Surya Raj Acharya

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Surya Raj Acharya
सूर्यराज आचार्य
NationalityNepalese
EducationPhD in Infrastructure and Regional Development
Occupations
  • politician
  • academic
Political party Sajha Party (before 2020)
Website www.acharyasurya.com.np

Surya Raj Acharya is a Nepalese politician, and a public intellectual as an independent expert in development and infrastructure policy. [1] He was a Visiting Professor at Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University [2] before joining Sajha Party. He was spokesperson of Sajha Party. Acharya lives in Bharatpur Metropolis in Chitwan District, Nepal. [3] [4]

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Education

Acharya has a Bachelor in civil engineering from the National School of Technology in Jamshedpur, India. [1] He has a master's degree in resource management from the Asian Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD degree in infrastructure and regional development from the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In early career phase, he worked as an engineer under the Nepal's Civil Service. He has worked a long time with the Institute of Transport Policies Studies in Japan as Senior Fellow. He has also worked as a Visiting Faculty for Tokyo University, Japan. He was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Engineering before being affiliated in Politics. [5] Acharya was 'Adjunct Professor' at the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS).[ citation needed ]

Political career

Acharya was one of the key founding leaders of Sajha Party. He was the Spokesperson [6] and Chief of Policy Department of the Party.[ citation needed ] He contested the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Kathmandu-2 constituency, where he was defeated by Madhav Kumar Nepal.[ citation needed ] He left the party after major differences with the Party Coordinator in some key strategic and policy matters. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ ACHARYA, Surya Raj (2005). "Motorization and Urban Mobility in Developing Countries Exploring Policy Options Through Dynamic Simulation". Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. 6. doi:10.11175/easts.6.4113. ISSN   1881-1124.
  3. ↑ "Sajha Party appoints Surya Raj Acharya as spokesperson". Kathmandu Post. 27 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Surya Raj Acharya appointed spokesperson of Sajha Party". The Himalayan Times. 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Surya Raj Acharya Named Spokesperson of Sajha Party". News NRN. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  6. ↑ "साझा पार्टीको प्रवक्तामा डा. सुर्यराज आचार्य नियुक्त". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  7. ↑ "सुर्यराज आचार्य र मुमाराम खनालले साझा पार्टी छाडे, रवीन्द्र मिश्रलाई धक्का". रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल. 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  8. ↑ Morichi, Shigeru; Acharya, Surya Raj, eds. (2013). Transport Development in Asian Megacities: A New Perspective. Transportation Research, Economics and Policy. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN   978-3-642-29742-7.
  9. ↑ Morichi, Shigeru; Acharya, Surya Raj (2013), Morichi, Shigeru; Acharya, Surya Raj (eds.), "Specialties of Asian Megacities", Transport Development in Asian Megacities: A New Perspective, Transportation Research, Economics and Policy, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 33–50, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29743-4_3, ISBN   978-3-642-29743-4 , retrieved 2020-10-28
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