Rabindra Ghimire – Nepal Insurance and Risk Management Association

RABINDRA GHIMIRE, PHD

Current Status: President: NIRMA (2019 to present), Managing Editor: Nepalese Journal of Insurance and Social Security

Core area of interest: Risk Management, Insurance, Social Security, Financial inclusion, Social Insurance, Microinsurance, Corporate Governance,

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

PhD Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Banaras Hindu University, India.

Master of Business Administration from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Bachelor of Commerce from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

EXPERIENCE

School of Business (2016 June -2020 June)

Collegiate Teacher (2000 July – 2009)

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Team Leader, Farmers’ perception and awareness towards agriculture insurance as a tool of risk management in Kaski and Chitwan Districts of Nepal funded by University Grants Commission (2019-2021).
Team Leader, Financial Performance of Nonlife Insurance Companies funded by Pokhara University (2021-2022).
Team Leader, Willingness to pay for Social Health Insurance in Pokhara Valley: A contingent valuation study funded by Pokhara University (2018-2019).
Researcher, INNOTAL Project (Erasmus + funded by European Union) (2019-2021).
Project Development Associates, AURORA (Erasmus + funded by European Union) (2022 ongoing)
Finance Experts, Finalized formative research assignment more than half dozens of development projects.
Team Leader, Base line surveys and feasibility studies of development and commercial establishment.
Supervising more than five dozen master’s level students, some MPhil and PhD. Expert evaluators of Master, MPhil and PhD dissertation
Trainer for insurance companies, educational institutions, corporate houses, local government bodies, and NGOs/INGOs in the area of career development, corporate governance, budgeting, evaluation and monitoring, Marketing, proposal development, business planning, sustainability and entrepreneurial mindset, report writing and negotiation etc.

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Chairman of Board of Director, Nepal Reinsurance Company Ltd (A state owned undertaking of Government of Nepal) from 2021 October to 2022 November
Standing Committee Member, Management Subject Committee, Faculty of Management Studies, Pokhara University.
Member, Research Evaluation Committee, Pokhara University Research Centre, 2015-2019.
Chair, Graduate Research Committee, Faculty of Management Studies, Pokhara University
Editor-in- Chief, Journal of Business and Management, School of Business, Faculty of Management Studies, Pokhara University (2018-2020).

PUBLICATIONS

Latest published articles

Ghimire, R. & Chapagain, R. (2023). Farmers’ Satisfaction towards the Agriculture Insurance: A Case of Chitwan and Kaski Districts of Nepal. The International Research Journal of Management Science, 8(1), 123–139. https://doi.org/10.3126/irjms.v8i1.60707
Ghimire, R., Chapagain, R. K., Jagari, D. B., & Shahi, L. B. (2023). Farmers’ perception and awareness towards agriculture insurance as a tool of risk management in Kaski and Chitwan Districts of Nepal. The Lumbini Journal of Business and Economics, 11(1), 191–212. https://doi.org/10.3126/ljbe.v11i1.54326
Upadhyaya, Y.M., Ghimire, R., Ghimire, S.R. (2023). Determinants of financial performance in Nepalese nonlife insurance companies: A panel data analysis. Insurance Markets and Companies, 14(1), 99-109.

Acharya, D., Raikhola, P. S., Subedi, K. R., Devkota, B., Bhattarai, R., Pathak, K. P., Kreps, G. L., & Ghimire, R. (2023). Qualitative evaluation of health insurance program in Nepal: Expectations beyond limitations. World Medical & Health Policy. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.576
Ghimire, R, Wagle, S. (2021). Willingness to Pay and Expected Benefits for Social Health Insurance: A Cross-sectional Study at Pokhara Metropolitan City. Med S. J. Med. Sci. 2021;1(1):41-49. https://doi.org/10.3126/mjmms.v1i1.42945

Books authored

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCE & SEMINAR

Participation in national and international conference & seminar as resource person, paper presentation and participation. (for details Official website: https://pusob.edu.np/index.php/?r=members/memberdetails&id=58)

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