Surya Raj Acharya

Surya Raj Acharya is a Nepalese politician, and an expert on infrastructure policy. He was a professor at Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University[1] before joining Sajha Party. He is the spokesman of Sajha Party. Acharya lives in Bharatpur Metropolis in Chitwan District, Nepal.[2][3]

Dr. Surya Raj Acharya
Surya Raj Acharya (in Devnagari: सूर्यराज आचार्य)
NationalityNepalese
EducationPhD on infrastructure and regional development
OccupationPolitician, Professor until 2017
Political partySajha Party
Websitewww.acharyasurya.com.np

Education

Acharya has a Bachelor in civil engineering from the National School of Technology in Jamshedpur, India.[4] He has a master's degree in resource management from the Asian Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD degree in infrastructure and regional development from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He has worked a long time with the Institute of Transport Policies Studies, Japan as Senior Fellow. He has also worked as a Visiting Professor for Tokyo University, Japan. He was incumbent Visiting Professor at the Institute of Engineering before being affiliated in Politics.

Political career

Acharya joined as the central committee member of Sajha Party where he was later promoted as the Spokesperson of the party. He contested the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Kathmandu Area no -2, where he was defeated with Madhav Kumar Nepal.

See also

References
  1. ACHARYA, Surya Raj (2005). "Motorization and Urban Mobility in Developing Countries Exploring Policy Options Through Dynamic Simulation". Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. 6. doi:10.11175/easts.6.4113. ISSN 1881-1124.
  2. "Sajha Party appoints Surya Raj Acharya as spokesperson". Kathmandu Post. 27 May 2017.
  3. "Surya Raj Acharya appointed spokesperson of Sajha Party". The Himalayan Times. 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  4. "विकास विचारक: सूर्यराज आचार्य". himalkhabar.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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