The IC Global Café: Understanding the growing TNE landscape in Nepal

What are the key opportunities for deeper international education collaborations with Nepal? This IC Café provides an overview and analysis of Nepal’s transnational education (TNE) activity, student motivations and study patterns, delivery modes and the impact of TNE for Nepal. We’ll discuss the regulatory environment, underpinning policy frameworks, processes for TNE establishment, as well as share good practice case studies. We’ll draw on highlights from a recent British Council commissioned report by The IC Global. If you wish to understand how to create and develop sustainable UK-Nepal education partnerships, this IC Café will help guide you through the drivers, opportunities and challenges.

EXPERT SPEAKERS

• Sandeepa Sahay, Regional Head of Insights and Engagement, South Asia, British Council

Sandeepa heads the South Asia education insight hub in the British Council. In her role, she provides research leadership and insights on policy direction, emerging trends, and partnership prospects between countries in South Asia and the UK.  Her work focuses on international student mobility, transnational education and research collaborations to support initiatives to internationalise and strengthen quality of education.

She has more than two decades of experience of programme leadership and strategy development in the field of international development. Prior to her current organisation, she has worked with the UK’s Department of International Development and other international NGOs on poverty reduction and human development programmes, particularly in the area of education, skills, health and urban development.

• Sagun Shrestha, Head of Education and Skills, Nepal, British Council

Sagun Shrestha is the Head of Education and Skills at the British Council in Nepal. He has over 20 years of experience in international development, with a strong focus on the education and governance sectors. In his current role, Mr. Shrestha oversees the British Council’s education portfolio in Nepal, which includes technical and vocational education and training (TVET), higher education, and youth development. He is one of the members from the British Council involved in research and dialogues on transnational education in Nepal. He holds an MBA with a specialization in Project Management and is currently pursuing a Master of Philosophy in Educational Leadership.