Amrit Yonjan-Tamang of Tilpung, Ramechhap district of Nepal is a linguist as well as multilinguial education expert and activist on linguistic human rights since last four decades. He is author of more than four dorzons books on language and linguisitics; indegeneous and Tamang studies. He has received ‘Nepal Pragya Mother Tongue Literature Prize’ from Nepal Academy (2019).

He was a member of ‘National Languages Policy and Recommendation Commission’ (1994) and ‘The Higher Level Task Force for Revising the List of Indegenous Nationalities and Classification’ (2009-2010) of Nepal government and so on. He was thematic consultant (2010) of ‘ILO Convention No. 169’ by ILO office; Janajati Thematic Team member to develop 'Inclusion Chapter on Janajati in Three Years Interim Plan' of National Planning Commission, through Enable State Program, DFID (2006) and National Technical Advisor of ‘Multilingual Education Program’ jointly organized by Government of Nepal and Finland (April 2007 to December 2009). He has long experiences on development and training and field works.

Chanda Thapa Magar is currently serving as Program Director at International Funders of Indigenous Peoples (IFIP), a global donor affinity group dedicated to Indigenous Peoples worldwide, and Technical Advisor at the National Indigenous Women Forum (NIWF). Prior to IFIP, she worked with Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact as Deputy Secretary-General and Indigenous Women Programme Coordinator. Chanda has more than a decade-long experience in gender equality, peacebuilding, Indigenous Peoples, and Persons with Disabilities Rights, including Institutional Strengthening & Movement Building in Nepal and Asia. Chanda holds Master’s Degrees in Rural Development and Development Studies from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, respectively.

Pradip Pariyar is Executive Chairperson of Samata Foundation Mr. Pradip Pariyar is an alumnus of American University and Tribhuvan University. He specializes in youth empowerment, peace building and capacity building of media professionals.

As the elected president of the Association of Youth Organizations Nepal(AYON), he worked closely with government of Nepal to initiate a youth-responsive budget. He was a member of the government task force that developed Youth Vision 2025: a 10-year national youth development policy. He has trained thousands of youths globally on leadership, peace building, and conflict-sensitive journalism. He founded the Nepal Youth Forum to focus on policy advocacy, awareness, and youth empowerment. In 2011, Mr. Pariyar was selected as a youth fellow by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He received ‘Asia’s 21 Young Leaders Award’ in 2018 by Asia Society. Mr. Pariyar also serves as the chairperson of the Nepal Policy Center, a youth-led think tank. In 2015, he received the Youth Leadership Award from the Nepali Government’s Ministry of Youth and Sports for his decade-long contribution to youth leadership development across Nepal.

Traveling throughout the length and breadth of Nepal, Mr. Pariyar witnessed diverse cultures and had encounters with his socially offended country people have invigorated his dream fuelled by the unholy dogma of casteism. He dreams of a just Nepal; a cohesive society where an individual’s potential, competence, edification and hard slog define a person rather than his/her status. The World Economic Forum has recently selected Mr. Pariyar as one of Young Global Leaders in its Class of 2020 for the contribution he has made to empower youth and promote social justice.

Ms. Renu Sijapati a founder member of the Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO). FEDO is an NGO, founded in 1994, and has been working as a national level organization working simultaneously against caste and gender based discrimination throughout the nation. On academic front she has masters degree in Sociology from Tribhuwan University.

At present, Sijapati is General Secretary of FEDO. Her role has been significant for networking, coordination, collaboration, relations building, sustainability, and mobilization of the women's. She is Executive member of the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN). IDSN works at global level for elimination of caste discrimination and similar forms of discrimination based on work and descent. She also provides the gender rights, leadership, UNSCRs 1325, 1820 and Advocacy training in different level. She looks over the issues of women's political participation, domestic violence and Equality. She advocates the issues of Dalit women from local level to the national level. She has been totally involved in the state policy making and decision in order to ensure the representation of the Dalit women.

Dr. Sagar Raj Sharma is a Professor of Development Economics at the School of Arts of Kathmandu University. He is the former Dean of the School and currently is the Director of the Himalaya Center for Asian Studies. Professor Sharma has done extensive research in issues related to migration and mobility, foreign aid, social inclusion, agriculture and land reform.

Dr. Tek Bahadur Gurung is a development professional with more than 30 years of experience and is well networked with regards to empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized communities of Nepal. His experiences include over a decade of consultancy services since 2010 to date for a number of Government agencies and international development partners, such as, UNDP, UNWOMEN, UNCDF, GIZ and IM Sweden. He also served for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Afghanistan as International Programme Officer for two years (2008 – 2010). Moreover, he had served as National Professional Officer for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nepal for over a decade (1998 – 2008). Further, he had worked as Socioeconomist for Lumle Agricultural Research Centre, Kaski (Nepal) for more than eight years (1990 – 1998). His expertise comprise of sustainable livelihoods, institutional development, sustainable energy, climate change and management of development programmes. He holds a PhD in History from Sichuan University, Chengdu (China), an MPhil Anthropology from University of Cambridge, UK, and a B.Sc. in Agriculture from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He is affiliated with a number social and professional organisations, such as, Tamu Hyula Chhoj Dhin Gurung Rastriya Parishad (Tamu National Council House, umbrella organization of Gurungs) as a include Member of Academic Committee; Association pour le Rayonnement des cultures Himalayennes as honorary committee member; Tamu Bouddha Sewa Samiti Nepal (former General Secretary); Tamu Pye Lhu Sangh Nepal as an Advisor; and Bird Conservation Nepal as a life member.