About Me
Professional Profile
Agriculture Graduate and Climate Activist
A motivated and passionate Agriculture Graduate who has been actively working locally and globally on spreading awareness, advancing youth engagement, advocating policies, strengthening food systems and taking action for environment and climate issues since 2018.
Phone:
+977 9867183923
Degree:
M.S. Agribotany
City:
Gaindakot, Nawalparasi East
Email:
dikshya.subedi11@gmail.com
Education
M.S. Agribotany and Conservation Ecology
Agriculture and Forestry UniversityMar 2022 - Dec 2024
Bachelor of Science: Agriculture
Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan2017 - Dec 2021CGPA: 3.62/4
Skills
Experience
My professional journey in agriculture, climate action and advocacy
Mar 2025 - Present
Country Lead
SHE CHANGES CLIMATE
Mar 2023 - Present
Founder / President
YOUTH ACTION FOR SUSTAINABLE AND ECO NEPAL
- Aim to raise awareness of climate change, advocate the mountain agenda, waste management, promote sustainable practices, and encourage the adoption of renewable energy resources to reduce carbon emissions.
Feb 2024 - Sep 2024
Focal Point
LCOY Nepal 2024
- As a Focal Point of LCOY Nepal, I have been coordinating with different stakeholders like UNICEF Nepal, FAO, ICIMOD, Worlds Youth For Climate Justice, to organize more than 7 virtual session and hosting 200 Nepalese Youths in a single platform to prepare colective youth statement on Climate policies.
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
Facilitator and Enumerator
Food Safety Innovation Lab Project aided by UASID in collaboration with Agriculture and Forestry University
- Condcucted survey of commercial vegetable producer of 10 districts of Nepal (Chitwan, Makwanpur, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Banke, Palpa, Itahari, Sarlahi, Kailali, Biratnagar where we have reached 1000+ household.
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Field Officer
Clean Up Nepal
- Field Officer for project "Expansion Nepal Waste Map, a digital waste management: A community empowered governance" in Bharatpur metropolitan city of ward 10.
- Raised awareness to 5000+ community people regarding waste seggregation methods and train them regarding composting and harmful impacts of plastic in health and environment.
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
Supervisor
Agriculture Census 2078
- I have worked as a Supervisor of Agriculture Census of Baudikali Rural Municipality of Nawalparasi East district where I have guided and monitor enumerator of Baudikality Municipality for taking survey data of Agriculture Census
Mar 2024 - Apr 2024
Mentor
Asian Environmental Youth Network
- As a mentor, I am guiding mentee to develop community level projects and leadership skill.
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
Research Intern
Agriculture Knowledge Center (AKC)
- Interact with Farmers of Nawalparasi district and done survey of Value Chain Program.
- Conducted different capacity building and field level training to farmers on agriculture.
Voluntary Engagements
Key voluntary roles and contributions
Regional Youth Parliamentary Climate Action (RYPCA) by UNDP
Fellow (Oct 2024 - Present)
- • Supporting the youth bodies and consulting with government officials to make inclusive NDC 3.0
- • Advocating youth voices, and impacts beared by us due to climate change impacts
Regional Consultation
Delegate
I attended the Regional Consultation on Global Youth Outlook: Mental Health in Times of Crises, held on March 18, 2025, in Chennai India organized by UNESCO and the Center for Mental Health Law and Policy, ILS Pune.
COP 29
Party Delegate from Nepal
COP 29 was an eye-opening experience that brought leaders, experienced negotiators, activist, children, youths, experts to discuss and act upon most pressing environmental issues of our time: the climate crisis
COP 28 and COY 18
Delegate (Nov 2023 - Dec 2023)
As a delegate I attended different side events, visited different pavillion and spoke as a speaker on side event entitled on "Youth Power: Charting the South Asian Climate Future and Peer Education For climate Action: Italy- IRENA, Action For Climate Toolkit (I ACT)"
International Expert Dialogue on People, Mountain and Climate
Facilitator and Volunteer (Apr 2024 - May 2024)
Nepal hosted an international dialogue on Mountains, People, and Climate where representatives from 25 different mountainous countries were invited to raise collective voices on mountain agenda and possible recommendations to solve this major impacts of climate change on glacier melting in Hindu kush Himalayan region.
Contact Point of NDC Working Group
YOUNGO (Jan 2024 - Dec 2024)
- • Support young people to understand, monitor, and follow NDC, Global Stocktake process
- • Improve youth engagement in GST and NDC revision and implementation process
Real Food System
Intern (Aug 2023 - Present)
We empower youth to have a sustainable future and advocate them for nourishing the human race and planetary ecosystems, through real food.
Support social media team in creation of different flyer and poster.
SHE Changes Climate
Ambassador (Jul 2023 - Present)
Engaged in different campaign which promote gender and climate justice and advocating women in all their diversity to have their space in climate policies.
OMLAS (One Million Leaders Asia) Fellowship
Mentee of Be One Mentoring program Star (Apr 2023 - Dec 2023)
Under OMLAS Fellowship, I worked as a Chitwan Chapter Lead and executed project entitled on "Enhancing Sustainable And Chemical Free Agriculture in Nepal and Launched Eco Waste Smart School (EWASS) project.
Empowered 100+ children, youth and women groups for sustainable waste management knowledge enhancement.
Sendai Stakeholders Children and Youth Group
Secretariat Associate (Apr 2022 - Dec 2023)
Worked as a Social Media Handler in SSCYG to organize Global Children and Youth Preparatory meeting for 7th session of Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 which was held in Bali, Indonesia and APMCDRR which was held in Brisbane, Australia.
Nepalese Youth For Climate Action, Pokhara
District Coordinator (Sep 2020 - Sep 2021)
Conducted Afforestation, Climate education campaign, Youth consultation on NDC, Green Discussion Program, and different campaign targeting children and Young people.
Regional Youth Parliament on Climate Action (RYPCA) Dialogue
Fellow (Feb 2025)
Attended Regional Youth Parliament on Climate Action Dialogue held from 25 February to 28 February in Bangkok, Thailand.
Languages
English
Nepali
Hindi
References
Mr. Ram Hari Timilsina
Deputy Director of Directorate of Research and Extension (DOREX) of Agriculture and Forestry University
+9779855052943
rhtimilsina@afu.edu.np
Mr. Arjun Kumar Shrestha
Dean of Faculty of Agriculture - Agriculture and Forestry University
+9779855052791
akshrestha@afu.edu.np
Mr. Sabin Lamichhane
National Youth Engagement Specialist at FAO Nepal
+9779851254215
sabin.lamichhane@fao.org
Contact
Location:
Gaindakot, Nawalparasi East
Email:
dikshya.subedi11@gmail.com
Call:
+977 9867183923