Team Type: Professional Staff

Mr. Manik Ram Maharjan holds a master’s degree in Sociology (specialization in rural sociology and demography) from the Tribhuwan University of Nepal.  He has twenty-five years’ experience of working in various surveys and qualitative studies in health and nutrition, education, WASH, HIV/AIDS, livelihood, food security, community forestry, governance, and gender and inclusion, etc. Mr. Maharjan has worked in action research and implementation projects. He is also a professional PRA trainer.

 

Mr. Naveen Kumar Lama holds a Master Degree in Anthropology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He has been involved in field management of various research studies related to agriculture, livestock, livelihood improvement, nutrition, food security, health, HIV/AIDS, education, child labour and political conflict conducted by New ERA. He has been with New ERA since 2001.

Ms. Usha Singh holds a Master’s degree in Research Methodology from Prince of Songkla University with specialization in Epidemiology and Statistics. She obtained her bachelor degree in Nursing from Purbanchal University. As a part of MSc, she has carried out research work on factors contributing to low birth weight in Nepal which resulted in two manuscripts. Ms. Singh has worked in various research projects such as Assessment of Community Based Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness, Facility Based Assessment for Reproductive Health Commodities and Services, Endline Survey of Effectiveness of Intervention in Improving Institutional Delivery and Care Seeking Practice among Poor and Marginalized in Mahottari District, Nepal, Post Campaign Coverage Survey of Measles Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activity (MR SIA 2020) in Nepal with the technical support of WHO.She is proficient in using data collection tool such as KOBO and data analysis tools such as SPSS and R. She joined New ERA in 2021.