Surya Raj Acharya

Acharya has a Bachelor in civil engineering from the National School of Technology in Jamshedpur, India.[1] He has a master's degree in resource management from the Asian Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD degree in infrastructure and regional development from the University of Tokyo, Japan.

In early career phase, he worked as an engineer under the Nepal's Civil Service. He has worked a long time with the Institute of Transport Policies Studies in Japan as Senior Fellow. He has also worked as a Visiting Faculty for Tokyo University, Japan. He was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Engineering before being affiliated in Politics.[7] Acharya was 'Adjunct Professor' at the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS). Dr. Acharya has been citied widely by international press as well on infrastructure and current affair issues.[8][9]

Acharya was one of the key founding leaders of Sajha Party. He was the Spokesperson[10] and Chief of Policy Department of the Party. His academic background and reputation as an expert has helped the party in terms of gaining much needed credibility in development agenda and policies.[11] He contested the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Kathmandu Area no -2, where he was defeated with Madhav Kumar Nepal. He left the party after major differences with the Party Coordinator in some key strategic and policy matters.[12]

• Dr. Acharya has many academic publications including an edited book titled 'Transport Development in Asian Megacities: A New Perspective'.[13]
• Motorization and urban mobility in developing countries exploring policy options through dynamic simulation.
• Sustainable transport development in Nepal: challenges, opportunities and strategies.
• Specialties of Asian Megacities.[14]

• Sajha Party
• Rabindra Mishra
• Sajha Yuva Sangathan
• Priya Sigdel