Mr. Pradhan is the founding CEO of Nepal Clearing House Ltd. (NCHL) since March 2011, which is promoted by the central bank and all the banks & FIs in Nepal. Mr. Pradhan has played an instrumental role in establishing NCHL as one of the most valuation companies in Nepal. The major payment infrastructures implemented under his leadership include electronic cheque clearing, interbank payment system, Retail Payment Switch, connectIPS system as faster payment platform, National Payments Interface (open API platform), RTGS Integration, business payment channel (CORPORATEPAY) and interoperable NEPALPAY QR. NCHL is currently implementing of National Card Switch, domestic card scheme and cross border payments.

In over 23 years of his career, he has gained domestic and international experiences at Bahrain, India, Netherlands and Nepal in the areas of business strategy, planning and execution of banking & financial technology projects. He holds Bachelor of Engineering from Nepal and MBA from India.