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Our People

Civil engineers,
public health experts,
and changemakers.

Aerosan is built by practitioners who believe sanitation is a human right — designed by people who've seen firsthand what bad infrastructure costs communities.

Leadership

The founding team

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Ramesh Shrestha
Founder & CEO

Civil infrastructure specialist with 14 years in urban sanitation systems across South Asia. Previously led sanitation projects for ICIMOD and UN-Habitat Nepal.

Civil EngineeringUrban InfrastructureSocial Enterprise
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Anita Tamang
Head of Gender & MHM

Public health professional with deep expertise in WASH programming, menstrual hygiene management, and gender-responsive infrastructure design across Nepal and Bangladesh.

Public HealthMHM SpecialistGender Strategy
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Bikash Karki
Chief Technology Officer

IoT systems engineer specialising in low-power sensor networks for urban infrastructure. Built smart city monitoring systems for Kathmandu Metropolitan City pilot programs.

IoT SystemsSmart City TechEmbedded Systems
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Sunita Gurung
Operations Director

Cooperative management expert with a decade of experience running community-owned enterprises in Nepal's informal economy. Leads all HUB operator training and cooperative governance.

Cooperative GovernanceOperationsTraining
Core Team

The people behind every HUB

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Priya Maharjan
Biogas Engineer
Designs and commissions anaerobic digestion systems for each HUB deployment.
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Sanjay Thapa
Urban Planner
Leads site selection, municipal negotiations, and city integration for new HUB locations.
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Mina Rai
Community Liaison
Manages operator cooperative relations, feedback loops, and MHM education programs.
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Dev Pandey
Finance & Impact
Oversees revenue tracking, impact reporting, and financial modelling for expansion.
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Kavita Lama
Design Lead
Leads architectural and UX design of each HUB with focus on dignity, MHM, and accessibility.
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Rohan Joshi
Software Engineer
Builds and maintains the IoT dashboard, sensor integrations, and operator mobile apps.
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Nisha Pradhan
Partnerships
Manages donor relationships, government liaison, and international development partnerships.
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Arun Basnet
Field Supervisor
Oversees day-to-day operations across all active HUBs, ensuring standards and protocols.
What Drives Us

Our values

Dignity First
Every design decision starts with one question: does this preserve the dignity of the person using it?
MHM as Standard
Menstrual hygiene management infrastructure is not optional. It is foundational to gender-equitable public space.
Circular Thinking
Waste is a resource in the wrong place. We engineer systems that recover value from every material flow.
Gender Equity
Safe sanitation for women is foundational to public life and economic participation — not an afterthought.
Financial Accountability
We refuse to build systems that collapse without subsidies. Every HUB must sustain itself financially.
Community Ownership
HUBs succeed when the community around them owns the outcome — our cooperative model ensures exactly this.
Join the Team
We're building something that matters.

Aerosan is always looking for civil engineers, public health specialists, MHM advocates, IoT developers, and social enterprise practitioners who want to work on real urban infrastructure challenges in Nepal.

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