Prakash Chandra Bhattarai

KU-staff
Associate Dean,
Department of Development Education, School of Education
Hattiban, Lalitpur, Nepal, GPO 8975, EPC 1636 (Kathmandu)
9801370094
prakash.bhattarai@ku.edu.np
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Biography

PRAKASH C BHATTARAI, PhD. is a Professor and the Associate Dean- Research Management and Development at Kathmandu University - School of Education, Hattiban, Lalitpur, Nepal. He is the 2015 Paul Begley Award winner for his doctoral thesis on ethical leadership. He is also the Highly Commended Award winner of the 2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards, selected by the Journal of Educational Administration (JEA). He teaches the courses: Theory and Practices in Education and Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research Methods etc, and carries out researches in the diverse area of education, and social science. He has experience working as a project evaluator, researcher, and trainer in several national and international organizations. He is an active member of non-profit and educational forums in Nepal. He has been working as the secretary of the Comparative Education Society of Nepal (CESON). He has keen interests in education, learning, leadership, anti-corruption, integrity, ethics, ethical  inclusion, educational and societal reform, comparative education, TVET, and mixed-methods research. He is engaged in writing and carrying out research in these areas.

Honors and Awards
  • Bidhya Bushan Ka from the Rt. Honorable President of Nepal on 8 September 2016.
  • Recipient of the Highly Commended Award winner of the 2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Education and Leadership Strategy category by the Journal of Educational Administration.
  • Recipient of 2015 Paul Begley Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of the year by University Council of Educational Administration in Penn State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Research

education, learning, anti-corruption, integrity, ethics, ethical leadership, inclusion, educational and societal reform, comparative education, TVET, and mixed-methods research

Publication