Name: 
Pankaj Raj Dhital
Designation: 
Assistant Professor
Department: 
Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
Email: 
[email protected]
Telephone: 
+977-9801063400
Mobile: 
+977-9855053981
Qualification: 
M.Sc.Ag. (Agricultural Extension)
Professional Experiences: 
Assistant Professor in Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, AFU since July 2011
Scientific Publications: 

1. Dhital, P. S., S. Sharma, P. Poudel, P. R. Dhital, 2017. Knowledge regarding postexposure prophylaxis of HIV among nurses. Dove Press. Nursing: Research and Reviews 2017:7, 45–50. https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S131454

2. Dhital, P., K. Sharma,P. Poudel, Dhital, P. R. (2018). Anxiety and Depression among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Attending at a Cardiac Center , Kathmandu , Nepal. Nursing Research and Practice, Hindawi. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4181952

3. Dhital P.R., 2017. Agricultural Extension in Nepal: Experiences and Issues. Journal of Advances in Agriculture, 7 (3): 1071-1082, 2017. https://doi.org/10.24297/jaa.v7i3.6287

4. Dhital P. R. and N. R. Joshi, 2016. Factors Affecting Adoption of Recommended Cauliflower Production Technology in Nepal, Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 4(5): 378-383, 2016. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i5.378-383.637

Ongoing Researches: 

1. Agriculture Graduates and Agri-entrepreneurship

2. Farming System in Rural Nepal

3. Determinants of adoption of Backyard poultry in Rural households

Research Interests: 
1. Agricultural Extension
2. Agri-entrepreneurship
3. Technology Diffusion and Adoption
4. Climate change and Disaster Risk Management
5. ICT in Agriculture