Founder

I am Sharmila Shyangtan from “Tamang” community currently living at Lalitpur. I am blessed with 2 sons; Kalsang and Kalden. My permanent residence is Panauti, a small town, 32 KM south east from Kathmandu, Nepal which is rich in cultural heritage and tradition.

I hope to deliver full satisfaction to our valued customers through products and services. I believe in honesty, transparent services and good professionalism.

Please feel free to contact me at sharmila@himalayahandicrafts.com for any inquiry or your feedback regarding our product and services.

Thank you so much for supporting us. Let’s create more job opportunities, enhance creativity and empower people (especially women) skills in Nepal.

I earned MPhil degree in Development Studies from Kathmandu University School of Education in 2019. I have a keen interest in the Environment and Women’s Access in Higher Education.

Conference Presentation

1. 9th International Conference on Gender and Women’s Studies 2022
National University of Singapore Society (NUSS), Singapore (July 28-29 2022)
Paper: Road taken to Higher Education Experience of Tamang Women in Nepal
womenstudies.info

2. Education in Crisis: Re-thinking Education in (Post)-Pandemic South Asia
July 2021, Online Event, Education South Asia, University of Oxford
Education for Whom? Indigenous women’s experience in higher education in Nepal

3. Chautari Annual Conference 2019
Organized by Martin Chautari
Conference Date: April 21-22, 2019
Paper Title: Tamang Women Access And Participant In Higher Education

4. 1st Annual Conference of Tamang Nhangkhor On Tamang Studies 2019
Conference Date: March 11 – 12, 2019
Paper Title: Tamang Girls Higher Education Access & Challenges

5. Second International Conference on Transformative Educational
Research and Sustainable Development

Conference Date: October 5 – 8, 2018
Paper Title: Cloths Pad for Sustainable Ecology
Organized by : Kathmandu University

Conference Participation

1. Water Security and Climate Change, 2022
Bangkok Thailand, Hybrid (December 1 – 3, 2022)
Water Security and Climate Change Conference – Asian Institute of Technology
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2. THE Young Universities Summit
22-23 June 2021, Virtual Event

3. THE University Impact Forum: Quality Education
14th June 2021, Virtual Event

4. The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation
April 2020, Hong Kong (Webinar)
South-South Entrepreneurship Academy
Project Pitch (runner up): Local Foodie – Your Global Guide to Local Food

5. 7th Asian Youth Forum 2019
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines (August 11 – 15, 2019)
www.adb.org/news/events/7th-asian-youth-forum-2019

6. Asia Pacific Youth Exchange (APYE)
Thailand (July 9 – 20, 2018) www.apyethailand.org
Delegate representing Nepal

Volunteer

1. Tamang Adhyayan Pratisthan
February 2022- Present
Co-founder, for the marginalized community “Tamang” for knowledge generation and sharing through academics Workshop, reading series and research work

2. KUSoED Alumni Association
August 2021- Present
Member

3. Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS)
Kathmandu, Nepal
March 2021 – June 2021
Working Paper on Higher Education of Nepal

Dissertation

1. MPhil in Development Studies, Kathmandu University
Thesis: Lived Experience of Tamang Women in Higher Education: A Narrative Inquiry

2. Masters’ in Environment Education and Sustainable Development, Kathmandu University
Final Year Dissertation: Ecological Sanitation Toilets Practices in Siddhipur Village: A Perspective from Sustainability