Mr. Adhikari began his career with WVAF as the voluntary Executive Director. His major areas of professional experience are technical support to various Ministries of Government of Nepal (GoN); project evaluation and participatory monitoring and evaluation; social science and ethnographic research techniques; logical framework development and budget planning; project planning, design, implementation and technical management; transitional justice, peace building and social integration; promotion of the rights of women, indigenous people, Dalits and minorities; and gender, gender based violence, institutionalizing gender and participation. He has more than a decade of experience in development and research field. He has worked on more than a dozen development research projects and development programmes. He has done his Master's degree in Sociology and he is post graduate in life environment conservation science. He has in-depth knowledge and experience on development project management. He has worked as advisor and research fellow for national and international organizations. He has worked on social and economic arena development in several districts in Nepal.