Selected Abstracts and Panels for the Chautari Annual Conference - 2024

2024-07-16

The following abstracts and panels have been accepted for the Chautari Annual Conference – 2024 to be held in Kathmandu on November 27–29, 2024. More details about the conference will be uploaded on this website when they become available.

S.N.	Paper Title/Authors
1.	Irrigation Access and Poverty in the Nepal Tarai Adarsh Bikram Sah, Program Associate and Compliance Manager, International Development Institute, Nepal and Roshan Adhikari, Research Fellow, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK
2.	राजनीतिमा लैंगिक समावेशीकरण : दलगत र चुनावी राजनीतिमा वर्तमान अवस्था आन्विका गिरी, अनुसन्धाता, डेमोक्रेसी रिसोर्स सेन्टर नेपाल
3.	‘Growing Pains’ Like No Other: An Emotional Portal into the Lived and Everyday Experience of Nepali Students in Canada Amrita Gurung, PhD Student, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Canada
4.	“Contentious Collaborations”: Nepal and India in the Decades between 1940s–1970s Anubha Anushree, Stanford Introductory Studies, Stanford University, USA
5.	Land Displacement, Migration and Resettlement with Reference to the Lepchas in Shree Antu, Ilam Ayush Shankar, MA Student, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal, India
6.	Debate on Ethnic Conflict in Nepali Politics Bhoj Bikram Budha Magar, Central Department of Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
7.	Navigating the Medieval Streets of Nepal: A Search for Spirituality Bibek Khanal, BArch Student, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
8.	Heterogeneity in Rates of Returns to Education and Its Persistence Over Time in Nepal Bidhan Aryal, PhD Student, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, India
9.	Empowering Women and Enhancing Health: Motivating Factors in Sustaining Female Community Health Volunteer Programs in Nepal Binita Acharya, Master in Population, Gender and Development Studies, School of Development and Social Engineering, Pokhara University, Nepal
10.	The Small States and the UN Security Council: A Case Study of Nepal Binita Adhikari, PhD Student, Department of International Relations, South Asian University, India
11.	Measuring Adaptation for Whom? The Politics of Climate Change Adaptation Metrics in Nepal Biraj Adhikari, Senior Researcher/Postdoc, Practical Action Consulting, Nepal
12.	Internal Migration in Nepal Bishal Kumar Chalise, Graduate Researcher, Faculty of Business and Law/Department of Economics, Deakin University, Australia
13.	Gendered Statelessness and Prospects for Reform: Analyzing Barriers to Acquiring Citizenship Cards Post Constitutional and Legal Amendment Chihiro Kawaguchi, PhD Student, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
14.	Gender, Caste and Romantic Relationships among Nepal’s Maoist Combatants CP Aryal, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, South Asian University, India
15.	*Population Dynamics of an Endangered Orchid Dactylorhiza Hatagirea* (D. DON) SOÓ in Nepalese Himalaya: Effects of Habitats and Harvesting** Deep Jyoti Chapagain and Henrik Meilby; Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Suresh Kumar Ghimire, Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
16.	Secularism in Hindu Majority States of Nepal and India: A Comparative Study Devender Chand, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Government College, Shimla, India
17.	स्थानीय सरकारको भूमिका : विद्यालय तहको परीक्षा व्यवस्थापन र नतिजा देवीराम आचार्य, विद्यावारिधि शोधार्थी, काठमाडौँ विश्वविद्यालय, नेपाल
18.	Deimperialisation of Cultural ‘Debts’: Nepal and the Buddhist Lineage in Bengali Language Dhritiman Chakraborty, Assistant Professor and Joint-Director, Abid Ali Khan Centre for Digital Archive and Translation of Cultures, Gour College, University of Gour Banga, India
19.	A ‘Seductress’ for Nepal: An Analytical Study of a Woman Diplomat in South Asia Dickey Lama, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Women’s College, Calcutta, India
20.	School Teachers’ Awareness and Capability Enhancement Approaches Regarding Disaster Management in Kathmandu, Nepal Dil Kumari Karki, MPhil-PhD Scholar, Department of Gender Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
21.	Politics of Participation: How Caste Matters in Cultural Capital Making of Dalit Political Leaders in Nepal Ghamber Nepali, MPhil Scholar, Nepal Open University
22.	Relationship among Teacher Well-being, Job Satisfaction and Students’ Perceptions Gopal Prasad Bashyal, Tribhuvan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Palpa, Nepal
23.	Intergenerational Change in Gender Roles in Harnamadi Village of Makawanpur District Jamuna Siwakoti, Lecturer and MPhil-PhD Scholar, Department of Gender Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
24.	Nepal in Darjeeling: Politics of Linkages and Linkages of Politics Jigme Yeshe Lama, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, India
25.	परम्परागत मिडिया : वैकल्पिक आम्दानीका स्रोतको खोजी कमलदेव भट्टराई, सम्पादक, द अन्नपूर्ण एक्सप्रेस
26.	From the Time of the Mahabharata, the Mahasu Temple at Hanol in Uttarakhand Kiran Tewari, SRF ICSSR, Department of History, Kumaun University, India
27.	The Symbiotic Evolution of Skateboarding and Hip-Hop Culture in South Asia: A Comparative Study of Nepal and India Leena Sharma, PhD Researcher, School for Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Central University of Gujarat, India
28.	Assessing Drinking Water Sufficiency in Diverse Ecological Zones of Nepal Lila Prasad Limbu, Lecturer; and Purnima Shrestha, BA in Social Work; Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
29.	A Comparative Study of the Chepangs and the Kusundas in the Socio-Economic, Cultural and Political Context of Nepal Mimansa Subedi, MA in English, Salesian College, University of North Bengal, India
30.	Eco-tourism and Associate Lives across Tharu-inhabited Region of India-Nepal Border Mohan Dangaura, PhD Student, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Lecturer, Nepal Sanskrit University
31.	Understanding the Religious Definitional Changes in India through a Political Lens Mohan Kumar Mishra, PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, Banaras Hindu University, India
32.	Political Navigation of Squatters: A Case of Thapathali, Kathmandu Naba Raj Dhakal, Lecturer of Sociology, Bhairahawa Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
33.	Experience of ‘Living Together’ among Urban Couples in Kathmandu Valley Narayani Devkota, Lecturer of Sociology, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
34.	Kailash as a Platform of Himalayan Studies Nikita Biswakarma, UGC Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal, India
35.	Cross-border Influences and Nepal’s Impact on Darjeeling’s Narratives: A Study of Darjeeling-based Periodicals Nima Doma Lama, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Asutosh College, Kolkata, India
36.	Nepal-Chin Maitree Sangh – A Pioneer People Level Initiative: Contribution for Nepal-China Diplomatic Relation Niraj Lawoju, PhD Candidate, School of International Studies, Sichuan University, China
37.	Advocacy: A Noun, a Verb in Kathmandu’s Youth Sector Phoenix Kenney, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK
38.	Women Perception on Inheritance of Parental Property in Nepal Pooja Shrestha, MPhil-PhD Scholar, Department of Gender Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
39.	Application of EMI Policy in Nepal: An Examination Prakash Chandra Giri, Researcher/MPhil Scholar, Nepal Open University, Nepal
40.	Founding of the Madheshi Ethnicity: Exploring the Dynamics through the Life of Gajendra Narayan Singh Pranab Kharel, Martin Chautari
41.	State, Society and Temples: A Case Study on Maisthan, Ilam Prashanti Mukhia, MA in Strategic and Area Studies, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal, India
42.	Transitioning Traditional Structures and Tharu Community Leadership Rajendra Sharma, Senior Research Associate, Social Science Baha, Nepal
43.	Madheshi Women in the Political Movements in Nepal Ranju Kumari Yadav, MPhil-PhD Scholar, Department of Gender Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
44.	Understanding of Menopause: Women, Symptoms and Coping Strategies Rashmi Paudel, MPhil Scholar, Department of Social Work, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
45.	Portrayals of Madheshi Characters in Nepali Cinema Praveen Kumar Yadav, MA in Human Rights and Democratization, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand and Anil Yadav, News Editor, Sutra News/TV, Nepal
46.	Rental Living in Urban Residential Neighborhoods of Kathmandu Valley: A Case of Koteshwor, Kathmandu Rijina Bajracharya, Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Khwopa Engineering College, Nepal
47.	Current Opportunities and Challenges in Community Health Worker Governance in Federal Nepal Roosa Tikkanen and Sushmita Pokhrel; Institute for Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; Usha Ghimire, University of Aberdeen, UK/Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Nepal; and Biraj Neupane, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
48.	Negotiating Expert Identities: Cases from Public School Teachers and Classrooms in Nepal Sabhyata Timsina, Research and Teaching Fellow, The Open Institute for Social Science, Nepal
49.	Social Sufferings in Russia-Ukraine Warfare: A Narrative Analysis of Nepali Citizens Exposed in Sordid Trafficking Sachin Ghimire, Anthropologist, Central Department of Public Health, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
50.	The Collective Memory of Migration in Nepal Sanjit Shrestha, Senior Research Associate; Avantika Jhunjhunwala, Senior Research Associate; and Khem Shreesh, Editor; Social Science Baha, Nepal
51.	Contribution of Old Age Allowance on the Welfare of Senior Dalit Citizens in Nepal Sarita Bista, Lecturer of Population Studies, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan Universtiy, Nepal and Dipak Ghising, PhD Scholar, Central Department of Rural Development, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
52.	The Plight of Stateless Madheshi Migrants in the Tarai and Their Quest for Identity Shahid Minhazul, Masters in Conflict Analysis and Peace Building, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
53.	नेपाली निर्वाचन प्रक्रियाको लेखाजोखा शेखर पराजुली, अनुसन्धाता, डेमोक्रेसी रिसोर्स सेन्टर नेपाल
54.	Earthquake, Urbanisation and Temporal Rupture: Menstrual Materialities of the Home in Shankharapur, Nepal Sierra Humbert, PhD Fellow, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
55.	The Value Construction of Nepalese Fengyan Bodhi Seeds in the Chinese ‘Wenwan’ Market Siyun Shiong, PhD Candidate, Ecological Anthropology, Yunnan University, China
56.	Seventy Years of Cooperation: Assessing and Advancing Japan-Nepal Soumya Ranjan Gahir, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Ravenshaw University, India
57.	Caste-based Business Barriers for Dalit Entrepreneurs in Nepal Subhash Nepali, Economist/Sustainable Development Adviser, UN Nepal
58.	Access to Water and Sanitation among Madheshi Dalit Women of Malangawa Municipality, Sarlahi District Sunita Bhukhaju Shrestha, MPhil-PhD Scholar, Department of Gender Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
59.	Intersecting Violences: Women’s Narratives of Gender, Caste and Resistance in Rural Nepal Supriya Joshi, PhD Candidate, Department of Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
60.	The Spectre of ‘Too Many Nepalese’ in the Construction of a Usable Tibetan Buddhist Past for Bhutan and Sikkim, 1946–1950 Swati Chawla, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
61.	Build Back Better and the Question of Project Success Critical Knowledge: An Investigation into Post Occupancy Householder Lived Experiences, Assumptions, Aspirations, and Agency in Residential (Re-)Construction Settings in Mid-Montane Nepal Tobias Vokuhl, MPhil/PhD Student, School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK
62.	Remaking the Margins: Identity and Diaspora among the Limi People in Nepal Wu Di, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, China
63.	Local Governance of Kinship: Resolving Difficult Cases of Civil Registration in Ward Offices in Nepal Xing Li, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
64.	नेपाली चलचित्र नायकको फेरिँदो नायकत्व यज्ञश, लेखक/सम्पादक
	Panel I Panel Title: Trends in Himalayan Studies
65.	Paper I: Mapping the Dimensions of Himalayan Mountaineering: A Critical Review and Future Directions Debaditya Dutta, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Government General Degree College, Mangalkote, West Bengal, India
66.	Paper II: Borderland (1876–2023): Trends in Himalayan Studies Somoshree De, ICSSR Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal, India
67.	Paper III: Folk(s) in Highlands: Mapping Trends in Himalayan Studies through Eastern Himalayan Folk Cultures and Literatures Priyanka Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Centre for Distance and Online Education, University of North Bengal, India
68.	Paper IV: Muslims of Nepal: Research Trends, Representation and Narrative Md. Faruk Hossain, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Chittagong University, Bangladesh
69.	Paper V: Himalayan Studies in Nepal Swatahsiddha Sarkar, Professor, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal, India
	Panel II Panel Title: New Directions of Nepali Migrations: Beyond Remittances and Suffering
70.	Paper I: Being Agile: Navigating the Physical and Digital Spaces on Mobility among High-skilled Nepali IT Workers in the USA Avash Piya, Independent Researcher
71.	Paper II: Navigating International Airlines’ Recruitment Processes: On Aesthetic Labour, (Broken) Promises and Global Hierarchies Anne Kukuczka, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich, Switzerland
72.	Paper III: (In)visible Workers: Insights and Reflections on Malta’s Growing South Asian Working Class Josef Neubauer, Doctoral Researcher, Department for Migration and Globalisation, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
	Panel III Panel Title: पहिचान आन्दोलनका आयाम : “नो कोशी” प्रतिरोधको सन्दर्भ
73.	Paper I: पहिचान आन्दोलन : कोशी प्रदेश नामकरण विरुद्धको आन्दोलनप्रति राज्य र राजनीतिक दलको प्रतिक्रिया अंकलाल चलाउने र चिरन मानन्धर; अनुसन्धाता, डेमोक्रेसी रिसोर्स सेन्टर नेपाल
74.	Paper II: किरात-लिम्बुवान भूमिमा चलिरहेको पहिचान आन्दोलनमा ‘एजेन्सीहरूको परिचालन : “कोशी नाम खारेजी” को सन्दर्भ गोविन्द छन्त्याल, अनुसन्धाता, इन्डिजिनियस विदाउट बोर्डर्स र कैलाश राई, मार्टिन चौतारी
75.	Paper III: “नो कोशी” आन्दोलनमा महिला सहभागिता : आदिवासी जनजाति महिलाका फेरिँदो भूमिका र छवि कैलाश राई, मार्टिन चौतारी; सीता मादेम्बा, अनुसन्धाता, सोसल साइन्स बहाः र निरन्ती तुम्बापो, महासचिव, किरात याक्थुङ चुम्लुङ
	Pannel: IV Panel Title: नेपालमा विद्यालय शिक्षाको इतिहास - १
76.	Paper I: मन्दिरमार्फत् जमिनमाथिको पहुँच र पूर्वी नेपालको दिङ्लामा पाठशाले-शिक्षाको उन्नति (वि.सं. १९५५–२०१५) अर्जुन पन्थी, मार्टिन चौतारी
77.	Paper II: कृष्णप्रसाद कोइराला, आदर्श विद्यालय र पूर्वी तराईमा शिक्षाको विस्तार (वि.सं. १९६८–२००७) देवेन्द्र उप्रेती, मार्टिन चौतारी
78.	Paper III: विद्यालय शिक्षामा लैङ्गिक असमानता : डाब्जोङका तामाङ महिलाको सन्दर्भ (वि.सं. २००८–२०५५) सन्जिला मोक्तान, मार्टिन चौतारी
	Pannel: V Panel Title: नेपालमा विद्यालय शिक्षाको इतिहास - २
79.	Paper I: नेपालमा आधुनिक बोर्डिङ स्कूलको प्रारम्भिक इतिहास लोकरञ्जन पराजुली र रुख गुरुङ; मार्टिन चौतारी
80.	Paper II: पोस्ट-वार रिकन्स्ट्रक्सन फण्ड र पोखराको सोल्जर्स बोर्ड स्कूल रुख गुरुङ र लोकरञ्जन पराजुली; मार्टिन चौतारी
81.	Paper III: Gopal Pandey, Nepali Shiksha Parishad and the “Rastrabhasa Shiksha Pranali” (1951–1973) Pratyoush Onta, Martin Chautari
	Panel: VI Panel Title: Traversing Higher Education Reforms in Nepal
82.	Bal Chandra Luitel, Professor and Dean, Kathmandu University School of Education, Nepal; Pramod Bhatta, Martin Chautari; Prem Phyak, Associate Professor in International and Comparative Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA; and Sushan Acharya, Professor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal