Dr. Pramod Poudel is an Associate Professor at the Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal since 2020 AD. Dr. Poudel also served as a Research Director (2019-2023 AD) of Research and Scholarship Division at the University Grants Commission (an apex body of higher education institutions, Government of Nepal), with major responsibilities of developing research and innovation policies/guidelines for Higher Education, developing strategies for collaboration with world-class universities, conducting research policy dialogues. Dr. Poudel hold a PhD in Biotechnology from the Kyushu University, Japan in 2015 under prestigious Japanese Government Fellowship.  He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experiences. He is closely working with World-Bank funded project: Nurturing Excellence in Higher Education Program (NEHEP) in Nepal-for developing standards, operational procedures and guidelines for Collaborative research and Entrepreneurship Support Program.  He is a Biotechnology expert at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal. Dr. Poudel is a young scientist awardee of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology in the year 2017 AD. Dr. Poudel is recipient of prestigious Nepal Vidhya Busan Ka award from the Government of Nepal in 2016 AD. He was also awarded with TWAS research grant, KWEF-Japan research fund, UGC-research grants, for conducting researches. He is associated with several national/international professional societies, attended international conferences/seminar and have reviewed several manuscripts invited from high ranked journals. He has visited several countries such as UK, Netherlands, Japan, Thailand, China, Sri Lanka and India for attending the international conferences/seminars. He has supervised several masters students and one ongoing PhD student . Besides these, he serves as an expert member various technical and steering committees formed by Government of Nepal. He has published several research articles in ranked journals. His areas of research are on beneficial soil microbes, Lactic acid producing bacteria, indigenous fermented foods, Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria, Metagenomics.

Ph.D in Biotechnology

Postdoctorate

• Research Director, Research and Scholarship Division, University Grants Commission, Nepal
• Head of Department, Department of Microbiology, National College, Tribhuvan University (TU) (2016-2019 AD)
• Visiting Faculty, Central Department of Biotechnology (CDB), Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu Nepal (2018-2019 AD)
• Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kyushu University, Japan (2015-2016 AD)
• Teaching Assistant (TA) at Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kyushu University, Japan (2011-2014 AD)
• Research Assistant (RA) Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kyushu University, Japan (2014-2015 AD)
• Lecturer at Department of Microbiology, National College [NIST], Affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2006-2010 AD)

2023

1. Dev Ram Sunuwar, Suvash Nayaju, Raja Ram Dhungana, Kshitij Karki, Pranil Man Singh Pradhan, Pramod Poudel, Chitrakala Nepal , Madhu Thapa , Nani Shobha Shakya , Matina Sayami, Pradip Krishna Shrestha, Renu Yadav and Devendra Raj Singh. Effectiveness of a dietician-led intervention in reducing glycated haemoglobin among people with type 2 diabetes in Nepal: a single centre, open-label, randomized controlled trial, The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, accepted 2023.
2. Pawan Khanal, Dikshya Shilpakar, Dambar Bahadur Khadka, Om Prakash Panta, Pramod Poudel, Bunty Maskey. Probiotic Potentiality of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from “Theki Dahi” around Various Places of Pokhara Valley. Journal of Natural Sciences Research Vol. 14 (4), 2023.

2022

1. Shrestha, S. K., Khadka, S., Rayamajhee, B., Thapa, A., Sharma, S., Shrestha, B., & Pramod Poudel (2022). Lower Susceptibility to Fluoroquinolones and a gyrA Gene Mutation in Salmonella Typhi Isolates from Enteric Fever Patients. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 20(02), 517-523. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v20i02.4245
2. Lil Budha Magar, Binod Rayamajhee, Sujan Khadka, Gaurab Karki, Alina Thapa, Muhammad Yasir, Sandeep Thapa, Om Prakash Panta, Suprina Sharma, Pramod Poudel, “Detection of Bacillus species with arsenic resistance and plant growth promoting efficacy from agricultural soils of Nepal, Scientifica, vol. 2022, Article ID 9675041, 10 pages , 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9675041
3. Bibek Raj Bhattarai, Bikash Adhikari, Saroj Basnet, Asmita Shrestha, Rishab Marahatha, Babita Aryal, Binod Rayamajhee, Pramod Poudel, Niranjan Parajuli, "In Silico Elucidation of Potent Inhibitors from Natural Products for Nonstructural Proteins of Dengue Virus", Journal of Chemistry, vol. 2022, Article ID 5398239, 12 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5398239