Krishna Bhattchan a
Nepali sociologist and Indigenous activist. He is a
Professor
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of Sociology at the Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the
Tribhuvan University
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. He received his graduate degree in sociology from
Banaras Hindu University
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. He received his doctorate from the
University of California, Berkeley
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.
He is the secretary of the Indigenous Nationalities Mega Front. He is the author of numerous publication on ethnic politics in Nepal, including Minorities and Indigenous Peoples of Nepal (NCARD 2008) He advocates for issues regarding Indigenous peoples of Nepal.
Publications
Books
* 2008
Nepalma Jatiya Bibhed (Caste Based Discrimination in Nepal) by Tej Sunar and Yasso Kanti Bhattachan. 2008. Kathmandu: DNF-Nepal, NNDSWO, Kathmandu, IIDS, Delhi and IDSN, Copenhagen.
* 2001. Tamang Healing in the Himalaya. The Tamang Healing Knowledge and the Development Interventions in and Around Langtang National park of Central Nepal, by Parshuram Tamang and Gyan Lal Shrestha. Kathmandu: Milijuli Nepal.
Edited volumes
*2005
Culture and Religious Diversity: Dialogue and Developmentedited by Bhattachan, Krishna, R. D. Bajracharya, D. R. Dahal and P. K. Khatry. UNESCO Kathamndu Series of Moographs and Working Papers: No 6. Kathmandu: UNESCO.
*2001
NGO, Civil Society and Government in Nepal: Critical Examination of Their Roles and Responsibilities edited by Bhattachan, Krishna, Dev Raj Dahal, Sheetal Rana, Jyoti Gyawali, Min B. Basnet, Kashi Ram Bhusal and Ram Raj Pokharel. Kathmandu: Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tribhuvan University in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
*2001
Gender and Democracy edited by Bhattachan, Krishna and Laxmi Keshari Manandhar. Kathmandu: Central Department of Home Science—Women's Studies Program, Trbhuvan University in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
*1999. Reasserting Indigenous Knowledge Systems, edited by Bhattachan, Krishna and Parshuram Tamang). Kathmandu: NEFEN.
*1997
Developmental Practices in Nepal edited by Bhattachan, Krishna and Chaitannya Mishra. Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Nepal Office, Kathmandu.
Book chapters
*2013
Ethnopolitics and Ethnodevelopment: An Emerging Paradigm in Nepal- with a Postscript in
Mahendra Lawoti and
Susan Hangen (eds). Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal: Identities and Mobilization after 1990. pp 35–57. Routledge: London and New York
Further reading
2015. 'Nepal ko Bahunbad'. Naya Patrika, 27 Shrawan 2072 (12 August 2015), p. 11. (http://www.enayapatrika.com/2015/08/20844)
References
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Nepalese sociologists
Living people
1953 births
People from Pokhara
Thakali people