Team

Manjil Rana

Manjil Rana, from Kathmandu, Nepal, studied at St Xavier’s School and continued college at UWC (Mahindra United World College in India). Rana furthered his studies at the College of Atlantic reading Human Ecology and is currently specialising in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology at Tribhuvan University.

mayanmanjil@gmail.com

Siddharth Lama Yonzon

Siddharth was born in Nepal and raised in Kathmandu. He worked at Himalayan Health Care INC as a junior office and later at a Hamro Aastha Nepal rehabilitation centre for two years. Siddharth gained experience as a resident teacher at Malpi International School. He began his journey with Maya Universe Academy as a volunteer and since 2015 co-founded its branch in Pokhari Bhanjyang, Tanahun District.

Yoon ShinChul

Yoon is from Korea. Studied at Mahindra United World College and furthered his studies at Calvin College in the United States. Co-founded Maya Universe Academy in 2010 with Manjil Rana. He is a history teacher, as well a directing manager of Maya’s social enterprises to help improve the financial sustainability of the school.

mayajungler@gmail.com

Bas de Nijs

Driven by a passionate commitment to Maya’s mission and students, Bas spends the majority of his time working for Maya in Nepal, teaching, coaching, and coordinating. Besides educating in Nepal and fundraising in the Netherlands, Bas facilitates social entrepreneurship in the communities Maya works with.

bas@mua-nl.org

Niki Achchhami

Rikke van der Veen

Rikke van der Veen – Chairman Maya Universe Academy Netherlands – Amsterdam, Netherlands,

rikke@mua-nl.org

Dora Mueller

mayauniversegermany@gmail.com

Dhruv Kochhar

Dhruv grew up in India and currently resides in Los Angeles. He has been a part of the Mayan movement since its inception and is passionate about improving access to education for all. He leads funding operations for COE in the US and is an integral part of of the team.

dhruv.kochhar3@gmail.com