Mahendra Prasad Lamichhane holds a Master’s Degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Education from Tribhuvan University, with strong academic grounding in social sciences, gender studies, project management, and community development. He is a senior governance, social development, and training specialist with over 25 years of professional experience working with Government of Nepal institutions, UN agencies, bilateral donor–funded programmes, INGOs, and national consulting firms. His core areas of expertise include local governance and decentralization, social mobilization, gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), local development planning, health education, disability and rehabilitation, social accountability, and capacity building.

He has extensive experience leading and coordinating local governance reform programmes, development planning processes, organizational and management (O&M) studies, environmental and social assessments, and large-scale training initiatives across municipalities and rural municipalities in Nepal. As an Executive Director and senior consultant, he has successfully led the preparation of periodic development plans, tourism and strategic plans, organizational reform studies, revenue improvement and property tax trainings, and environmental examinations, while ensuring alignment with government policies and donor requirements. His professional practice reflects strong competencies in programme design and management, results-based planning, monitoring and reporting, stakeholder coordination, and institutional strengthening.

As a seasoned trainer, facilitator, and researcher, he has designed and delivered hundreds of capacity-building programmes for elected representatives, government officials, NGOs, and community institutions on local governance operations, social accountability, leadership, GESI, planning and budgeting, and livelihood improvement. He has led qualitative and quantitative research, impact studies, social audits, and evaluations, contributing to evidence-based local development and policy dialogue. His professional contributions are further reflected through published articles, training manuals, evaluation reports, and knowledge products on governance, disability, nutrition, gender, and inclusive development in Nepal.