Ram Chandra Lamichhane, PhD
Ram Chandra Lamichhane holds a PhD in "Peace and Development in Nepal: An Appreciative Inquiry Approach". He has a Certification in "Appreciative Inquiry for Igniting Positive Business and Societal Transformation" from Case WesternReserve IJniversity, USA. He is a certified "Conflict Transformation and Peace Building Across the Culture" trainer from the SIT Graduate School of USA He is a well-known expert on the "Appreciative Inquiry Approach" in South East Asia, He introduced Appreciative Inquiry in China Xian in 2013.
He has prepared the training manual for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Forestry, Local Peace Committee, Community Development, and WASH. He has served as a member of the Master Plan Review Team of the President Chure Madesh Development Committee. He is the executive member of CEAPRED; worked as a founder vice chairperson of the City Planning Commission of Pokhara Metropolitan City; past president of Imagine Nepal, Founder Chairperson of the Eastern Research Institute of Positive Science; served as an Executive Director of the Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (ACORAB) Nepal for four years (2014-2018). He led the periodic plan preparation process of Viamd Municipality, Tanahun, Belaka Municipality Udayapur, Bheem Datt Municipality Kanchanpur, Rupa Rural Municipality Kaski, Gaurishankar Rural Municipality Dolkha, Thakur Baba Municipality Bardiya, and Kathmandu Forestry College. He has facilitated GIZ's GRAPE project inception workshop in all clusters and is now a freelance consultant.