VOL. 11, NO. 01, July 21, 2017 (Shrawan 06,2074)
Published on: Jul 23, 2017
Dr. Shabnam Koirala-Azad, the first Nepali-American woman dean of an American university, is the daughter of the renowned Magsaysay award winning journalist and media educator of Nepal, Bharat Dutta Koirala. Dr. Shabnam Koirala-Azad graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Education. She received her Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley, in Social and Cultural Studies in Education. She began her career as an assistant professor of international and multicultural education at the University of San Francisco (USF). Within a few years, she became the department Chair and Associate Dean of the School of Education, where she now is the Dean, which is a very prestigious position in the American education system. Dr. Shabnam Koirala-Azad talked with DEEPAK RAJ JOSHI of New Spotlight about her education, career, experience and home country. Excerpts:
By Deepak Raj Joshi | Jul 23, 2017
Senior officials of State Government of India, namely Himanchal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Uttarakhand, and experts from India, Nepal and Pakistan, including ICIMOD experts participated in the event designed to share CCA experiences in Indian States with focus on State Action Plan on Climate Change
By Batu Uprety | Jul 23, 2017
We all want to find our passion. We ache to find a job that wouldn’t give us the scares every Sunday night. We are waiting for one of those moments, when we’ll finally feel good about our job and our passion will be lurking right around the corner.
By Shradha Gyawali | Jul 23, 2017