Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Eak Prasad Duwadi, PhD

Associate Professor of English, School of Management

Kathmandu University

Dhulikhel, Nepal

Mobile No.: +9779851208617

Email id: eak@ku.edu.np

Profile:

Known for adopting student-friendly pedagogy, Dr. Eak Prasad Duwadi is an Associate Professor who has won several prestigious scholarships and grants including the chancellor's medal (2019). He researches, designs, teaches, and evaluates professional communication and English Language across different Schools at Kathmandu University, Nepal. He also earned a reputation as a creative writer, teacher trainer, and editor. First Ph.D. at Pokhara University, he wrote the thesis Rhetorics of Patient-Doctor Communication in Nepal. Author of books, book chapters, research papers, and articles, Dr. Duwadi is invited to give keynotes at international conferences in and outside Nepal.

Education:

Ph. D. in English “Aspects of Doctor-Patient Communication in The Hospitals in Nepal”, Pokhara University, Pokhara (First Batch First), March, 2019

M. Phil. in Education “Female teachers at schools in Nepal: Cats on the hot tin roof”, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, July, 2009

M.A. in English, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 2003

B. A. in English, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 2001

PCL Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 1997

S.L.C., Vishwa Niketa High School, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, 1992

Experience:

Academic and Administrative Employment and Positions:

Works as Associate Professor at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM)

Has a long experience of working with KU System

Designs Professional Communication Program

Speaks at the international conferences

Teaches and evaluates Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving at KUSOM

Teaches and evaluates English Literature at KUSOM

Investigates projects

Serves as a member of TESOL, IATEFL, AEJMC, LAN, NWIN, ISOC and NELTA

Researches develops, teaches, and evaluates Professional Communication/ Business Communication/ Education to students of KU

Facilitates student-centered activities in the classroom

Guides research scholars in the research areas: Literature, Language, and Communication

Trains teachers on ELT

Taught and evaluated ENGT 101, ENGT 102, and ENGT 104 in the School of Engineering and Science

Edited and adjudicated Ph.D. thesis of Indian universities

Taught and evaluated Legal English and Managerial communication in the School of Law

Worked as Adjunct Faculty teaching Business Writing for Professionals, King’s College, Kathmandu

Taught and evaluated Issues in English Education to MPhil students

Taught and evaluated Business English to MBA students

Got the State Department’s fund to study in the US Institute as a SUSI Grantee

Served as the Managing Editor of Journal of NELTA

Received the projects from UGC Nepal

Worked as Lecturer in Department of Language, Media and Communication, School of Arts, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel

Worked as the HoD of English in KUHS, Panauti, Kavre

Completed the role of the KUBH Hostel Warden successfully (2013-2015)

Worked as a Lecturer in Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute, Balaju, Nepal

Awards and Recognitions:

Evaluator of thesis on “Psychoanalytical Techniques in Anita Desai’s Select Novels”, S. Durga, St. Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India, 2024

Professional Development Course, “The Cultural Heritage and Memory of Totalitarianism”, Sapienza Università di Roma, 2024

Online Professional Development Course, “The Power of Podcasting for Storytelling”, University of Wollongong, Australia, June 2020

Lecture in the workshop on “Phonetics, Morphology & Academic Writing”, Department of English, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, India, June 15-20, 2020

Pokhara University awarded the Chancellor's Medal for “Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities and Social Sciences”, 2019

Online Course on “Digital Learning Transitions in K-12 Schools”, NC State University College of Education and Alliance for Excellent Education, Sept 30 to Nov, 2013

Online Professional Development Course AS/A Level literature in English run by University of Cambridge (June - November 30, 2009)

Participated in debate on Third South Asian Universities Youth Festival (SAUFEST 2008), 7 – 11 February 2008

Second in Book Review Competition (Adult) 2005/ British Council Nepal

Vidhya Puraskar for First Position on Nepali Essay Writing Competition organized by Madan Puraskar Guthi in 1992

Grants:

U.S.-Government-sponsored online teacher training opportunity on TESOL in 2020

British Council Nepal-sponsored to speak at the IATEFL 2016 Conference in Birmingham, UK from April 12, 2016- April 16, 2016

UGC Nepal and USQ Australia funded partially to speak at the international conference organized by USQ Brisbane Australia in October 2014

U.S.-Government-sponsored SUSI 2013 Journalism and Media in Ohio University, Athens, USA from July 4, 2013 - August 16, 2013

U.S.-Government-sponsored online teacher training opportunity in the University of Oregon, the 10- week Critical Thinking course for Summer Term 2012 (June – September, 2012)

U.S.-Government-sponsored online teacher training opportunity in Maryland University Baltimore County, the 10-week “English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Assessment” course for Winter Term 2012 (January 5 – March 21, 2012)

Training Received:

Editorial Processes for Journal Editors Part 2 online course by INASP, UK, May to June 2021

Editorial Processes for Journal Editors Part 1 online course by INASP, UK, October to December 2020

US Embassy sponsored e-teacher trainings (2012-2021)

TESOL Certificate conducted by TEFL International, October 02 – 27, 2009

English Literature Online training provided by Cambridge University for 5 months in 2009

Publications:

[Books]

God’s Greatest Gift (2011) Third Eye Publication, Kathmandu

Female Teachers at School in Nepal: Cats on the hot Tin Roof 2011, LP

Hedonism, Shame and Disgrace: Sociopsychopolitical Discourses 2011, LP

[Journals]

Duwadi, Eak Prasad, et al. "English Lecturers’ Digital Resources Use at Universities of Nepal Amidst Unsecured Online Environment." Communication Technology and Gender Violence. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. 125-138.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad, Siza Adhikari, and Sujan Nepal. "Status of Patient-Doctor Communication in a Nepali Hospital." Birat Journal of Health Sciences 7.1 (2022): 1669-1672.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “Fostering Public Army Relation in Nepal.” Unity Journal, 2021.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. "Opportunities and Challenges of BRI to Nepal: A Nepalese Perspective." Horizon 2.2, Dec. 2020.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “Death or Regeneration of Textbooks.” IATEFL Slovenia, Mar 2020.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “Ethos, Logos and Pathos in Patient-Doctor Communication at a Nepali Hospital.” NIRC III Thailand, Jan. 2019.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “A Comparative Analysis of Nepali Folklore with a British Folklore.” Authorpress, Jan. 2018.

Duwadi Eak Prasad. “Politics at a University Department in J M Coetzee's Disgrace.” Career Spirit Education, 2018.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “Historical Developments in the Teaching and Learning of English in Nepal.” British Council, 2018.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “Teaching English in Nepal: A Quest for Deep Languages. Global Language Policies and Local Educational Practices and Cultures.” Deep University Press USA, 2016.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. "A New Meaning for Glacial Pace: The Irony of Landlocked Himalayan Countries and Climate Change." Climate Change in the Bay of Bengal Region, 2016.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “Effective reading.” IATEFL Voices, 2014.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. "Listening Skill for Communicating Effectively in Teams." International Journal of Communication, 2014.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. "Portrayal of Women in Major World Religions." Bodhi: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013.

Duwadi, Eak Prasad. “The Call of Basanta: A Survey of Devkota’s ‘Spring’ Poems.” Devkota Studies, 2011.

International Conference/National Seminar

Participated in Expert Session/Lecture in the “International Faculty Exchange Program (IFEP)”, Chandigarh University, India, 13th February to 5th May 2023

International Conference on “Developing an Online Teaching Program”, TESOL International Association, 4 Jan to 27 June 2021

Presented on 2nd International Conference on “The Future of Education”, Penang Malaysia, 17-18 November 2020

Killing Blank Syndrome, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, India, 19 June 2020

A century in retshouldt, Shoolini University, India, 22 May 2020

Gave keynote Speech on Changing trends in Education, Hebei, China, 8 October 2018

Participated in international Conference on “Minority Literature, Culture & Politics”, Chandmal Tarachand Bora College, Pune, India, 13-14 Jan 2018

Gave keynote Speech on Confronting New Times: Human Nature, Culture and Literature, India, 8 January 2018

Presented a research paper “Big Data Revolution and Public Health Communication in Nepal” at the Future of Media and Communication Research: Media Ecology and Big Data in PR China, 22 November 2017

Recited poems at South Asian Literature Festival, India, May 2016

Spoke on Improving English language learning in Nepalese universities in the 50th Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition in Birmingham, UK, 24-26 February 2017

Spoke at the International Conference at GU, India. 21 April 2015 Spoke in SGM College, India, 11 March 2016

Spoke at the international conference on “Teaching English in Nepal” at University of Southern Queensland, Australia, 11-12 October 2014

Gave a lecture in Ohio University, USA, July 2013

Spoke at IATEFL sponsored Conference, Hyderabad, 24 February, 2011

Webinars and Conferences:

Participated in the NELTA Virtual Think-in organized by NELTA from 11-13 March, 2022

Gave a workshop on "Killing a Blank Syndrome in Literature Classes" in the webinar organized by SCB College of Commerce & Science for Women, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai, May 30, 2022

Successfully completed a 5 month long online teacher training opportunity on making online TESOL courses sponsored by the U.S.-Government in 2021

Presented on Creative Writing on the theme "Something out of Nothing", Nilkantha Multiple Campus, Dhading, Nepal, 30 June to 1 July, 2020

Lectured on ‘Literature and Globalization' in the international conference from 16-17 March 2018 at the Department of English, University of Mumbai.

Delivered lecture on “Creative Writing” in the Webinar organized by

Department of English, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota (Rajasthan) from June 15-20, 2020.

Participated in the panel discussion on “Academic Writing and Creative Writing”, Far Western University and NELTA, Kanchanpur, Nepal, 2 July 2020

Gave a speech on 'Globalization and Humanities' in the international conference organized by Garware College, University of Pune on 14 March 2018

Trained hundreds of teachers working in the private Schools across Nepal as the lead trainer of Kantipur Education Development Council (KEDC) from 2015 to 2017

Trained and gave workshop as a key trainer to the Government Teachers Professional Development Training Programme organized by Educational Training Center, Kavrepalanchok from 2018 to 2020

Attended 20th Annual Conference by Literacy Association Nepal, March 1-2, 2008

Conducted a five-day workshop on Strengthening Teacher Associations at British Council Nepal, 22 – 26 Feb 2007

Professional Networking

TESOL

LAN

NELTA

IATEFL

Eak Prasad Duwadi, PhD

Associate Professor of English

School of Management

Kathmandu University

Dhulikhel, Nepal

Mobile No.: +9779851208617

Email id: eak@ku.edu.np