Mr. Shiva Devkota

•  Teaching Assistant in Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. (July 2007- present days / Teaching for Masters Level Students).


•  Researcher / Mycologist in a research project " Biodiversity Conservation in Community Forests of Nepal: A Case Study of Dhading District ". Funded by University Grants Commission, Nepal. (Jan 2010 – June 2011)


•  Research Associate in a collaborative research project "Phylogeography and Conservation Biology of Lobaria in Langtang National Park" between Central   Department   of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu and  Swiss Federal Institute for Forest,   Snow and Landscape  Research, WSL, Switzerland.  Received extensive training on molecular works and on different perspective of Conservation Biology in Switzerland under the close   supervision of   Prof. Dr. Christoph Scheidegger, Head of Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation   Biology, WSL (Sep 2009 – Dec 2009).


• Principal Investigator/ Mycologist in a research "Study of Wild Mushrooms and their Contribution to Livelihoods in Langtang National Park of Nepal". Funded by University Grants Commission, Nepal (2009).


•  Research officer / Biologist in a project "Livelihood Enhancement through Commercialization of Valuable medicinal plants and other Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs). Jointly implementing project of SAFE-Concern, Kathmandu and MAPPA /ICIMOD (Oct 2006 – Sep 2008).


• Researcher / Sociologist and Anthropologist in a project "Vulnerability Assessment and Formulation of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Langtang National Park and Buffer Zone". Jointly implementing project of SAFE-Concern, Kathmandu and WWF Nepal Program (May 2008 – July 2008).


• Principal researcher / Biologist in a project "Ethnoecology, Regeneration Pattern, Collection Techniques and Trade of Yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinensis): In Dolpa Region of Nepal". Jointly implementing project of SAFE-Concern, Kathmandu and WWF Nepal Program (May 2006 – Sep 2007).


•  Research Assistant / Mycologist in a project “Community Forestry and Integrating Biodiversity of Nepal” to conduct Ethnomycological (Uses of Wild mushrooms) survey in 16 different districts of Nepal. Project was supported by The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark (July 2005 – April 2006).


• Research Assistant / Biologist in IUCN _ Nepal under the project “Building Capacity to protect Biodiversity and Indigenous Rights through Documentation and Registration of Traditional Knowledge in Nepal” jointly implemented project of the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC) and IUCN-Nepal working among the Gurung community of Dhampus, Kaski. (Oct-Dec, 2004).

Membership

• Founder and Chairman:              Lumle Welfare Foundation (LWF)


• Founder and executive member: The Mycology and Phytopathological Society, Nepal (MAPSON


• Member:                                   Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON)

Publications

• Devkota, S. 2010. The fleshy fungi, Sparassis crispa (Basidiomycetes: Polyporales) from Nepal. Scientific World. 7(7): 94-95.


• Devkota, S. 2008. Distribution and Status of Highland Mushrooms: A Study from Dolpa, Nepal. Journal of Natural History Museum. 23 (51-59).


• Christensen, M., Devkota, S. and Bhattarai, S. 2008.Use of Wild Edible Mushrooms in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Journal of the Mycological and Phytopathological Society, Nepal. 1 (1-6).


• Devkota, S. 2008. Approach towards the Harvesting of Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. in Pastures of Dolpa, Nepal. In: Medicinal Plants in Nepal: An Anthology of Contemporary Research. (eds. P.K Jha, S.B. Karmacharya, M.K.Chetri, C.B.Thapa and B.B. Shrestha). Ecological Sociey (ECOS), Kathmandu, Nepal. Pp. 90-96.


•  Adhikari, M.K and Devkota, S. 2007. The Clavarioid Fungi of Nepal. Plant Resources Bulletin No. 28, Department of Plant Resources Kathmandu, Nepal. pp. 7-22.


•  Devkota, S. 2006. Yarsagumba [Cordyceps sinensis (Berk) Sacc.]; Traditional Utilization in Dolpa District, Western Nepal.  Our Nature. (An International Biological Journal). 4 (48-52).


•  Pandey, N.; Devkota, S.; Christensen, M. and Budathoki, U. 2006. Use of Wild Mushrooms among the Tamangs of Nepal. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology.7 (96-104).


•  Adhikari, M.K.; Devkota, S. and Tiwari, R.D. 2005. Ethnomycological Knowledge on Uses of Wild Mushrooms in Western and Central Nepal. Our Nature. (A Biological Journal). 4 (13-19).


•  Devkota, S.; Tiwari, R.D.; Manandhar, V.K. and Adhikari, M.K. 2005. A New Record of Ascobolus magnificus Dodge. from Lumle, Nepal Botanica Orientalis (Journal of Plant Science). 5 : 25.


•  Devkota, S.; Tiwari, R.D.; Manandhar, V.K. and Adhikari, M.K. 2005. Some Wild Mushrooms Collected from Lumle, Kaski, Nepal. In: Plant Resources Bulletin No. 26, Department of Plant Resources Kathmandu, Nepal. pp. 10-15.