Associate Professors

Contact Address	:	Kirtipur Municipality-5, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, NEPAL
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Bhim Raj Suwal (PhD, Tribhuvan University) is an Associate Professor at Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Dr. Suwal specializes in demographic techniques, human migration, research design, scientific sample design and estimation, planning and execution of large-scale surveys, and quantitative data analysis. He has received a two-month intensive training on scientific sample design from the University of Michigan, USA. He has worked at different capacities in a number research projects on poverty, water supply, reproductive health, forced labour, human trafficking, and child labour supported by the Government of Nepal and development partners. He also served as Assistant Dean (PhD Coordinator) and Acting Dean in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University

Contact Address	:	Kirtipur Municipality Ward no. 2, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Mr. Balkrishna Mabuhang has been teaching at the Central Department of Population Studies (CDPS) for the last 26 years. He earned his Master Degree in Population Studies from CDPS, Tribhuvan University. He is pursuing the Ph.D. degree on ‘Impact of Earthquake, 2015 on vulnerable population’. Mr. Mabuhang has been involving in different research activities conducted by the CDPS and other institutions/ organizations. He has presented several working papers in national and international seminars. There are many articles written on contemporary social and political issues and published by him. Mr. Mabuhang is also actively involving on issues and rights of indigenous peoples of Nepal.

Contact Address	:	957/33 Swayambhu, Bhuikhel, Amar Chitrakar Marg, Kathmandu-15, Nepal
Contact. No	:	977-1-4323331 (Off.); 977-1-4278136 (Res.); 977-9841279769 (Cell)
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Dhanendra Veer Shakya, PhD, is Associate Professor in Central Department of Population Studies (CDPS) at Tribhuvan University (TU), Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has been working at CDPS, TU since last 25 years. In the past, at earlier stage of employment, he also worked in CEMAT Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd., Kathmandu for two years.

He received his PhD in Population Studies (Dissertation entitled Vulnerability of Nepalese Youth in Contracting HIV/AIDS from Unsafe Sex) from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu in 2013. Fellowship Grant was awarded by University Grant Commission, Nepal. Similarly, He acquired Master of Arts in Population Studies from Central Department of Population Studies, TU; Bachelor of Science from Tri-Chandra College, TU; Intermediate of Science from Amrit Science College, TU; and Secondary Level of schooling from Ananda Kuti Vidhyapeeth, Kathmandu.

He has many years of experience in survey research of social science studies including sampling design and data management. Some of the most recent studies are Developing guidelines/manual for preparing province and local level demographic profiles, 2020; Community Resilience Capacity 2018-2019: A Study on Nepal’s 2015 Earthquakes and Aftermath; State of Social Inclusion in Nepal: Caste, Ethnicity and Gender. Evidence from Nepal Social Inclusion Survey 2018; UNFPA/NIDI Survey on Resource Flows for Family Planning Activities in Nepal, 2014-2018; Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Biodiversity Conservation through Integrated Approach in Nepal, 2018; Situation Assessment of Child Marriage in Selected 5 UNFPA Intervention Districts of Nepal, 2017; Study on Population Pressure Index (PPI) in Nepal, 2016; Nepal Earthquake 2015: A SocioDemographic Impact Study (with reference to 14 most affected districts), 2016; 7th UNFPA/Government of Nepal Country Program (2013-2017) Outcome 3: Rounds II-IV Data Collection Study, 2014-2016; Monitoring and Evaluation Baseline Survey, Sakchyam: Access to Finance for Poverty Program, 2015; Survey on Establishment of Baseline Indicators on Forms of Child Labour in Bhaktapur District, 2014; Creating Protective Environment for Children (CPEC), Phase II Project, 2014; etc.

He has many research/study reports and published articles in the issues related to social sciences. He has supervised more than 200 M.A./M.Phil. levels’ dissertations in various topics related to different aspects of social sciences.

He has also knowledge about computer software/programs like CSPro (Census and Survey Programming), SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint. He attended Survey Instruments Review workshop on UNFPA/NIDI family planning expenditure survey organized by Avenir Health in Nairobi, Kenya, 2018; and Training of Country Field Coordinator for conducting SRH baseline survey organized by IPPF-SARO in New Delhi, India, 2010. He also attended various training programs inside the country mainly focusing on issues like small area estimates for FP; estimating MMR from census data; health system research methodology; civil registration and vital statistics system; advanced survey analysis and data management; and multivariate methods. His main area of research interest includes fertility, mortality, migration, sexual and reproductive health including HIV/AIDS, child marriage, and techniques of demographic estimation.