Om Gurung
Professor Dr. Om Gurung | |
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| Born | 11 February 1953 |
| Died | 17 October 2022 (aged 69) |
Om Gurung (11 February 1953 – 17 October 2022; also known as Om Prasad Gurung) was a Nepalese sociologist.
Education
Gurung obtained his PhD from Cornell University in 1996. His dissertation was titled Customary systems of natural resource management among Tarami Magars of Western Nepal.[1]
Career
He was head of the Central Department of
Death
At one stage, he was suffering from severe kidney failure. Doctors suggested transplanting his kidney as soon as possible but at first there was a lack of potential compatible donor.[4] Then it was transplanted about a decade ago. Gurung died from cancer in Lalitpur District, Nepal, on 17 October 2022, at the age of 69.[5]
Bibliography
- Gurung, O. (2009). Social inclusion: Policies and practices in Nepal. Occasional papers in sociology and anthropology, 11, 1–15.
- Gurung, A., Gurung, O. P., & Oh, S. E. (2011). The potential of a renewable energy technology for rural electrification in Nepal: A case study from Tangting. Renewable Energy, 36(11), 3203–3210.
- Gurung, O. (2019). Social inclusion/exclusion: Policy discourse in Nepal. Including the excluded in South Asia: Power, politics and policy perspectives from the region, 39–55.
References
- OCLC 64683006.[page needed]
- ^ "Read online latest news and articles from Nepal".
- ^ "कान्तिपुर - नेपालको राष्ट्रिय दैनिक, Online News and articles from Kantipur Daily".
- ^ "We love and pray for our Professor Dr. Om Gurung". Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Anthropologist Om Gurung dies of cancer". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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