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CURRICULUM VITAE

RAM DATTA BHATTA

Address:                  Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

Telephone:              +9779858490020

Email:                               [email protected]

Date of Birth:          1994 April 20

Place of Birth:          Kanchanpur, Nepal

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

01/2022 – 12/2022             Assistant Director

Social Welfare Council (SWC), Lalitpur, Nepal

Working Area:

·      Monitored and Evaluated activities and projects of NGOs and INGOs working under SWC on thematic areas like Climate Change, Livelihood, Food Security, Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Women Empowerment and Agriculture Development

 

 

01/2021- 01/2022               Horticulture Development Officer

Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Doti, Nepal

Working Area:

·      Designed and facilitated trainings to JT/JTAs and farmers on off-season vegetable nursery development, production, and tunnel house installment, fruit farming practices, ginger production, bee keeping, and entrepreneurship development.

·      Prepared and implementedhorticulture programs and budgets of Provincial Government.

·      Coordinated with Federal Government, Provincial Government, Local government, NGOs and INGOs

·      Supervised, monitored and evaluated programs implemented by Provincial Government.

 

08/2020-01/2021                Agriculture Officer

National Environment and Equity Development Society (NEEDS), Kanchanpur, Nepal

Working Area:

·      Provided trainings to the agriculture technicians and farmers on thematic areas like youth and women empowerment in agriculture, vegetable farming, poly house installment, nursery house installment, mushroom house installment, vegetable mulching, intercrop farming, poultry farming, modern and digital farming technology and practices.

·      Develop business plan and marketing supply-chain and trained to farmers.

·      Supervised, monitored and evaluated performances of agriculture technicians.

·      Coordinated with UNDP, Municipality and other beneficiaries.

·       Planned and provided logistic support to all training activities including agriculture inputs and technology to farmers.

 

 

03/2018- 06/2018                      Food Security Technical Training Assistant

12/2018 – 04/2019                    Food Security Technical Trainer

12/2019 – 04/2020                     Food Security Technical Trainer

Peace Corps (PC), Nepal

Working Area:

In PST:

·      Participated on TOT.

·      Designed and facilitated class room and hands on technical training sessions to PC trainees.

·      Developed detailed twelve weeklong technical training plans for PC trainees with the coordination of training team and Food Security Program Manager (FSPM).

·      Developed periodic assignments to trainees and monitored their learning progress.

·      Provided on-time feedback to Peace Corps Trainee (PCT)s.

·      Arranged logistics that were required for technical training including collection of training materials and agricultural tools from the host family and local community.

·      Coordinated with the Government agencies and arranged resource persons/field visits for PCTs.

·      Assisted training team to setup host families.

·      Ensured all PCTs’ host family provided 2*2 m2 land for trainees practicing kitchen garden.

·      Designed and facilitated local language i.e. Doteli language for the PC trainees of Far Western.

 

06/2019 – 07/2019                               Technical Training Coordinator, PC Nepal

In Service Training (IST):

·      Arranged all logistics of IST for 206 PC Volunteers in Baitadi.

·      Designed and delivered hands-on technical training on grafting, training and pruning to Food Security Volunteers.

 

08/2019 – 12/2019                   Food Security Field Support Specialist, PC Nepal

 

·      Visited permanent sites of Food Security Volunteers in Doti, Dadeldhura, Surkhet, Jajarkot, Arghakhanchi and Pyuthan and monitored their community integration, home garden, their interaction and engagement with local counterparts, progress on Nepali/ Local language, wellbeing and safety of the volunteers.

·      Met with local leaders including Mayor, ward chair person, PCVs’ counterparts and supervisors and discussed PC Volunteer’s performance in the local community and the excepted support from the local leaders.

·      Visited host family and discussed PCVs’host family (HF)/community integration, their wellbeing and also checked if there are any issues in between HF and PCVs.

·      Provided support to PCVs as required.

·      Submitted site/ PCV visit report to the higher authority

 

 

03/2017- 08/2017               Academic Coordinator for Diploma in Agriculture

Shree Krishna Higher Secondary School, CTEVT, Kanchanpur, Nepal

Working Area:

·      Course design, Program Implementation

 

 

10/2016-03/2017                Livelihood Officer

Nepal Red Cross Society, Lamjung, Nepal

Working Area:

·      Developed and implemented need-based livelihood activities,

·      Provided project management capacity to the Livelihood program at District level.

·      Ensured effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation of livelihoods activities in line with approved plans and budget.

·      Developed materials such as presentations, training materials,

·      Collaborated, coordinated and communicated with beneficiaries, community, local authorities, district authorities and other stakeholders to achieve the project objective and outputs.

 

EDUCATION

12/2018-11/2021               MSc in Agriculture Sciences (Agronomy)

Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Thesis:Planting Methods Effect on Weed Dynamics and Weed- Crop Interaction in Finger Millet

 

07/2013-08/2017               BSc in Agriculture

Tribhuvan University, IAAS, Lamjung, Nepal

Thesis 1:Assessment of Productivity and Profitability of wheat using Nutrient Expert® Wheat Model in Jhapa district of Nepal

 

Thesis 2: Production and Profitability of Hybrid Rice is Influenced by Different Nutrient Management Practices

 

 

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS

04/2022                       5thInternational Symposium on “Plant Science and Molecular Biology “, France (Keynote Speaker)

11/2022                       Nutrients- eCon2022, London(Presenter)

12/2022                       International Conference by Biotechnology Society of Nepal, Nepal(Participant)

SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS

02/2018                   Government of Nepal Scholarship for Master’s degree in Nepal

08/2017                   Research scholarship by University Grant Commission Nepal for bachelor’s thesis

 

DIGITAL SKILLS

MS Office Package                  Proficient                     R- programming                      Proficient

Google Earth Engine              Good                           Q-GIS                                     Proficient

Stata                                        Advanced

 

LANGUAGES

Nepali          Mother Tongue                 English                   Proficient user

Hindi            Proficient user                   Deutsch                 Independent user

 

MEMBERSHIPS/ AFFILIATIONS

General Member                Amnesty International Nepal and Agronomy Society of Nepal

 

REFERENCES

Daulat Karki                                                            Mahesh Jaishi
Training Manager                                                    Assistant Professor

Peace Corps, Nepal                                                     IAAS, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

karkidaulat55@gmail                                                maheshjaishi@gmail

Phone: +977-1-9851246948                                    Phone: +977-9851242082