A Graduate in Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability, Tek is a youth and media engagement in sustainability and mountain agenda forerunner with almost 10 years of professional experience ranging from national/Nepal to Asia-Pacific and global, and in diverse sectors – youth activism, academia, NGO sector, international platform management and intergovernmental organizations. Some of his brainchilds include Climate Himalaya Initiative (first Himalaya regional climate professionals network), Environment Professional’s Group (largest Nepalese environment professional’s network), Realising CHANGE (Green Change Makers dedicated blog), Youth for Sustainable Mountain Development – Y4SMD initiative (first and largest youth program in mountain development sector with 2000+ membership and over 200 youth directly trained on Rio+20, climate change and sustainability from 17 Asia-Pacific countries), and Media engagement in Sustainable Mountain Development – M4SMD initiative (first media program in mountain development sector with 50 media persons trained from 10 South and Southeast Asian countries on Green Economy and climate change).
