KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology (MBUST) has appointed senior academician and famous setting scientist Dr Dinesh Raj Bhuju as its Vice President for Academics and Research, bringing a long time of expertise in larger schooling, analysis, and science coverage to the younger college.
Currently an Academician on the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Dr Bhuju has greater than three and a half a long time of skilled expertise in Nepal and overseas. He additionally serves as a Visiting Professor at Northwest University in Xi’an, China, and has held visiting and honorary educational positions at universities in Nepal, Italy, and Poland.
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Dr Bhuju earned his PhD in Ecology from Chiba University, Japan, and is well known for his contributions to environmental science, local weather change analysis, and institutional growth in larger schooling. Over the years, he has held a number of senior educational and administrative roles, 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.
He is considered a number one researcher in panorama-degree ecology, notably in the Chure hills, in addition to in tree-line ecology and dendro-climatological research in the Nepal Himalaya. Dr Bhuju has led and suggested quite a few analysis and coverage initiatives supported by 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 scholar, Dr Bhuju has revealed greater than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to over 50 e book chapters and convention proceedings. He has additionally authored greater than 20 books and textbooks and supervised over 100 Master’s and PhD-degree analysis works. Beyond academia, he’s extensively recognized for his lengthy-standing dedication to science communication, together with almost 600 science-centered radio applications.
His contributions have been acknowledged with a number of nationwide honors, together with the National Talent Award in 2000 and the Bagmati Province Innovation Medal in 2024.
As Vice President (Academics and Research), Dr Bhuju will likely be tasked with strengthening educational requirements, increasing analysis capability, and enhancing nationwide and worldwide collaboration at MBUST.