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1. Personal Profile
Dr Keshar Man Bajracharya
Academician, NAST
Birth: 8 July, 1936, Kathmandu, Nepal
Age : 77 Years
Meeting : In his Residence 26 November, 2012
10:00-1:30
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2. Education
PhD (1971-1974) Forestry Economics, Syracuse
University, USA
M F (1969-1971) Economics of Forestry, Yale
University, USA
M S (1961-1962) Aerial Survey, Michigan State
University, USA
AIFC (1956-1969) Indian Forest College, Deradun
B. Sc (1952-1956) Tri Chandra College
SLC (1944-1951) J. P. High School
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3. Conservation History of Dr. Kesar
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Oct 1959- Aug 1961: DFO, Nuwakot and
Kanchanpur
Oct 1962- Mar 1966: Survey Chief, Forest Resource
Survey Project, Nepal
Apr 1966- Jan 1969: Project Co-Manager, Trishuli
Watershed Project, Nepal
Feb 1969- Aug 1969: Conservator of Forests,
HMG/N. Supervised forest management works in
five forest districts under the Janakpur Anchal
Circle, Nepal.
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4. Works in Conservation Area
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 Sep 1969- Oct. 1974: Graduate scholar at Yale
University, Syracuse University, USA
 Nov. 1974-June 1976: Team Leader, National
Forestry Planning Task Force, Royal Palace
Secretariat, Nepal
 Jul 1976- Nov 1977: Project Manager, Forest
Products Development Board, HMG Nepal
 Mar 1987- Jun 1988: Team Leader, Community
Forestry Legislation Review Task Force
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5. Contribution Abroad
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Dec 1977- Dec 1980: FAO Forest Economist,
UNDP/FAO Forest Development Project, Suriname
(South America)
Jan 1981- Jan 1987: Chief Technical Advisor,
UNDP/FAO Pakistan, Pakistan Forest Institute
Jul 1988- Jul 1989: Forest Economist,
BGD/UNDP/FAO Forest Development Project,
Bangladesh
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6. Recent Works
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 Aug 1989- Jul 1992: Director, Forest Research and
Development Centre (FORAND), Nepal. Carried
out work as a freelance consultant
 Aug 1992 – Till date: Member/ Academician, Royal
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal;
and, also freelance consultant
 Apr 2002–Apr 2005: President, Nepal Foresters'
Association
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7. Challenges faced in his career
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 Survey and photogrammetry of Nepal's forests in
all 75 districts
 Issues related with watershed management:
deforestation, landslides and soil erosion (late
1960s)
 Forest management issues and development of a
national forestry Master Plan (mid-1970s)
 Forest economics and management in different
countries: Surinam, Pakistan & Bangladesh
 Non-wood forest products and medicinal/aromatic
plants development (1990s)
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8. Major Contributions
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 Complete aerial photogrammetry and survey of
Nepal's forests
 Development and drafting of Master Plan for the
Forestry Sector (Nepal) 1978
 Forest management and economics in Suriname,
Pakistan and Bangladesh
 Member Academician of Nepal Academy of Science
and Technology (since 1992)
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9. Publications
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 Forest Policy in Nepal and Expert Participant on the
FAO Regional Expert Consultation on Forest Policy
Development and Research Implications in Asia and
Pacific
 Proceedings of the Second National Conference on
Science and Technology”, June 8-11, 1994. RONAST
 Forest and Forest Industry Sector Development for
Poverty Alleviation, August 2000
 Solar Energy Test Station in Nepal - A Perspective on
Institutional and Administrative Development, 2001
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10. As Team Leader
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 India Nepal Trade and Transit Treaty Crisis on Fuel
wood and Forests of Nepal, 1990
 Programme Implementation in the Forestry Sector
Nepal, 92
 Land use Changes (1978-1992) in Sindhupalchowk
and Kavrepalanchok District
 Impact of Non formal Education Programme for
Community Forestry Development, 2002
 Markets and Marketing of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants in Eastern Nepal, 2003
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