PhD in Tourism, Conflict and Peace at the Department of Development Studies, SoA

Mr. Pranil Kumar Upadhayaya, PhD candidate at the Department of Development Studies, School of Arts, KU successfully defended his PhD thesis amidst the presence of various national and international scholars, academicians, researchers and students at the Hattiban Complex, KU on Jan 11, 2013.

The title of the Thesis was Tourism Amidst Armed Conflict in Nepal: Consequences, Copings and Contribution to Peace-building, which was supervised by Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti (from NCCR North South),  Dr. Sagar Raj Sharma (from the Department of Development Studies, KU) and Dr. Laurent Goetschel (from Swiss Peace Foundation).

This research is part of the ongoing collaboration between the NCCR North South and the Department of Development Studies, Kathmandu University. Among the present in the defense were Dr. Laurent Goetschel, Dr. Andrea Iff (Swiss Peace Foundation), Prof. Bhim Subedi (Tribhuvan University),  Dr. Mahesh Banskota (Dean, SoA) and several other faculties, students and members from the private sector.