Sumit Sharma Sameer is an author and a podcaster from Kathmandu, Nepal. He has over two decades of experience working with a range of national and international non-government organizations. He obtained his double master’s degree from two esteemed institutions: the London School of Economics, UK and Queen’s University, Canada. He is a distinguished Kassel School fellow and was honoured with the Star of Loyola upon completing his undergraduate studies at Loyola College, Chennai, India.  His first work of fiction, ‘Wake Up Ali…Wake Up Now’ was honoured with a KLF Book award in 2022 in the debut fiction category in India. Currently, he resides with his family in Kathmandu, Nepal.