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NACA Sambad: Centering Nepali Voices. (Re)Imagining Scholarly Futures.

NACA Sambad is a podcast of Nepali Academics in America (NACA) that centers the voices, experiences, and scholarship of Nepali academics and scholars. Through conversations about identity, knowledge, community, research, and responsibility, the series creates space for Nepali scholars to tell our own stories, reflect on our journeys, and imagine new scholarly futures.

By documenting and amplifying these voices, NACA Sambad seeks to build a living archive of Nepali scholarly experiences and expand the visibility of Nepali perspectives in academia and beyond.

Episode 01 | Everything’s Doable -- A Nepali Academic’s Journey in America

Guest: Dr. Brijesh (Brij) Thapa
Professor & Vice Dean for Faculty, Graduate Programs, and Research
Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University

Moderator: Dr. Yerina Ranjit

In the inaugural episode of NACA Sambad, Dr. Yerina Ranjit sits down with Dr. Brijesh Thapa for a conversation about his journey as a Nepali academic in the United States.

Through reflections on his academic and professional path, Dr. Thapa shares experiences, lessons, and perspectives that have shaped his journey from navigating academia to taking on leadership roles and creating possibilities along the way. At the center of the conversation is a simple but powerful idea: “Everything’s doable.”

The episode opens NACA Sambad with a conversation about possibility, perseverance, academic life, and what we can learn from the journeys of Nepali scholars who have helped forge paths in the United States.

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