Himal is the Global Cybercrime Programme Officer (Digital Forensics Expert) based in Bangkok, Thailand working for The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). He has extensive experience of working nationally and internationally in the field of cybercrime investigation, digital forensics and electronic evidence. 

Currently in his role at UNODC, he oversees various projects in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, as well as providing capacity building assistance to criminal justice authorities on the identification, extraction, preservation, collection, documentation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence and information, including the use specialized software and hardware, and on the investigation of cybercrime including cryptocurrency and crimes committed using technology with a primary focus on electronic evidence. 

Himal graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and also holds a Master’s degree with Distinction in Electronic Security and Digital Forensics from the United Kingdom.