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| Manish Thapa |
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Founder & Regional Coordinator, South Asian Regional Cooperation Academic Network (SARCAN) |
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Male, 30
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Kathmandu, Bagmati |
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 Nepal |
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Nepalese
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English
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Tribhuvan University |
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Interdisciplinary Studies |
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 http://www.sarcan.info |
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 About Me |
MANISH THAPA is currently a Doctoral Research Candidate in International Studies at the University of Tokyo working on his research project titled: From Bullet to Ballot: The Politics of Peacemaking in Nepal. He is recipient of prestigious Robert McNamara Fellowship (2009-2010) from the World Bank & prestigious RONPAKU Fellowship (2008-2011) from Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). He is also associated as Visiting Research Fellow at Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame, USA. He was Sauvé Research Fellow at McGill University in Canada (2006-2007). He received his Bachelors degree in Development Studies from Kathmandu University, and Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies from Austria’s European University – Centre for Peace Studies. He was Founding Executive Director (2006-2008) of the Asian Study Centre for Peace & Conflict Transformation (ASPECT). In 2005, Manish founded the Nepal Peace Initiative Alliance, which was instrumental in the establishment of the Ministry of Peace & Reconstruction in Nepal. He also played a key role in establishing the Department Conflict, Peace & Development Studies Program at Tribhuvan University, where he is now associated as a core faculty member. He is also Visiting Faculty at Nepal Army Command and Staff College where he teaches courses on Peace & Security. He is co-chair of the Internal Conflicts Commission at the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) and Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA). He is on the Research Committee on Centre for Global Non-killing (CGNK). Currently he is leading a team of international peace builders in institutionalizing South Asian Peace Academy (SAPA) which will be state-of-art Peace Academy in South Asia.
His recent publications include "The Role of Civil Society, Government and Political Parties in Peacebuilding" in The New Dynamics of Conflict in Nepal, edited by Bishnu P. Poudel & Hari Bansh Jha (2009); "From Conflict to Peace: The Role of Young People in Creating New Nepal" in Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development: Exploring Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis, edited by Philip Osano & Peter Blaze Corcoran (2009); Nepal Climate Change and Security Factsheet, co-authored with Dr. Christian Webersik for United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo (2008); "Maoists Insurgency in Nepal: Context, Cost & Consequences" in Afro-Asian Conflicts: Changing Contours, Costs and Consequences, edited by Dr. Seema Shekhawat and Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra (2008); "Ministry of Peace & Reconstruction in Nepal: A Foundation for Peace" in Joint Action for Prevention: Civil Society & Government Cooperation on Conflict Prevention & Peacebuilding, edited by Paul Van Tongeren & Christine van Empel (2007); Institutional Approaches to Gender Policies in Post Conflict Reconstruction – A Case Study of World Bank (2006); “Back to Negotiations: Diagnosis & Prognosis of Future Negotiation Process of Nepal” in EPU Research Paper Series (2006) and Understanding Maoists Insurgency from Wider Perspective in GDN Research Paper Series (2005).
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