Ram Chandra Khanal is an experienced evaluation specialist and development practitioner in the field of sustainable agriculture, environment, water, climate change adaptation, resilience, people livelihood and economic transformation sectors for the last two decades in Asia. He has worked with various national and international agencies including government ministries, UN agencies, ADB and the World Bank. He has substantive knowledge and skills in developing evaluation frameworks and conducting independent evaluations in complex and multi-cultural settings. He has also experience in project design, planning and monitoring, action research, data collection by using qualitative and quantitative approaches and data analysis. He has an interest in testing innovative approaches of evaluation focusing on emergent issues and results.
He holds an MSc in agriculture and a PhD in development studies and has published research articles in the area of evaluation, climate change, agriculture and ecosystems management.