Bodha Raj Dhakal

Mr. Bodha Raj Dhakal has over two decades of professional experiences, engaged in the planning of rural electrification and distribution system, study, project preparation, feasibility study, determination of financing model and execution of those projects as a project manager. He is also responsible for Energy Efficient Initiatives and worked as the Project Manager for Design and implementation of a nationwide Energy efficient CFL program as a part of a Demand Side Management (DSM) program, aimed at reducing the evening system peak demand. He also led a project team which developed proposals for the facilitation of investment in Electricity Distribution through Private-Public Partnership models, focusing on a distribution franchisee model. He also helped to develop a methodology for Community-Based Rural Electrification, which proved to be a successful model in the acceleration of electrification in Nepal.

Mr. Dhakal is an engineering graduate from Delhi College of Engineering and obtained his Master's Degree in Business Administration from the School of Management of Kathmandu University.