Mr. Adhikari holds Master of Public Administration (Award of Excellence) from Seoul National University, South Korea and Master of Arts (Gold Medalist) in Population Studies from  Tribhuvan University. He has been working at NASC for more than a decade. Before joining NASC, he worked as a Faculty Associate at Central Department of Population Studies,  Tribhuvan University. His areas of interest are governance and corruption, official development assistance management and evaluation, intergovernmental relation and public policy.