Kathmandu, January 22
Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology (MBUST) has appointed senior academician Dinesh Raj Bhuju as its Vice President (Academics and Research).
Bhuju, at the moment related as an Academician with the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), has greater than three and a half many years of expertise in larger training, analysis, and science coverage in Nepal and overseas. He additionally serves as a Visiting Professor at Northwest University, Xi’an, China, and has held visiting and honorary tutorial positions at universities in Nepal, Italy, and Poland.
He earned a PhD in Ecology from Chiba University, Japan, and is broadly identified for his work on environmental science, local weather change, and institutional improvement in larger training. During his profession, Bhuju has held a number of senior positions, together with Science Faculty Chief and Division Chief at NAST, Founding Principal of Khwopa College and Khwopa Engineering College, and Academic Coordinator and Executive Director at Mid-West University.
Bhuju is considered a number one researcher on landscape-level ecology within the Chure hills and tree-line and dendro-climatological research within the Nepal Himalaya. He has led and suggested quite a few analysis and coverage tasks supported by organisations resembling UNESCO, UNDP, ICIMOD, WWF, and the Government of Nepal, specializing in local weather change adaptation, biodiversity conservation, catastrophe threat administration, and science coverage.
A prolific tutorial, he has printed over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to greater than 50 guide chapters and convention proceedings, and authored over 20 books and textbooks. He has supervised over 100 Master’s theses and PhD dissertations. He can be identified for his long-standing efforts in science communication, together with practically 600 science radio applications.
His contributions have been recognised by means of a number of awards, together with the National Talent Award (2000) and the Bagmati Province Innovation Medal (2024).
As Vice President (Academics and Research), Bhuju can be liable for strengthening tutorial requirements, increasing analysis actions, and enhancing nationwide and worldwide collaboration at MBUST.