Dr. Aita Bishowkarma, a geolinguistic practitioner and an academician, holds his Doctor of Philosophy in Education from Tribhuvan University. He has extensive experiences in research in education, critical language awareness and indigenous pedagogies. Particularly, he has wider expertise in education, inclusion, policy research and social and political issues of Dalits and marginalized people in Asia and beyond. Currently, he has been engaged in policy research and advocacy on accessing universal social protection schemes to Dalits, and communities discriminated on work and descent as Project Manager Global Coalition Against Poverty (GCAP) in Asia Dalit Rights Forum.