Author: Dr. Ek Raj Ojha
Higher education:
PhD (Rural and Regional Development Planning), AIT, 1995; MSc (Rural and Regional Development Planning), AIT, 1990;
Dip (Yoga), 1988, TI, Kathamandu, 1988; BA (English), TU, 1986; BSc (Agriculture), UAS, Bangalore, 1984.
Professional affiliations/experiences:
Currently,
Economics Faculty Head and Extended Essay Coordinator, Ullens School, Ullens Foundation, Lalitpur, Nepal, since 2009.
Visiting Faculty (Sustainable Rural Development), K & K College (Tribhuvan University), Kathmandu, since 2007.
Formerly,
Founder Chairman, and Director (Economic and Environmental Planning and Development), Centre for Rural Research and Development (CERRED), Kathmandu, Nepal, 2006-09;
Visiting Faculty (Sustainable Rural Development; Economic Development; Rural Development and Conservation; Agriculture and Rural Development; Nepalese Ecconomy) to several academic institutions; and consultant and adviser to several national and international developmental agencies.
Faculty of Sustainable Rural Development, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, until 2008;
Senior Associate Professor and Associate Director, Kathmandu University, until 2003;
Visiting Scholar, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 2001;
Development Economist, USAID, 2000;
Senior Instructor / Research Officer / Agriculture Officer, Central Bank of Nepal, until 2000;
United Nations Researcher, UNCRD, Japan, 1995-97;
Researcher (Rural and Regional Development), AIT, Bangkok, 1991-95;
Assistant Agriculture Officer, Department of Agriculture, Nepal, 1984-86.
Publications (books and articles) chiefly on: Highland Ecosystem (in regional development perspective), Production / Institutional Credit (especially for women development), Agricultural Terracing in Development and Conservation Perspectives, Regional Development and Disparity, Health Dimension of Development, Curbing the Crux of Underdevelopment.
Contact addresses:
Postal: Dr. Ek Raj Ojha, GPO Box 13313, Kathmandu, Nepal;
Tel.: 977-1-5590121 (home); 977-9841221788 (mobile)
Email: erojha@hotmail.com; ekraj@ullens.edu.np
Other books by the author:
Agricultural Terracing: Development Perspectives, 1997, Ratna Pushtak, Kathmandu;
Vikaasko Sankshipta Vivechana, (in Nepali), i.e., A Brief Discussion on Development, 2003, Bhrikuti Academic Publications, Kathmandu, Nepal
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