Faculty / Assistant Professors / Bidhan Acharya

Title: Lecturer
Name: Bidhan Acharya
Address: Pratibimba, Satdobato (North-East), Lalitpur-15, Nepal.
Tel: (977-01) 536 953.
Email: bidhan@col.com.np



Academic degree:
  • PhD Candidate, 2000-, CDPS, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Population and Development, May 1994, ISS,The Hague.
  • MA: 1992. Population Studies, TU, Nepal (First Division)
Academic position held:
Lecturer, Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University.

Major publications:
  • Role of Male in Improving Women's Reproductive Health (Mahilako prajanan swastha sudharma purushko bhumika), a book in Nepali published by Family Planning Association of Nepal, 2003.
  • "A Review of Trafficking Problems with Reference to Nepal", in Bal Kumar KC (ed.), Population and Development in Nepal, Vol. 10, 2002.
  • "Fertility Differentials in Nepal: An Analysis of Some Selected Variables of BDC Survey Data", in KC, Bal Kumar (ed.) Population and Development in Nepal, Vol.7, 2000.
  • "Contraception in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges", in Bal Kumar KC (ed.), Population and Development in Nepal, 1999.
  • Determinants of Age at Marriage and Fertility: A Study of Some Selected Villages of Kathmandu, in Bal Kumar KC (ed.), Nepal Population Journal, July 1996.
  • "Family Planning: Concepts and Issues", in Bal Kumar KC (ed.), Population and Development in Nepal, June 1996.
Research Work:
  • Male Involvement in Reproductive Health, 2003, CReHPA
  • Reproductive Health Survey, Kathmandu: UNFPA, EU and Aama Milan Kendra, 2000.
  • A Study on the Influence of Selected Macroeconomic Variables on Fertility and Mortality in Nepal, UNPIN, Kathmandu September-November 1998.
Areas of Interest:
Fertility, Caste/Ethnicity and Research Methodology

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