A native of Ribdikot Rural Municipality of Palpa, Nepal, lives in Palm Beach, Florida.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from MPUAT, Udaipur, India, and a Master of Science in Agronomy and Management from the University of Philippines at Los Banos, Philippines. He obtained a second Master of Science and Ph. D. in Plant Biotechnology from Vrije Universitet Brussels, Belgium.
He has expertise in biofuel production, molecular and cell biology techniques, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Wheat Breeding, Grain Storage, and Post-harvest Technology.
He started his career in plant quarantine at the Department of Agriculture, Nepal. He worked as an agronomist, training, and research outreach officer for about seven years. He taught Plant Breeding and Genetics courses as an Associate Professor at The University of Agriculture and Forestry (UAF), Nepal, for about four years. He also coordinated the Agriculture Biotechnology Research Group at the UAF. He served as an Executive Vice Chairman at the Council for Technical and Vocational Education (CTEVT) in Nepal, which oversees planning, policy formulation, standardization, monitoring, and evaluation of the production of skilled manpower in the Government of Nepal.
In 1997, he moved to the University of Florida (UF), the USA, as a Fulbright Scholar. At UF, he studied the replication of the citrus Tristeza virus, contributed to Florida Citrus Budwood Certification Program, and established a micro shoot-tip grafting scheme for virus and virus-like disease elimination.
Then, he moved to the University of Gothenburg, Sweden as a Senior Scientist. For ten years, he worked in cell and tissue culture, the transformation of oat crops, and coordinated international research and educational projects – development of rice biotechnology in Nepal; phytoremediation of Arsenic in South Asian countries, namely Nepal, India and Bangladesh and the development of a plant-made, subunit vaccine against genital herpes infection for Egypt. He transferred my Patent and became a co-founder of a biotech company named CropTailor AB in Sweden (2007-2015). He filed a Patent in Sweden in 2007 entitled Novel transformation method and transformed plants.
He has published numerous (ca.18) scientific articles in international journals and made presentations at international conferences. He co-authored two books, A Laboratory Guide for Cellular & Molecular Plant Biology, Birkhauser Verlag/AG, Basel/Switzerland, and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology & Environment. IUCN/NEMBIS, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has prepared four Agricultural Biotechnology-related consultancy reports for Nepal.
In 2009, I moved to the USA. I have taught general biology, microbiology, environmental science, and biofuels as a Professor of Biological Sciences at Palm Beach State College in Florida, USA. At the STEM Conference held in Orlando, FL (2010), he delivered a lecture entitled “Making Impacts With Biotechnology Education”. He made a presentation on “Skill Generation for Poverty Alleviation” at the 12th Senior Administrator’s Conference, organized by Colombo Plan Staff College for Technical Education, Manila, Philippines (1995).
Besides teaching, he is also involved in community activities. He is a member of the Greater Lantana Educational Board of the City of Lantana, Florida. He chairs the Architectural Review Board of the Town of South Palm Beach, Florida. He is a member of the Florida Association of Community Colleges and the American Society of Plant Biologists and a founder and president of the Nepal Molecular Biology Society, Nepal. He is also a certified Yoga Instructor in the U. S. He serves as an Asta-Ja International Coordination Council (Asta-Ja ICC) Advisor.
He was awarded the 2019 NISOD Excellence Award for Teaching and Learning at the International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence in Austin, Texas, USA. He plans to continue with his teaching job. He would like to write his memoirs. He looks forward to sharing his knowledge, expertise, and experiences for the betterment of Nepal. He believes honesty, hard work, commitment, and dedication are the key to success in life.