Mr. Shiva Ram Pradhan

Mr. Shiva Ram Pradhan is the Immediate Past Chairperson of PEEDA, a retired Major General of Nepal Army with 37 years of military service with M.Sc. in Defence; Strategic Studies from Quaid -E-Azam University in Pakistan. He has had a highly distinguished career and served as Western Division Commander, Director General of Military Operation and Co-coordinator of National Security Council Secretariat. He was the technical adviser to the government talk team during government-maoist peace talks, and was later on appointed Vice Chairman of the Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee. He has also served as member of UN force in Croatia & Lebanon. He is currently Executive Director of Nepal Institute for Strategic Studies, Executive member of National Senior Citizen Federation of Nepal and director of National Hydro Power Company.