Associate Prof. Uddhab Pyakurel

Uddhab Pyakurel, an Associate Professor of Political Sociology at Kathmandu University (KU) was former Dean of the School of Arts. He, who had served as an Associate Dean from 2024, and also as Director of Global Engagement Division of the Office of Vice Chancellor for 3 years from 2021, has completed his Master in Political Science and Sociology from Tribhuvan University, M. Phil from Delhi School of Economics (University of Delhi), and earned Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Being an adjunct Fellow at School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University of Australia, he engages in academic journal articles and book chapters on poverty, people’s participation, social inclusion/exclusion, conflict, identity, democracy, election, Nepal's foreign relations and other socio-political issues of Nepal and Asia. Maoist Movement in Nepal: A Sociological Perspective (New Delhi: Adroit Publishers, 2007), Dalit Representation in National Politics of Nepal (Kathmandu: NNDSWO 2012); State of Conflict and Democratic Movement in Nepal (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2013);Nepal-India Open Border: Problems and Prospects (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2016); Reproduction of Inequality and Social Exclusion: A Study of Dalits in a Caste Society, Nepal (Singapore: Springer Nature 2021), Socialism, Prosperity and Development (Shangrila 2022), etc., are single authored and co-authored books for his credit.