17th Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conference

Event Sponsor: Nepal Study Center (NSC), University of New Mexico

Dec. 3rd & 4th, 2022

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

December 3, 2022

Welcome Remarks: Dr. Alok Bohara

6:00 – 6:05am MST

Keynote Presentation

6:05-6:50am MST

Reflections on an Economist’s Journey with Research Examples

Dr. Marie T. Mora 

(Deputy Provost, Professor of Economics, Metropolitan State University (MSU) of Denver. Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA))

Panel I: Readings on the Indian Himalayas in Fragments

6:55 – 7:45am MST

Moderator: Dr. Prakash Adhikari & Dr. Alok Bohara

Vasudha Pande, "Katyuris: Establishing Agrarian Regimes in the Central Himalayas From Circa. 8- 14th Centuries"

Anjan Chakrabarti, "Trans-Himalayan Fragments and Silk-Route: Situating Post-Colonial Geopolitical Ramifications in The Colonial ‘Making’ Of Subcontinental Regions"

Anup Shekhar Chakraborty, "Pinkish Bluish Green Himalayas: Queer Ecologies and Ecomasculinities In South Asia"

BREAK 

7:45-7:55am MST

Paper Session 1: Sustainable Agriculture 

7:55 – 8:55am MST

Moderator: Dr. Sakib Mahmud

Bhubaneswor Dhakal, "Disguised Actors, Policy Processes, And Institutions: The Culprits of Exacerbating Multi-Dimensional Problems in Rural Areas of Nepal"

Janak Joshi, Victoria Aghamalian, "Lighting-Up Nepal With Off-Grid Renewable Energy: An Analysis of Current Status and Future Prospects"

Man B. Bishwakarma, "Green Growth Development to Cope with The CORONOMICs"

Paper Session 2: Macroeconomics

9:00 – 9:45am MST

Moderator: Dr. Alok Bohara

Brijesh C Purohit, "Corporate Social Responsibility of Indian Banks and Their Effectiveness in Social Sectors"

Damber Subedi, "The Relationship Between Consumption and Income in Nepal"

BREAK 

9:45 – 9:55am MST

Paper Session 3: Health Topics

9:55 – 11:25am MST

Moderator: Dr. Siobhan Yilmaz

Aindree Mukherjee, "Effect of Trait Emotional Intelligence on Work-Family Conflict and Work-Family Enrichment of Information Technology Sector Employees"

Bhumika Mool, Ramesh C. Paudel, "Mental Health Situation in Nepal - The Happiest Country in South Asia"

Satyanarayan Kumbhakar Pinaki Das, "Impact of Health Care & Hygiene on The Status of Under Five Mortality Rate in India: A State Level Analysis"

Nikhil Ganvir, "The Impact of Social Segregation on Children’s Education and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Rural India"

Tirth Bhatta, Nirmala Lekhak, Neema Langa, "Gendered Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Later Life Health in Nepal"

DAY 1 Closing Remarks: Dr. Samrat Kunwar

11:25 – 11:30am MST

December 4, 2022

Welcome Remarks: Dr. Sakib Mahmud

6:15 – 6:20am MST

Paper Session 4: Local Governance

6:20 – 7:05am MST

Moderator: Dr. Prakash Adhikari

Ashis Adhikary, "Chinese Fallacy of Communist Lynchpin and American Retort in Nepal"

Ambika P. Adhikari, Keshav Bhattaria, "A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Model to Improve Life Quality in Nepal’s Cities"

Paper Session 5: Social Issues

7:10 – 8:10am MST

Moderator: Dr. Aakrit Joshi & Dr. Samrat Kunwar

Bibek Acharya, "The Role of Social Capital in Civic Engagement: The Case of Resettled Refugees"

Hannah Elizabeth Blair, "Survivors at The Core: The Effectiveness of Anti-Trafficking Organizations Who Place Survivors in Leadership Positions"

Patricia Welch Saleeby, "Addressing the Intersectionality of Poverty, Disability and Gender Inequality, Using A Capability Approach"

BREAK 

8:10-8:20am MST

Special Book Session

8:20-9:10 am MST

Moderators: Dr. Prakash Adhikari & Dr. Philip Hultquist

Colonial Institutions and Civil War: Indirect Rule and Maoist Insurgency in India

Dr. Shivaji Mukherjee

(Assistant Professor in Political Science, Graduate Faculty, Faculty Associate, University of Toronto)

Panel II: Reimagining Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in the Himalayas

9:15 – 10:15am MST

Pramod Parajuli, "Learning AS Regeneration: Dream/Design in Order to Shift from Emergency to Emergence"

Alok Bohara, "Reimagining Teaching Through Integrative Experiential Learning"

BREAK (10:15-10:25am MST)

Paper Session 6: Environmental Topics

10:25 -11:40am MST

Moderators: Dr. Mohammad Mashiur Rahman & Dr. Niraj Khatiwada

Sudeep Uprety, Popular Gentle, Shikha Basness, "Differential Impacts of Climate Change on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Marginalized Women and The Local Adaptation Measures: A Case Study of Khutiya Watershed in Kailali District, Nepal"

Barsha Poricha, "Climate Vulnerability and Adaptability – A Feminist Perspective, A Case Study from Delhi/ India"

Hari Katuwal, "Household Cooking Fuel Choice in Low- and Middle-Income Countries"

Rajesh Bista, "Does Rural Out-migration Influence Forest Product Use in Community Forest Management? Evidence from the Middle Hills of Nepal"

Closing Remarks: Dr. Mengqi (Mandy) Liu

11:40-11:45am MST

Optional Meet and Greet (11:45am-12:15pm)

Lead by: Dr. Mohammad Mashiur Rahman, Dr. Niraj Khatiwada, & Dr. Aakrit Joshi