Born and raised in a rural agrarian community in Nepal, Mr. Bhattarai learned about the close interlink between agriculture, environment, and livelihood at his early stage of life. Exceptional level of motivation, combined with excellent academic performance enabled Mr. Bhattarai to receive prestigious scholarships to carry postgraduate education in globally renowned institutions in Europe and India.

Mr. Bhattarai has more than two decades of experience working in forestry, natural resources, and livelihood sectors not only in different agroecological zones of Nepal, but also - from rural Africa through Latin America to Europe – in Government, Universities, and Non-government organizations. Mr. Bhattarai strives to link theory to practice in the areas of his multidisciplinary study.

Mr. Sanjeeb Bhattarai is an enthusiastic learner and educator. He identifies himself as a forester working across a range of disciplines within (agro-)forestry, natural resource management, and livelihood. His work uses both biophysical and social science methods. Mr. Bhattarai has also published in the areas of agroforestry, forest management, silviculture, and climate change.

Feel free to contact Mr. Bhattarai for potential collaboration, to learn more about him - please visit his personal website - sanjeeb.name.np.

• PG-Diploma: Remote Sensing and GIS (UN CSSTEAP Scholarship): Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, India (Silver Medalist)
• MSc Agroforestry (Erasmus Mundus Scholarship): Bangor University, UK
• MSc Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR - Erasmus Mundus Scholarship) : Copenhagen University, Denmark
• BSc Forestry: Institute of Forestry (IoF), Pokhara, Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal
• Provisional Certificate Level (PCL) Forestry: IoF, Hetauda

• Assistant Professor, Institute of Forestry (IOF), Tribhuvan University (TU): Mar 2021- Present
• Assistant Professor, KAFCOL, Tribhuvan University (TU): Oct 2017 – Mar 2021 (Best Teacher awardee for a year)
• Independent Consultant, Forestry, Environment and Livelihood: Sep 2005 – Present (Intermittently)
• Miscellaneous: University, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Research/Development, Government Public Services: Feb 1998 – Jan 2016

• KC, A.; S. BHATTARAI, P. Pandey (2022) A comparison of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 spectral indices for estimating aboveground forest carbon in a community forest. Forestry (Journal of Institute of Forestry, Nepal), Volume 19, pp. 40-55.
• Pokharel, S.; S. BHATTARAI, R. Adhikari, S. Jha, A. Pokhrel, M. Parajuli (2022) Existing Agroforestry Practices and Their Contribution to the Socio-economic Condition of the People of West Nawalparasi,  Nepal- A Case Study. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 7 (1), pp. 132- 141.
• Ulak, S.; B. Lama, D. K. Pradhan, S. BHATTARAI (2021) Exploring Agroforestry Systems and Practices in The Terai and Hill Regions of Nepal. Banko Janakari 31 (2), pp. 3-12.
• Bhusal, A.; B. Neupane, S. BHATTARAI, A. Kapali, S. Bhatta, S. Bajagain (2020) Breeding Seasonality of Chital (Axis axis) in the Hetauda Valley of Nepal. Forestry (Journal of Institute of Forestry, Nepal) 17, pp. 174-183.
• Bhattarai, S.; S. BHATTARAI, and M. R. Bhandari (2020) Crown Openness and Regeneration Status in Pine Forest. Int J Environ Sci Nat Res, 25(1).
• BHATTARAI, S.; S. Alvarez, C. Gary, W. Rossing, P. Tittonell, and B. Rapidel (2017)  Combining Farm Typology and Yield Gap Analysis to Identify Major Variables Limiting Yields in the Highland Coffee Systems of Llano Bonito, Costa Rica. Agric, Ecosys and Environm, 243, pp. 132-142.
• BHATTARAI, S.; C. Allinne, J. Avelino, C. Gary, W. Rossing, P. Tittonell, and B. Rapidel (2014) Interactions between Household and Plot Characteristics in Generation of Ecosystem Services from Coffee Agro-ecosystems of Small Holders in Llano Bonito, Costa Rica Paper presentation at the 7th Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) Conference, 08-12 September San José, Costa Rica.
• BHATTARAI, S.; C. Gary, W. Rossing, P. Tittonell, and B. Rapidel (2014) Interactions between Site, Coffee Plant and Shade Tree Characteristics in Coffee Agro-ecosystem of Llano Bonito, Costa Rica Poster presentation at the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry, 10-14  February New Delhi, India.
• Subedi, B. P.; S. BHATTARAI, and S. Khanal (2011) Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation through Community-based Sustainable Management of Forests in Nepal in Mountain Forests in a Changing World – Realizing values, addressing challenges, ed Price et al. UNFAO/MPS and SDC, Rome: 66.
• Leimona, B; M. v. Noordwijk, L. Joshi, D. Catacutan, T. Yatich, J. Died, H. Mwangi, J. M. Gathenya, C. Mathuri, F. Sinclair, S. BHATTARAI et al. (2011) Methods to Assess What is ‘Realistic’ in the Context of Payment of Environmental Services (PES) in Trees, livelihoods, current and future climate variability: Methods and Approaches for Linking Knowledge with Action in Adaptation to Climate Change through Support for Landscape Multifunctionality, ed. M. v. Noordwijk, M. H. Hoang, H. Neufeldt, I. Oborn and T. Yatich. World Agroforestry Centre, South East Asia (ICRAF-SEA), Bogor, Indonesia.