International Outreach & Volunteer Work

2019

Conducted a training session on ‘Experimental designs, data analysis, and scientific writing in biological sciences’, Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Botany, Kirtipur. Kathmandu, Nepal, Jun. 30 to Jul. 4, 2019.

Conducted a training session on ‘Enhancing Technical Writing Skills in Research Grant Proposals and Scientific Papers’, Nepal Agricultural Research Institute, Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 7 to 11, 2019.

2018

Conducted a training session on ‘Grant Proposal Development and Scientific Writing’, Resources Himalaya Foundation, Lalitpur, Nepal, Jul. 22 to 26, 2018.

Volunteered and conducted a training session on ‘Experimental Designs and Data Analysis in Agricultural Research’, Nepal Agricultural Research Institute, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, Nepal, June 10 to 14, 2018.

 2017

Worked as a visiting scientist in the Ecosystems Services theme of the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Lalitpur, Nepal from June to December 2017.

Served as a USAID/Winrock International, Asia Farmer-to-Farmer Program volunteer and conducted various training sessions on ‘Grant Proposal Writing’ and 'Experimental Design and Data Analysis' for various organizations in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal from June to December, 2017.

2016

Volunteered with CIMMYT/CSISA/IRRI activities on weed management in rice-wheat-maize cropping systems. June 1 to August 15, 2016. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Served as a USAID/Winrock International, Asia Farmer-to-Farmer Program volunteer and conducted a training session on ‘Grant Proposal Writing’ for Nepal Chapters of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and Promoting Local Innovation (PROLINNOVA), Kathmandu, Nepal from July 31 to August 8, 2016.

Served as a USAID/Winrock International, Asia Farmer-to-Farmer Program volunteer and conducted a training session on ‘Enhancing agronomic research capabilities’ at Dept. of Agronomy, Agric. & For. Univ., Rampur, Nepal from June 15 to July 5, 2016.

2015

Developed curriculum for MS/PhD program in Weed Science in the Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture and Forestry, Rampur, Nepal working as a Volunteer in the USAID/Winrock Asia Farmer to Farmer (F2F) Program.

Provided a training on 'Enhancing Technical Writing Skills' to faculty at Uttarpani Technical School, Dhankuta, Nepal to faculty and students at Central Campus of Technology, Dharan, Nepal working as a Volunteer in the USAID/Winrock Asia Farmer to Farmer (F2F) Program.

2014

With students and faculty of Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, (IAAS) Tribhuvan University, Nepal while working as a Volunteer in the USAID/Winrock Asia Farmer to Farmer (F2F) Program in summer 2014.

 

2013:

Volunteer in development of curriculum for B.Sc. (Environmental Science), Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Seminar on 'Pesticides and the Environment', June 5, 2013 at the Central Department of Environment Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.