CEO, WindPower Nepal

Kushal is a low carbon professional, with more than 15 years of work experience spanning across Asia and Europe. He is the Founder CEO of WindPower Nepal, that works in renewable energy and climate change. He is also a co-founder and Director of Gandaki Urja, a company that converts organic waste to produce compressed biogas (CBG) and organic fertilizer. And he has recently started agri-tech venture Mutha Agro, to grow pesticide-free vegetables all year around in a greenhouse hydroponics vertical farm. Kushal currently sits on the board of Alternative Energy Pormotion Center (AEPC), under Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. He was an Expert Member of the Government of Nepal’s Environment Protection Council, chaired by the Prime Minister of Nepal. He has been selected as an Aspen Idea Festival Fellow 2024 by the Aspen Institute, USA. He is also one of the Asia 21 Young Leaders for 2017 by the Asia Society, USA. He has been recognized by the University of Edinburgh Business School as one of the best 100 Alumini in the last 100 years. He has MSc in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh, UK and MSc in Environmental Science from the Tribhuvan University.