Faculty

Biography

Mr. Dhungana is serving as Associate Professor at Kathmandu School of Law. He completed his Master degree in Human Rights and Gender Justice in 2007. He completed his Bachelor’s degree with special area of environment. He teaches water and river law, environment law, energy law, Gender law, conservation law and Development-related laws.  He has been involved in several academic projects in the national and international forum. He has been awarded with prestigious achievement of Best Clinical Teacher Award from SAILS, Bangladesh.

Research Projects

1. International conference on International Environmental Law, International seminar on Recent trends in Teaching and Research in International Law and International seminar on Law of sea conducted by The Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, 2007
2. 18th South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS), Bangladesh
3. Training on Human Rights Based Approach to Development Programming, Danish Institute for Human Rights, (DIHR) Denmark
4. Training for company secretaries, 11-17 June 2006 by FNCCI/Corporate Financial Governance Project (CFG) and Nepal Insolvency Partitioner’s Association (NIPA)
5. International Bar Association Annual Conference, 2016 in Washington D.C, USA
6. Presentation on conservation of water bodies in Nepal, CSE Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, 2013
7. ADB Regional Capacity Development Technical Assistance Strengthening the Capacity for Environmental and climate change Laws in Asia and the Pacific- Train the Trainers program, 23-26 Nov, 2018
8. National Trainer to the International Training for women Lawyers, Nepal Bar Association, 17-22 Nov, 2019
9. Project Bajho – A study of the climate change Laws and policies in south Asian countries, 2022, Millennium Fellowship program

Publication

1. नेपालमा प्राकृतिक स्रोत र साधनको प्रयोग तथा यसका चुनौती, कानुन  अन्वेषिका, अनुसन्धानमूलक कानुन पत्रिका, वर्ष १, अङ्क २, २०७४
2. नेपालमा विद्युत विकास र ऊर्जा कानुन सम्बन्धी अवधारणा, वर्ष २, अङ्क १, २०७५
3. Preventing Sexual Violence in Nepal Through Harmonizing Relevant Laws with International Human Rights Standards Project Report, 2015, Kathmandu School of Law
4. An overview of International and National provisions on solid waste Management with special focus on Laws and Policies in Nepal. (South Asian Journal of Environmental Law and policy, vol 1 Issue 1) Centre for Environmental Law and Policy, Centre of Environmental Justice.  FEB, 2022
5. Foreign Direct Investment and Business Environment in South Asia, Mukesh Dhungana and Santosh Acharya (FIMT Law Journal, Vol 3, Issue 1 and 2, 2020)
6. Indigenous people’s Connectivity to Natural Resources: International and National Legal Regime on Right to Water Resource, Pairavi Law Journal, Pairavi Prakashan, year 1, 2075, vol 1, Pairavi Book House Pvt. Ltd
7. Key Government Approval, permits and Challenges of Hydropower in Development in Nepal, Supreme Bar Journal, year 17, Anka 20, 2079 B.S
8. Parole System Reducing the Overcrowding Situation of Prisoners in Kathmandu Valley Mukesh Dhungana & Samjhana Phuyal, KSLR 2021
9. Groundwater Use: Existing Challenges and Legal Requirement in Nepal, National Judicial Academy (NJA),2023

Research Interest/Research Area

1. Water and River Law
2. Environment and Development
3. Energy Law
4. Human Rights and Gender Laws
5. Conservation Law