Biography

Dr. Purna Nepali is Associate Professor, Head of Department, and Program Director for the Department of Public Policy and Management, and Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM) program at Kathmandu University School of Management (KU SOM) in Balkumari, Lalitpur.

Dr. Nepali also serves as a Research Fellow (non-resident) at Harvard Kennedy School and the Hutchins Center, Harvard University, USA. His research at Harvard focuses on the Political Economy of Inclusive Agrarian Transformation, with a comparative analysis between the United States and South Asia. Notably, he completed a Fulbright Visiting Research Fellowship) in Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, USA. He has extensive experiences in South Asian Countries.

For over a decade, Dr. Nepali has been actively engaged in research on land rights and food rights, advocating for evidence-based policy formulation and reforms in South Asia, particularly from a civil society perspective. Additionally, he also served as as an adjunct professor at Tribhuvan University and the Agriculture and Forestry University in Nepal.

Dr Nepali is the visionary behind the establishment of the KU Policy Lab, a prominent center of excellence in public policy and governance in Nepal. This initiative is in partnership with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and represents a collaborative effort involving Kathmandu University, the Government of Nepal, and the University Grant Commission.