Advisor
Tara D. Gurung, from Pokhara, is a development practitioner by profession actively involved in progressive development work at the grass-roots, local and national levels for the last three decades and has worked for national, bilateral and multilateral development agencies. She served as the Director of Development Policy and Programmes and the Country Manager for the Australian government’s aid programme in Nepal, managing Australia’s bilateral development cooperation in Nepal. With the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Nepal (GoN), she worked in the capacity of Tourism Planning and Monitoring Specialist for the Tourism for Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme (TRPAP). Tara Gurung started her development journey in April 1991 with the world class Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP). She worked with ACAP in different capacities, including as the Officer-In-Charge of its Sikles Regional Office and as the Senior Conservation Officer leading on ACAP’s work in Sustainable Agriculture and Tourism Development. A conservationist from heart, and an advocate of inclusive development, she is also the Immediate Past Chairperson of the Chandra Gurung Conservation Foundation (CGCF), which has been established to carry forward the legacy of late Dr. Chandra Prasad Gurung, a world renowned leading conservationist from Sikles, Kaski. Currently, Tara Gurung sits in the Board of Trustees of Gandaki University.
