Curriculum Vitae Hom Nath Pathak Teaching Assistant, Department of Botany & Microbiology

PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. Job Start Year : 1999 2. Contact at: Phone: Home: 977-61-550010 Photo Cell: 977-98560-37416 Office: +977-61-526837 Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: Prithvi Narayan Campus, Bhimkali Patan Bagar, ,

3. Medal/Award, if any (with title, year, institution): (most important only; maximum 2) a) Research grant received from IOST, Dean's Office and Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment for the study on succession in abandoned fallows of Goths in Panchase, Kaski during 2014. b) Research Grant Received from NAST, 2011.

4. Other involvements, if any (with position, affiliation): (most important only; maximum 3) a) Life Member, Samaj Pokhara. b) Member, IUCN, SSC GTSG. c) Review Member, International Journal of Environment (IJE).

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 1. Education (latest one only): Degree: M.Sc. Subject: Botany University:

2. Specialization (not more than 2 areas): Vegetation ecology; ethnobotany

3. Areas of research interest (not more than 3 areas): Ecology; conservation biology; biodiversity

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MAJOR RESEARCH WORKS & PUBLICATIONS 1. Research Works (title, year, affiliation): (most important only; maximum 4)

a) “'Documentation of Non Timber Forest Products in Paiyunpata” (2007) with National Seminar on Sustainable use of Biological Resources, Pokhara, Nepal.

b) “Inventory on Ethno-botanical Knowledge on Oryza Sativa L. Cultivated in Paiyunpata VDC, Baglung'” (2009) with Social Inclusion Resource Centre (SIRC). c) Agro-morphological diversity of Oryza sativa L cultivated in Paiyunpata VDC, Baglung, final report submitted to Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal. d) Secondary Succession and Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Abandoned Fallows of Goths in Panchase Area, final report submitted to institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuwan University, Nepal and Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Nepal.

2. Research Articles (article title, journal title with details, year): (most important only; maximum 5)

a) “Species Diversity and Other Community Characters in Khoriya Fallows under Secondary Succession” in Nepal Journal of Plant Sciences (Vol.1, Number 91-95) , 2014. b) “An Overview on Ethnobotanical Knowledge on Oryza Sativa L Cultivated in Paiyupata VDC, Baglung” in Himalayan Scientific Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, P.N. Campus (Vol. 2; Number 53-57), 2009. c) “The Use of Plants in Main Hindu Festivals" in Janapragyamanch: Journal of TUTA JMC Unitm Pokhara (Vol.9, Number 32-40) , 2008. d) “Documentation of Non Timber Forest Products Used in Paiyunpata Village, Baglung, Nepal” in Proceedings of National Seminar on Sustainable Use of Biological Resources in Nepal , held at Pokhara, Apr 22-23, 2007 Ecological Society (ECOS), Kathmandu, Nepal (published in 2010). e) “Study of Myrsine capiitellata Wall in Forest Areas of Paiyunpata Village, Baglung, Nepal” in International Journal of Environment (Vol. 3, Issue 2), 2014.

3. Books (title, year, publisher): (most important only; maximum 4)

a) Medical Botany (2006) by Ozone Books, Pokhara. b) Know Biology (2012) by Ozone Books, Pokhara.

c) Bigyan Kathaharu (Science Stories in Nepali) (2013) by Acme Global Publication, Kathmandu, Nepal. d) Yug ko Sandesh (Collection of Poems in Nepali, 2012) by Krishna Publication, Pokhara, Nepal.

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