Surya Raj Acharya is a Nepalese politician, and a public intellectual as an independent expert in development and infrastructure policy. He was a visiting professor at

Institute of Engineering The Institute of Engineering (IOE) ( Nepali: ईन्जिनियरिङ अध्ययन संस्थान), established in 1930, is one of the five technical institutes under Tribhuvan University, Nepal's largest academic institu ...

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest and the largest university in Nepal. It offers 1,000 undergraduate and 500 postgraduate programs a ...

before joining

Sajha Party The Sajha Party () is a political party founded by former editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service Rabindra Mishra. History Sajha Party was founded in 2017 by the former editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service, Rabindra Mishra. It was formed as an ...

. He was spokesperson of

. Acharya lives in Bharatpur Metropolis in

Chitwan District Chitwan District (, , ) is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers , and in 2011 had a popul ...

, Nepal.

Education

Acharya has a Bachelor in civil engineering from the National School of Technology in Jamshedpur, India. He has a master's degree in resource management from the

Asian Institute of Technology The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), founded in 1959, is an international organization for higher education situated 40 km north of Bangkok, Thailand. It specializes in engineering, advanced technologies, sustainable development, and ...

. He holds a PhD degree in infrastructure and regional development from the

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

, Japan.

Career

In early career phase, he worked as an engineer under the Nepal's Civil Service. He has worked a long time with th
Institute of Transport Policies Studies in Japan
as Senior Fellow. He has also worked as a Visiting Faculty for Tokyo University, Japan. He was visiting professor at the

before being affiliated in Politics. Acharya was 'Adjunct Professor' at the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS).

Political career

Acharya was one of the key founding leaders of

. He was the Spokesperson and Chief of Policy Department of the Party. He contested the

2017 Nepalese legislative election General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. The election was held alongside the first ...

from Kathmandu-2 constituency, where he was defeated by

Madhav Kumar Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal (, ; born 6 March 1953), is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as prime minister from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister along with the charges o ...

. He left the party after major differences with the Party Coordinator in some key strategic and policy matters.

Articles and publications

* Dr. Acharya has many academic publications including an edited book title
'Transport Development in Asian Megacities: A New Perspective'

Motorization and urban mobility in developing countries exploring policy options through dynamic simulation

Sustainable transport development in Nepal: challenges, opportunities and strategies

Specialties of Asian Megacities

References

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Education

Career

Political career

Articles and publications

See also

References