Krishna Bhattchan a Nepali sociologist and indigenous activist. He is a Professor of Sociology at the Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Tribhuvan University. He received his graduate degree in sociology from Banaras Hindu University. Thereafter he received his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.

Krishna Bhattachan
Born (1953-08-22) 22 August 1953 (age 70)
Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley, PhD
Banaras Hindu University, MA
Tribhuvan University, BA
OccupationSociologist
Websitewww.cdsatu.edu.np

He is the secretary of the Indigenous Nationalities Mega Front. He is the author of numerous publication on ethnic politics in Nepal, including Minorities and Indigenous Peoples of Nepal (NCARD 2008)[1] He advocates the general issues of indigenous peoples of Nepal.[2]

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Publications edit

Books edit

  • 2008. Nepalma Jatiya Bibhed (Caste Based Discrimination in Nepal), by Tej Sunar and Yasso Kanti Bhattachan. 2008. Kathmandu: DNF-Nepal, NNDSWO, Kathmandu, IIDS, Delhi and IDSN, Copenhagen.
  • 2001. Tamang Healing in the Himalaya. The Tamang Healing Knowledge and the Development Interventions in and Around Langtang National park of Central Nepal, by Parshuram Tamang and Gyan Lal Shrestha. Kathmandu: Milijuli Nepal.

Edited volumes edit

  • 2005. Culture and Religious Diversity: Dialogue and Development edited by Bhattachan, Krishna, R. D. Bajracharya, D. R. Dahal and P. K. Khatry. UNESCO Kathamndu Series of Moographs and Working Papers: No 6. Kathmandu: UNESCO.
  • 2001. NGO, Civil Society and Government in Nepal: Critical Examination of Their Roles and Responsibilities, edited by Bhattachan, Krishna, Dev Raj Dahal, Sheetal Rana, Jyoti Gyawali, Min B. Basnet, Kashi Ram Bhusal and Ram Raj Pokharel. Kathmandu: Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tribhuvan University in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  • 2001. Gender and Democracy, edited by Bhattachan, Krishna and Laxmi Keshari Manandhar. Kathmandu: Central Department of Home Science—Women's Studies Program, Trbhuvan University in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  • 1999. Reasserting Indigenous Knowledge Systems, edited by Bhattachan, Krishna and Parshuram Tamang). Kathmandu: NEFEN.
  • 1997. Developmental Practices in Nepal, edited by Bhattachan, Krishna and Chaitannya Mishra. Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Nepal Office, Kathmandu.

Book chapters edit

Further reading edit

2015. 'Nepal ko Bahunbad'. Naya Patrika, 27 Shrawan 2072 (12 August 2015), p. 11. (http://www.enayapatrika.com/2015/08/20844)

References edit

  1. ^ "Nepal: Development and Social Change". SIT Study Abroad. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. ^ Bhattachan, Krishna. "Current Political Situation in Nepal" (PDF). The Telegraph. Mercantile Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.