Sanjib Acharya, a Business Studies post graduate, hails from eastern Nepal who followed his passion for Wildlife and Birds from at an early age. In 2005 Sanjib began Regular Bird watching around Eastern Nepal and coordinate conservation awareness programs, bird watching programs to students around Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve.
2007 onwards Sanjib participated in several Programs and workshops to hone his birding skills with Bird Conservation Nepal and Himalayan Nature. National Training Workshop on Midwinter Waterbird Count at Lumbini, and Bird Ringing programs, Vulture nest monitoring, and Bengal Florican Survey at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve.
In 2011 Sanjib began his career as a research assistant at Himalayan Nature for the Farmland Bird Survey around Lumbini and Koshi, Forest bird Survey and data collection of birds and their habitats around Lowland Forest of Western Nepal and Swamp Francolin Survey and habitat monitoring at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Going Forward Sanjib moved to Chitwan to participate in “Capacity Strengthening of Field Ornithologist for Water Bird Count” and National Workshop On Red Data Book For Birds Of Nepal’’ at Sauraha, Chitwan in 2012.
In 2015 Sanjib completed his Nature Guide Training in Koshi along with esteemed workshops in Redlist for birds of Nepal in Chitwan and Raptors Survey around Annapurna Conservation Area.
Sanjib has coordinated programs on "Importance of Wetland and Important Wetland Birds’’ a community awareness and capacity Strengthening Program; and Participated and coordinated Bengal Florican Survey at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and Kankai River (Eastern Nepal).
He became a professional birding guide and his Skills and Interest in wildlife conservation brought him to Uttarakhand, India where he had been associated with Asian Adventures Pvt. Ltd as an In house Naturalist and Birding Guide. Now he is operating many wildlife photography, birdwatching and adventure tours in Nepal and India as a freelancer.
Email: sanzeev.acharya@gmail.com