal. He has served as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of CBIL Capital Limited, where he managed investments exceeding NPR 2 billion in public equities and provided diverse merchant banking and corporate advisory services. He has held various leadership positions in Nepal's merchant banking institutions.

He is an Engineer by training and a trained Lawyer with MBA from Kathmandu University School of Management.

Dr. Dipendra Karki
Treasurer

With over fifteen years of experience in research, investment and academia, Dr. Dipendra is behavioral finance expert. He is a senior lecturer at Tribhuvan University. He is an Associate VP of Education for the KUSOM Toastmasters and an ATP member at Ullens School.

He has published many articles in various national and international journals specifically in the field of finance and investment-related research with varietal dynamics.

An avid investment analyst, he is a Science graduate with a Master's Degree in finance and economics with Ph.D. from Kathmandu University School of Management.

Sunetra Pradhanga
Secretary

With nearly a decade of expertise in managing institutions, Sunetra co-founded Personifier and is a certified Erasmus+ Trainer. He is widely known for strategy development and implementation in various educational institutions and also holds strategic position in institutions like NIST and Eurokids Bhaktapur. He is also an adjunct faculty for various national and international university/ college.

He is President of Bhaktapur Toastmasters Club, Club Coach Dhulikhel Toastmasters Club and Secretary of KUSOM Alumni Association.

He is an Engineer by training withe M.Phil degree in Educational Leadership and MBA from Kathmandu University School of Management.

Shreska Acharya
Chair, Event Committee

A passionate marketing professional, Shreska currently works in export industry. Fueled by her gratitude towards KUSOM, she's among the few to take the initiation to make KUSOM alumni possible. With a passion for event management - she's been contributing to the Kusom Alumni as an event committee chair.

She has BBA from Kathmandu University School of Management.

Kamal Aryal
Chair, Membership Committee

Also a diligent member of Kathmandu University School of Management