Rupa Basnet Parasai

Name: Rupa Basnet Parasai

Married. One Daughter

Date/place of birth: 22 July 1970, Kathmandu, Nepal

Email: rupa_basnet_parasai@yahoo.co.uk, rbasnet@kmtnc.org.np

Home address

Ward number 2, Sanepa, Lalitpur sub-metropolitan, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Telephone: +977-1-5526689

Office address

King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation

Jawalakhel,

PO Box 3712,

Kathmandu, Nepal.

Telephone: +977-1-5526571/5526573

+977-1-5526570 (fax)

Academic qualifications

2004 – present PhD candidate, University of Twente.

Research title: Carbon Ownership: an Environmental Justice Approach. This research falls under a project “Kyoto: Think Global, Act Local”.

1999 – 2000 LLM: Environmental Law and Management

University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

1989 – 1995 Bachelors in Law

Nepal Law Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal

1976 – 1987 ‘O’ Levels and High School

St Mary’s High School, Jawalakhel, Kathmandu, Nepal

Professional qualifications

2001 – present Programme Officer

King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation, Nepal

1996 – 1999 Protection Assistant

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Nepal

Awards/Scholarships

1990 – 1991 Nepal Law Campus Scholarship

1992 – 1993 Nepal Law Campus Scholarship

1993 Award to participate in South/Southeast Asia debate, Colombo

1994 – 1995 Nepal Law Campus Scholarship

1999 – 2000 Chevyning British Council Scholarship

2004 – present Research grant from Technology Development Group, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Courses/Seminars

2001 Course on Legal Pluralism, Bangkok

Publication

1998 Training book for Bhutanese Refugees on Nepalese Legal System and Law