Sushil Dhungana
An enthusiast of research & services integrated career in Biotechnology.
After completion of my B.tech in Biotechnology from Kathmandu University in 2019, I have been researching and employed in the field of molecular plant pathogen detection & bio-control agents. As an entrepreneur, I am also industrially producing mushroom spawns being based on GMP. Other short-term researches that I have contributed to revolve around optimization of production of mushroom, secondary foods, slow sand filtrers, and organizational management.
Personally, I wake up every day to: embrace opportunities, harness resourcefullness, & take risks in the pursuit of meaningful progress.
'Genesis' is the word that drives me.
| Key Interests: | Molecular Biology, Industrial / Agricultural Biotechnology, Immunology, Bio-informatics, Genomics & Proteomics. |
Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
01/08/2015 – 14/11/2019
Bachelors of Technology in the Field of Biotechnology (EQF Level: 6)
CGPA 3.71 (Equivalent to 89.85%)
Khumal Heights, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
01/08/2011 – 19/08/2013
Higher Secondary Education Board (EQF Level: 5)
83.10%
Balodaya Marga, Birauta, Pokhara-17
14/04/1998 – 20/06/2011
School Leaving Certificate (EQF Level: 4)
88.38%
Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
01/01/2019 – 30/11/2020
Project title: Development of River Water Pump for drinking and irrigation purposes in rural areas to provide the means of pumping water without use of electricity and fuel.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Hari Prasad Neopane
Key Responsibilities Completed:
Literature Review, Optimization of water filtration by slow sand filters (using DOE and RSM), prototyping, water quality testing, field surveys and documentations (proposals, progress reports and log sheets).
Pokhara-14, Chauthe, Gandaki Province, Nepal
12/02/2020 – Present
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Key Responsibilities Completed and Undergoing:
Completed: Planning, infrastructural design and procurement of equipment for laboratory,
Ongoing:
- Operation of the microbiology lab and management of cultures,
- Organize the production of company along with its Quality assessment,
- Collaborate with various institutions for inception, proposal, management and completion of various product based research projects.
- Private and public relation management.
Currently the production and research of this enterprise is focuesd on spawns of straw mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus, P. florida, P. eryngii), button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), and shitake-wood mushroom (Lentinula edodes) as well as their cultivation trials and secondary product development based on mushroom.
Syangja And Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal
1/08/2022 – 8/09/2023
Project title: Development of human health promoting fumigates from raw materials cultivated and available in rural areas for strengthening health security.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Bibas Bastola
Key Responsibilities:
- To coordinate research team, research collaborators, industrial partners, surveyers, experts and other project stake-holders for timely completion of the project.
- To facilitate communication of the findings of the project to scientific community via conferences, workshops and media.
- To support the purchase / leasing of equipment, raw materials, research spaces, product trial spaces and essentials for viability of research for the project.
- To support overall documentations required for project inclusive of project proposals, presentations, progress reports, log sheets, and final reports.
Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal
18/09/2019 – 16/07/2023
Key Responsibilities Completed:
Molecular Laboratory:
- Infrastructural Design, procurements of equipments and reagents.
- Development of optimized protocols for PCR detection of Citrus Greening Disease in Gandaki Province, Nepal.
- Field surveys and sample collection for disease diagnosis based on geographical distribution over the province.
- Analysis, documentation, and communication of findings.
Microbiology Laboratory:
- Research and Development of bio-control agents: isolation, characterization, efficacy assays, pure culture maintenance, and field trials.
- Mass scale production of Trichoderma (T. viride & T. harzianum) for distribution to farmers.
- Plant Pathogen Detection based on samples collected.
