Dr. Purna Prasad Chapagai

Name

Purna P. Chapagai

Department

Sustainable Development

RUB/CNR Email   pprasad.cnr@rub.edu.bt

Personal Email

purnaprasadchapagai@gmail.com

   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

Teacher

Zhemgang HSS, Daga HSS, Phuentsholing MSS, Ministry of Education

July 2004

–

December 2016

• Teacher (taught Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Studies  to Class 10 to 12), Hostel Warden (2005), Staff Secretary, Sports coordinator (2006 to 2009), Science Department Head

Lecturer,

HoD

College of Natural Resources, Lobesa Punakha. Royal University of Bhutan

1 January 2017 till date

• Teaching B. Sc. Sustainable Development Students
• Teaching B.Sc. Environment and Climate Studies.
• Teaching in master’s in development Practice (MDP)
• Teaching in BSc. Food Science and technology
• Program Leader for B.Sc. Sustainable Development (March 2017 to December2021).
• Taught-Climate Change, Development Communication, Project Planning and Management, Environmental Studies, Academic Skills, Disaster Management, Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Global Classroom for sustainable development

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. (1^st 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. (1^st 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. (1^st 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.