Assoc. Prof. Dr. Namraj Dhami was Executive Director of PURC from August 20, 2021, to August 19, 2025. Dr. Dhami is a plant biologist and researcher. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy / Medicinal Botany at the School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal. He has 18 years of teaching and research experience at Pokhara University. His research interests include the exploration of nutritionally and medicinally important metabolites in crops and medicinal plants, and he has published over 20 research and review articles in internationally reputed professional journals. His specific research interest is the exploration of nutritionally and medicinally important plant secondary metabolites and biofortification of micronutrients (e. g. carotenoids, the precursors of vitamin A) in food and feed crops.
Education
  1. PhD Plant Cell and Molecular Biology (Mar 2015 – Dec 2019), Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. Thesis: Environmental and developmental regulation of carotenoid metabolism in Arabidopsisleaves.     (URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:53174).
  2. MSc Plant Biotechnology (Sep 2010 – Aug 2012), Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Thesis: Cloning and characterization of sesquiterpene lactone synthases from Inula britannica L.   (URL:https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/titel/2019601).
  3. MSc Botany (Dec 2001 – Dec 2003), Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Thesis: Study on effectiveness of native Bradyrhizobial isolates for N2 fixation in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)                (URL: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27027.63522).
  4. BSc Biology (Sep 1998 – Aug 2001), Siddhanath Science Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Scholarship
  1. International Postgraduate Research Award (Mar 2015 – Mar 2018), Western Sydney University, Australia.
  2. Higher Degree Research Tuition Fee Waiver Scholarship (Mar 2015 – Dec 2018), Western Sydney University, Australia.
  3. Netherlands Fellowship Programme Scholarship (Sep 2010 – Aug 2012), Nuffic (The Dutch organization for internationalisation in education), The Netherlands.
Public profilesGoogle scholar: https://bit.ly/2qYSYzm | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6014-3500 |
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