
Dr. Purna Prasad Chapagai
Name | Purna P. Chapagai | |||
Department | Sustainable Development | RUB/CNR Email pprasad.cnr@rub.edu.bt
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Personal Email | Mobile # +975 177704889 | |||
Website www.cnr.edu.bt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-1247 Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Purna-Chapagai?ev=hdr_xprf | ||||
POSITIONS HELD | ||||
Government Higher Secondary Schools | Science Teacher Head of Science Department | July 1, 2004 August 2012 | December 31, 2016 December 2016 | |
College of Natural Resources | Lecturer, Program Leader for B.Sc. Sustainable Development | 2017 | December 2021 | |
College of Natural Resources | Head of Department, Department of Sustainable Development | 1 March 2025 | Till date | |
B.Ed. Secondary Science | Samtsi College of Education, Bhutan | 2000 to 2004 |
Masters in Development Practice (MDP) | TERI University, New Delhi, India | July 2010 to July 2012 |
PhD in Climate Studies ‘Influence of Climate Change on Food Systems and their Value Chain in Western Bhutan’ | College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan.
| February 2022 to February 2025
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Teacher | Zhemgang HSS, Daga HSS, Phuentsholing MSS, Ministry of Education | July 2004 – December 2016 |
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Lecturer, HoD | College of Natural Resources, Lobesa Punakha. Royal University of Bhutan | 1 January 2017 till date |
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Chapagai, P. P., & Katel, O. (2023). Household Food Diversity and Food Habit in Changing Climate of Western Bhutan. Chapagai, PP, Katel, O., & Penjor. (2023). Household Food Diversity and Food Habits in Changing Climate of Western Bhutan. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 13(9), 2463-2477. Chapagai, P. P., Katel, O., & Penjor, P. (2024). Relationships Between Food Systems, Agricultural Practices, and Food Security Amidst Climate Change in Western Bhutan. American Journal of Food Science and Technology, 3(1), 1-12. Chapagai, P. P. (2024). Food culture and development in Western Bhutan. In Culture and development: Challenges and prospects (Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 33–46). Rigter Conference. ISBN 978-99980-796-0-1. https://nrc.bt/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Purna-P.-Chapagai.pdf Chapagai, P. P., & Suberi, B. (2022). Beekeeping in Tsirang Dzongkhag: A case of Patshaling Serjang Detshen. In Tashi, S., Yangchen, U., Dahal, Y., & Gurung, D. B. (1st Eds.). Case Studies of Successful Farmers, Agri-enterprises and Farmers’ Groups and Cooperatives in Bhutan (pp. 111- 114). Centre for Sustainable Mountain Agriculture, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan. Chapagai, P. P., & Suberi, B. (2022). Tsirang Gonor Thoenked Detshen, Tsirang Dzongkhag. In Tashi, S., Yangchen, U., Dahal, Y., & Gurung, D. B. (1st Eds.). Case Studies of Successful Farmers, Agri-enterprises and Farmers’ Groups and Cooperatives in Bhutan (pp. 130- 132). Centre for Sustainable Mountain Agriculture, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan. Dahal, N. M., Rai, B. M., & Chapagai, P. P. (2025). Effect of Individual Factors Contributing to Entrepreneurship Intention among TTI Trainees in Khuruthang, Punakha. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, 12(1), 1-57. Katel, O., Chapagai, P. P., Nair, A., Tenzin, J., Yangchen, U., & Suberi, B. (2025). Advancing Climate Resilience Through Curriculum Development and Capacity Building at the Royal University of Bhutan. In W. L. Filho, M. Sima, A. L. Salvia, & M. Kovaleva (Eds.), University Initiatives on Climate Change Education and Research (pp. 1–19). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031597305 Rinzin, P., Sonam, T., Tshering, S., & Chapagai, P. P. (2020). Smallholder Farmers’ Vulnerability to Impact of Climate Change in Central Bhutan. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 10(12), 286-299. Sherub, K., Suberi, B., Chapagai, P. P., Jurmey, K., Wangdra, K., & Neopaney, M. K. (2021). Ethnobotanical Practices among the People of Dagana District, Bhutan. Asian Plant Research Journal, 7(3), 50-59. Suberi, B. & Chapagai, P. P. (2022). Kiwi Fruit Production in Dunglagang, Tsirang Dzongkhag. In Tashi, S., Yangchen, U., Dahal, Y., & Gurung, D. B. (1st Eds.). Case Studies of Successful Farmers, Agri-enterprises and Farmers’ Groups and Cooperatives in Bhutan (pp. 57- 58). Centre for Sustainable Mountain Agriculture, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan. |
- Thesis supervision of B.Sc. Sustainable Development Student – (2017 – till date)
- Thesis supervision of B.Sc. Environment and Climate Studies Students – (2020 and 2024)
- Dissertation Advisor of Masters in Development Practice (MDP) – (2020 – till date)
- Training – Review of Science Curriculum for class 9 and 10, Samtsi Higher Secondary School, 2014
- Training – Environmental Science Subject orientation for classes 9 to 12, Bajo Higher Secondary, 2015
- Training – 21st Century Education, Kegan’s Pedagogy, Transformative Education, 2016, Phuentsholing HSS
- Summer school – Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 2017
- Agribusiness and entrepreneurship, CNR, Bhutan, 2018
- Training – Right Livelihood and Social Entrepreneurship Training, Thailand 2018
- Training of trainer on Project Planning and Management, New Delhi, India, 2019
- Training of Trainer on Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation 14 to 25 March 2022 (Online)
- Training on Knowledge 2 Action online SDG Academy, December 2023-February 2024 (Online)
- POLLEN conference in Lund University, Sweden June 2024
- Training on Climate Action in Kathmandu 2024 September
- Trainer Project Proposal Development and Accelerator Programme for Enterprises in Bhutan (June 2025)
- Trainer for Rural Entreprenuership to District level Sector heads (July 2025)
- Lead Trainer of Project Planning and Management for chief forest officer (19 – 24 August 2025)