Mrs. Rajani Amatya Rajbhandari has three decades of experience as a researcher and consultant both in national and international organizations. She has assisted in urban related projects, educational and social activities of deprived community and gender equality. She has also worked as a research associate for UNDP funded project “Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD)” and “Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)” for organizing workshops, under Energy Program of AIT, Thailand. Also, she has worked as Project Associate Environment and Gender Equality) for the Southeast Asia Urban Environment Management Project (SEA-UEM), School of Environment Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Her educational background includes Bachelor’s as a microbiologist from Nepal, Masters in Science from Urban Environmental Engineering and Management (UEEM) Program, Thailand.