Rashi Maharjan, a Policy Researcher and graduate in International Relations and Peace Studies from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, has contributed to studies on Nepal’s Rural Telecommunications Development Fund and Trade Protection Measures for Nepal. In 2023, she received the Women Entrepreneur Award from Atelier Platform through Sakshyam 2.0 for her initiative “Learner’s Room,”. Her interests span policy research, DEI, education, and youth empowerment, and she is multilingual, speaking five languages. Currently, she works as a Programs and Research Officer at Impact Hub Kathmandu. If not working, you will find Rashi singing or buried behind the books she purchases but can never seem to read.