NASC Faculties

Achala Dahal
Training and Research Officer, NASC
Management Learning Group

Contact Address:
Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC)
Email: achala.dahal@nasc.org.np
Phone: +977 1 5522002
Education:
  • MPhil in Public Administration (ongoing), Centre Department of Public Administration Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  • Master of Business Administration (2008), Sona School of Management (affiliated to Anna University), Tamilnadu, India
Teaching Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Faculty, Nepal Administrative Staff College, 2013 – to date
  • Part time Lecturer, Himalayan Whitehouse International , 2010 - 2013
  • Part-time Lecturer, Lord Buddha Education Foundation, 2011-2012
  • Part-time Lecturer, Caspian College,  2009 - 2010
Corporate/Work Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Operation Manager, Eco-vision Pvt. Ltd. (Lotus energy), 2009 – 2012, Kathmandu
Academic and Professional Interest Area:
Management, Gender and Social Inclusion
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Kedar Bahadur Rayamajhi
Senior Director of Study, NASC
Head, Public Service Training Department

Contact Address:
Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC)
Email: kedar.rayamajhi@nasc.org.np
Phone: +977 1 5522003
Education:
  • Masters in Population Studies (1994), Cardiff University, UK
  • Masters in Psychology (1982), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Teaching Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Faculty, Nepal Administrative Staff College, 1988 – to date
  • Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Tribhuvan University, 1983-1988
  • Research Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Impact Evaluation of Advanced Course on Management and Development (2013), Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
  • Impact Evaluation of Professional Course on Management and Development (2012), Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
Consulting Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Senior Executive Development Program Redesign (ongoing), Focal Person, Center for Inclusive Growth/ Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
  • Training Need Assessment to Develop Guidelines for Operation of Psychosocial Counseling Services (2012), Psychosocial Counseling Consultant, Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, Kathmandu
  • Strengthening Nepal Administrative Staff College for Streamlining Inclusive Governance (2011-2013), Lead Coordinator, DFID/ Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
Training Design and Delivery Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Senior Executive Development Programs for Senior Public Executives (for Joint Secretaries of Government Ministries) (2014), Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
  • Government Accountability for Performance (for Joint Secretaries of Government of Nepal) (2013), Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
  • Secretarial Colloquium on Advancing Integrity in Nepal (2013), Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
  • Improvements in Public Service Delivery in the Context of Change and Continuity: Roles and Challenges of Civil Service (for Secretaries and Special Class Officers of Government of Nepal) (2010), Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur
Academic and Professional Interest Area:
Stress, Attitude, Counseling, Leadership
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Santosh Koirala
Training and Research Officer, NASC
Centre of Financial Management

Contact Address:
Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC)
Email: achala.dahal@nasc.org.np
Phone: +977 1 5522002
Education:
  • MPhil in Finance (ongoing), Kathmandu University, Nepal
  • MBA (2009), Kathmandu University, Nepal
Teaching Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Faculty, Nepal Administrative Staff College, 2012 – to date
  • Training Design and Delivery Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Professional Course on Management and Development (2012 and 2013), Co-coordinator, Nepal Administrative Staff College
Corporate/Work Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Relationship Manager, Loan Portfolio, NMB Bank Limited, 2009 – 2012, Biratnagar
Academic and Professional Interest Area:
Financial Management, Public Finance, Public (fiscal) Economics, Policy Economics and Policy Leadership
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Trilochan Pokharel
Deputy Director of Studies, NASC
Research and Consulting Services Department

Contact Address:
Nepal Administrative Staff College
Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal
Email: tpokharel@nasc.org.np
Phone: +977 1 5522002
Education:
  • MPhil in Population Studies (2012), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  • MA in Population Studies (2003), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Teaching Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Faculty, Nepal Administrative Staff College, 2010 - to date
  • Faculty Associate, Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University, 2008 - 2010
  • Lecturer, Pokhara University, 2005 - 2008
Research Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Learning Styles of International Participants of Executive Development Programs (2013), Sky Journal of Education Research, 1 (4)
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Status of Adolescents and Youth in Nepal (2012), Nepal Population Journal, 17 (16)
  • Caste/ethnicity Differential Fertility Transition in Nepal: Whose Fertility Declined Faster? (2011), Nepal Population Journal, 16 (15)
  • Impact of Professional Course on Management and Development on Performance of Class III Officers of Government of Nepal (2011), Team Member, Nepal Administrative Staff College
  • Demographic Dynamics and Human Development (2011), Administration and Management Review, 23(2)
Consulting Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Standardization of District Population Profile of Nepal (2013), Team Member, Ministry of Health and Population
  • Capacity Assessment of Women and Children Service Centres of Nepal Police (2010, Team Member, Child Workers in Nepal
  • Partnership on Improving Access to Research Literature for Higher Education Institutions in Nepal (2009-2012), British Council under Developing Partnership in Higher Education (DelPHI) 
  • Situation Analysis of Working Children in Nepalgunj Municipality and Surrounding VDCs (2009), Child Workers in Nepal
  • Rapid Need Assessments (RNA) of Delivering Essential Reproductive Health Care for Women, Men and Adolescents of Mid and Far Western Districts of Nepal through Mobile Reproductive Health Camps (2008-2009), UNFPA - Nepal 
Academic and Professional Interest Area:
Population, Governance, Public policy, Social Research
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Tulasi Sharan Sigdel
Deputy Director of Studies, NASC
Department of Research and Consulting Services

Contact Address:
Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC)
Email: tsigdel@gmail.com
Phone: +977 1 5522002
Education:
  • PhD in Development Study (ongoing), Kathmandu University, Nepal
  • Master in Rural Development (2004), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Teaching Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Faculty, Nepal Administrative Staff College, 2010 – to date
  • Lecturer, Central Department of Rural Development, Tribhuvan University, 2004 - 2010
Research Experience (most recent and important maximum five):
  • Cultural Politics of Governance: Democracy, Power and Authority in Post-conflict Nepal (ongoing), Kathmandu University School of Arts
  • Democracy, Gender and Local Planning within the Post-conflict Transition in Nepal, Research paper accepted for the 3rd Himalayan Studies Conference at Yale University, USA   
  • The Politics of Post-conflict Transition in Nepal’s Agrarian Districts, (in publication process), (co-author), Journal of Peasant Studies
  • Challenges of Reflexive Governance and Sustainable Local Development in Rural Nepal (2013 ), Anthology: Paradigms of Sustainable Development in South Asia, Sang-e-Meel and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan
Academic and Professional Interest Area:
Governance and Development, Integrity and Ethics, Conflict and Negotiation
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