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Essays and field notes on artificial intelligence, research methods and Nepal's data driven future. Written for practitioners, students and anyone who makes decisions with evidence.

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Teaching & Learning·October 12, 2026·9 min read

AI as Tutor, Not Ghostwriter: Teaching Students to Think With AI

The same chatbot can make a student weaker or sharper. The difference is who does the thinking, and that is something we can teach.

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Digital Nepal·October 8, 2026

What Nepal's Teachers Need Before They Need an AI Tool

Handing teachers an AI app is not training. Training starts with the teacher's real Monday morning and ends with follow-up, not a certificate.

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Teaching & Learning·October 3, 2026

Rethinking Assessment When Every Student Has a Chatbot

Banning AI and detecting AI both lead to an arms race we cannot win. Better to design assessment where understanding is the only thing that passes.

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AI Policy·May 18, 2026

Making AI Policy Work in Nepal

Nepal does not need a perfect AI policy. It needs a workable one: clear priorities, real budgets, and institutions that can actually deliver.

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AI Practice·April 2, 2026

Prompt Engineering for Researchers: A Practical Guide

Large language models can speed up every stage of a research project, but only if you talk to them like a methodologist. Here is the approach I teach.

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Research Methods·February 20, 2026

What a Decade in the Field Taught Me About Data Quality

Bad data rarely announces itself. Ten years of surveys across Nepal and India taught me that quality is won or lost in small, unglamorous decisions.

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Digital Nepal·January 12, 2026

The Digital Divide in Nepal: What the Evidence Says

Connectivity has raced ahead of capability. The next phase of Nepal's digital story is about skills, trust and locally relevant services.

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