Laxmi Shova Shakya
Ms. Shakya is a researcher based in Nepal. She holds a Masters in Social Science and an additional Masters in Nepal Bhasa (Newari) from Tribhuvan University. She is the Gold Medalist of the year 1996 in Nepal Bhasa (Newari). Furthermore, she also a recipient of Harka Gurung Research Fellow in 2010.
She has intensive working experience in national and international non-governmental organizations since the 1990s. She has worked in United Mission to Nepal, GTZ, National Democratic Institute (NDI), Italian Foundation (FRL Nepal), Glasgow University, the UK, India China Institute, New York and many other renowned institutions.
She has visited almost 65 districts of Nepal in various occasions. She has in-depth experience of both rural and urban parts of Nepal. She is very much hoping to bring her decade’s long experience to be used for the betterment of marginalized communities. She has the interest to record life history and oral stories.