Kussum Shrestha Saakha

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Kussum Shrestha Saakha

Managing Partner

Education Background:

LL. M (1981) : Harvard Law School, Massachusetts Boston, USA (Specialization in Family Law & U.N. Law)

American Legal System : Attended an orientation in the” United States Legal System” Organized by International Law Institute of George Town University Law in Washington D.C. from July 17 to August 8 1980.

D.L. (1975) : Nepal Law Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Nepal

B.A. (1973) : Loreto College, North Bengal University, Darjeeling, India.

Affiliations

Past President

  • NCWCA (Nepal Center for Women and Children Affairs) Shtrii Shakti S2
  • FWLD (Forum for Women, Law and Development)

Executive Member

  • Nepal Law Society
  • Shrtii Shakti, an organization working for the gender equality & sustainable development through empowerment of women

General Member

  • FWLD (Forum for Women, Law and Development)
  • LEADERS, Nepal (Legal and Environmental Analysis for Development and Research Services) Kathmandu.
  • SCOPE, (Society for constitutional and Parliamentary exercise)

Supporting Background

Academic and Professional Teaching : B.S. 2033-4-20 to 2073-7-30

  • Asst. Lecturer- 1976 August 4 to 1983 May 21 Lecturer- 1983 May – 1998 January
  • Associate Professor – 1998 January to date. Professor – B.S. 2069-12-28

Co-ordinator : 

  • Refugee Law Chair (July 24, 2006- June, 2010), Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University
  • Provided expert input as a panel of expert to the model Legislation, “The Refugee Status and Determination Act 2012” initiated by UNHCR

Administrative :

  • Assistant Dean – 1995 April – 2003 April Faculty of Law, TU Kathmandu.
  • Head of Central Department of Law, Tribhuvan University (May 12, 2012 – 2016)
  • Member of Management Committee and Working Committee of Nepal Law Campus, TU
  • Member of Research Committee of The Faculty of Law, TU
  • Member of Tribhuvan University Academic Council B.S. 2069-5-13

Personal Information

Nationality : Nepali

Language : Fluency in written and spoken Nepali and English, working knowledge of written and spoken Hindi

Mother Tongue : Newari

Countries Traveled : U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Bangkok, Hong Kong, China, South Africa and India.

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