Udayan Mishra works as Partnerships Specialist at ICIMOD. He oversees strategic partnerships, manages collaborations with international, regional, national, and local organisations, facilitates effective agreements, and maintains comprehensive partnership information. He also coordinates high-level engagements and supports the country offices of ICIMOD’s eight regional member countries through the Secretariat for the Country Focal Points.

Udayan has over 15 years of expertise in engagement, strategic communications, partnerships, outreach, and knowledge management. In his role as ICIMOD’s Designated Contact Point (DCP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), he has effectively coordinated ICIMOD’s participation at the UNFCCC’s Conference of Parties (COP21, COP23, COP26, COP27, and COP28) and at other international fora such as the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD 2018, APFSD 2019), World Water Week 2016, and the World Mountain Forum (2016, 2018), as well as at outreach events of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

In his earlier roles at ICIMOD, Udayan helped develop and implement the organisation’s Knowledge Management and Communications Strategy, contributed to bringing ICIMOD’s presence to social media platforms, and was the lead of a team of communication professionals. He also contributed to the global promotion and outreach of ICIMOD’s landmark publication The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment: Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People, supported the organisation of the first HKH Ministerial Mountain Summit, managed the Sustainable Mountain Development for Global Collaboration (SMD4GC) initiative, and coordinated ICIMOD’s flagship youth engagement event – the Asia-Pacific Youth Forum (APYF).

Before joining ICIMOD, Udayan worked as a visiting researcher at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan and as an Interim Node Manager for the Asia-Pacific Mountain Network (APMN).

He holds a master’s degree in information and communications from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.

A Nepali national, Udayan is an avid trekker with interests in mountains, art, photography, music, and writing.