Major Working Domain

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Members

TAC is a group of professional from wetland impacting sectoral ministries and organization such as Forests, Agriculture, Energy, Irrigation, Local Development, Industry, Environment, Tourism, National Planning commission, DNPWC and DoF.

The committee is further supported by two national networks that have representation from the government, non-government (national & international) and private sectors including specialists and wetlands dependent people.

The committee is the entry point for all wetlands issues and provides policy recommendations to the NWC for endorsement and action.

The committee supports to address issues such as hydropower plan, policy related to subsidy, management of Ramsar sites within and outsides protected areas, integration of wetlands issues into EIA/SEA.

S.No	Organisation	Designation	Name
1	Ministry of Industry	Joint Secretary	Ms. Yam Kumari Khatiwada
2	Ministry of Tourism & civil Aviation	Joint Secretary	Mr. Bal Krishna Ghimire
3	National Planning Commission	Under Secretary	Mr. Biju Kumar Shrestha
4	Ministry of Energy	Under Secretary	Mr. Pravin Aryal
5	Ministry of Irrigation	Under Secretary	Mr. Prabin Maskey (Provisional)
6	Ministry of Local Development	Under Secretary	Mr. Narayan Bahadur Thapa
7	Ministry of Environment	Under Secretary	Mr. Jaya Ram Adhikari
8	Ministry of Forests & Soil Conservation	Under Secretary	Mr. Ram Bhakta Malla
9	Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperative	Under Secretary	Dr. Deepak Mani Pokharel