Ram Krishna Singh – Software Engineer

Ram has been a software engineer for five years. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bapuji Institute of Engineering in India.

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For the last several years he has been the acting chairman in Shree Shanti Vidyashram school management committee, located in Patan Dhoka. Recently, he managed the renovation and reconstruction of the school. He is also an active member of the local group “Maitri Parivar” whose sole aim is to provide much needed financial support to educate poor and destitute of remote villages.

His principle hobby is pulling a large wooden deity through the streets of Kathmandu. He also likes to work on micro-hydroelectric projects for rural Nepal.

Surendra Sedhai — Software Engineer

Surendra earned his degree in Electronics Engineering from the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus in Lalitpur, Nepal.

Om Yadav — Graphic Designer

Om coordinates the content development team. He has many years of experience in graphic design.

Punyashil Gautam — Curriculum Expert

Punyashil is a distinguished artist, art educator, and teacher
trainer. He will use his experience to help the development team make
learning activities that meet the needs of teachers, Nepali students,
and are beautiful.
Punyashil helped found the prestigious Rato Bangala School in Kathmandu.

Christine Stone — Curriculum Expert

 
Christine has over 25 years of working in Nepal, Christine has worked in all
aspects of education, from teaching English and math in Gorkha and
Namjung to writing textbooks with the Secondary Education Project in
Sano Thimi. Stone also works with the Kathmandu International Study Center (KISC) and Room to Read.

Most recently she wrote math textbooks for Grades 5 and 6. She is a native of the U.K. Read more about her in a great article from the Nepali Times.

Luke Gorrie – Software Engineer

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Luke Gorrie has been programming since he learned to read and has spent the first part of the 21st century deeply involved in the Erlang and Common Lisp programming communities. He was a core developer in the two most successful Erlang startup companies (Bluetail and Synapse) and was a founding developer of the popular Lisp development environment SLIME. His other software is available by way of his crufty old website.

Luke grew up in Australia, spent a long time living in Sweden, and is now in Kathmandu with the plan of pushing One Laptop Per Child forward as best he can. He’s volunteered to spend one year of his life helping to kickstart OLE Nepal in Kathmandu.

Luke arrived in Kathmandu in early September 2007 and he already loves dal bhaat, traffic bandhs, and Nepali pop music.