Teaching
and research institutions : Organising and
operating research universities anywhere is
difficult but especially in Nepal, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 04/10/2024)
On
the Samsodhan Mandal’s Pathashala : Its work
provided one model of how Nepal Studies could be
done in Nepal, by Pratyoush Onta
(16/08/2024)
Creative
discourses at the Baha seminar . Serious and
dedicated discussants and audiences give
conferences a special character, by Abhi
Subedi (kp 04/08/2024)
Reading
Nepali journals online : The uploaded content
suggests that the quality of peer reviews being
implemented varies, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
07/06/2024)
On
archiving private papers : We don’t have a
strong tradition of holding personal papers in
public archives or repositories, by
Pratyourh Onta (kp 29/03/2024)
Disciplining
research misconduct : It is essential to provide
a nurturing research environment to those trying
to be honest academics, by Pratyoush Onta
(kp 02/02/2024)
Using
trade books academically : Faculty in Nepal’s
universities should give this idea serious
consideration, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
08/12/2023)
On
training to write academically : Our higher
education institutions lack serious teaching
opportunities in academic writing, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 24/11/2023)
Int'l
conference on 'Indigenous-led Research and
Development' held (ht 28/09/2023)
Disciplinary
associations should do more : Among their
activities, we see a predisposition towards
poorly organised conferences, by Pratyoush
Onta (kp 15/09/2023)
Can
small donors support research?
Knowledge-generating entities should create an
endowment fund to sustain themselves, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 01/09/2023)
A
belated obituary of ‘Kailash’ : With respect to
the journal’s aim of becoming a forum for
scholars, its performance was moderate, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 18/08/2023)
Of
Nepal Studies : Today, the field covers native
and foreign works, and university and individual
efforts, by Abhi Subedi (kp 30/07/2023)
Reflections
on being a researcher as an indigenous woman
from the Global South : The stigma of being
selected for a position just because I am a
woman, an indigenous national, or from a least
developed country is simply not just hurtful,
it’s untrue, by Anu Rai (nlt 10/07/2023)
More
academic seminars, please : Organising a regular
seminar series requires the time and dedication
of committed individuals, by Pratyoush Onta
(kp 23/06/2023)
Nepali
social science research council : A variety of
institutions that work on a number of different
research themes should be supported, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 12/05/2023)
We
need a research funding council : It should be
state funded and functionally autonomous of
political and bureaucratic interference, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 28/04/2023)
Sudurpaschim
University collecting folktales (kh
11/04/2023)
For
a plural publication landscape : Given the
irregularity of publications, they do not make
the research landscape robustly plural, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 31/03/2023), Support
academic book publishing : We have a mix of
state-supported, commercial and non-profit
academic publishing at work, by Pratyoush
Onta (kp 14/04/2023)
Research
and development : Necessity for economic growth,
by Krishna Sharma (ht 20/07/2022)
IOM
and Tribhuvan University partner to launch a
school on Migration Studies in Nepal (nlt
30/06/2022)
Tech
Sovereignty: A Quest for Nepal, by GP
Acharya (rep 16/06/2022)
How
is Artificial Intelligence changing the world?
What Nepal should do to tap it?, by Jivesh
Jha and Alok Kumar Yadav (nlt 10/02/2022)
Linking
Pedagogy To Research, by Madhav Prasad Dahal
(rn 31/01/2022)
Research
Matters To Development, by Tulasi Acharya
(rn 22/12/2021)
Investment
In Science: A Neglected Priority, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 18/12/2021)
Importance
Of Bibliographies In Media Studies, by
Harsha Man Maharjan (rn 02/10/2021)
Why
science diplomacy for Nepal? Science diplomacy
is essential for Nepal in developing
connectivity and long-term strategic alliances
with international scientific communities,
by Raju Adhikari (rep 02/02/2021)
Dismal
State Of Academic Writing, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 26/09/2020)
Clearing
the intellectual wasteland: Many commentators
lack proper grounding in social sciences and are
unable to see the big picture that public
intellectuals are required to paint, by CK
Lal (kp 10/06/2020)
Unshackle
knowledge creation: Nepal Health Research
Council must not stand in the way of the
country’s contribution to the global knowledge
base on Covid-19, by Kiran Raj Pandey (kp
22/05/2020)
Languaging
Research: We must develop new indexes that can
measure social impact of scholarship, inspire
more scholars to publish, increase public access
to knowledge, prompt action and community
research, and promote translational research in
science and medicine, by Shyam Sharma (rep
15/03/2020)
No
takers for mayor’s research fellowship
programme: Each of the fellows conducting
research in different 10 categories was to
receive up to Rs150,000 for their work, by
Anup Ojha (kp 08/03/2020)
Govt
told to invest in social and policy research
(ht 18/02/2020)
Translational
research: A new paradigm in Nepal, by
Prajjwal Pyakurel (ht 28/01/2020)
Revitalizing
sociology and anthropology: Many of those at
Department of Sociology/ Anthropology today are
engaged in party politics and are busy
undertaking development consultancies instead of
prioritizing research and publications, by
Gaurab KC (rep 22/01/2020)
Research
and development: Time to have a robust plan,
by Bishwo Bandhu Pokharel (ht 04/10/2019)
Resource
crunch mars Mountain Agricultural Research
Institute, by Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep
04/09/2019)
Nepal
and its wealth of knowledge: Intellectuals need
to understand their role in privileging
specific forms of knowledge others, by
Joanna Pfaff-Czarnezka (kp 24/07/2019) [see text
of the author's Mahesh
Chandra Regmi Lecture 2019]
Producing
knowledge: The question is not whether
university professors should produce new
knowledge. It is how we can optimize our
research, how the university can support it, and
how we can do the most useful work possible,
by Shyam Sharma (rep 04/07/2019)
TU
research head found plagiarizing, by Bishnu
Prasad Aryal (rep 04/06/2019)
Editing
Studies
in Nepali History and Society: Editing an
international journal is labour intensive but
for the past two decades, SINHAS has proved that
it can be done, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
29/12/2018)
SC
annuls action against Social Science Baha
(rep 28/12/2018)
History:
A Forgotten Discipline, by Prem Khatry (rn
18/12/2018)
Experts
urge support for genetic research: Nepali
researches move to foreign countries because of
better facilities, by Nayak Paudel (kp
09/12/2018)
Beyond
plagiarism:
Media should document cases of plagiarism. But
it should also highlight novel research findings
published in top-tier academic journals, by
Jayash Paudel (rep 06/09/2018)
Building
a
culture of research: The education system needs
to shift to a healthy research culture to thrive
in a rapidly changing world, by Angel Sharma
(kp 26/08/2018)
Pitfalls
Of Research Supervision, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn 25/08/2018)
Research
centres: Time to restructure them, by Jiba
Raj Pokharel (ht 31/07/2018)
A
new practice: The country should invest more in
research to foster a culture of knowledge
production, by Bishnu Hari Paudel (kp
15/07/2018)
Nepal
is emerging as a global innovation centre of
research, interview with Manoj Menon (kp
04/07/2018)
Normalizing
research:
We must begin to value research as normal and
necessary for teaching and learning, academic
and professional success, social and economic
progress, by Shyam Sharma (rep 03/07/2018)
DoA
lacks excavation, research tools (ht
05/06/2018)
Local
govt permission mandatory for research in
Everest region, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
03/06/2018)
Transitioning
to
research in a subaltern university: A subaltern
history of research (in) universities like TU
would allow us to rescue the unknown MA thesis
writer from the ‘enormous condescension’
of the academic historians who have documented
the history of higher education/research in
elite universities world over, by Pratyoush
Onta (kp 12/05/2018)
‘Budget
allocated for research inadequate’, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 12/04/2018), Research
culture:
For any country to develop research culture,
universities are the best place to start with,
as they work as a bridge between industry,
knowledge and society (ht 13/04/2018)
Think
Tanks:
Challenges to Tackle; Are Nepal’s political
leaders open to the idea of abandoning their
fascination with state-supported think tanks?
Could they, instead, challenge existing Nepali
knowledge producing institutions to generate
needed efficient policy research?, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 31/03/2018)
epali
historical amnesia: That CNAS was a
leading centre for basic social science research
in Nepal is beyond doubt. But it was not a
public policy producing think tank, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 10/03/2018)
Research-oriented
education
the ‘need of the hour’: A two-day international
conference identifies evidence-based and
research-oriented teaching and learning as the
way forward as the country’s education system
transitions into a federal set up, by
Sandesh Ghimire (kp 25/02/2018)
The
changing
research landscape: In the post-1990 period, the
capacity to research has spread to different
parts of Nepal. However some of basic challenges
in terms of its regularity of production, its
quality and its financing still persist, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 19/02/2018)
The
language
of research: If the priority is to increase the
number of good Nepali researchers, then clearly
making it convenient for them to write in the
language in which they are most proficient is
the way to go, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
10/02/2018)
Rethinking
academic conferences: There are many things that
are deficient in our higher education and
research landscape. However, bad conferences are
collective events we can choose to change,
by Pratyoush Onta (kp 16/12/2017)
Of
friends,
hippies and votes: Friends should realise that
years of friendship and knowledge about Nepal
should be free from exoticisation, by Abhi
Subedi (kp 10/12/2017)
More
thematic books needed, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
11/11/2017)
Five
KU docs found plagiarizing research findings,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 12/10/2017)
Stuck
in the past: The concept of development has
become a ‘social organizing force’ in the Nepali
socio-political context, by Deepak Thapa (kp
05/10/2017)
Behind
in research: Professors in our universities are
promoted based on the number of years they have
served, by Angel Sharma (rep 19/09/2017)
Quantum
R&D
leap: Strong partnership between government and
scientists is imperative to make informed
decisions going forward, by Amrit Paudel
(rep 26/08/2017)
TU
researchers claim to have converted CO2 into
energy, by Bibek Raj Sharma (rep 01/08/2017)
To
Write, You Have to Forget Kathmandu?, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 29/07/2017)
German
team in Nepal to conduct study of aerosol,
monsoon trends (ht 23/07/2017)
Nepal:
A
Bonanza For Political Scholarship, by Petra
Matouskova (sp 23/06/2017)
Crossing
the
line: Interdisciplinary approach has meant that
sociology and anthropology are part of many
other disciplines, by Pranab Kharel and
Gaurab KC (rep 17/04/2017)
Separate
ways:
Anthropology has been mistaken as part of
sociology in Nepali academia, by Man Bahadur
Khattri and Rajendra Raj Timilsina (kp 26/02/2017)
Rainbow
journal:
Over the last 20 years, SINHAS has presented
various facets of Nepal’s turbulent times,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 25/12/2016)
Focus
on
research: The policymakers should also consult
experts engaged in the field of research and
studies before taking any decision in any of the
areas that impact the larger population (ht
30/11/2016)
Whither
research? Unlike in India and China the
universities in Nepal don’t publish any quality
journals, by Angel Sharma (rep 29/11/2016)
Of
seminars
and sharing: There is a bonding of cultures and
faiths, arts and narratives that pervade South
Asia, by Abhi Subedi (kp 13/11/2016)
Belated
realisation:
A social research ethics body will ensure
protection of the rights of respondents, by
Amrita Limbu (kp 28/09/2016)
Research
And Thesis Writing A Neglected Priority In Our
Academia, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 24/09/2016)
In
a
sorry state: With growing population, libraries
have become increasingly necessary, yet they are
neglected more and more, by Shyam KC (kp
26/08/2016)
Now
try
this: Greater investment in scientific research
will make a visible impact on national development,
by Amrit Poudel (kp 01/07/2016)
Nepal-Britain
human
relations: Bringing out accounts of the human
aspects of the 200-year-relationship would be a
good tribute to history, by Abhi Subedi (kp
29/05/2016)
The
missing
link: The tendency to prioritize American and
British sociologists has led to the
marginalization of noted scholars from other
countries, by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC (rep
19/04/2016)
TU
to
set up Himalayan research centre (ht
23/03/2016)
Brain
gain:
Not an easy mission; The government should
initiate utilising the knowledge of Nepalese
diaspora by setting up a mechanism to encourage
collaboration between research institutions
based in Nepal with similar Nepalese
institutions abroad, by Ram Prasad Mainali
(ht 17/02/2016)
State-of-the-art:
Folk
Culture Study In Nepal, by Prem Khatry (rn
19/01/2016) [part
2 (26/01/2016), part
3 (02/02/2016), part
4 (09/02/2016)]
The
price
of information: Dear private bankers of Nepal,
please pay for research to generate data needed
to improve your business, by Pratyoush Onta
(kp 24/08/2015)
Option
to
improve: Academic programmes in environmental
studies are still reluctant to incorporate
elements of humanities, by Amulya Ratna
Tuladhar (kp 05/08/2015)
Another
door
opens: Hopefully, the quake will act as a
catalyst to push for scientific studies in
Nepal, by Gyanendra Gurung (kp 28/07/2015)
Nothing
to
show: The flaws in the work of Nepali researchers
are caused by a lack of expertise and a drive for
money, by S.P. Dhoubhadel (kp 12/07/2015)
Fading
influence:
The compilation of Dor Bahadur Bista’s articles
neither does justice to the scholar nor Nepali
anthropology, by Gaurab K.C. (kp 07/07/2015)
Getting
Research Into Policy, by Kushal Pokharel, by
Kushal Pokharel (rn 04/06/2015)
A
disciplinary earthquake: Does anthropology as a
discipline have something to contribute to its
‘field’, especially in times of crises?, by
Gaurab KC and Mallika Shakya (kp 03/06/2015)
Born
sinful:
TU’s ethnographic profiles are a step towards a
better understanding of excluded groups, by
Gérard Toffin (kp 23/02/2015)
Flasks
half-filled
Chemical science in Nepal awaits serious investment
in research, by Kosh N. Neupane (kp 27/01/2015) |