Area of Specialization

  • Development
  • Governance
  • Administration and Social Research
     

Academic Qualification

  • PhD in Development Studies, focus on Political Economy (Ongoing), Kathmandu University School of Arts (2024-present)
  • M.Phil. in Development Studies, Kathmandu University School of Education (2016-2018).
  • M.Ed. in Population Education, Department of Health and Population Education, Tribhuvan University (2011-2013).
  • M.A. in Population Studies (Demography), Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University (2009-2011).

Training and Professional Course

  • Winter School on Federalism and Sustainability. Jointly organized by Innsbruck University and Eurac Research (Feb 04-016, 2024)
  • Introductory Training on WTO and MC12 Outcomes for Nepal Government Officers. Jointly organized by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and WTO (12-16 September 2022).
  • Refresher Training on GESI/GRB. Organized by Nepal Administrative Staff College (June 30 to 1 July 2022).
  • Academic Writing for Management Faculty. Organized by AMDISA (2 to 5 Feb 2022).
  • Fiscal Federalism and Good Governance, Management and Development Institute, Gurgaon, India (March 25-30, 2019).
  • Master of Trainer on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion and Gender Responsive Budgeting. Jointly organized by Nepal Administrative Staff College and UN Women Nepal (January 6-10, 2019).
  • Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence. Jointly organized by Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) and Harvard University (March 20-23, 2017).
  • Public Administration and Governance. Conducted by the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise Jointly Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore and the Institute of Public Administration, Qatar (October 10-13, 2016).
  • Using Evidence for Smart Policy Design. Jointly organized by Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) and Harvard University (July 19-20, 2016).
  • Certificate Course on Integrity Building. Jointly organized by NASC and Integrity Action (September, 29-06 October 2015).
  • Promoting Affirmative Action at Work Place. Organized by NASC (16-17 June 2015).
  • Training of Trainer. Organized by NASC (April 20-19 May 2015).
  • Research Methodology, Proposal and Thesis Writing Skills. Organized by Department of Health and Population Education (March 22-27, 2015).
  • Training on Right to Information (RTI). Jointly organized by NASC and National Information Commission (March 28-30, 2015).
  • Data Management in Epi Data and Data Analysis in SPSS. Organized by Central Department of Population Studies (January 02-12, 2012).
  • Research Methodology. Organized by Central Department of Population Studies (December 23-28, 2012).

Work Experience

  • Deputy Director of Studies (26 April 2021-Present)
  • Training and Research Officer, Nepal Administrative Staff College (5 January 2015-25 April 2021)
  • Secondary Level School Teacher, Government of Nepal (March 2014 – January 2015)

Research and Publication

  • Responses to Second Wave of COVID-19 in Nepal: Coordination, Support, and Struggles of Local Governments. Local Development and Society (in Review), 2025. Authors: Anup Bhurtel, Anil Kumar Gupta and Prakash C Bhattrai
  • Mandated Presence, Marginalized Power: Women Deputy Mayors in Local Governments of Nepal. Women Studies (in Review), 2025. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Chandra Lal Pandey.
  • Elected Women, Unelected Bureaucrats: Women Deputy Mayors and Bureaucratic Authority in Local Governments of Nepal. Journal of South Asian Development (in Review), 2025. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Chandra Lal Pandey.
  • Closed Doors, Invited Spaces, Claimed Ground: Women Deputy Mayors Claim Political Space in Local Government of Nepal. Contemporary South Asia (in Review), 2025. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Chandra Lal Pandey.
  • Participation of Women and Marginalised Groups in Community Level Planning Process: Evidence from Local Governments in Nepal. International Journal of Community and Social Development (in Review), 2025. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Chandra Lal Pandey.
  • Local Governments’ Budgeting Process in Nepal: Do Women Influence Budget Decisions?. Local Development and Society (in Review) (2025). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Chandra Lal Pandey.
  • Youth Income and Associated Factors: Insights from Youth Survey in Nepal (2025). Authors: Mahesh Nath Parajuli, Prakash C Bhattrai, Prakash Paudel….Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods (Book Review). Journal of Management and Development Studies (in review). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Does Economic Growth Matter for Human Development in Nepal: A Time Series Analysis. Economic Development (In Review) (2025). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Rajan Khanal.
  • Attractiveness of Civil Service in Nepal: Unravelling the Experience of Section Officers. Public Administration and Policy (In Review) (2025). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Saroja Shakya, Nabina Malekar, Shashi Shekhar Acharya and Pratap Aryal.
  • Grievance Handling in Nepali Civil Service: Insights from Employee Experiences. Croatian and Comparative Public Administration (in Review) (2025). Authors: Saroja Shakya, Nabina Malekar, Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Local Governments' Trust in the Federal and Provincial Government of Nepal. Asian Journal of Political Science (in Review) (2025). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Anup Bhurtel, and Chandni Kayastha.
  • Are Decision Spaces for Women and Marginalized Community Increasing? A Case from Local Government of Nepal. International Journal of Community and Social Development (in Review) (2025). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Trilochan Pokharel, Prathiba Dhungana and Pritha Paudel.
  • Work-Life Balance of Women Civil Servants in Nepal: Navigating the Complexities of Dual Responsibilities. South Asia’s Institutional Dilemmas: Equity and Social Justice in Practice (in Review) (2025). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Saroja Shakya, and Nabina Malekar.
  • Does Governance Matter for Human Development in Nepal: A Trend Analysis From 2002 to 2021. Southeast Asian Journal of Economics, (2025). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Role of Female Deputy Mayors in Local Government of Nepal. Federal Governance System in Nepal: Practice and Dimensions (Series 2). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Political Parties’ Accountability to Public in Nepal. Heliyon, Vol (11). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Hari P. Dhungana and Bishnu Prasad Lamsal.
  • Integrating Sustainable Development Goals in Local Plans: Practices and Challenges of Local Governments in Nepal. Heliyon (2024), Vol (10). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Tulasi Sharan Sigdel.
  • Government Expenditure and Economic Growth Nexus in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis from 1975 to 2023. Nepal Administrative Staff College (2025). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Economic Growth and Youth Unemployment Nexus in Nepal: An Autoregressive Distributive Lag Modeling Approach. Nepal Administrative Staff College (2024). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Health Service Spillover in City-Centered Local Governments of Nepal. Local Administration Journal, Vol (16), No (3), 2023. Authors: Tara Prasad Kharel and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Promoting Maternal Health in Nepal: A Policy Brief. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Pranita Rana, Prerita Pandeya and Binod Kumar Bhattarai
  • From Traditional to Innovative Public Service: A Review of Paradigm Shifts. Public Administration Issue, Vol (17), No (6), 2023. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Bishnu Prasad Lamsal.
  • Inter-Relationship Between Periodic Development Plans and Programs in Federal System (Text in Nepali), 2023. Authors: Tulasi Sharan Sigdel, Anil Kumar Gupta and Manisha Maharjan.
  • Service Users’ Confidence in Assessing Public Service: What Makes Differences? Journal of Policy Studies Vol (38), No (1), 2023. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Anup Bhurtel and Prakash C Bhattrai.
  • Digital Technology for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals: A Case of Nepal. Local Administration Journal, Vol (16), No (1), 2023. Authors: Shyan Kirat Rai and Anil Kumar Gupta
  • Civil Servants’ Integrity in Public Sector: The Case of Nepal. Heliyon, Vol (8), No (12), 2022. Authors: Rajan Khanal, Anil Kumar Gupta and Prakash C. Bhattarai
  • Citizen Satisfaction with Public Service: What Factor Drives? Policy & Governance Review, Vol (6), No (1), 2022. Authors: Bishnu Prasad Lamsal and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Bribing for Public Service: What Drives the Service Users? International Journal of Public Administration, Vol (45), No (1), 2022. Authors: Prakash C Bhattrai and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Honesty in Nepali Politicians: Does It Really Exists? Local Administration Journal, Vol (14), No (4), 2021. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Pramod Niroula and Shailendra Prasad Bhatta.
  • Provincial Analysis of Nepal National Governance Survey: Madhesh Province (2022). Authors: Rajendra Adhikari, Anil Kumar Gupta and Shree Krishna Shrestha.
  • Provincial Analysis of Nepal National Governance Survey: Karnali Province (2021). Tulasi Sharan Sigdel, Anil Kumar Gupta, Prakash C Bhattrai and Ishwari Pd. Ghimire.
  • Gender Discrimination in Nepal: Does It Vary Across Socio-Demographics? Journal of Contemporary Sociological Issue Vol (1) No (2), 2021. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Poonam Kumari Kanu and Bishnu Prasad Lamsal.
  • Quality of Public Service: What Nepali Citizens Say? (text in Nepali). Prashasan, Vol (133), 2021. Authors: Trilochan Pokharel and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Local Development Planning in Nepal: Does It Actually Reflects Citizens’ Participation. Journal of Management and Development Studies, Vol (30), 2021. Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Citizen Charter in Nepali Public Sector Organizations: Does It Really Work? Policy & Governance Review, Vol (5), 2021. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta and Gyan Laxmi Shrestha.
  • Citizens’ Trust in Public and Political Institutions. Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Nepal's Development: Failure or Success? (text in Nepali). Prashasan (2020). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Citizen Charter in Public Service Delivery (text in Nepali). Prashasan (2020). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Politicians and Administrators Relations in Local Level (text in Nepali). Prashasan (2020). Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Representative Bureaucracy in Nepali Civil Service: Exploring the Encounters of the Women. Journal of Asian Review of Public Affairs and Policy, Vol. (5), No. 1, (pp.41-59), 2020. Author: Anil Kumar Gupta, Gobinda Bhandari and Sushma Manandhar.
  • Determinants of Accountability in the Bureaucracy: The Case of Nepal. Modern Economy, Vol (10). Authors: Ramesh C. Poudel and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Does Workforce Diversity Influence Employee Performance? An Empirical Analysis of Civil Service. IUJ Journal of Management. Authors: Shailendra Bhatta, Anil Kumar Gupta and Devi Dutta Bhatta.
  • Significance of Girls Education: Parents Perception from Rural Madhesh of Nepal. Journal of Management and Development Studies Vol. (29) (pp.61-69) 2019. Author: Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Know Your Citizens for Transforming Public Service Delivery: A Step Taken in Nepal by National Governance Survey. Journal of Management and Development Studies Vol. (29)(pp.70-86) 2019. Author: Maki I. Tsumagari and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Politicians' and Bureaucrats' Relations in Local Governance of Nepal. Local Government Quarterly (April - June 2019 Issue pp.5-24). Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Trilochan Paudyal and Sundar Shrestha.
  • Performance in Nepali Bureaucracy: What Does Matter? Research Journal of Economics, Vol (3), Issue (1) (pp.1-6), 2019. Authors: Ramesh C. Poudel and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Corruption in Nepal: Level Trend and Pattern Analysis. Journal of Management and Development Studies Vol. (28) (pp. 36-52) 2018. Authors: Anil Kumar Gupta, Shiva Hari Adhikari and Gyan Laxmi Shrestha.
  • Emerging Political Economy Analysis of Education Governance at Local Level. Submitted to The Asia Foundation (2017/18). Researchers: Punya Prasad Neupane, Trilochan Pokharel, Trilochan Paudyal, Ishwari Ghimire, Anil Kumar Gupta and Anita Paudyal.
  • Quality of Public service Delivery in Nepal: Further Analysis of Nepal National Governance Survey 2017/18. Researchers (2018): Trilochan Pokharel, Bhim Prasad Subedi, Rajendra Adhikari, Shiva Hari Adhikari and Anil Kumar Gupta.
  • Multiculturalism in Nepali Public Sector Organizations. 14th South Asian Management Forum (2017). Authors: Shiva Hari Adhikari, Anil Kumar Gupta and Gyan Laxmi Shrestha (2017).

Consulting Works

  • Training Management Expert, Induction and in-service Training Curriculum 7th and 9/10th Level officials of Sudurpashchim Province (September, 2025 to present). Sudurpashchim Province Research and Training Institute and PLGSP
  • Principal Researcher, Representation of Indigenous Nationalities (Adiwasi Janajati) in Public Institutions of Nepal (10 October 2024-5 March, 2025. Indigenous Nationalities Commission, Nepal)
  • Principal Researcher, Influence of Female Deputy Mayors in Decision-Making at Local Governments of Koshi Province: Unravelling Roles, Participation, and Challenges (April-June, 2024). National Women Commission, Nepal
  • Planning and Development Management Expert, 15th Days Induction Training Curriculum and Manual for Assistant Level Officials (4/5th Level) of Provincial and Local Governments of Karnali Province (April-June, 2024). United Nations Development Programme and European Union Support to Inclusive Federalism
  • Team Member, Senior Executive Development Programme: A Training Effectiveness Evaluation Report (10 June 2023- 25 March, 2024). Nepal Administrative Staff College
  • Team Member, Local Governance, Gender Responsive and Socially Inclusive Public Finance Management: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices; (Mapping Individual and Institutional Capacities of Local Government Functionaries in Gender Responsive and Social Inclusion Planning and Budgeting in Three Provinces in Nepal (2022).
  • Team Member, Advanced Course on Management and Development (ACMD): A Review and Redesign (2022).
  • Team Member, PLGSP Baseline Survey (2021).
  • Team Member, Basic Administration Training (BAT): A Review and Redesign (2021).
  • Team Member, Supporting Sub National Governments for Localizing and Integrating SDGs in Local Plans (2019-20).
  • Research Manager, Nepal National Governance Survey 2017/18 (2017-18).
  • Research Manager, Capacity Need Assessment of Local Government 2018/19 (2018-19).
  • Data Analyst, Nepal National Governance Survey 2017/18 (2018).
  • Data Analyst, Public Services in Nepal: Citizen's Experiences, 2017 (2017).

Editorial and Peer Review Service

  • Editor (Member), Federal Governance System in Nepal: Practice and Dimensions (Series 2).
  • Editor (Member), Cases of Public Administration in Nepal, Vol. 3, 4 and 5. Published by Nepal Administrative Staff College.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management and Development and Development Studies, Published by Nepal Administrative Staff College

Peer Review Service

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry (Q1), 2025
  • Sustainable Development (Wiley, Q1), 2025
  • Local Development & Society (Taylor & Francis, Q3), 2025
  • Public Management and Money (Taylor & Francis, Q1), 2025
  • South East Asian Journal of Economics (Q3), 2025
  • Rajarshi Janak University Research Journal, 2025
  • Prashasan Journal, 2025
  • International Journal of Public Administration (Taylor & Francis, Q2), 2024, 2025
  • Publius: The Journal of Federalism (Oxford Academic, Q1), 2024

Paper Presentations

  • 5th Conference on Public Policy and Governance in South Asia: Subnational governments as the defender of democratic governance and service. (March 29, 2024), Paper title “Leveraging Data for Localizing and Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into Local Plans.
  • International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Deeper links, stronger institutions, decent jobs Building better TVET systems (September 15-16, 2023). Paper title: Youth Employment in Nepal: Do Socio-Educational Factors Matter?.
  • Annual conference of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA): New Governance Challenges Towards Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the World (December 3-4, 2022). Paper title: “Integrating Sustainable Development Goals in Local Plans: Unravelling the Practices and Encounters of Local Governments in Nepal”.
  • EROPA Conference 2022_Governance and Public Administration in COVID-19: Learning, Innovations, and Reforms in Managing Global Changes, 14-15 September 2022. Paper title "Citizen Satisfaction With Public Service: What Factors Affect?".
  • 11th International Conference on Operational Research for Sustainable Development, 01-02 February 2020. Paper title "Investment in Education and its Outcome in Nepal".
  • International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 11-12 September 2019. Paper title "Job Accountability in Nepali Bureaucracy: What Does Matter?
  • Public Policy and Governance in South Asia: Expanding Public Choices and Market Opportunities, 4-5 July 2019. Paper title "Accountability in Nepali Bureaucracy: What Matters" and Politicians and Bureaucrats Relations in Local Governance of Nepal.
  • Annual Conference on Public Administration and The Future: Challenges and Opportunities in Realizing SDGs and Directions for Reform and Capacity Building, 22-23 May 2019. Paper title "Know Your Citizen for Transforming Public Service Delivery: A Step Taken in Nepal by National Governance Survey. (Jointly presented with Maki I. Tsumagari).
  • Public Policy and Governance in South Asia: Towards Justice and Prosperity, 28-29 June, 2018. Paper title " Citizen Charter in Public Sector Organization: Does It Really Work?.
  • Policy Discourse and Research Conference on Public Policy and Governance in South Asia, 10-11 July 2017. Paper title "Corruption in Nepal: Level, Pattern and Trend Analysis".

Area of Interest

  • Development, Governance, Administration and Social Research

Academic Links

  • ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anil-Gupta-33?ev=hdr_xprf
  • Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9VAB4LMAAAAJ&hl=en
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5242-7685

Awards

  • 'Akira Nakamura' Best Paper Award at the annual conference of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA): New Governance Challenges Towards Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the World (December 3-4, 2022), Shanghai, China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  • Best Employee Award, Nepal Administrative Staff College, 2019
  • Nepal Bidhya Bhusan 'Kha' (Gold Medal) for scholastic achievement for M.A in Population Studies/Demography (First Class First), 2015