Sushma Pant is associated with the Asian Rural Institute in her native Kathmandu, Nepal, and serves as the country representative for the International Association of Religious Freedom (IARF). She works with the association to organize inter-religious dialogues with people from different religions to explain their perspectives: what is Islam, what is Hinduism, what is Buddhism, and what is Christianity? They also bring together youth of different religions and castes for poem and art competitions.