Pramila Bhandari coordinates DB4N’s research collaboration with Kathmandu University’s Research and Innovation Center (RIC)at KUSOED, helping ensure that the CLEC model is rigorously evaluated and continuously improved. She holds a degree in Anthropology and Sociology fromTribhuvan University, has provided scholarships to over 300 girl students in rural Nepal, and is the founder of a women-led transportation and agriculture business. Pramila also writes — her collection of quotes has been adopted as a school textbook.