Jaya Raj Acharya

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Professor Jaya Raj Acharya (or Jayaraj Acharya) was ambassador of Nepal to the United Nations from 1991 to 1994, and is a well-known scholar of Nepal.[1][2] He lectures at Tribhuvan University, has written many books, and is a prominent foreign policy expert especially in Nepal's relations with India and China.[3] He's raised awareness of Nepal's education, state of Nepali politics etc. in international forums.[4][5] He's done numerous TV appearances in the Nepali Media.

During his tenure at the United Nations, Acharya was the chairperson of the UN’s anti-apartheid committee.[6]

Born in 1951 AD in Bhanu VDC of Tanahun District,[7] to the poet Naranath Acharya and his wife Ganga, he did his Ph.D. from Georgetown University as a Fulbright Scholar. He was a fellow at Harvard University as well.[8]

Publications[edit]

  • Acharya, Jaya Raj. "USA and South Asia: Before and After 9/11, 2001'." Institute of Foreign Affairs Policy Studies Series 4 (2004).
  • Acharya, Jayaraj. "Nepalma Prajatantra Ra Nepali Congress." (1979): 71.
  • Acharya, Jayaraj. A Descriptive Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed Corpus. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press, 1991. Print.[9]
  • Acharya, Jayaraj. The Nepāla-Māhātmya of the Skandapurāṇa: Legends on the Sacred Places and Deities of Nepal. Jaipur: Nirala Publications, 1992. Print.
  • Acharya, Jayaraj. Traditional Grammars, English and Nepali: A Study : the Influence of J.c. Nesfield's Idiom, Grammar, and Synthesis on Somanath Sharma's Madhyachandrika, a Middle Nepali Grammar. Kathmandu, Nepal: Jayaraj Acharya, 1980. Print.
  • Acharya, Jayaraj, Veerendrakesari Arjyal, and Veerendrakesari Arjyal. Traditional Grammars, English and Nepali: A Study. Kathmandu: J. Acharya, 1980. Print.
  • Bhānubhakta, , and Jayaraj Acharya. Bhanubhakta Acharya: His Life and Selected Poems. Kathmandu: Vidyarthi Pustak Bhandar, 2011. Print.
  • Acharya, Jayaraj. Nepal's Foreign Policy: A Reflection = Nepālako Pararāshṭra Nīti : Eka Vimarśa. , 2014. Print.
  • Ācārya, Naranātha, Śivarāja Ācārya, Sāmbarāja Ācārya, and Jayaraj Acharya. Ādikavi Bhānubhakta Ācāryako Saccā Jı̄vanacarittra. Tanuṅa: Naranātha Ācārya, 1979. Print.
  • Acharya, Jayaraj. Yadunātha Khanāla: Jīvanī Ra Vicāra. Lalitpur: Sājhā Prakāśana, 2003. Print.
  • Koirālā, Viśveśvara P, Jayaraj Acharya, Viśveśvara P. Koirālā, and Viśveśvara P. Koirālā. Modiāina. , 2012. Print.
  • Acharya, Jayaraj. A Glossary of Business Administration and Public Administration. Kathmandu, Nepal: Institute of Management, Tribhuvan University, 1980. Print.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UN Digital Library Nepal: View Document". un.info.np. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. ^ Koirala, Mahabir Paudyal and Kosh Raj. "We must work to cultivate relations on the basis of equitable give and take". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  3. ^ Magazine, New Spolight. "What Acharya's Position In UN Means For Us". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  4. ^ Staff, Matt Nanci Sentinel. "Former ambassador to the UN from Nepal to speak at Keene State next week". SentinelSource.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  5. ^ "Update from the Harvard Alumni Group in Nepal: How can education in Nepal be improved? • The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute". The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  6. ^ "Nelson Mandela, 95". NepaliTimes.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. ^ Fleischer (19 July 2015). "Pages from the past". The Rising Nepal. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Let's be realistic in our foreign relations". The Rising Nepal. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  9. ^ Acharya, Jayaraj (1991). A Descriptive Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed Corpus. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-0-87840-073-7.