Record of Nepali Psychologists

This open document was started to create a record of Nepali psychologists who have completed Masters, MPhil, PhD, or DPhil degree and who have had worked in the field. Some of the psychologists are now retired or are no longer with us while there are recent graduates too who have just began their career as a psychologist. The message was sent out to Nepalese Psychology Network (NEPsychNet) requesting members to provide their academic and contact details (See original message: http://psychology.com.np/?place=msg%2Fpsychology-network%2FXbBot5KhLi8%2FT9yL0F74BQAJ). Altogether 72 entries were made from November 2018 to March 2019. But contact details was entered for only 23 individuals. The quick go over in their current affiliation shows that majority of them are engaged in NGO/INGOs followed by academic institutions. The main information from the record has been synthesized here and this will be periodically updated as the document will stay online for new entries. It is important to remember that this record is not exhaustive and does not include all information related to persons (from Nepal) who have completed their studies in Psychology. It only reflects the information obtained voluntarily from NEPsychNet members and their referrals.

The name list has been arranged chronologically by year of completion of highest degree in Psychology:

S.No.	Full Name	University	Academic Degree	Completed Year
1	Panna Lal Pradhan	University of Oregon, USA	PhD	1962
2	Minakshi Nepal	Banaras Hindu University, India	PhD	1977
3	Kulanand Das	Patna University, India	PhD	1984
4	Ayan  Bahadur Shrestha	Patna University, India	PhD	1986
5	Sarvagya Narayan Shrestha	Banaras Hindu University, India	PhD	1988
6	Arzu Rana	Punjab University, India	PhD	1990
7	Shanta Niraula	Banaras Hindu University, India	PhD	1998
8	Bharati Adhikari	Banaras  Hindu University, India	PhD	2000
9	Shishir Subba	University Of Copenhagen, Denmark	PhD	2002
10	Nandita Sharma	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	PhD	2002
11	Gopi Lal Neupane	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	PhD	2004
12	Ganga Pathak	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	PhD	2012
13	Khagendra Prasad Subedi	Pacific University, India	PhD	2016
14	Ram P. Sapkota	McGill University, Canada	PhD	2017
15	Narayan Prasad Sharma	Unknown	PhD	2018
16	Sumaya Rai	Unknown	PhD	2019
17	Murari Prasad Regmi	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
18	Rita Shrestha	University Of Delhi, India	PhD	Unknown
19	Sabitri Sthapit	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
20	Tara Shah	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
21	Ram Chandra Timothy	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
22	Mita Rana	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	PhD	Unknown
23	Kameshwor Yadav	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
24	Karuna Onta	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
25	Niranjan Prasad Upadhaya	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
26	Kedar B. Rayamajhi	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
27	Kishor Adhikari	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
28	Nawaraj Subba	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	PhD	Unknown
29	Narendra Thagunna	Unknown	PhD	Unknown
30	Usha Kiran Subba	Allahabad University, India	D. Phil	2009
31	Trishna Bista	Manipal University, India	MPhil	2008
32	Anjan Kumar Dhakal	Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital	MPhil	2015
33	Sirjana Adhikari	Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital	MPhil	2016
34	Bhava Poudyal	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	1997
35	Chetana Lokshum	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	1997
36	Buddi Bahadur Khatri	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2000
37	Padma Prasad Ghimire	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2000
38	Nabin Bajracharya	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2003
39	Sandesh Dhakal	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2004
40	Khem Raj Bhatta	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2004
41	Sumitra Dhakal	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2006
42	Sita Maya Thing ,Lama	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2007
43	Sabitra Neupane	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2007
44	Sarita Shrestha	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2007
45	Shristi Shrestha	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2009
46	Rocky Maharjan	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2012
47	Sujen Man Maharjan	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2013
48	Suira Joshi	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2014
49	Upama Poudel	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2014
50	Ganesh Amgain	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2014
51	Reena Joshi	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2014
52	Fanindra Kumar Neupane	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2015
53	Renu Shakya	Tribhuwan University, Nepal	MA	2015
54	Arishma Shrestha	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India	MA	2015
55	Jessica Manandhar	Sabitribai Phule University of Pune, India	MA	2015
56	Pragya Rimal	Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India	MA	2016
57	Pujan Sharma	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2016
58	Shyam Sundar Shrestha	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2016
59	Roshan Sintakala	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2016
60	Upasana Adhikari	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2016
61	Apsara Katuwal	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2016
62	Ruju Ghimire	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2017
63	Muna Lama	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2017
64	Kripa Sigdel	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2017
65	Prabin Shrestha	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2018
66	Pratima khatiwada	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2018
67	Sujan Shrestha	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2018
68	Rachana Shrestha	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2018
69	Rama Karki	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2018
70	Jeevan Gurung	Tribhuvan University, Nepal	MA	2018
71	Yubaraj Adhikari	University of Liverpool, UK	MSc	2017
72	Tapasya Budhathoky	Bangalore University, India	Msc	2018

Thank you to those who have voluntarily provided their information for this record. Feedback, additional information on the list above and new entries are welcome: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-rynTa87RQKvH8XSpMfHgMDVx_PvTshmWLqDqZjVRQ4/edit?usp=sharing

Please, spread a word if you know somebody who needs to be included here.

First Document (March 2019): record_of_Nepali_psychologists-March2019

Note: This file will be periodically updated on quarterly or biannual basis based on the new information obtained.

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IMHCN 2018

It’s been exactly a month we organized International Mental Health Conference Nepal (IMHCN) 2018 after several months of preparation and collaboration between representatives from different government and non-government organizations working in the area of mental health in Nepal.

The lead organizer of the conference was Ministry of Health, Department of Health Services, Primary Health Care Revitalization Division. It took place in Park Village Resort, Kathmandu on 16 and 17 Feb, 2018. It was supported by 16 different organizations and academic institution composed of main organizing committee and seven sub-committees (Scientific, Communication & Media, Souvenir, Policy Discourse, Terminology Translation, Hospitality & Event Management and Finance & Logistics) dedicated to execute specific tasks related to the conference. I had an opportunity to be in the organizing committee and coordinator of Communication & Media Subcommittee. Other members of my committee were Suraj Shakya, Gopal Dhakal and Ritesh Khadka. I would like to thank them for their cooperation.

This conference addressed the mental health and psychosocial themes by presenting scientific studies and programmatic innovations by bringing together mental health & psychosocial professionals, academics, service users and related stakeholders in the common platform. Keynote and invited speakers gave special presentations on key themes related to mental health and psychosocial well-being. Researchers from Nepal and various countries shared their findings and field experiences. Presentations and debates focused on promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation approaches that contribute to improving mental health and psychosocial well-being.

Altogether 34 papers and 51 posters were presented/exhibited in the two-day conference. 6 keynote speakers and 4 invited speakers from Nepal and other countries highlighted the importance of mental health and psychosocial services and research. Over 350 participants attended the conference. Me along with four other ACF colleagues participated and we had one paper presentation by Karine Le Roch on FUSAM research and one poster exhibition related to one of the projects ACF implemented in Nuwakot and Rasuwa after the earthquakes.

The program book and presentations are now available in the website:

Missing Migrants of Nepal

Thousands of families and relatives of the missing persons all over the world continue to wait for their loved ones who have disappeared in course of armed conflict, disasters, migration or other events. They continue to live in ambiguity due to lack of accurate information. The ambiguous loss is one of the most painful, difficult loss to deal with as it is unclear and without closure.

Having worked with families of missing persons (during armed conflict: 1996-2006) in a comprehensive psychosocial program supported by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), I am thoughtful even more on this day about them and both their suffering and strength of facing such adversity. Nepal government has been trying to address the issues of families of missing in conflict through the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) while there has been little efforts made in search for missing migrants and helping their families. ICRC and Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) jointly have been trying to help such families through its tracing and restoring family links (RFL) activities. It is hard to estimate the number of missing migrants because little records are available.

In recent years, one of the major attempts to help Nepali migrants has been Safer Migration Project (SaMi), a bilateral initiative of the Governments of Nepal and Switzerland. HELVETAS Nepal and the Ministry of Labour and Employment are implementing the project at the district level in over 19 districts through local NGOs and government agencies. SaMi aims to promote safer and beneficial migration by helping migrants to be informed, skilled and safer in context of foreign employment. My interaction with colleagues and local people recently in Saptari and Dhading have indicated that SaMi project could produce some estimate of missing migrants that have been reported by the families in the Information and counseling centers (ICC).

Ms. Sanu Maya Aryal is a psychosocial counselor working in Chandrajyoti Integrated Development Society (CIDS) for Safer Migration (SaMi) project supported by Helvatas. She highlights the phenomenon of missing cases among migrant workers in Dhading district. In the last two years, they have helped over 411 migrants/their families in a comprehensive manner for safer migration. Out of 411, they have recorded 60 cases of still missing migrants and 14 cases have been solved which were initially recorded as missing.  The families are completely unaware of whereabouts of their loved ones who have gone for foreign employment. She herself is familiar with an agony of having a missing family member as her father had disappeared during an armed conflict.

Ms. Aryal says, “Definitely this issue of missing migrants has not received an adequate attention on the national level, I can say there are many unreported cases of missing migrants. I have been to places in Dhading where people do not speak Nepali, are illiterate and so poor (lack resources) that they cannot report the case of disappearance to the authorities or NGOs. One of the major challenges while coming across such cases is lack of proper documents with the family. They show us the photograph of a person which is like 7-8 years old and creates difficult for identification of the person.”

She recalls, “ It is a very challenging task to search for missing migrants. And sometimes, even when the person is helped to reestablish family relations, an unfortunate event can take place. It is not a happy ending. There was one case in which a female migrant had lost contact with family for over 5 years. The family reported her as missing and after much efforts, she was rescued back to Nepal. She had suffered as housemaid and had been traumatized. Upon her return, she was further traumatized when she came to know that her husband had remarried and she had little means to support her two children. She ultimately committed suicide.”

Migration is one of the major national issues with migrant population contributing to over one third of national GDP through remittance. Nepal is one of the countries with highly remittance-dependent economy in the world. It has been major force in improving economic conditions of majority of Nepali despite decades of political instability and pace of extremely slow development. It is important to note that it brought about many significant economic and social changes. The government of Nepal, concerned departments and related agencies should pay proper attention to migrants in general and also to the issue of missing migrants and their families.

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Expressing solidarity with families of missing persons (in conflict and migration) on International Day of the Disappeared.

Nepal Floods MHPSS response

Dear All,

If some of you (voluntarily or in some organizational capacity) are interested for MHPSS response in flood and landslides affected regions of Nepal, then, kindly coordinate with Protection Cluster Nepal led by Department of Women and Children of Nepal government which is coordinating the efforts between different agencies and trying to facilitate the best ways to reach the most affected as soon as possible.

I would also like to share some resource which might be useful:

IFRC toolbox: Key Actions for Psychosocial Support in Flooding

http://pscentre.org/wp-content/uploads/PSS-in-Flooding-Toolbox.pdf

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (2015). Nepal Earthquakes 2015: Desk Review of Existing Information with Relevance to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support; Kathmandu, Nepal.

http://www.mhinnovation.net/sites/default/files/downloads/resource/Nepal%20earthquakes%20MHPSS%20desk%20review_150619_0.pdf

James, L, Welton-Mitchell, C. & TPO Nepal (2016). Community-based disaster mental health intervention (CBDMI): Curriculum manual for use with communities affected by natural disasters in Nepal.

http://www.elrha.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CBDMHI-Manual-Nepal-English-version-Disaster-General_Dec2016.v.pdf

For general updates, you can follow:

http://www.recordnepal.com/live-blog/2017-nepal-floods-live-blog/

Studying Psychology after SEE

This post might be useful for students who want to study Psychology after passing Secondary Education Examination (S.E.E) in grade 10. As psychology is taught under the faculty of Humanities, at least C+ is required to pursue studies in psychology.

Sujen Man Maharjan

This year’s SLC results came out few days before. SLC can be considered a ticket for higher education for Nepali students. I would like to share some information about studying psychology in Nepal after SLC.

Intermediate Level

With successful completion of SLC (School Leaving Certificate) exams, Nepali students complete their secondary education and get enrolled for Higher Secondary (grade 11 – 12) education under Higher secondary education Board (HSEB) under Ministry of Education. It offers four streams of studies: science, management, humanities and education. Psychology is taught under humanities and education streams in private colleges. There are limited colleges which offer psychology as one of the major subjects under Humanities.

See sample curriculum:

http://www.hseb.edu.np/content/docs/Introduction%20to%20Educational%20Psychology.pdf

http://www.hseb.edu.np/content/docs/child_development&learning.pdf

A Level

Another way of studying psychology is by getting enrolled in A level program. A-Level is an Advanced Level GCE (General Certificate of Education) qualification, equivalent to a two-year intermediate level, run under Cambridge…

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