Research
How entrepreneurship can be taught well, and how startup ecosystems grow in Nepal.
Interests
- Startup innovation
- Entrepreneurship education
- Digital technologies
- Business incubation and startup ecosystems
- Industry–academia–government collaboration
Research agenda
My research asks how entrepreneurship can be taught well and how startup ecosystems grow in Nepal. It sits where three things meet: the classroom, the incubator, and the regional economy.
Entrepreneurship education. How experiential methods, such as startup simulations built around a minimum viable product, shape what students learn, and how teachers integrate digital technologies into business-school classrooms.
Startup innovation and incubation. How business incubators evolve, how they are distributed, and what it takes for university-based incubation to support new ventures.
Regional startup ecosystems. How industry, academia and government interact in a region such as Chitwan, and what opportunities and constraints local entrepreneurs face.
I plan to deepen this agenda through doctoral research, and I welcome collaboration with researchers working on entrepreneurship education and startup ecosystems in Nepal and comparable economies.
Ongoing projects
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Determinants and Challenges of ICT Integration into the Classrooms of Business Schools in Chitwan: Teachers' Perspectives
A collaborative, UGC-funded study of what helps and what hinders the use of information and communication technology in business-school classrooms in Chitwan, from teachers' perspectives. Work in progress was presented at the 1st BIC International Conference 2025.
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Mapping Startup Opportunities and Challenges in Chitwan: An Industry–Academia–Government Perspective
Examines startup opportunities and constraints in Chitwan through the views of industry, academia and government.
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Exploring the Business Environment in Chitwan: Lived Experiences of Industrialists
A study of the business environment in Chitwan through the lived experiences of local industrialists.
Completed projects
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MVP-Based Physical Startup Simulation in Entrepreneurship Education
Study of MBA graduates' perceptions of a classroom simulation in which students build and pitch a minimum viable product. Published in The Lumbini Journal of Business and Economics.
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Evolution and Distribution of Business Incubators
Literature review on how business incubators have evolved and how they are distributed. Published in BIC Journal of Management.
Grants
- 2025UGC Nepal Faculty Research Grant — NPR 300,000Collaborative research project on ICT integration in business-school classrooms (co-investigator)