Santosh Khanal

Santosh Khanal serves as an Environmental Compliance Specialist at DAI since November 2022, leading environmental compliance for the USAID Karnali Water Activity in Western Nepal. Previously, Santosh has held significant roles such as Executive Committee Member at Nepal Environmental Society, Team Leader/Environmentalist and Consultant for Rupantaran, and Climate Coordinator at Mott MacDonald, focusing on climate change adaptation efforts. Experience also includes a tenure at UNDP as Palika Climate Coordinator and District Environment Energy and Climate Change Coordinator, leading various climate interventions at the district level. Santosh holds a Master’s in Environmental Management from Pokhara University and has furthered expertise through fellowship at Cornell University.