Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2024

Guests & Speakers

Ms. Kavitha Kasynathan

Ms. Kavitha Kasynathan

Ms. Kavitha Kasynathan

Head of Development, Australian Embassy, Nepal

Ms. Kasynathan serves as Head of Development for the Australian Embassy in Nepal. A development professional, Kavitha started her career with Oxfam Australia in Sri Lanka and later joined the Australian Agency for International Development (now the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) in 2007.


She has led and managed the Australian Government’s aid investments in the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and South Asia in multiple fields, including humanitarian, community development, and human development (health/education). Kavitha was posted to Afghanistan and has worked in West Africa (Ghana), Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea.