Sumana Shrestha is the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. She has been serving as a Member of the Federal Parliament in the House of Representatives of Nepal, representing the Rastriya Swatantra Party since 2022. Shrestha is also a member of the Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives and serves as the Chairperson of the Education Department and the Science, Communication, and Information Technology Department of Rastriya Swatantra Party. Before entering politics, Shrestha had a successful career as a management consultant, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, working in various organizations. Her previous roles include Head of Global Operations and Strategy at Fusemachines Inc., Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Member of the Startup and Innovation Committee at the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI), and Board Member at the USEF Fulbright Commission in Nepal. She earned her Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management. She also has a double-major in Economics and Mathematics, graduating magna cum laude with honors from Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College in the US.
