Shivanth started his career at Deloite Touche Tohmatsu, in emerging markets and development consultancy in London in 2005. He returned to Nepal in 2007, working for Nepal Investment Bank as a management trainee and then the department head of Research & Development, where he worked to establish the banks Microfinance, Capital Markets and Financial Outreach programs.

Shivanth is currently the founding CEO of NIBL Capital, one of the first fully fledged investment banks in Nepal, He was the youngest CEO in the financial sector in Nepal. NIBL Capital provides corporate finance, bond and equity finance, and advisory. NIBL Capital also provides Mutual funds management and Portfolio management services and manages share services for over 600,000 clients.

Shivanth is also the co-founder and current chairman of M! Nepal a social venture initiated to facilitate banks and microfinance companies extend outreach of financial products to the unbanked poor, both urban and rural.

Shivanth also helped to co found ICRA Nepal, the first credit rating company in Nepal. Shivanth's family is a controlling stake holder in Nepal Investment Bank, the largest private bank by capital base.

Shivanth has served as a youth advisor to the United Nations Nepal mission for 3 years helping review youth and gender participation in the country programs.

Shivanth is also a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization, Nepalese Young Entreprenuers Foundation, SYEF and a Global Shaper Alumni of the World Economic Forum