Biraj Karmacharya, MBBS, MSc, PhD, is director of public health and community programs and an associate professor at the Department of Public Health at Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Karmacharya earned his MBBS from Kathmandu University and his PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle (USA). Since 2006l Dr. Karmacharya had led the Department of Community Programs, of which he is a founding member. He also leads the Nepal Technology Innovation Center at Kathmandu University, a platform for bringing academia and industries together for rural development.

Dr. Karmacharya is engaged in developing and setting up innovative community-based health and integrated health and development programs in rural settings in Nepal.