Bio for Dess Mardan Basnet, PhD
Tarakeshwor Municipality- 6
Dharmasthali, Kathmandu, Nepal
GPO Box No.13708
Phone No: 977-1- 977-1-4435779/4434320
Mobile No: 977-9841429361/9801042930
E-mails: dmbasnet@worldwithoutagner.org | dessmardanbasnet@gmail.com
ORCID id (Researcher Digital Identifier): https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-8228
Bio
Dess Mardan Basnet, PhD was born in Tarakeshwor Municipality-6, Dharmasthali, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1975. He received a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, India in 2021. Thesis: The Relationship between Personality traits, Self-efficacy, and Organizational Commitment among Employees selected Nepalese Saving and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOS). He received a Master of Business Studies (MBS) from the Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University. He specialized in International Marketing and Marketing Research for his master’s degree from Shankar Dev Campus, Tribhuvan University in 2007. He served as a Founder/Managing Director of Accurate English Institute and Consultancy, Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal from 1999-2001. He did Academic Administrative work at People’s Campus, MBS Program, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University from 2007 – 2016. He has served as an Administrative Officer for Junior Achievement (JA) Nepal as INGOs, a member of JA Worldwide, the USA from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Basnet also handled Child Social and Financial Education program of Aflatoun International through JA Nepal Chapter. Dr. Basnet taught Organizational Behavior (OB) Faculty of Management & Law at Nepal Open University (NOU) from 2021-2023.
Dr. Basnet served as Founder/Secretary General for 8 years in Bachan Saving and Credit Cooperative Limited. He has been serving as a Managing Director (CEO) in Bachan Saving and Credit Cooperative Limited from 2008-till date with the balance-sheet equivalent to £ 20,24137. He has done philanthropic work for World Without Anger (WWA) from the 2007-till date as Founder/President. All these services cumulatively indicated about 18 years of his untiring work efficiency. He served as the Managing Editor of World Without Anger International Journal to date. He served as Managing Editor affiliated with Cambridge Scholars Publishing, U.K., from 2013 to 2018. He is a Founder/Board of Director Member of EQ4Peace Worldwide Inc., USA from 2019 to date. Dr. Basnet has consulted for the Emotional Intelligence Education Program Life Without Anger (LWA) in Nepal schools since 2007.
He has been busy with research projects and has contributed seven research papers on emotional intelligence, anger management, personality, self-efficacy, and organizational commitment to international journals. He completed his doctoral degree from the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur, India in 2021.
Countries Visited: India, China, Quarter, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, and Netherlands,
Education:
- PhD in Management from Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, India
- Master’s of Business Studies (MBS) in International Marketing, Marketing Research, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- Bachelor’s in Business Studies in Fundamental of Selling, Marketing Communication (Advertising), Project Management, and Auditing, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- Proficiency Certificate Level, Elements of Marketing, Elements of Financing, Government Accounting, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- School Leaving Certificate (S.L.C), Government of Nepal
Membership:
- World Without Anger (WWA), Nepal,
- Active member of Nepali Congress Party, Nepal
- Bachan Saving and Credit Cooperative Ltd.
- EQ4Peace Worldwide Inc., USA.
- International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), USA.
- National Psychology Association (NPA), India
- UK Society for Co-operative Studies, U.K.
- Member of National Co-operative Business Association CLUSA International, USA
Awards:
- Best Employee of the Year, 2016 awarded by Bachan Saving Credit Co-operative Ltd.
- Well Visionary Achievement Award, 2016 by World Emotional Literacy League (WELL), Oregon, USA.
- NCDB PhD Research Fellowship, 2017 awarded by National Co-operative Development Board (NCDB), Ministry of Co-operative& Poverty Alleviation, and Government of Nepal.
- Most Admired Leader Award – 2020 awarded by Forum for Emotional Intelligence Learning (FEIL) & Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA). `
- Awarded a travel stipend from “YOUNG SCHOLARS WORKSHOP ALONGSIDE THE ICA-CCR ASIA AND PACIFIC- 2022”
- NEFSCUN Scholarly Award -2022 by Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Cooperative Unions (NEFSCUN)
- Nepal Vidhya Bhusan, Class A -2023 by President of Nepal on the auspicious occasion of National Education Day of Nepal and international literacy day.
- An appreciation letter from World Without Anger (WWA) for organizing 11 international conferences in the role of organizing secretary.
Presented paper
| Date | Paper titled | Area | Country |
| 2009 | Awareness and anger cognition among Nepalese adolescents and adults of corporate sectors | Emotional Intelligence | Nepal |
| 2010 | Leadership model land anger control: A Nepalese study | Emotional Intelligence | Nepal |
| 2012 | Anger Cognition of Nepalese Adolescents | Emotional Intelligence | Nepal |
| 2018 | The Relationship among Personality Traits, Self-efficacy, and Organizational Commitments (OC) of Employees of selected Saving and Credit Cooperatives | Cooperative | India |
| 2018 | Impact of Emotional Stability on Self-efficacy and total Organizational Commitments of Employees’ at Nepalese Co-operative Financial Institutions | Cooperative | India |
| 2019 | Investigating the validity of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in a Nepali student sample | Emotional Intelligence | Nepal |
| 2022 | A Study of Anger Cognition in Nepal | Emotional Intelligence | India |
| 2022 | A Study of Anger Education in Nepal | Emotional Intelligence | Nepal |
| 2022 | The Relationship among Emotional Stability Personality Traits, Self-efficacy and Organizational Commitments of Managers and Subordinates in Nepalese Saving and Credit Co-operatives (SACCOS) | Cooperative | Indonesia |
| 2023 | Relationship between demographic characteristics, personality traits, and organizational commitment among Nepalese Saving and Credit Co-operative workers | Cooperative | Belgium |
Published paper
| Date | Paper titled | Publisher |
| 2009 | Awareness and anger cognition among Nepalese adolescents and adults of corporate sectors | World Without Anger Int’l Journal |
| 2010 | Leadership model land anger control: A Nepalese study | World Without Anger Int’l Journal |
| 2012 | Anger Cognition of Nepalese Adolescents | World Without Anger Int’l Journal |
| 2018 | The Relationship among Personality Traits, Self-efficacy, and Organizational Commitments (OC) of Employees of selected Saving and Credit Cooperatives |
Open Journal of Business and Management
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| 2018 | Impact of Emotional Stability on Self-efficacy and total Organizational Commitments of Employees at Nepalese Co-operative Financial Institutions | Global Journal |
| 2019 | Investigating the validity of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in a Nepali student sample | Wiley |
| 2022 | A Study of Anger Education in Nepal | Peer review |
| 2022 | The Relationship among Emotional Stability Personality Traits, Self-efficacy and Organizational Commitments of Managers and Subordinates in Nepalese Saving and Credit Co-operatives (SACCOS) | Peer review |
| 2023 | Relationship between demographic characteristics, personality traits, and organizational commitment among Nepalese Saving and Credit Co-operative workers | Peer review |
