Pratyoush Onta

Pratyoush Onta is a Nepali historian[1] and editor based at Martin Chautari. He is the author and editor/co-editor of several books including Social History of Radio Nepal (2004, in Nepali), Growing up with Radio (2005, in Nepali), 25 Years of Nepali Magazines (2013, in Nepali), The State of History Education and Research in Nepal (2014) and Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal (2017). He received his BA (economics) in 1988 from Brandeis University and PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He has written about the media in Nepal in the past and now mostly writes about higher education, research and knowledge distribution. He is a former Chair and current Director of Research, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu, Nepal.[2] He is also the founding editor of the journals Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS) published since 1996 by Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu [3] and Media Adhyayan (established 2006; name changed to Samaj Adhyayan in 2016) published by Martin Chautari. He continues to edit both journals.

Pratyoush Onta
Alma materBrandeis University, B.A.
University of Pennsylvania, PhD
OccupationHistorian
Known forFounding Editor of Studies in Nepali History and Society (started in 1996); Director, Martin Chautari, Martin Chautari
Home townKathmandu, Nepal

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Edited/Co-edited Books
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References
  1. "PRATYOUSH ONTA".
  2. University, Office of Web Communications, Cornell. "Anthropology Pratyoush Onta (Martin Chautari) - The making of a newly inclusive public sphere in Nepal during the 1990s". Cornell.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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