Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti was invited by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad to present paper entitled “Conflict and cooperation in Municipal Solid Waste Management: Some reflections from Nepal and lessons for South Asia” at the 26th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) from 21 – 23 November 2023 in Islamabad, Pakistan with the overarching theme of “Light at the End of the Tunnel: Hope in Times of Despair”. Perspective shared at the Panel “Circular economy in Pakistan: the untapped potential of waste resource” On 22 November 2023. Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti was invited by the r4d.ch to present at the “Regional Science Fair South-east Asia: Role for Development Research During Global Socio-Economic Uncertainty” and presented the paper on Black gold in shadow: Challenges faced by Everest Big Cardamom on Nepal in Global Market” at the Hotel Avani - Luang Prabang, Lao PDR from 16-17th March 2023.
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, NCCR Research Director invited by Nepal Academy to present paper entitled “Society in Conflict management and peace process” at the Annual Conference on Social Sciences on 16 May 2024 at Nepal Academy Hall, Kathmandu.
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, NCCR Research Director was invited by Agriculture Information and Training Centre to deliver lecture on “Understanding and managing conflict” at the In-Service training of Class-II Agriculture officers at Hariharbhawan, 28 January 2024.
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, NCCR Research Director was invited by the APF Command & Staff College, Sano-Gaucharan, Kathmandu to deliver lecture on “Public Policy Formulation Process in Nepal” on 9 April 2024.
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, NCCR Research Director attended the ‘4th International Workshop for Leadership and Security (4th IWLL) organized by the Institute for Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA), National Defense University, Islamabad from 26 February to 2 March, 2024, at NDU Islamabad, Pakistan.
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, SPIRIT Senior Researcher presented a poster entitled “Composting for kitchen garden: alternative way of managing household level solid waste in Kathmandu Valley” at the 4th Biennial International Scientific Conference ‘Climate-Smart and Innovative Agriculture,’ organized by the Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas (NAPA) from May 24 - 26, 2024, at the Maritime Conference Center, Linthicum Heights, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti, NCCR Research Director presented paper entitled “Policy capacity in Agriculture Sector: Comparative reflections from Nepal and Rwanda” at the 4th Biennial International Scientific Conference ‘Climate-Smart and Innovative Agriculture,’ organized by the Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas (NAPA) from May 24 - 26, 2024, at the Maritime Conference Center, Linthicum Heights, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti presented paper entitled “Conflict and cooperation in Municipal Solid Waste Management: reflections of Nepal and lessons for South Asia” at the International conference organized by Rotary Club of Thimphu from 1 – 3 June 2024 in Thimphu, Bhutan,
Research Director Dr.Bishnu Raj Upreti attended the 5th ‘India Public Policy Network conference: Policy process in the Global South’ from 6-8 December 2024 and presented paper entitled ''Change in Waste Management Policies and Practices during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nepal: lesson'' on 6th December 2024.
NCCR RD attended the IFS BoT meetings at Stockholm from 12-16 march and 7-8 November 2024.
Research Director Dr.Bishnu Raj Upreti attended the 5th ‘India Public Policy Network conference: Policy process in the Global South’ from 6-8 December 2024 and presented paper entitled ''Change in Waste Management Policies and Practices during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nepal: lesson'' on 6th December 2024
Research Director Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti attended 20th National conference and 25th AGM of Nepal Public Administration Association at Kathmandu on 28 December 2024 (13 Poush, 2081).
Dr.Bishnu Raj Upreti, NCCR RD attended the IFS International Conference from 24-26 February 2025 at Cotonou, Benin, West Africa and delivered key note speech on ‘Reflection of and learning from North- South collaboration for Research capacity building on Global South’ on 25 February 2025. After the conference, Dr. Upreti also attended the IFS Board of Trustee's meeting at Cotonou on 27 February 2025.
SPIRIT Senior Researcher Dr.Bishnu Raj Upreti attended the Annual Project meeting of the SPIRIT project from 19- 26 January 2025 at Batticolao Sri Lanka.
NCCR Research Director Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti was invited by the Armed Command and Staff College to deliver the lecture on the session ''Need for sustainable Peace in the context of Nepal'' on 20 March 2025 (7 Chaitra 2081) at the ‘Higher Level National Security Training’ jointly organized by the Ministry of Defense and the Nepali Army at Shivapuri from 16- 31 March 2025.
NCCR office moved from Lalitpur Shovahiti, ward No. 14 to Koteshwor Ward No 32 (near to the Koteshwor Mahadevsthan Mandir)
Though the COVID19 crisis has severely affected the movement of NCCR researchers the zoom meetings, writing and analysis part as well as dissemination of research findings through media was continued.
NCCR in collaboration with CIUD completed regional Progress Sharing & Review Meeting “Challenges of municipal solid waste management: Learning from post-crisis governance initiatives in South Asia” in Kathmandu, from 7 to 10 January 2020 where delegates from Nepal, Switzerland, India and Sri Lanka participated.
NCCR and its partners jointly published preliminary findings of the study Challenges of municipal solid waste management: Learning from post-crisis governance initiatives in South Asia (details in publication section)
NCCR and CIUD research team has successfully completed the first and second rounds of the field study related to Challenges of municipal solid waste management: Learning from post-crisis governance initiatives in South Asia.
The original plan of completing the 6 years research project entitled Feminisation, agricultural transition and rural employment: Social and political conditions of asset building in the context of export-led agriculture (FATE) is in the process of extension due to COVID19 crisis. This project is jointly implemented by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Klgali, Rwanda, National University of Laos, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lao PDR, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Postgmdo en Clenclas del Esarrollo, La Paz, Bolivia (CIDES) UN Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland (UNRISD) implemented since 2014 where several PhD and Masters students graduated.
NCCR published series of journal articles from the FATE project in international and national journals (details in publication section)
NCCR Research Director (RD) was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Policy Research Institute (a Government Think Tank) by the government of Nepal in late February and he has resigned from the position of RD of NCCR since early March 2020. A new team is composed.
