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Impact evaluations, value chain studies, market research and social research for international organisations, governments and universities across Nepal and India. Every study below ran end to end: design, field teams, analysis and the recommendations that followed.

12
Projects
9
Commissioning organisations
4
Ongoing
Field footprint

Where the research has taken me

Every district below is somewhere I have run fieldwork: household surveys, key informant interviews, focus groups and field observation. Hover or tap a district to see the project and the year. Fieldwork across India is not shown here.

Fieldwork districtNo fieldwork yet31 of 77 districts

Boundaries: National GeoPortal, Survey Department, Government of Nepal

Research catalogue
Ongoing · 4
ongoing
World Vision International

Endline Evaluation: Brick Plus Project

Phase II impact evaluation for brick kiln workers and their families across Lalitpur, Harisiddhi and Chandragiri. Household and children surveys, KII and FGD, with end to end analysis.

Lalitpur, Nepal
Mixed methodsHousehold surveyKIIFGD
ongoing
Sankhya AI

AI Training & Readiness Programs

Designing and delivering generative AI and prompt engineering training for professionals, with AI readiness assessments for organisations.

Kathmandu, Nepal
Generative AITrainingAI readiness
ongoing
Neeti Anusandhan Pratishthan

Value Chain Analysis of Large Cardamom

Mapping bottlenecks from farm to export across Nepal and India.

Eastern Nepal & India
Value chainKIISurvey
ongoing
University of Pittsburgh

Attitudes on the Quota System

Country researcher studying perceptions among government officers nationwide.

Nepal (national)
QuantitativePolicy
Completed · 8
completed
Chingad Rural Municipality

N-WASH Municipality Plan

Municipal WASH planning per DWSSM guidelines with GPS based mobile data collection.

Research output

A municipal WASH plan using GPS based mobile data collection and DWSSM guidelines.

Surkhet, Nepal
N-WASH MISGPS data
completed
Anahata Nepal

Internal Child Sex Trafficking Study

Mapping vulnerability hotspots in Kathmandu across physical, economic, mental and environmental safety. Completed November 2025.

Kathmandu, Nepal
Mixed methodsSurvey
completed
World Vision International

Landscape Analysis of Urbanisation

Urbanisation's impact on children across four municipalities, with stakeholder mapping.

4 municipalities, Nepal
Secondary dataKIIFGD
completed
World Vision International

Child-focused Qualitative Research

Field research with students, teachers, officials and parents, synthesised into policy implications.

Research output

Policy implications synthesised from interviews and discussions with students, teachers, officials and parents.

Jajarkot · Jumla · Kailali
QualitativeKIIFGD
completed
Heifer International

Dairy Market Study

Mixed methods study of the dairy market across six districts with strategic recommendations.

Research output

Strategic recommendations informed by a mixed methods dairy market study across six districts.

6 districts, Nepal
Mixed methodsSurvey
completed
iDE Nepal

Impact Evaluation: Vegetable Collection Centres

Collection centre outcomes via surveys, FGD, KII and field observation.

Kaski & Tanahun
Impact evalField obs.
completed
AEPC · Govt. of Nepal

Improved Cooking Stove & Biogas Evaluation

Quantitative impact evaluation of the clean cooking programme under the Ministry of Energy.

Nepal
QuantitativeGovt.
completed
Sankhya AI

AI Awareness Among Professionals in Nepal

Exploratory study on AI adoption, presented at the 4th National Economist Conference.

Research output

The Adoption Paradox: a published report with findings, methods and limitations.

Read the findings
Nepal
ExploratoryAI policy
Published research
Featured working paper · arXiv 2602.00138

Regulatory Migration to Europe: ICO Reallocation Following U.S. Securities Enforcement

Cross border regulatory spillovers in crypto asset markets after the SEC's 2017 DAO Report. A global ICO dataset covering 2014 to 2021 and region month panel regressions document a substantial reallocation of activity toward Europe after 2017.

KS
Krishna Sharma
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
KB
Khemraj Bhatt
First Citizen Bank, NC
IG
Indra Giri
Sankhya Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
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