Bhim Prasad Subedi is a Professor of Geography and former Chairperson of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal. With over 40 years of teaching experience at the Central Department of Geography at Tribhuvan University, his research focuses on the social dimensions of population (migration and ageing), urbanisation, ethnic diversification, social safeguards, and livelihood studies. He has held research affiliations with prestigious institutions, including the University of Copenhagen, the University of Bergen, the University of Zurich, the University of Oxford, and the University of Michigan. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Hawaii. He has published widely, including in leading international journals and contributed numerous book chapters. His publications include Vegetation and Society: Interactions in the Himalayas (2002), Geography and Geographers’ Work in Nepal (2005), Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas (2007), and The State of Geography Teaching and Research in Nepal (2014).