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3. Professional Expertise As a skilled professional, I am actively involved in organizational and personnel management, strategic planning, projects design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, gender mainstreaming, conflict analysis and management, field surveys and baseline preparation, training and human resource development, liaison and co-ordination, production of reports, briefing papers, concept notes and resource materials, organization and facilitation of seminars, workshops, training and meetings at various levels with community, civil society leaders, politicians and rebel leaders and combatants. My work involved intensive communication and discussion with numerous individuals with varied cultural, academic, geographical backgrounds that gave me opportunities to develop my communication skills. I have the experience of working as the head executive of a large media organisation with a number of experienced and young professionals of different cultural, social and academic background. Such work environment was very useful for me to develop team work ability and practice efficient transformational leadership. My work as a journalist in major English daily newspapers like the Kathmandu Post and the Everest Herald has given me the almost native level of skill in the use of spoken and written English language in addition to my skill to translate and edit English and Nepali texts to a publishable standard. 4. Political Trend and Political Parties Contemporary politics is one of the areas of my interest. During the last three decades, I am involved in political analysis of multiparty parliamentary system with focus on political parties of the country and their role in bringing about democratic transition. I am well acquainted with the genesis, growth and the present status of the Maoist rebellion and the role played by political parties and the palace since 1950. At the same time, I have contributed ideas and opinions to strengthen democratic institutions, electoral processes and problems of democratic transformation in the Nepali society through essays and articles. As a member of the civil society, I have participated in major political movements since 1970 onward from the anti- Panchayat struggle through 1990 People's Movement to the recent historical people's movement popularly known as the 'April Revolution' which forced King Gyanendra to restore parliament and relinquish sovereign power which he had wrested from the hand of the people through his proclamations of 18 October 2002 and 1 February 2005. 5. Training Qualification: 1.Participated in a training course on Reporting Skills and Developing Project Proposals organised by The Empowerment and Learning Development Centre in Kathmandu from 11-15 September 2006.
2.Participated as a co-trainer in Conflict Sensitive Research Methodology training jointly organized by International Alert (a London based research organization) and Friends for Peace (FFP) from 11 November to 18 November 2005.
3. Participated in the management development training on Essential Managerial Skills organized by Standard Icon on 8th and 9th August 2005.
4. A three day long training on research methodology for field-based researches organized by Friends for Peace (FFP) from 7 to 10 January 2005.
5. Attended English for Journalists' Course organized by the British Council in Kathmandu from 27 March to 9 June 2095.
6. Participated as a trainer in the Election Observation Volunteer's Training organized by Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) from 3 to 10 April.
7. Attended training workshop on Human Rights Information Handling and Documentation organized by HURIDOCS and Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) from 18-24 March 1991.
8. Basic computer training on Ms Word, PageMaker, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Excel, E-mail and internet.
6. Seminars:
1. Member of ministerial delegation to the 4th Plenipotentiary Conference of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) held in Minneapolis, USA in October 1998.
2. Member of delegation of senior journalists in a visit to Autonomous Region of Tibet and other provinces of China 1995 at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
3. Member of delegation of senior journalists to Republic of India at the invitation of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India in 1996.
4. Presented a paper on reliability of media held in Butawal by National Institution of Mass Communication in 1995. 5. Participated in a seminar on constitutionalism organized by Forum for Protection of Human Rights in Kathmandu in 1991.
7. Professional Translator and Editor:
i. I have worked as a translator for many national and international organisations like James Snow International, Action Aid Nepal, Stantard Chartered Bank, Friends for Peace, IIDS, Informal Sector Service Centre, Asmita Nepal and many others.
ii. I have extensive experience in editing as I have worked in reputed daily broadsheet newspapers like The Kathmandu Post and The Everest Herald in senior editorial positions. Has more than dozen of books in which I have major contribution in editing. Specimen copies can be produced if required. 8. Research Experience:
Five years professional experience on social sciences research with specific focus on conflict transformation and peace building. Major areas of expertise include security sector reform, electoral politics, constitution making, media and politics, human rights monitoring, recent Nepalese politics and political parties, international relation, research planning, data and information collection. I am familiar with different participatory research tools (Participatory Rapid Appraisal, Appreciative Inquiry, Participatory Learning and Action, Stakeholders Analysis, etc.) and planning tools such as log frame, Objective Oriented Project Planning, Process Oriented Project Planning and Implementation, etc.). I have experiences of working in multi-disciplinary, multinational, multi-cultural and diverse geographical settings.
9. Publications: i. Co-author of a book entitled Dawn of Democracy, written about the 1990 people's movement.
ii. Principal co-author of an article published in Kasarinlan, Philippine Journal of Third World vol.19 No. 2, 2004 entitled "Electoral Bottlenecks and Problems of Governance in Nepal.
iii. Contributed more than one hundred feature articles on topics such as contemporary politics, human rights, international relation, conflict transformation and peace building in various prestigious national Nepali and English dailies like The Kathmandu Post, The Rising Nepal, The Everest Herald, The Kantipur and The Space Time. 10. Employment Record:Exact title of post: Senior Researcher and Communication CoordinatorDate (From-To): 1 May 2004 to date Type of work: Research on conflict transformation and peace process in Nepal. Duty station: Kathmandu with occasional visit to conflict affected districts. Address of Employer: International Alert, Dolby House, 346 Clapham Road, London SW99AP Tel:+44(0)2076800
Main Responsibility: Carry out thematic research as agreed in the strategic planning of the organization, coordinate or commission research activities under the theme of security sector reform, write concept notes on various research themes, prepare ToR for new researchers, monitor the progress on research works, help formulate communication and dissemination strategy, coordinate the communication activities, edit research reports and publish quarterly bulletin on peace and conflict in coordination with other members of publication team.
Exact title of post: Lecturer, Patan Multiple CampusDate (From-To): June 1993 till date (evining shift) Type of work: Teaching History to Graduate level students Duty station: Patan Multiple Campus, Lalitpur Address of Employer: Tribhuwan University, Nepal Tel: 977-1-4278990
Main Responsibility: Teaching History to Graduate level students, guiding them through their studies and historical researches, check their papers, conduct guided tour to historical sites etc. Exact title of post: Chairman and General Manager, Gorkhapatra CorporationDate (From-To): 1998 - 1999 Type of work: Providing leadership to the Corporation Duty station: Kathmandu Address of Employer: Ministry of Information and Communication
Main Responsibility:
Providing overall leadership to the Corporation; making strategic plan; formulating personnel, editorial and business policy; implementing communication and information policy of His Majesty’s Government; take other major decisions for the organizational development of the Corporation. Exact title of post: News Adviser, Radio NepalDate (From-To): From April 1997 to January 1998.
Main Responsibility: To advise the Radio Nepal Administration about the government's communication policy and facilitate dissemination of information from the national electronic media.
Exact title of post: Assistant Editor; The Everest Herald English DailyDate (From-To): 1994 to 1995 Type of work: Editing Duty station: Kathmandu Address of employer: Surya Prakashan Pvt. Ltd
Main Responsibility: Writing editorials, new reports, copy editing, subbing and editing feature articles Exact title of post: Reporter/ Sub-editor, The Kathmandu PostDate (From-To): 1 November 1992 to 24 October 1995. Type of work: Reporting and copy editing Duty station: Kathmandu Address of employer: Kantipur Publications
Main Responsibility: Writing editorials, news reports, copy editing, subbing, and editing feature articles.
Exact title of post: Office Coordinator, Forum for Protection of Human Rights Date (From-To): 1989 February -1992 October Type of work: Manage human rights organization Duty station: Kathmandu Address of Employer: Forum for Protection of Human Rights, Kathmandu
Main Responsibility: Run Forum for Protection of Human Rights, Monitor and document the cases of human rights violation, organize workshops and interactions on human rights issues, organize human rights education campaign, correspond with the government, national and international human rights organizations, publish human rights bulletin and translate and disseminate international covenants, conventions and instruments on human rights etc.Exact title of post: Office In-charge, National Election Observation Committee.Date (From-To): 1991 General Election Type of work: Management of Election Observation Duty station: Kathmandu Address of Employer: National Election Observation Committee (NEOC)
Main Responsibility: Make a provision for accommodation of international election observers, issue ID's to the observers, arrange their traveling to different parts of the country, monitor and maintain the record of the violation of fair electoral practices etc., help compile the findings, publish and disseminate them.
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10. Certification: I, the undersigned, hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes my qualification, work experience and myself. I fully understand that any willful misrepresentation of the facts mentioned herein may lead to my disqualification and even dismissal if engaged.
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