Our team

• Amrita Gurung

  Senior Research Associate

  agurung@ceslam.org

  

  Amrita Gurung has a Master’s degree in political science, and is also a graduate of Nepa School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Her recent publications include, ‘Labour migration and the remittance economy: The socio-political impact’ (2017), and ‘Violence, women and conflict ... More >

• Arjun Kharel, PhD

  Research Coordinator

  akharel@ceslam.org

  

  Arjun Kharel holds both a PhD and a Master’s in sociology from Kansas State University, USA. He also completed a Master’s in English and a Bachelor’s in English and political science from Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal. For his doctoral dissertation, he ... More >

• Bhimkala Limbu

  Senior Research Associate

  blimbu@ceslam.org

  

  Bhim Kala Limbu holds a Master’s degree in anthropology from Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal, and a Bachelor’s degree in English and sociology from Mahindra Multiple Campus, Dharan, Nepal. She currently works for CESLAM and is involved in all aspects of research, ... More >

• Binod Dulal

  Research Associate

  bdulal@ceslam.org

  

  Binod Dulal completed a Master’s degree in sociology from the Central Department of Sociology at Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal, and specialised in gender and development studies. He also completed his Bachelor’s degree in sociology from TU. Binod currently works for CESLAM on ... More >

• Bipin Upadhyaya

  Statistician

  bupadhyaya@ceslam.org

  

  Bipin Upadhyaya completed his Master’s degree in statistics from TribhuvanUniversity (TU), Nepal. His Master’s degree dissertation focused on the effect of major variables in the production of vegetables in Nepal, by applying the Cobb-Douglas production function. He has extensive experience of ... More >

• Dogendra Tumsa

  Statistician

  dtumsa@ceslam.org

  

  Dogendra Tumsa (Limbu) completed his Master’s degree in statistics from the Central Department of Statistics, Tribhuvan University (TU). He has worked as a field supervisor, data entry operator, and enumerator on various projects carried out by the Nepal Academy of Science and ... More >

• Jeevan Baniya, PhD

  Assistant Director and Researcher

  jbaniya@soscbaha.org

  

  Jeevan Baniya received his PhD in Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway. His PhD dissertation was on ‘Civil society, social movements and democratisation: A case study of Nepal (2014). He completed MA from GSIS Ajou University, South Korea.

  In Social Science Baha/CESLAM, he ... More >

• Manju Gurung

  Senior Research Associate

  mgurung@ceslam.org

  

  Manju Gurung holds Master’s degree in sociology from Tribhuvan University (TU), and a Bachelor’s in education from Maiya Devi Girls College in Bharatpur, Chitwan. She is currently working as a Research Associate with CESLAM, and has conducted numerous research studies in the ... More >

• Nilima Rai

  Research Associate

  nrai@ceslam.org

  

  Nilima Rai holds a Master’s degree in development studies (gender, human rights and conflict studies from social justice perspectives) from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University, The Netherlands. She was a Wim Deetman Studiefond (WDS) fellow in ... More >

• Rajita Dhungana

  Senior Research Associate

  rdhungana@ceslam.org

  

  Rajita Dhungana has a Master’s in Development Studies from Kathmandu University (KU), and is currently working as Research Associate at CESLAM. Prior to this, she worked at a Non-Government Organisation, and was an important member of programs related to migration and ... More >

• Ratna Kambang

  Senior Research Associate

  rkambang@ceslam.org

  

  Ratna Kumari Kambang completed her Master's degree in sociology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. She has extensive research experience in wide variety of topics  ... More >

• Sadikshya Bhattarai

  Senior Research Associate

  sbhattarai@ceslam.org

  Sadikshya Bhattarai holds a Master’s degree in Forest and Nature Management from University of Copenhagen, Denmark. As part of her studies, she conducted comparative research More >

• Shalini Gupta

  Research Associate

  sgupta@ceslam.org

  

  Shalini Gupta has a keen interest in issues of accountability in Nepali governance. At CESLAM, she is currently researching on educational migration from Nepal. She is also the Managing Editor of the Social Science Baha Newsletter (bi-monthly). More >

• Sudeshna Thapa

  Senior Research Associate

  sthapa@ceslam.org

  

  Sudeshna Thapa is a human rights lawyer and holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Lund University, Sweden. More >

• Yangchen Dolker Gurung

  Senior Research Associate

  ygurung@ceslam.org

  

  Yangchen Dolker Gurung holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), More >