Dinesh Chandra Devkota (Nepali - दिनेश चन्द्र देवकोटा ) is a

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and former Vice-Chairman of

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from 2008 to 2011. He did Ph D from

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in 2005 and his MSc from Southern Illinois University, United States of America in 1996. He is president of Nepal Intellectuals' Council. He was born in Gorkha district and is married to Prabha Pokhrel, a sociologist. He has a son, Prabesh Devkota and a daughter, Dikshya Devkota.

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