Curriculum Vitae

June 12th, 2009

Status 

                        Professor of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur Campus, Nepal

 

Academic Vitae

 

1970-1974       Ph.D. in English Linguistics, Edinburgh University, UK

1963-1965       B.A. Hons. in English Language and Literature, Leeds University, UK

1957-1959       M.A. in English, Bihar University, India

1955-1957       B.A. with Major in Economics, Patna University, India

1953-1955       I.A., Patna University, India

1953                S.L.C., the S.L.C. Board, Nepal

 

Awards

 

2002                Birendra-Aiswarya Medal

1978                Tishaktipatta III

1975                Coronation Medal

1975                Mahendra Vidyabhushan I

1975                Suprashiddha Gorkha Dakshin Bahu III

1976                Prashiddha Gorkha Dakshin Bahu IV

1970-1974       British Council Fellowship

1963-1965       British Council Scholarship

1957-1959       Colombo Plan Scholarship

 

Research

1974                Doctoral Thesis: Contemporary Models of Stylistic Analysis, Literary and Linguistic, and their Pedagogic Relevance, Edinburgh University

 

Academic Appointment

 

1977-1979       Rector, Tribhuvan University

 

Teaching Appointments
 

1975-               Professor of English, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences

1987                Visiting Scholar, Scandinavian Institute for Asian Studies

1980-1981       Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley

1971-1975       Reader in English, Tribhuvan University, Department of English

1962-1971       Lecturer in English, Tribhuvan University, Department of English

1959-1962       Lecturer in English, Padma Kanya College, HMG Education Service 

 

International Grants
 

1987-1989       Grantee of the Toyota Foundation, International Grants for research and publication on Medieval Manuscripts and Painting

 

Educational Consultancy
 

1999-2000       Team Leader, Twenty-Year Strategic Planning Team, Tribhuvan University

1998                National Consultant, The World Bank for Preparing Concept Paper on Education Sector and Education for the Disadvantaged

1996-1997       Team Leader, Basic and Primary Education Master Plan Team, DANIDA/HMG

1996                National Educational Consultant, on Education for Early Child Development, UNICEF

1996                Member, Senior Faculty Consulting Group, HEP

1996                Senior Consultant, CERID/TU, The National Planning Commission for 9th Five-year Plan Sector Paper on Education

1992-1995       National Project Coordinator, Assessment of Tertiary Education

1992                Chairman, Task Force on Higher Education, The National Education Commission

1990-1992       Coordinator, Nepal Higher Education Project Preparation Team

1991                National Educational Consultant, UNDP

1990-1991       Team leader, Basic and Primary Education Master Plan Team, UNDP/HMG 

Publications in English

 

1989                A Dictionary of Classical Newari, Chief Editor; awarded Nikkie Asia Award for Culture, 2001 (Japanese Yen 3 Million)

1989                Nepal: Perspectives on Continuity and Change (Kathmandu: CNAS) Editor

1984                The Gopalarajavamsavali: A Facsimile Edition (Franz Steiner: Weisbaden) Co-editor

1984                The Newari Language: A Working Outline (Tokyo)

1982                Classical Newari Literature: A Sketch (Kathmandu)

1978                The Road to Nowhere: A Selection of Writings (Kathmandu)

1978                Occasional Papers in the Humanities and Social Sciences No. 1 (Kirtipur: Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences

1977                Nepal: A Conspectus (Kathmandu: Preparatory Committee, 26th Colombo Plan C.C. Meeting)

1977                English in Nepalese Education (Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar)

1973                Nepal in Perspective (Kathmandu: Centre for Economic Development and Administration) edited in collaboration with Pashupati Shumshere J. B. Rana

1969                The First National Conference of College Teachers of English: A Report (Kathmandu: Tribhuvan University)

1968                 Kathmandu Your Kathmandu (Kathmandu: Nepal Press)

1967                Fugitive Essays (Kathmandu: Nepal Press)

1961                Eliot’s The Waste Land: An Essay on the Structure of Meaning (Kathmandu: Nepal Printing Press)

1957-1999       Apart from these, over one hundred essays, papers and reviews in English, Nepali and Newari published in Nepalese and Foreign Journals on Language, History, Culture, Education and Ethnicity 

Publications in Newari
 

1982                Dhawanasaphuya Dhala II (Kantipur)

1981                Purvaja Lumanka (Kantipur)

1978                Dhawanasaphuya Dhala I (Kantipur)

1958-1978       Sikamiya Swane (Kantipur: Nepal Bhasa Parisad, N.S. 1098), A Collection of reviews, papers and essays on the Newari language and literature

1967                Nali Kavita: Chagu Vivad (Kantipur: Antar College Nepal Bhasa Sahitya Pala, N.S. 1087), Editor

1967                Nali Sowana (Kantipur: Cwasa Pasa, N.S. 1087), Editor

1964                Moosa Nibandha (Kantipur: Cwasa Pasa, N.S. 1084), Editor

1960                Lisan by Durga Lal (Kantipur: Mila Prakashan, N. S. 1080), Editor 

Membership of Academic and Professional Bodies

 

1999                Member, Compulsory English Subject Committee, TU

1997                Member, Nepal Bhasa Subject Committee, TU

1997                Member, Linguistics Subject Committee, TU

1997                Member, The Planning Council, Tribhuvan University

1997                Member, the Academic Council, Nepal Bhasa Academy

1997                Executive Member, Newa Dey Dabu, the National Forum of the Newars

1996-               Founding Member and Faculty of the Central Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, TU

1995-               Member, The International Steering Committee, Lumbini International Research Institute

1995-               Advisor, All Nepal Federation of the Nationalities

1994-               Editor, Kailash, An Interdisciplinary Quarterly of Himalayan Studies

1992-               President, Cwasa Pasa, The Writers Union founded in 1950

1990-               Trustee, Foundation for Literature

1988-               Trustee, The Asha Archives, A Public Library of Manuscripts

1982-               Life Member, The Literary Association of Nepal

1982-               Peer Reviewer, The National Science Foundation, Linguistics Program, USA

1980-               Chairman, Nepal Bhasa Dictionary Committee

1995-1997       Member, Public Commission on Journalists’ Code of Conduct

1988-1990       Member, Editorial Board, The Cultural Encyclopaedia Project

1987-1990       Editorial Consultant, Medieval Epigraphy Project

1983-1990       Chief Editor, Contributions to Nepalese Studies

1980-1982       Founding President, The Linguistic Society of Nepal

1977-1979       Member, Service Commission, The Royal Nepal Academy

1977-1979       Member, US-Nepal Education Commission (Fulbright)

1976-1978       Member, Research Committee, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University

1976-1978       Member, Faculty Board, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University

1976-1978       Chairman, English Subject Committee, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University

1976-1978       Chairman, English Subject Committee, Curriculum Development Centre, Tribhuvan University

1976-1978       Chairman, English Instruction Committee, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University

1977                Member, Governing Board, Tribhuvan University Research Centres

1975-1977       Member, Research Committee, Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University

1976                Member, Central Film Censor Board

1975                Member, Mid-term Evaluation Team, The National Education System Plan

1974-1975       Special Officer, Janch Boojh Kendra, Royal Palace

1974                Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Tribhuvan University

1967-1970       His Majesty the Chancellor’s Nominee to the University Senate

1967-1970       Member, Bureau of Press and Publications, Tribhuvan University

1966-1970       Editor, Journal of Tribhuvan University

1962-1970       Member, Board of English Studies 

International Conferences and Seminars

 

1995                Buddhist Silk Route Expedition, Nepal UNESCO/Lumbini Development Trust

1993                France-Nepal Conference on Nepalese Studies, Kathmandu French Embassy

1993                The National Festival on the Mandala, Goethe Institute, Department of Archaeology, HMG

1990                International Symposium on the Project Results funded by the Toyota Foundation-Japan, Bangkok

1990                International Conference on German Research in Nepal, Kathmandu

1990                International Conference on From Town to City and Beyond, German-Nepal Conference, Kathmandu

1987                Continuity and Change in the Culture of the Kathmandu Valley, Swedish Royal Academy, Stockholm

1986                Education for All, Bangkok, UNESCO

1986                International Workshop on Translation, Chiang Mai, Thailand

1986                Management of Tribhuvan University, UNESCO/TU

1985                The Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley, Lubeck, West Germany

1984                Fourteenth International Annual Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Bangkok

1979                Education and the New International Economic Order, International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO/NIPA, New Delhi

1978                Nepal-German Conference on Sanskrit Studies, TU/German Research Council, Kathmandu

1978                UNESCO 20th Annual Conference, Paris, France

1976                Asian Conference on Religion and Peace, Singapore 

Work Reviewed By/in

 

  • S. K. Chatterjee, Indian Literature, XIX:4 (Sept. 1972) :pp.,  110-114
  • Ernest Gellner, Encounter, XLV:4 (October, 1975), “The Kathmandu Option,”, pp.56-68
  • Sondra Zeidenstein, T. U. Journal, III:2: (June-July, 1967),  pp.,  101- 104
  • Michael Hutt, Bulletin of Oriental and African Studies, L:21: p., 390 (1987)
  • Ramesh Shrestha, Contributions to Nepalese Studies, VII:1-2, (Dec. 1979-Jasn 1980) pp., :231-238
  • Zentralasiatische Studien 19 (1986), pp., 288-289)
  • Ulrike Koelver, Kailash, XIII: pp., 3-4 (1987): pp., 279-282
  • Ian Alsop, Contributions to Nepalese Studies, IX 1-2 (December, 1981-January 1982) pp., 83-: 86 .
  • Madan Mani Dixit, Samikshya, August 31, 1984
  • Linda Iltis, Acta Orientalia, XLIX, (1988), pp., 180-183
  • Mahesh Raj Pant, Purnima, Nos 32, 58 and 72
  • Tej  R. Kansakar, Contributions to Nepalese Studies, XII:3 (1987),  pp.,  279-282 

Travel

 

  • All the countries of Western Europe
  • All the Scandinavian Countries
  • Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan
  • The USA
  • Australia
  • The Peoples’ Republic of China
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