Rabindra Ghimire, PhD

PhD (Banaras Hindu University), MBA (Tribhuvan University)

Associate Professor

Area of Specialization : Finance, Risk Management, Insurance and Social Security
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Education

2015

Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Banaras Hindu University, India in 2015.

2000

Master of Business Administration from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

1993

Bachelors of Commerce from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Academic Involvement

Associate Professor

2019 April to date

School of Business, Pokhara University. Responsible for teaching and evaluation, research and publication. The subject of teaching: Financial Management, Research Methodology, Risk Management and insurance-related subjects.

Lecturer 2010-Jan  2019 April

Finance, Management, Risk Management and Insurance, General management. 

Professional Experience

2016 July – 2020 July

Director, School of Business, Pokhara University. Responsible for the overall management of the School of Business as a head of academics, administration and, finance.

2003 June- 2010 Jan

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal-ICAN (regulatory authority of accounting profession). Responsible for designing the CPD training for the professional development of members of  ICAN and evaluation of the performance of the members on a regular basis in the capacity of head of the different departments.

2000 - 2003 June

Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development- CAED, Kathmandu, Nepal (a national level NGO). Responsible for financial management, control and evaluation of the different development projects, reporting to donor agencies, conduct training to local NGOs as Administration and Finance Officer.

2001-2009

Adjunct Professor (part-time),Pashupati Multiple College, Kathmandu. Responsible for teaching courses in financial management-related subjects.

1993-1997

Acquired a wide range of experiences in different organizations (private, developmental organizations) in different positions. (Details will be made available on request.) 

Research Work Experience

2018-2019

Team Leader, a faculty research grants project "Willingness to pay for a government health insurance program: A case of Pokhara Metropolitan city", funded by Pokhara University Research Centre.

2015 June - Sept.

Team Leader, Feasibility study of the Marketability of Ginger Washing Exporting Project on behalf of DFID funded Nepal Market Development Project.

2012 Jan- Oct.

Team Member, Feasibility study of the establishment of the Medical Hospital under the School of Health and Allied Science, Pokhara University.

1997 March- June

Research Assistant, Nepal Agro-Forestry Foundation, NAF, Lalitpur, Nepal. Responsible for the evaluation of the performance and capabilities of local NGOs working in Dhading District in order to select the local partners to implement the Nepal Denmark Watershed Management Project.

Academic and Professional involvement

  • Member, Management Subject Committee, Faculty of Management Studies, Pokhara University 2018-2021
  • Member, Research Evaluation Committee, Pokhara University Research Centre, 2015 Feb -2020 Feb.
  • Chair, Graduate Research Committee, School of Business, Faculty of Management Studies, Pokhara University, 2015-2017
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Business and Management, School of Business, Faculty of Management Studies, Pokhara University, 2016 -2019.
  • Managing Editor (previously Chief editor), Nepalese Journal of Insurance and Social Security.
  • Involved as a Peer Reviewer more than a dozen journals of national and international repute
  • Involve in the evaluation of academic research works of university teachers.
  • Senator of Pokhara University (2012-2015).

Guest Faculty

  • Taught tourism-related course during July 2018 in Chengdu Polytechnic, Sichuan China.
  • Taught risk management and insurance-related course in MBA from 2 to 6 December 2019 at Bialystok University of Technology, Bialystok, Poland.

Membership Of Professional Organization

  • Chairman, Nepal Insurance and Risk Management Association (NIRMA) www.nirma.com.np
  • Member, Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance (APRIA):   www.scicollege.org.sg/apria.asp
  • Member, Pan Asia Risk and Insurance PARIMA: parima.org
  • Life Member, Management Association of Nepal (MAN), www.man.org

Publications

  1. Business Portfolio, Market Share and Trend of Nepalese Non-Life Insurance Market, Journal of Banking, Finance and Insurancepp. (2020)
  2. Situation Analysis of Insurance Services in Nepal. Byavasthapan Journal. Vol 39 (2020).  
  3. Health insurance awareness among the university teachers in Pokhara Valley (2018), BIMAQUEST, 18(2)
  4.  Perception of Uninsured Person towards the Life Insurance Policy.  Journal of Management & Development Economics, Vol.6 (1) (2017)  , pp 111-123
  5.  Perception of Uninsured Person towards the Life Insurance Policy.  Journal of Management & Development Economics, Vol.6 (1) (2017), pp 111-123
  6.  Contribution of Life Insurance Companies in Economic Development: Evidence from Nepal. Journal of Economic Concerned,  Vol. 8(8) (2017), pp 34-46.   
  7. The efficiency of Nepalese Life Insurance Companies Using DEA approach. ELK Asia Pacific Journal of Finance and Risk Management, Vol 7 (4) (2016), pp 65-79, available at http://www.elkjournals.com/journalcurrentissue.asp?JType= EAPJFRM&VType=7&IType=4.
  8. Life Insurance development and economic growth in Nepal: An empirical study by VECM approach. Companies. SamajikiSandarsh, Vol. IV, No. 1(2015), pp. 92-99.
  9. Market Concentration in Nepalese Insurance Industries. Research Highlights, Vol. III, No. 1(2016), pp. 91-97.
  10.  An Empirical Study of Revenue Efficiency in Nepalese Life Insurance Companies. PYC Nepal Journal of Management. VI-VIII(2015), pp. 18-30.
  11.  Does the business duration of life insurance companies affect the financial performance: A case of Nepal.Sodh Drishti. 6(1) (2015)., pp. 121-126.
  12. The insurance industry and economic growth in Nepal: A study with granger causality test approach. Hermeneutics.4(2) (2014), pp. 15-18.
  13. Testing of the financial performance of Nepalese life insurance companies by CARAMELS parameters. Journal of Business and Management. 4(1) (2014)., pp. 58-73.
  14. Impact of income structure to profitability: Empirical evidence from the life insurance industry in Nepal. Journal of Economics and Management. 1(2) (2014), pp 38-49.
  15. Crops and livestock insurance practices in Nepal. Journal of Business and Social Sciences. 1(1)(2013), pp. 33-44.
  16. Performance evaluation of Nepal life and Life Insurance Corporation (Nepal) : A Comparative analysis of earnings and profitability indicators. Journal of Economics and Management. (1)(2013), pp. 45-53.
  17.  Contribution of Insurance Industries in Economic Development of Nepal. The Reflection. 2(1) (2014), pp. 1-13
  18. Community-Based Health Insurance Practices in Nepal. The Public. 2(4)(2013), Pp 27-34.
  19. Bank Selection and Withdrawal Behavior in Nepal: Empirical Study in Butwal Municipality. TheJournal of Economic Concern, 4(1) (2013).
  20.  The financial efficiency of non-life insurance industry of Nepal. The Lumbini Journal of Business and Economics. 3(2) (2013), pp. 85-94.
  21.  Investments portfolio of insurance companies: an empirical study of Nepal. Hermeneutics. 3(2) (2013), pp. 36-41.
  22. Hydroelectricity project financing model in Nepal: Need of discussion. TheJournal of Economic Concern, Year 3(5) (2012), pp. 8-18.
  23.   Micro and Small Enterprises in Nepal. Journal of Finance and Management Review, 2(2)(2011),  pp. 257-269 
  24. Foreign Direct Investment in Nepal. Journal of Finance and Management Review, 2(1)(2011), pp. 208-220 
  25. The direction of Foreign Trade in Nepal. Journal of Finance and Management Review, 1(2)(2010), pp. 139 -151
  26. Education and Economic Growth: An Experience from Nepal. Journal of Finance and Management Review, 1(1)(2010), pp. 59-69

Paper Presented In International Conference / Seminars

  1. Perception of uninsured towards the Government Health Insurance: Evidence from Pokhara Metropolitan City organized by Faculty of Humanities and Social Science and School of Development and Social Engineering, Pokhara University in June 28-30, 2019.
  2. Perception towards the Climate Change Risk in Insurance sector among the Insurance Professionals and experts: A Case of Nepal organized by National Insurance Academy, Pune and Swiss Reinsurance Company in Mumbai in February 2019.
  3. Willingness to pay for community health insurance among the low-income people in
  4. Pokhara Valley: A contingent valuation study organized by Lumbini Banijya Campus, Butwal in Redefining Management Education in Nepal" on 16th and 17th November 2018
  5. Agriculture Insurance in Nepal: Practices and Challenges organized by ILO September in Kathmandu.
  6. Agriculture Insurance in Nepal: Trend and Prospects organized by IFPRI, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and CGIAR, CSISA on December 17,  2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  7. Agriculture Insurance in Nepal: Current status and future challenges, organized by Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and LiBIRD on September 12-14, 2016, Kathmandu.
  8. Growth and Market Share of Nepalese Non-Life Insurance Industries, organized by Uniglobe College Kathmandu on March 16-17, 2016.
  9. “Financial Soundness of Insurance Industry: A Case of Nepal" organized by Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, BHU on April 13 - 14, 2013.
  10. “Agriculture Insurance in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges” organized by Bhagat Phool Singh Women University, Sonepat, Haryana on August 8 and 9, 2013.
  11. International Workshop on Inclusive Finance conducted during September 13-15, 2013 entitled “Agriculture Insurance Products in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges” organized by XLRI on September 12-13, 2013.
  12. 36th International Conference of Indian Accounting Association entitled “Financial Reporting Practices of Nepalese Insurance Industries special references to Accounting Standard and XBRL” hold on 11 and 12 Jan 2014.
  13. National Conference on Foreign Direct Investment in India’s Retail Sector: Issue and Options entitled “The Role of FDI in Agricultural Sector in India” (jointly) organized by Din Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur on March 17 -18, 2013.

Resource Person in Conference / Seminar

  1. Key Note Speaker, National seminar in insurance organized by Siddhartha International College, Butwal in Sep 11, 2019
  2. Resource person, National seminar on Financial Systems in Nepal: Issues and Challenges organized by Shankar Dev Campus on August 31, 2019.
  3. Resource person International Conference on "Emerging Issues and Challenges in Management: Developing Talent, Building Organization and Creating a Future" (UIMC-EICM-2017) held on 6th  & 7th  March 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal organized by Uniglobe College Kathmandu on March 16-17, 2016.
  4. Resource person, International Conference on "Business, Society and Governance: Emerging Management Paradigm (INCONBS-2017) held on 26th - 28th Feb 2017 in Pokhara organized by School of Business.

Book Authored

  1. Insurance: Theory and Practices, with reference to Nepalese Insurance Industry. Budda Academic Publishers and Distributors (2018)  
  2.  Principles of Insurance and Risk Management. Asmita Publication, Kathmandu (2012).
  3.  Commercial Bank Management.Budda Academic Publishers and Distributors P. Ltd., Kathmandu. (2011).

 

 



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