| Surya Raj Acharya | |
| Native Name: | सूर्यराज आचार्य |
| Native Name Lang: | ne |
| Nationality: | Nepalese |
| Education: | PhD in Infrastructure and Regional Development |
| Party: | Sajha Party (before 2020) |
Surya Raj Acharya is a Nepalese politician, and a public intellectual as an independent expert in development and infrastructure policy. He was a visiting professor at Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University[1] before joining Sajha Party. He was spokesperson of Sajha Party. Acharya lives in Bharatpur Metropolis in Chitwan District, Nepal.[2] [3]
Acharya has a Bachelor in civil engineering from the National School of Technology in Jamshedpur, India.[4] He has a master's degree in resource management from the Asian Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD degree in infrastructure and regional development from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
In early career phase, he worked as an engineer under the Nepal's Civil Service. He has worked a long time with the Institute of Transport Policies Studies in Japan as Senior Fellow. He has also worked as a Visiting Faculty for Tokyo University, Japan. He was visiting professor at the Institute of Engineering before being affiliated in Politics.[5] Acharya was 'Adjunct Professor' at the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS).
Acharya was one of the key founding leaders of Sajha Party. He was the Spokesperson[6] and Chief of Policy Department of the Party. He contested the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Kathmandu-2 constituency, where he was defeated by Madhav Kumar Nepal. He left the party after major differences with the Party Coordinator in some key strategic and policy matters.[7]