Name : Padma Lal Bishwakarma
Born : 1951 in Assam, India
Permanent Residence : Shantipur-7, Ilam
Present Address : Kathmandu Metropolitan City – 14
Contact Phone : 4-332074 Email : plbk@wlink.com.np
Education : M.A. (Nepali), M.Ed. (English) – T.U., Kathmandu
M.Ed., TESOL –U.K.
Service : Lecturer of English, Tribhuwan University, Central Dept. of Education for 25 years.
Participation : International Association of Teachers of English Language Forum Conference 1996, Keel, UK

World Conference Against Racism Events – New Delhi, Tehran, Geneva, Durban (2000- 2001)

National Election Observation in Pakistan – 2002

Various Human Rights Conferences held in Asia- Pacific Region in various occasions.

Paper presentation on the issues of Dalit in Nepal, Asia Social Forum, India, December, 2002

World Social Forum, Mumbai–2004

Affiliated Organizations.
President : Society for the Liberation of Oppressed Dalit Castes (SLOC), Nepal.
Member Secretary : National Coalition Against Racial Discrimianation (NCARD), Nepal.
Executive Member : Forum for the Protection of Human Rights (FOPHUR)
Treasurer : Friends for Peace
Publication : Editor for Untouchability in Nepal - Highlights of the Year, Human Rights Year Book 1993, INSEC
Editor : Nepalma Jatiya Chhuwachhut (Caste Untouchability in Nepal), 1995, INSEC
Co-auther : Bal Adhikar Ra Dalit Balbalika, 2057, Concern Nepal
Editor : Samanata 1-4 Vols, Journals, Sloc, Nepal
Co-editor : Report on Dalit Issues, 2054 GRINSO Nepal and SLOC Nepal.
Co-editor : Durban Declaration, Programme of Action and Caste
Discriminatio in Nepal. (Nepali Version), 2002, NCARD.
Author :

Brahmanbad, Dalit Ra Aarakchhan (Brahminism, Dalit and
Reservation),2003,Ratnamaya Dalit Sahitya Samrakchhan Samittee,
Dharan.

Varius articles on Dalit cause in different papers.
Paper contributor : Nepal Human Development Report-2001, UNDP

Consultancy contribution :

Performance Evaluation of Coalliation Building Work of GRINSO (Group for international Splidarity, for HELVETAS, Nepal, 2000;

Contribution in the preparation of Nepal Human Development Report-2001, UNDP
Curriculum preparation work with special focus to Dalit, Teacher Education Project, CEC, 2001;
Advisory to Oxfam on Dalit Issues

Commentator for the 10th Fifth Five year Plan sponsored by NPC and ILO.
National Advisory Group Member : The Nepal Human Development Report, 2004, NPC and UNDP.

Comemtator for the identification of issues in Dalits sponsored by MLDIdenvifation


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