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Title: Professor and Head
Name: Dr. Bal Kumar KC
Address: Shantichowk, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Ward No. 4, Nepal
Email: bkkc@mos.com.np

Academic degree:

PhD in Population Studies, Demography, Quantitative Techniques, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, 1977.
Master of Arts in Geography (First Class First), Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1968.

Work History:
National

2003 Founder Executive Head, Centre for Population Research and Training (CPRT), Central Department of Population Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.
1993 -1994 Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University,
Since 1988 Present Founder Professor of Population Studies and Head, Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.
1985- 1988 Professor, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
1980-1985 Reader, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
1969-1980 Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

International

2005-2006 Visiting Fellow (Affiliate), Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
2001 Visiting Scholar, Carolina Population Centre, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1996 Visiting Fellow, Institute of Social Research, The University of Michigan.
1992 Visiting Fellow, Department of Demography, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
1989 Senior Fulbright Research Scholar (Post-Doctoral Programme), Boston University.
1986 Visiting Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

National Awards and Medals and Appreciations

Recipient of National Population Award by Right Honourable Prime Minister of Nepal for significant contribution to the field of population management through study, teaching and research on population, 11 July 2004 (World Population Day).
Letter of Appreciation by Nepal Government, Ministry of Population and Environment (MOPE) for Significant Contribution in the Area of Population, July 11, 2000.
National Education Award for significant contribution to the field of Population Studies, Ministry of Education, Nepal Government, 1987.
Mahendra Vidya Bhusan Gold Medal for Scholastic Achievement for PhD 1977.
Mahendra Vidya Bhusan Gold Medal for Scholastic Achievement for MA First Class First, 1970.

Tribhuvan University Awards and Medals

Tribhuvan University Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to the field of Population Studies in Nepal, Tribhuvan University, 2000.
Long Service Medal (More than 25 Years Continuous Service at Tribhuvan University), Kathmandu, Tribhuvan University, 1996. International Fellowships
UN Fellowship as a Visiting Affiliate at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 16 December 2005-11 January 2006, Singapore.
UN Visiting Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, 2001
Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA, 1996.
UN Visiting Fellow at the Department of Demography, the Australian National University, January 1992 - April 1992.
Senior Fulbright Post Doctoral Fellow, Boston University, 1989.
American Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, USA, 1986.
East-West Centre Population Fellow May 29-July 2, 1983.
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship for Ph.D. Programme in the USA, 1972-1976.

Major Publications:
Books International

2002 Child Labour in the Carpet Sector: A Rapid Assessment, with Govind Subedi, Yogendra Bahadur Gurung, Keshav Prasad Adhikari and Dhanendra Veer Shakya (Kathmandu: ILO).
2001 Nepal: Trafficking in Girls with Special Reference to Prostitution: A Rapid Assessment, with Govind Subedi, Yogendra Bahadur Gurung and Keshab Prasad Adhikari (Geneva: ILO/IPEC).
2001 Nepal: Situation of Child Porters: A Rapid Assessment, with Keshab Prasad Adhikari, Govind Subedi and Yogendra Bahadur Gurung (Geneva: ILO/IPEC).
2001 Nepal: Situation of Child Ragpickers: A Rapid Assessment, with Yogendra Bahadur Gurung, Govind Subedi and Keshab Prasad Adhikari (Geneva: ILO/IPEC).
1995 Trends, Patterns and Implication of Rural-to-Urban Migration in Nepal, ESCAP, Asian Population Studies Series No. 138 (New York: United Nations).
1991 Small Town and Rural Human Resource Development to Reduce Migration to Large Cities (with P.P. Timilsina and P.L. Joshi), ESCAP, Asian Population Studies Series, No. 110 (New York: United Nations).

Articles International

2008 "International Migration Data and Sources": Nepal, Asian and Pacific migration Journal (forthcoming).
2005 "Coping with Unreliable Public Water Supplies: Averting Expenditures by Households in Kathmandu, Nepal", Water Resources Research, Vol. 41, No. 2 (with Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Jui-Chen Yang and Dale Whittington).
2003 "Migration, Poverty and Development in Nepal", Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 205-232.
2004 "Household Demand for Improved Piped Water Services: Evidence from Kathmandu, Nepal", Water Policy, Vol. 4, Issue 6, 2002 (with Dale Whittington, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak and Jui-Chen Yang).
1994 "Patterns and Trends of Rural-to-Urban Migration in Nepal", in ESCAP, Issues in the Study of Rural to Urban Migration, Asian Population Studies No. 139 (Bangkok: ESCAP), 38-45.
1990 "Consequences of Rural-to-Rural Migration in Nepal", in A. Ahmad, C.T. Clark, A. Trilsbach and C.B. Shrestha (eds.), Mountain Population Pressure (New Delhi: Vikash Publishing House), 166-178.
1983 "Regional Patterns in the Spatial Diffusion of Public Policy Innovations in the US, 1870-1970" (with K.E. Haynes and R. Briggs), Political Geography Quarterly, 2 (3): 289-307.
1977 "Modelling the Diffusion of Public Policy Innovations Among the U.S. States" (with K.E. Haynes and V. Mahajan), Socioeconomic Planning Science (London: Pergamon Press), 259-263.
1975 "The Role of Socioeconomic Structure and Political Organization in the Diffusion of Public Policy Innovations Among the U.S. States: A Canonical Approach" (with K.E. Haynes), Proceeding of the Association of American Geographers, 146-151.
1976 "Modelling the Diffusion of Innovations" (with K.E. Haynes and V. Mahajan), The Ohio State University: Department of Geography, Discussion Paper, No. 35.

Books National after 1990

2006 Editor of Trafficking in Person Especially on Women and Children in Nepal: National Report 2005, Office of the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Women and Children (ONRT), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Harihar Bhawan, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal.
1992-2002 Population and Development in Nepal, Ten Volumes (Kathmandu: Central Department of Population Studies).
1998 Trends, Patterns and Implication of Rural-to-Urban Migration in Nepal (Kathmandu United Nations/ CDPS).
1995 Internal and International Migration in Nepal, 1983 (Main Report in Nepali), with Harka Gurung et al., Nepalma Aantarik Tatha Antarrastriya Basain Sarai, Mool Pratibedan (Kathmandu: INHURED International).
1994 The Causes and Consequences of Internal and International Migration in Nepal (Kathmandu: Central Department of Population Studies).

Selected Articles National

2004 "Labour Market Dynamics and Child Porters: The Nepalese Context", Nepal Population Journal, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 5-16.
2004 "Internal Migration in Nepal", Population Monograph of Nepal (Kathmandu: Central Bureau of Statistics), pp. 121-168.
2002 "Unmet Need for Family Planning Services: A Study of Doti District" (with Ram Sharan Pathak, Govind Subedi, Yogendra Bahadur Gurung, Keshav Prasad Adhikari and Pushp Kamal Subedi), in Bal Kumar KC (ed.), Population and Development in Nepal, Vol. 9, pp. 1-14.
2001 "Population and Sustainable Development in Nepal: Socio-demographic and Policy Perspectives" (with Prakash Dev Pant), in Bal Kumar KC (ed.), Population and Development in Nepal, Vol. 10, pp. 11-40.
2000 "Contraceptive Knowledge and Use in Nepal", with Ram Sharan Pathak and Govind Subedi, Nepal Population Journal, 9(8): 1-20.
1999 "The Nature and Magnitude of Working Children in Nepal" (with Dhanendra Veer Shakya), Nepal Population Journal, 8 (7): 1-31.
1999 "International Migration in Nepal", Population and Development in Nepal (Kathmandu: CDPS), 6: 1-23.
1996 "Migration and the Urban Future in Nepal", in Bal Kumar KC. (ed.), Nepal Population Journal, 5 (4): 61-78.
1995 "Social Composition of Population in Nepal" (Based on Final Census Results) in Population Monograph of Nepal, 1995 (Kathmandu: CBS), 301-337.
1993 "Urbanization and Migration in Nepal" with Bhim Raj Suwal, in Bal Kumar KC. (ed.), Population and Development in Nepal: Some Issues (Kathmandu: Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University), November 1993.
1992 "Social Composition of Population in Nepal" with Dhruba Das Ulak in The Analysis of Population Census of Nepal, Based on Advanced Tables (Kathmandu: CBS).
1991 "Migration and Urbanization in Nepal", in Bal Kumar KC (ed.), Population and Development in Nepal (Kathmandu: Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University), 129-158.
1989 "Consequences of Rural-to-Rural Migration in Nepal", The Economic Journal of Nepal, 12 (4): 1-9.
1987 "Internal and International Migration in Nepal", The Economic Journal of Nepal, 10 (4): 21-29.
1984 "Proximate and Structural Determinants of Internal Migration in Nepal", The Economic Journal of Nepal, 7: 76-88.
1980 Nepal, Atlas of Economic Development (Author of Bank, Part 7: 82-93 and Health, Part 9: 112-124), Kathmandu: HMG, National Council for Science and Technology, Mapping Sub-Committee.

Major Research Work after 2001:

2005 Children Working at Own Home: How Visible Are They? Baseline Survey Report on Schooling and Working Status of Children in SCJN / ASN Programme Districts (Saptari, Dhanusha, Mahottari and Sarlahi), Save the Children Japan, Country Office, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2003 Child Ragpickers in Nepal, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland, 2003
2003 Short and Long Distance Child Porters in Nepal, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland.
2002 Rapid Assessment of Child Labourers in the Carpet Sector of Kathmandu Valley, International Labour Organization and Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Employer's Council.
2001 Situation Analysis on Knowledge of Trafficking and Sexual Abuse Among Vulnerable Girl Children Working in Carpet Factories in Kathmandu Valley, funded by International Labour Organization, Geneva/Kathmandu.
2001 The Nature and Extent of Hazardous Forms of Child Labour in Pokhara Valley, funded by Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Employers' Council (FNCCI-EC) and ILO/IPEC, Kathmandu.
2001 Survey of Valuation of Improved Water Supply in Kathmandu Valley, funded by the World Bank and Sub-contracted by Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
2001 Trafficking in Girls in Nepal with Special Reference to Prostitution: A Rapid Assessment, funded by International Labour Organization, Geneva/Kathmandu.
2001 Situation of Child Porters in Nepal: A Rapid Assessment, funded by International Labour Organization, Geneva/Kathmandu.
2001 Situation of Child Ragpickers in Nepal: A Rapid Assessment, funded by International Labour Organization, Geneva/Kathmandu.

Area of Interest:
Population Studies with reference to fertility, mortality, migration and trafficking, child labour, trafficking, applied demography, population and conflict resolution and multivariate analysis.