CURRICULUM VITAE · RAVI KUMAR SHAH · 1983 · NEPAL ₿ SOUND MONEY · SOVEREIGN TOOLS · HUMAN DIGNITY

// architect · builder · educator

Ravi Kumar
Shah

Architect of Sovereign Capability

// one core question

How can ordinary people protect the full value of their honest labour in an era of monetary distortion and technological acceleration?

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Four Interlocking Pillars

Bitcoin & Sound Money
Money must be scarce, verifiable, and outside any single authority
  • Mar 2026 — Bitcoin Development Philosophy
    Plan B Network Diploma
  • May 2024 — Bitcoin for Everybody
    Saylor Academy
  • 2024 — Introduction to Bitcoin
    Antonopoulos · PRAGMA Workshops
Austrian Economics
Value is subjective, time preference governs action, inflation is hidden theft
  • Feb 2026 — Austrian School of Economics Fundamentals
    Plan B Network Diploma
Blockchain
True decentralization is rare; protocols must serve sovereignty, never centralise power
  • Jan 2025 — Mastering Web3
    University of Nicosia
  • May 2024 — Advanced Topics in Blockchain & Digital Currency · UNic
  • Mar 2024 — Introduction to Blockchain & Digital Currency · UNic
Artificial Intelligence
AI must remain a neutral, open tool that amplifies sovereignty — never replaces the artisan
  • Jan 2025 — MasterClass on AI
    ILO International Training Centre
  • Mar 2025 — Elements of AI
    University of Helsinki

// the closed loop

Theory (Austrian) Practice (Bitcoin) Infrastructure (Blockchain) Empowerment (AI)
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Academic Foundations

2010–
2012
Master of Human and Natural Resource Studies
Kathmandu University · Kathmandu, Nepal
2004–
2008
Bachelor of Information Technology
Purbanchal University · Faculty of Science & Technology
Biratnagar, Nepal
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Selected Illuminations

2025
Net Zero: What, Why and How
United Nations University
2025
Introducing International Relations
The Open University