Hriti Foundation is a policy think tank based in Karnali Province. Along with policy research, policy action, and policy recommendation, it organizes a policy festival named Karnali Utsav Kuda Karnalika to help promote the idea of a prosperous Karnali. Hriti Foundation envisions a society where individual rights and economic freedom are cherished and protected. The mission statement of Hriti Foundation is to promote individual and economic rights and advance liberal principles as the foundation of public policies through research, training, advocacy, and dialogue. The foundation has conducted research on diverse policy issues. Hriti always keeps eyeing the government policies and their deliverables. Hriti tracks the parliamentary actions of both the parliament and the parliamentarians to make the public representatives more accountable. Moreover, Hriti carried out research relating to the budget. It also supports the governments i.e. province and local to create a larger impact of their policies. For that Hriti Foundation has been organizing policy discussions, workshops, and conclaves. Hence, Hriti provides policy recommendations to the governments, particularly to the Karnali province government based on the policy research.

Contact details

Website:
https://hriti.org

Country:
Nepal

Sub-region:
Southern Asia

Areas of focus

Operating languages
English , Nepali

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Year founded
2019
Age (years)
Hriti Foundation
 6
Nepal average
 24
Global average
 32
Founded by
Founders: Dinesh Gautam, Kamal Raj Lamsal, Shyam Prasad Bhandari, Khagendra Puri, Resham Bahadur Bista
Founder gender: All male
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): Dinesh Gautam
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2024): Dinesh Gautam
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2025
Hriti Foundation
 25
Nepal average
 20
Global average
 87
2024
Hriti Foundation
 9
% Female staff
2025
Hriti Foundation
 48%
Nepal average
 46%
Global average
 50%
2024
Hriti Foundation
 55%
% Female researchers
2025
Hriti Foundation
 53%
Nepal average
 51%
Global average
 47%
2024
Hriti Foundation
 66%

Organisational performance

Publications
2024
Hriti Foundation
 7
Nepal average
 14
Global average
 58
2023
Hriti Foundation
 3

Social

Followers (2025)
Hriti Foundation
 116
Nepal average
 1,579
Global average
 20,544
Followers (2024)
Hriti Foundation
 110

Data notes

Last updated: 08/04/2025
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