With its auspicious goal to produce competent and efficient human resource that can be instrumental in conservation and management of biodiversity, environment and natural resources and  development of rural communities, the IOF-PC, with the help of its enthusiastic teaching faculty and spirited staff, has always endeavored to ameliorate its academic environment and administer well designed educational programs that can address the current needs of the country  and the globe in forestry and allied fields. It is committed to satisfying student's quest for knowledge and pragmatic skills that will make all the difference in their professional career. The IOF-PC is currently running the following academic programs:

  1. Master of Science in Forestry
  2. Master of Science in Natural Resource Management and Rural Development (NRMRD)
  3. Master of Science in Watershed Management (WM)
  4. Master of Science in Community Forestry (CF)
  5. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Forestry

Beside regular academic programs, it also conducts short-term national and international training and workshops in Forestry and allied subjects.

Associate Professor

Raj Kumar Koirala, PhD

Name: Raj Kumar Koirala, PhD

Position: Associate Professor/Research Committee Chair

Appointed Subject: Zoology

Subject Area: Forest Zoology and Mammalogy/ Wildlife and Conservation Biology

Department: Basic Science and Humanities / Park Recreation and Wildlife Management

Education:

  • 2017: PhD Conservation Ecology – Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • 1990: MSc Zoology (Ecology) – Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • 1987: BSc Zoology — North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India.

I studied Zoology (Ecology) for my bachelor’s and master’s degrees and conservation ecology for my PhD. I have been involved in field research on large herbivores and carnivores since 2008. My research interests are the diet and the nutritional ecology of captive, domestic, and wild species. The research species and system range from elephants to leopards and tigers in the Nepalese Himalayan foothills. My long-term interests include developing methods to quantify the diet and nutritional composition of wild animals. I am involved in teaching Zoology and mammalogy; conservation and wildlife biology at the Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal.

Key Publication:

  • Koirala R.K; W. Ji, P, Paudel, Sean Coogan, J. Rothman & D. Raubenheimer (2019) : The effects of age,sex and season on the macronutrient composition of the diet of the domestic Asian elephants, Journal of applied animal research 47: 5-16.( Principal investigator).
  • Koirala R.K; W. Ji, A. Aryal, M. Pathak & D. Raubenheimer (2016): Feeding preference of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Nepal BMC Ecology DOI 10.1186/s12898-0160105-9 (Principal investigator)
  • Koirala R.K; W. Ji, A. Aryal, J. Rothman & D. Raubenheimer (2015): Dispersal and ranging patterns of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) in relation to their interactions with humans in Nepal, Ethology Ecology & Evolution DOI:10.1080/03949370.2015.1066872. (Principal investigator)
  • Koirala R.K; A.Aryal, C.Amiot, B. Adhikari, D.Karmacharya & D.Raubenheimer (2012): Genetic identification of carnivore scats: implication of dietary information for human–carnivore conflict in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal Zoology and Ecology 22:3-4, 137-143. (Principal investigator)
  • Aryal A; T.K. Shresth, A. Ram, R.K Koirala & D. Raubenheimer (2011) Call to conserve the wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in Nepal. International Journal of Conservation Science 2: 261-268. (Co- investigator, reviewed the manuscript)

Contact

E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected]

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