Dr. Paudel completed MSc from Tribhuvan University, PhD (2000) and post-doc research (2004–2006) from Hokkaido University, Japan, and has been teaching at the Central Department of Geology since 1994. He has visited Germany several times as a researcher and stayed at Paris University as a visiting professor. He has published more than 40 research articles in peer-reviewed journal of national and international reputes and four books in geology. Professor Paudel is appointed as a Chairman at Tribhuvan University Service Commission since August 2019.

Reserarch interest: Petrology, structural geology and tectonics