Mr. Bhattarai, having worked in Nepal Rastra Bank, for 30 years, has extensive experience in banking supervision and regulation of banks and financial institutions in Nepal. During his career span of 3 decades at central bank of Nepal, he has served and engaged in various roles and responsibilities contributing significantly for the growth, stability and sustainability of financial and economic sector in Nepal.

He has been involved in policy formulation and implementation for managing the Banks and financial institutions in Nepal including that of the monetary policy formulation, timely review/revision and amendments of unified directives, circulars, etc., for ensuring the proper functioning of financial systems in Nepal.

He, as the Director of central Bank of Nepal, has supervised and extensively interacted with all BFIs in Nepal and gained wealth of experience for operations and management of BFIs. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Humanities from Tribhuvan University.