PhD in Economics – 2016

Singhania University, India

MA in Economics - 1996

Tribhuvan University, Nepal

BA in Economics & Mathematics - 1993

Tribhuvan University, Nepal

1, Austin Community College, Austin, TX

Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics | 2025 – Present. 

2, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Senior Faculty of Economics | 2000 –2024 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

§  Promoting Partnerships between the State and Cooperatives: Comparative Perspectives from Select Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region, 2024, 11th Asia-Pacific Cooperative Ministers’ Conference, 28-30 April 2024 JORDAN

§  Financial Performance of Cooperative Societies in Nepal, Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, Economics and Finance, 2024

§  Financial Risk and Governance Nexus in Nepalese Cooperative Societies, Economics, Law and Policy, 2023

§  Transparency and Financial Risks in Nepalese Cooperative Societies, Journal of Banking and Finance Management, 2023

§  Sixty-Five Years of Nepalese Cooperative Movement and Its Direction, Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting, 2022

Managing Director, Nepal Merchant Cooperative Limited | 2005–2024

Advisor, National Cooperative Development Board Nepal, Government of Nepal | 2020–2024

Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies: by HarvardX, 2026.