The Faculty Research Grants Committee facilitates the entire activities related to faculty research. FRGC calls proposal, evaluate and recommend for the award, evaluate the research reports and recommendation for the financial support. School provides financial support to the successful proposals. 

 

Responsibilities of the Committee

• To formulate the guidelines, procedure, criteria for the evaluation of the research proposal in order to maintain the integrity and quality of the research works within the framework developed by the Academic Council of University and Pokhara University Research Centre.
• To call for a research proposal to faculties of School of Business on a regular basis.
• To evaluate the research proposal based on given criteria, award the contract to the successful research proposal (faculty) and recommend to the management of SOB for research grants.
• To review the progress of research projects, provide suggestions, assist researchers, and recommend the final payment if the report is accepted by the experts.
• To organise the workshop and training to impart the knowledge and skill of faculties on academic research, and suggest relevant, genuine, and important issues for the study.
• To encourage the faculty to disseminate the research findings in the national and international forum, conference and journals.
• To provide feedback to the Research Management Cell, Graduate Research Project Committee, and Project Works Committee for the furtherance of the research quality of the university.

 

 

Currently, the committee comprises 3 members including the coordinator.

 

Umesh S. Yadav, PhD, Associate Professor 

Coordinator 

 

 

Surya Bahadur G.C., PhD, Associate Professor  

Member 

 

 

Santosh Kumar Gurung, Assistant Professor 

Member 

 

 

 

 

Pokhara University provides research grants to researchers through Pokhara University Research Centre and respective schools.

Following researches are sponsored by School of Business (FRG-2018):

 

SN	Topic of the Research	Principal Researcher
1	A content analysis of language and communication courses	Mr. Bishwo Raj Parajuli
2	Awareness and usage of internet banking facilities	Mr. Deepesh Ranabhat
3	Factors affecting job satisfaction: A comparative study of university teachers	Mr. Pradeep Sapkota
4	Factors affecting the investment decision of employees	Mr. Ramkrishna Chapagain
5	Identification of bottleneck problem in hospitals	Mr. Bharat Raj Wagle
6	Influence of parental socio-economic status on students' academic performance	Mr. Deepak Neupane
7	The demand for logistics and supply chain management jobs	Mr. Subarna B. JBR
8	The influence of behavioural factors on investment decision	Ms. Kripa Kunwar

Faculty Training

 

 

 

Following researches are sponsored by Pokhara University Research Centre 

SN	Topic of the Research	Principal Researcher
1	Business Student Perception towards their Professional Career: A case study of Pokhara University	Dr. Srijan Gyawali
2	Corporate governance, ownership structure and performance	Dr. Surya Bahadur GC
3	Impact of employee involvement culture on performance of hotel business in Pokhara	Mr. Dayaraj Dhakal
4	Impact of Homestay tourism on livelihood status of homestay operators in Gandaki Province	Dr. Umesh Singh Yadav
5	Impact of organizational culture on employee performance	Mr. Ashish Thapa
6	Impact of social security allowance on socio-economic status of people in Kaski	Mrs. Sujita Adhikari
7	Knowledge and Compliance behavior towards rental tax in Pokhara	Mr. Ghanashyam Tiwari
8	Willingness to pay for community health insurance	Dr. Rabindra Ghimire

 

Following researches are sponsored by University Grants Commission, Nepal 

 

SN	Topic of the Research	Principal Researcher
1	Effect of Micorfinance Intervention on livelihood status of Household in Kaski District	Dr. Ramkrishna Chapagain
2	Factors affecting financial condition of urban municipalities in Nepal (Collaborative Research)	Dr. Umesh S. Yadav
		Dr. Surya Bahadur G. C.
3	Socio-cultural, Economic and Environmental Impact of Tibetan Refugee Settlements in Host Communities	Dr. Santosh Kumar Gurung

 

 

Following researches are sponsored by School of Business (FRG-2019)

Topic of the Research	Principal Researcher
Factors affecting women career progression at higher educational intuitions in Pokhara	Mrs. Shanti Devi Chhetri
Impact of leadership style on organizational culture at educational institution of Pokhara	Mr. Deepak Ojha
Rhetorical Analysis of brand slogans of commercial banks of Nepal	Mr. Yograj Lamichhane
The Role of Cost Information and accounting system for pricing decision in hotel industry of Pokhara	Mr. Ghanashyam Tiwari