Shivani is ICIMOD’s Communications and Public Relations Specialist. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is an intergovernmental knowledge and learning centre working on behalf of the people of the Hindu Kush Himalaya countries. She took up this role in 2024. She has nearly two decades of experience in the communications sector with a career spanning television journalism and development sector work. She has worked for NDTV, CNN-IBN, News X in India, and Kantipur Television in Nepal, initially as an editor and producer before progressing to become a Television Host/News Anchor.