Mr. Suman Chandra Gurung

Suman Chandra Gurung, a former Senior Technical Advisor at BNMT Nepal, is a public health specialist with an MPhil in Population Studies from Tribhuvan University (TU), an MSc in Development Management (International Health) from the UK, a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Management from the UK, a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, and a Certificate in General Medicine from TU’s Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.

He has over 27 years of experience in health and development work across Nepal, Bangladesh, China, and Tibet. His past employers include BNMT Nepal, IOM Nepal, NHSSP (DFID) Nepal, DHSP (DFID) Nepal, UNDP/UNV Bangladesh, Surmang Foundation Tibet/China, ADRA Nepal, UMN CDHP Nepal, and Save the Children Fund (UK) Nepal.

Suman completed his PhD at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, focusing on Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in Nepal.

He has extensive experience in project management, health systems strengthening, planning, monitoring and evaluation, facilitation, coordination, research, and providing technical assistance to the government and External Development Partners (EDPs). He has also contributed to developing guidelines, manuals, resource maps, job descriptions for Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) staff, proposals, curricula, and lesson plans. Additionally, he has trained health workers, volunteers, and teachers.