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) |