Resource Person
Mr. Rupendra is a certified facilitator with particular expertise in strength-based leadership development, team building, research, psychosocial counseling, training of trainers (TOT), life skills, developing training manual handbooks, culture transformation and strategic planning, workshops, coaching and consulting to help especially leaders learn to bring out the best of people, teams, and organizations worked in a variety of arenas. He has 22 years of experience delivering Appreciative Inquiry based training programs and corporate training. He has successfully conducted many corporate training, professional organizational development programs, team building programs, leadership development programs. As a facilitator/instructor/guest lecturer he has facilitated in various organizations like World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, Action Aid, Norwegian Embassy, Australian Embassy, UN Women, UN WFP, UNHCR, UN Habitat, Danida, Save The Children, FHI 360, USAID, NCELL, ZTE, UNDP, SN-Power, Unilever, ICIMOD, Sunrise Bank, Philips, Laxmi Bank, Prime Life Insurance, SBI Bank, Nabil Bank, Kantipur Publication, Shivam Cement, Catalyst management Services, The Asia Foundation (TAF), International, HELVETAS, Community Development Society Nepal (CDS), Rotaract Clubs, ICA Nepal, Q-tech UK, Mind- Tech, Maxpro Pvt. Ltd, AYON, British School, Lincoln School, ISMT College, Little Angels College, Sagarmatha Engineering College, etc.
He has worked as Executive Secretary in Kathmandu 2020 for six yrs, as a Project Chairperson in Development Museum, as a manager in Global Career Consultancy and Wood Craft, as a Business Development Executive at Growth Sellers Pvt. Ltd., as a lecturer/ faculty member of Leadership and Life Skill (LLS101) of Mid Valley Int’l College/HELP University Malaysia. He was Training Director at Borderlands Professional Development Program and Trainings, a company that has been set up for helping facilitate and build strong teams. Till date, he is General Secretary/Cofounder of the Imagine Nepal (Pioneer organization of Appreciative Inquiry in Nepal), Chief of Leadership & Training Alliance International Nepal District, Past President of Lions Club of Kathmandu Regency, Secretary of Nepal Red Cross Society Kirtipur SC, Treasurer Member of Human Right Organization of Nepal Kirtipur Chapter.
He has completed a Master's Degree in Rural Development with thesis based on Appreciative Inquiry, Bachelor degree in Sociology and Economics. He is certified on Appreciative Inquiry from David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, Robert. P. Stiller School of Business, Champlain College, Burlington, USA. He has done diploma courses on Certifying Professional Trainer and Facilitator from Western Illinois University USA, People energy Canada and Institute of Culture Affairs. He was a scholar at TATA Institute of Social Science, School of Human Ecology, Mumbai where he received Certificate Course in Psychosocial Counseling. He had also completed one year course on “Change Agent for Institutional Development” and TOT on Appreciative Inquiry from Karuna Management.