Conservation Biologist / Trainer 

Kamal Devkota is a conservation biologist (M.Sc., Zoology) from Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. He is leading research and outreach/awareness programs regarding biodiversity conservation primarily focusing on snakes, human-snake conflict mitigations, snake conservation and snakebite management in Nepal. He has presented his scientific papers in various conferences and published in a few journals. He is also a founding member in Nepal Toxinology Association and has conducted more than hundred outreach and awareness programs, capacity building training and workshops in different districts of Nepal. The major programs he is leading are; “Nepal Snake Festival”, “Theatre in Education”, “Save The Lives”, “Save The King”, “Human-Snake Co-existence”, “Save Snakes Save Nature”, “Snake Rescue Methods”, “Snakes: Conservation and Importance” and “Educational Documentary”. Devkota has a diverse background as he is also working as an Actor/Director in Nepalese theatre and films, and involves making people aware through various Radio Drama, Street Drama and Forum Theatre. He has performed in more than a dozen theatre dramas and films. He had also worked as a Program Coordinator in “Melancholy” and Program Manager “Zero Polythene Campaign” led by SEEM Nepal. Melancholy is an Environmental Song by 365 Nepali Artists, which is a mega series for “Awareness against Climate Change” and the song has now been listed in Guinness World Records. Zero Polythene Campaign is an environmental program aiming to raise awareness among the public regarding plastic, polythene, waste management for healthy environment and ecosystem. He had also worked as a Freelancer Production Assistant in BBC Media Action (Nepal) in a radio drama Kathamala which was broadcasted through BBC and Radio Nepal. Currently, he is working to make people aware through educational videos films, dramas, PSAs and documentaries.