Bivuti Basnet – President
Bivuti, President of ‘We’ for Change, is someone who loves thinking up innovative and dynamic ideas. If you are the same, you will probably find yourself chatting for hours with her! Bivuti brings wide-ranged expertise to ‘We’ for Change with her 5+ years of service. Holding a bachelor’s degree in Development Finance, Bivuti strives to help youths to engage in critical contemporary issues affecting different sectors, manage and lead more effectively, collaborate and exchange solutions, and achieve greater impact in their communities. Bivuti now applies her diverse leadership experiences to help identify emerging trends, engage in critical policy issues, exchange proven practices, and advance youth-led missions through advocacy.
Area of Interest:
Youth Leadership & Capacity Building | Youth Entrepreneurship & Economic Development | Green Economy & Financing
Favorite quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” — Nelson Mandela
Shrijana Gautam – Vice President
Shrijana Gautam, 19, is an undergraduate student in management field. She has been involved in ‘We’ for Change since 2020 and is currently working as a Vice-President. She is a highly motivated individual who has a clear understanding of administrative systems and operation strategies of ‘We’ for Change. As a Vice-President, she is responsible for handling overall operation and administration of the organization along with development of strategies for organizational growth.
Abhipsa Pradhan – General Secretary
Abhipsa Pradhan 22, is an undergraduate Public Health student who believes that positive change comes from within. She is motivated to work for increasing the leadership of youths and is interested to work in the field of health sector. She has been involved in ‘We’ for Change since 2020 and as a General Secretary her major responsibilities lies in overseeing organizational legal matters, helping build organizational strategies, decision making, team communication and management. Apart from this Abhipsa enjoys connecting with people and exploring new things.
Areas of Interest:
Good Health and Well-being | Youth Leadership | Research.
Favorite Quote:
“Life is all about learning”.
Bibhuti Pokhrel – Program Manager
Shreejan Hakuduwal – Secretary
Shreejan Hakuduwal, 20, is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering. He strongly believes that youths are the leaders of tomorrow. With the motive to mobilize young manpower and contribute his own for the well-being of future generation, he’s been working with ‘We’ For Change since 2020. As an organizational’s secretary his major roles lies in renewal of organization and approval process. He also manages logistics and administration with program manager. On top of this, Shreejan loves bag-packing to some new place and experience new things whenever he’s free.
Sanush Shakya – Treasurer
Sanush Shakya 22, is an undergraduate student of Information Management. Sanush highly believes in developing a career as an Entrepreneur. As ‘We’ for Change’s Treasurer, he is responsible for planning, budgets preparing to reporting and auditing of the organization as well as maintain a stable financial position of the organization. Apart from this Sanush has a great infatuation with traveling.
Areas of Interest:
Sustainable Development | Information Technology | Entrepreneurship
Favorite Quote:
“Fill your life with adventure not things. Have some stories to tell, not stuff to show.”
Divesh Shrestha – Youth Activation Manager
Divesh Shrestha, 20, is a public health undergraduate. He is a creative and a responsible person who sees things with great attention to detail. As the Youth Activation Manager at ‘We’ for Change, Divesh’s main responsibilities include mobilizing members/volunteers and planning and organizing programs that have a positive impact. He is friendly, enjoys connecting with people and loves cooking.
Areas of Interest:
Good Health & Wellbeing | Quality Education | LGBTQ+ Rights
Favorite quote:
“There’s only one you. Understand who you are, your uniqueness.”
Ritik Dangol – Project Associate
Ritik is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in social work at Purbanchal University. He aspires for an opportunity to strengthen his competencies, obtain work experience, and improve both personally and professionally. He joined ‘We’ for Change in order to broaden his experience, enhance his documentation, network-building, project management abilities, and to create an impact in society.
Areas of Interest:
Social Entrepreneurship | Quality Education
Favourite quote:
“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
Rushel Shilpakar – Youth Mobilizer
Areas of Interest:
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights | Culture Conservation | Climate Action
Favorite quote:
“Everything happens for a reason.”
Samita Thapaliya – Finance Officer
Samita Thapaliya, 21, is an undergraduate student in management field. She is very creative and a critical thinker. She is a very hard-working person and fast learner. Working as a finance officer, she manages organizational accounts department and operations. She is highly motivated to learn and explore the field of management.
Areas of Interest:
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development | Good Health & Wellbeing | Quality Education
Favorite quote:
“Opportunity and Sunrise have the same similarity. Delayers lose them.”