Prakash C Bhattarai
Biographic Data
| ID | 6700815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Prakash C Bhattarai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Prakash C |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhattarai |
| SIGNATURE | BHATTARAI P C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kathmandu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4804-7492 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Developing the assessment tool for TVET institutional accreditation
Introduction The TVET sector is crucial for socioeconomic development, bridging skills gaps and meeting industry demands for skilled workers. Yet, developing countries like Nepal face challenges such as declining enrollment, low stakeholder trust, and quality issues, despite growing labor market needs. A major problem is the absence of a standardised, verifiable Quality Assurance and Accreditation framework that objectively evaluates institutiona…
Paradigm of dialectical pluralism for in-depth understanding
This article shows how the paradigm of dialectical pluralism can be applied for a deeper understanding of a research issue by abstracting insights from post-positivist and constructivist paradigms and bringing their interaction for additional meaning-making. As an example, a mixed methods study on ethical leadership is presented. On the study, the qualitative and quantitative strands had similar findings that ethical leadership was rooted in scho…
Influence of Religion on Pro-Environmental Behavior
Factors affecting adolescent and youth girls’ empowerment
Adolescent and youth girls’ empowerment is as crucial as that of women. However, research on women’s empowerment has received more attention than studies focused on adolescent and young girls. To address this gap, a scale was constructed and administered to 325 girls from Rupandehi, Nepal, to explore the factors influencing adolescent and youth girls’ empowerment. The exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors: (a) equality, respect, and …
Social capital with family and friends for wellbeing
Factors Contributing to Teachers’ Self-Efficacy
A key issue for teachers working in public secondary schools in Nepal is their confidence in their capability to complete the tasks associated with their professional activities. With this consideration, a study was carried out to explore the factors contributing to Nepali teachers’ self-efficacy. To find out the factors, the study administered the NTSE tool, developed through the e-Delphi technique. A sample of 390 public school teachers was dra…
Quest of employability of engineering students
Mixed Methods Research in Employability Discourse
Studies on employability using a mixed methods (MM) design have been published in relevant journals in recent years, paving the way for a meaningful engagement with these published articles so that researchers can create milestone documents dedicated to exploring employability. This study explored the trend of utilizing mixed methods research (MMR) in the literature and the resultant methodological insights in 34 MMR articles on employability, wh…
Prevalence of Early Marriage and Its Underlying Causes in Nepal
Early marriage is one of the major traditional practices that affects the life of both boys and girls in many different ways. In this context, this research assessed the prevalence of early marriage and derived its underlying causes. Adopting a mixed methods approach, first, the study surveyed a sample of 1350 households of Nepal in which at least a marriage took place within the five years before the survey. Following a survey, secondly, the stu…
Discourse, Power and Truth
Discourse is the stretches of language which is socially used to convey broad conventional meaning. This theoretical study 'Discourse, Power and Truth: Foucauldian Perspective' reveals the social and educational perspectives of discourse, power and truth along with their basic concept. Being based on different literatures reviews and the concepts the author got in philosophy class at Tribhuvan University, this study aims to provide insights to th…
The April Uprising
A plethora of literature explains how armed conflicts terminate in nonviolent political settlements. However, little is known about how and why nonviolence functions as a mechanism of conflict transformation. Using the case study of the 2006 April Uprising (Jana Andolan II) in Nepal, this paper shows how the nonviolent struggle was a vehicle for the termination of the armed conflict that ravaged the country for a decade (1996–2006). The collabora…
The Impact of Relationship Dynamics on Third-Party Coordination
A growing field within mediation research explores issues of third-party coordination. The existing literature highlights third-party coordination as a problematic but extremely important conflict intervention strategy, but lacks an in-depth explanation of fundamental aspects of third-party coordination. Considering this research gap, this study explores a fundamental theme related to third-party coordination: the influence of third-party relatio…
Prevalence of Early Marriage and Its Underlying Causes in Nepal
Early marriage is one of the major traditional practices that affects the life of both boys and girls in many different ways. In this context, this research assessed the prevalence of early marriage and derived its underlying causes. Adopting a mixed methods approach, first, the study surveyed a sample of 1350 households of Nepal in which at least a marriage took place within the five years before the survey. Following a survey, secondly, the stu…
The April Uprising
A plethora of literature explains how armed conflicts terminate in nonviolent political settlements. However, little is known about how and why nonviolence functions as a mechanism of conflict transformation. Using the case study of the 2006 April Uprising (Jana Andolan II) in Nepal, this paper shows how the nonviolent struggle was a vehicle for the termination of the armed conflict that ravaged the country for a decade (1996–2006). The collabora…
The Impact of Relationship Dynamics on Third-Party Coordination
A growing field within mediation research explores issues of third-party coordination. The existing literature highlights third-party coordination as a problematic but extremely important conflict intervention strategy, but lacks an in-depth explanation of fundamental aspects of third-party coordination. Considering this research gap, this study explores a fundamental theme related to third-party coordination: the influence of third-party relatio…
The April Uprising
A plethora of literature explains how armed conflicts terminate in nonviolent political settlements. However, little is known about how and why nonviolence functions as a mechanism of conflict transformation. Using the case study of the 2006 April Uprising (Jana Andolan II) in Nepal, this paper shows how the nonviolent struggle was a vehicle for the termination of the armed conflict that ravaged the country for a decade (1996–2006). The collabora…
Discourse, Power and Truth
Discourse is the stretches of language which is socially used to convey broad conventional meaning. This theoretical study 'Discourse, Power and Truth: Foucauldian Perspective' reveals the social and educational perspectives of discourse, power and truth along with their basic concept. Being based on different literatures reviews and the concepts the author got in philosophy class at Tribhuvan University, this study aims to provide insights to th…
Mixed Methods Research in Employability Discourse
Studies on employability using a mixed methods (MM) design have been published in relevant journals in recent years, paving the way for a meaningful engagement with these published articles so that researchers can create milestone documents dedicated to exploring employability. This study explored the trend of utilizing mixed methods research (MMR) in the literature and the resultant methodological insights in 34 MMR articles on employability, wh…
Prevalence of Early Marriage and Its Underlying Causes in Nepal
Early marriage is one of the major traditional practices that affects the life of both boys and girls in many different ways. In this context, this research assessed the prevalence of early marriage and derived its underlying causes. Adopting a mixed methods approach, first, the study surveyed a sample of 1350 households of Nepal in which at least a marriage took place within the five years before the survey. Following a survey, secondly, the stu…
Social capital with family and friends for wellbeing
Factors Contributing to Teachers’ Self-Efficacy
A key issue for teachers working in public secondary schools in Nepal is their confidence in their capability to complete the tasks associated with their professional activities. With this consideration, a study was carried out to explore the factors contributing to Nepali teachers’ self-efficacy. To find out the factors, the study administered the NTSE tool, developed through the e-Delphi technique. A sample of 390 public school teachers was dra…
Quest of employability of engineering students
Paradigm of dialectical pluralism for in-depth understanding
This article shows how the paradigm of dialectical pluralism can be applied for a deeper understanding of a research issue by abstracting insights from post-positivist and constructivist paradigms and bringing their interaction for additional meaning-making. As an example, a mixed methods study on ethical leadership is presented. On the study, the qualitative and quantitative strands had similar findings that ethical leadership was rooted in scho…
Influence of Religion on Pro-Environmental Behavior
Factors affecting adolescent and youth girls’ empowerment
Adolescent and youth girls’ empowerment is as crucial as that of women. However, research on women’s empowerment has received more attention than studies focused on adolescent and young girls. To address this gap, a scale was constructed and administered to 325 girls from Rupandehi, Nepal, to explore the factors influencing adolescent and youth girls’ empowerment. The exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors: (a) equality, respect, and …
Developing the assessment tool for TVET institutional accreditation
Introduction The TVET sector is crucial for socioeconomic development, bridging skills gaps and meeting industry demands for skilled workers. Yet, developing countries like Nepal face challenges such as declining enrollment, low stakeholder trust, and quality issues, despite growing labor market needs. A major problem is the absence of a standardised, verifiable Quality Assurance and Accreditation framework that objectively evaluates institutiona…
Psychology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Higher Education and Employability (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Delphi method (2 works)