Center for Nepal and Asian Studies

Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) is a statutory research facility within Tribhuvan University that conducts independent study and debate on social science topics and subjects. The Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies (INAS) was founded on July 16, 1972, following the provisions of the Tribhuvan University Act, 1971. The Institute was transformed into a non-teaching research institute – the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) on September 8, 1977.

The research wings, known as faculties, have been in charge of the primary substantive operations at the Centre, while the administrative and documentation divisions have provided assistance. The Centre has resurrected its three 1980s offices – India, China, and Japan – in 2018. CNAS is a multidisciplinary research center with a team of ten full-time faculty members and twenty support staff members.

About Center for Nepal and Asian Studies

Research Priorities

Examine and evaluate the societal reaction to development programs, as well as the consequences for alternative policy options.
Examine localized Nepalese communities to have a better knowledge and respect of traditional cultures that contribute to national identity.
Conflict studies, small-state security, politics, development, and inter-state interactions in South Asia are among the topics covered.
Studies of the Asian area, notably its political, economic, and strategic developments.

Research Areas

Studies of Culture and Heritage History, historical cultural forms, religion, and folk studies are all topics covered in art and archaeology.

Studies of Social Change and Development

Social structure, national integration, ethnic studies, population dynamics, institutional processes, development processes, applied linguistics, and sociolinguistic studies are some of the topics covered in this course.

Himalayan Studies

The study of the Indus-Brahmaputra region's people, ecology, development, and geopolitical context.

Nepalese Political Studies

It is a journal dedicated to the study of NepaleseRegional studies, institutional and process analysis, international relations, and foreign policy analysis.