EVALUATION WORKS
Survey Director, Social Impact
December 2018 – present (Intermittent involvement) Population Based Survey of Feed the Future programme in Nepal. Specific tasks include: Participate …Read More »Sector Specialist, CAMRIS International
November 2018 – February 2019 (Intermittent involvement) Mid-term evaluation of Nepal Seed and Fertilizer (NSAF) project in Nepal. The …Read More »International Consultant (Lead evaluator), United Nations Office for Drugs and Crimes, Bhutan
June 2018– October 2018 Independent Final Evaluation of the project “Enhance Government and Civil Society Responses to Counter Trafficking in …Read More »Team leader, Practical Action
February-March 2017 Final evaluation of Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture for Nutrition and Food Security (POSAN FS). POSAN FS in 4 …Read More »Team leader, LATTANZIO Group , Italy
September-December 2016 Final evaluation of Strengthening Implementation of Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Nepal executed by the UN Women …Read More »International Consultant, Niras Finland Oy
January-July 2016 Evaluation of the program based support through Finnish Civil Society Organizations. My tasks: contribution to the inception report …Read More »Quality Advisor, LATTANZIO Group , Rome, Italy
May-July 2016 Evaluation of the UN Peace Fund for Nepal (UNPFN). The evaluation covered 29 UNPFN with five following clusters: …Read More »External consultant, DARA International
February-June 2016 Evaluation of UNICEF’s Response and Recovery efforts to Gokha Earthquake in Nepal. Provide expertise in WASH, social policy, …Read More »International Consultant, Niras Finland Oy
February –July 2016 Evaluation of the program based support through Finnish Civil Society Organizations. The objectives of the evaluation were …Read More »International Consultant/ Team Leader, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
September-December 2015 Cluster evaluation of three Food Security related project of FAO: (1) Strengthening the Role of Women in Agriculture …Read More »Senior Researcher, Management System International
July 2014-August 2015 (Intermittent) Himalaya Region for SERVIR Performance Evaluation: E3 Analytics and Evaluation Project. Management Systems International (MSI) is …Read More »Senior Researcher, Heifer International
March – May 2015 Evaluation of Strengthening Smallholder Enterprises of Livestock Value Chain for Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in …Read More »Team leader, UNDP Afghanistan
December 2014—January 2015 Mid-term evaluation of Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality Project-II (GEP-II). GEP-II is a collaborative project between the …Read More »Consultant, UN Women
July 2014-October 2014 Mid-term review of the Gender Responsive Recovery for Sustainable Peace in Kavre, Ramechhap and Sindhuli Districts of …Read More »Consultant, Deveworks
March 2014 – July 2014 Final Evaluation of the Transparency International Asia Pacific Regional Programme: Towards Effective Leadership and Reforms …Read More »Consultant, NIRAS Natura AB
February 2014-May 2014 Evaluation of the Norwegian support to and through umbrella- and network organisations (UNOs) in civil society. Objectives …Read More »Consultant (team leader), Nepal Permaculture Group
January 2014-February 2014 Final evaluation of Promoting Organic Production and Marketing through policy, information and advocacy (PROMS III). The evaluation …Read More »Consultant, InSites
December 2013 – January 2014 Internal evaluation of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research for Adapting Livestock Systems …Read More »Consultant, UNDP Maldives
October 20 – November 17, 2013. Terminal Evaluation of Support to Integrated Farming Project. The project is t to provide …Read More »Team leader, NARMA Consultancy, Nepal
February, 2013 – May, 2013 Evaluation of Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) of the Government of Nepal supported by the …Read More »Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Expert (GESI) Harewelle International Limited / Ecorys Group
Nov-Dec, 2012 Value for money for the Energy Sector Assistance Programme in Nepal supported by the Government of Denmark. Tasks …Read More »Evaluation consultant (Livelihood and Social Protection Expert), DARA
April-August, 2012 Impact Evaluation of Food Assistance in Protracted Refugee Situation of Bangladesh for WFP and UNHCR. Tasks include development …Read More »Independent Evaluation Consultant, UN Women
Sept 2011–February 2012 Evaluation of Economic Empowerment: Catalytic Programme in India. The evaluation is a part of global evaluation of …Read More »Evaluation Consultant: UNICEF
February-June, 2011 Evaluation of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI). It is a global evaluation conducted in four countries …Read More »Evaluation Expert (Team leader), CARE International, Timor-Leste
December 2010 – January 2011 Impact Evaluation of Local Initiatives for Food-security Transformation Project (LIFT) and baseline survey for Hadia …Read More »External Evaluator, UNIFEM
Sept-Nov 2010 Evaluation of project on Economic Security of Women Migrant Workers. Tasks included designing of the evaluation, review of …Read More »Consultant (Monitoring and Evaluation: Agriculture Specialist), SMEC International, Australia
April – June, 2010 Creating comprehensive evaluation framework including developing indicators, logframe, performance monitoring plan, quantitative and qualitative data collection …Read More »Consultant, USAID, Nepal
April-May 2009 Evaluation of the Smallholder Irrigation Market Initiative (SIMI). SIMI was developed to promote micro-irrigation for poor farmers of …Read More »Consultant, CARE International Timor-Leste
March- April 2009 Mid-term evaluation of Local Initiatives for Food-security Transformation Project (LIFT) that focused on promoting the empowerment of …Read More »Consultant, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Jan-Feb 2009 End of project evaluation of UNIFEM’s “Deepening Democracy, Women’s Participation in Politics and Peace (DDWPPP)” that focused on …Read More »Consultant, UNFPA/Norwegian Embassy—Nepal
Nov – Dec 2008 Review of the work of UN – Donor Peace Support Working Group (PSWG) on UNSCR 1325 …Read More »Team Leader and Program Director, NARMA Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal
December 2006- March 2007 Review, analysis and profiling of community development projects/programmes practiced in recent 5-years in Nepal for JICA-Nepal …Read More »Lead Consultant, Sustainable Soil Management Programme (SSMP)/ Helvetas, Switzerland: Katmandu, Nepal
July 2006- November 2006 Impact evaluation of the Ultra-Poor Programme of SSMP in Nepal. Activities included preparation of survey design …Read More »Team Leader, NARMA Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
April –June 2005 Final evaluation of a CARE-implemented Poverty Reduction Project and designing Post-Project Support Programme for Bajhang, Bajura and …Read More »Team Leader, Nepal Agro-Forestry Foundation
June 2003 – November 2003 Developed proposal and evaluation strategy, selected indicators, prepared study design and sample survey methodology, and …Read More »Advisor, National Planning Commission, Nepal
July 2001–Sept 2001 & 1994-95 Reviewed past policies, strategies and approaches and recommended future strategies for 10th Five Year …Read More »Mission member, UN Office for Project Support
February 2002 – March 2002 Evaluated the performance of the IFAD-funded Poverty Alleviation Project in Western Terai, Nepal as a …Read More »Consultant, Canadian Cooperation Agency (CECI)/CEAPRED
October 2000 – December 2000 Designed methodology and conducted indirect impact study of the Community-Based Economic Development project in Baitadi, …Read More »Research Scholar, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines
June 1996 – October 1996 Impact study of small ruminants under coconut plantation in Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines (Team leader)Read More »Trainer, Cooperative Training Center (CTC). Kathmandu (Nepal)
January 1991 – May 1996 Impact assessment of training and learning initiatives through regular monitoring and follow-up evaluations of …Read More »General Secretary cum Institution Building Specialist, Center for Environment and Agricultural Policy Research, Extension and Development (CEAPRED) (Nepal) (Part Time)
February- May 1993 Developed participatory monitoring and evaluation model of the Upland Watershed Management Project around Bhusundikhola in Gorkha for …Read More »Agriculture Development Officer, Gorkha, Syanja (Nepal), Ministry of Agriculture
September 1985- December 1990 and January 1980- July 1983 Studies included: Conducted sustainability study of the Training and Visit Extension …Read More »
Recent Research Works
Team leader, NARMA Consultancy, Nepal
July 2017—May 2018 Strategic review of the food security and …Read More »Team leader, Community of Evaluators-Nepal
February 2014 – February 2015 Study on enhancing Demand for …Read More »Consultant (Team Leader), National Planning Commission, Nepal
April 2014 – July 2014 Preparation of participatory monitoring and …Read More »Agriculture Risk Expert, AFC International
March 2014 – June 2014 Study on Regulatory Framework Promotion …Read More »Team Leader, NARMA Consultancy, Nepal
September-October, 2013 Identification of areas of Project for Agriculture Commercialization …Read More »
Recent Development Works
Social and Gender Development Expert, Tajikista, SOFRECO/Asian Development Bank
July-August 2010 and June-August, 2009 Preparing social and gender strategies …Read More »Consultant, National Planning Commission, Nepal
April – August 2007 Development of the Three Year Interim …Read More »Team Leader and Program Director, NARMA Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal
February -March 2007 Preparation of project implementation plan (PIP) of …Read More »Project Manager, Trace Foundation, New York: TAR China
November 2005-April 2006 Overall responsibility for managing two projects (1) …Read More »Senior Community Development Specialist, Nepal Australia Community Resource Management and Livelihoods Project (NACRMLP), Kathmandu, Nepal
July – October 2005 Developed criteria for community participation in …Read More »
GANA PATI OJHA
EVALUATOR
President, Community of Evaluators-South Asia(CoE-South Asia)
Executive Board,Community of Evaluators-Nepl(CoE-N)
Countries Of Work Experience
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Timor-Leste, China, USA, Tajikistan, Pakistan, India