Sandeep is a co-founder at VNV Advisory Services, a social enterprise working with communities & climate change in Asia and East Africa.

She is Senior Atmospheric Environment at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She has successfully led projects that have helped transform the brick industries of Nepal and Pakistan into cleaner, more energy-efficient, and socially responsible enterprises that continue to remain viable, profitable businesses, thereby ensuring their sustainability.

Public health physician with extensive work experience across the globe in low-, middle- and high-income countries. Following initial clinical practice, has worked as a frontline public health practitioner, strategist, advocate and leader in various settings.