Tilak Ram Tharu, founder and president

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 Mr. Tilak Ram Tharu holds a master's degree in sociology from World Education Service (WES) USA and Tribhuvan University (T.U.) Nepal. He is a licensed advocate in Nepal and has completed various programs and courses in the USA, including fundraising and marketing training at North Western Kellogg in Chicago. He also finished a grant writing course at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois, and participated in the Entrepreneur Certificate Program for Professional and Personal Development in 2013/2014. Additionally, he received training from THE FLETCHER SCHOOL TUFTS UNIVERSITY in Boston on nonviolent conflict through the Fletcher Summer Institute. 

 With over 22 years of extensive experience in government and nonprofit roles, Mr. Tharu has held executive and management positions, including program director, district coordinator, and field coordinator. He is dedicated to combating social injustices such as poverty, discrimination, bonded labor, and slavery affecting underprivileged populations in Nepal. Notably, he played a crucial role as the Local Government Units (DLGU) coordinator during Nepal's successful "KAMAYIA" movement and served as the Banke District Chairperson for the Tharu Welfare Council. He has worked as an Organizational Development (OD) Advisor for 12 NGOs, demonstrating expertise in OD, networking, social mobilization, leadership, and advocacy for various causes in Nepal, particularly women's, children's, youth's, and indigenous people's rights. Mr. Tharu is also adept at producing proposals and reports and has received training in organizational assessment, operational management, human resource management, strategy planning, social audit, resource mobilization, and good governance and leadership, all with a focus on organizational development.