Om Gurung Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor Dr.
Om Gurung
Native Name:ओम गुरुङ
Birth Date:11 February 1953
Birth Place:Nepal
Death Place:Harisiddhi, Lalitpur District, Nepal

Om Gurung (11 February 1953 – 17 October 2022; also known as Om Prasad Gurung) was a Nepalese sociologist.

Education

Gurung obtained his PhD from Cornell University in 1996. His dissertation was titled Customary systems of natural resource management among Tarami Magars of Western Nepal.[1]

Career

He was head of the Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology of the Tribhuvan University of Nepal. He also served as the chairman of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN)—the umbrella organization of various Indigenous groups in the country—and has been actively involved in indigenous identity politics.[2] [3]

Death

At one stage, he was suffering from severe kidney failure. Doctors suggested transplanting his kidney as soon as possible but at first there was a lack of potential compatible donor.[4] Then it was transplanted about a decade ago. Gurung died from cancer in Lalitpur District, Nepal, on 17 October 2022, at the age of 69.[5]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Gurung . Om Prasad . 1996 . Customary systems of natural resource management among Tarami Magars of western Nepal . 64683006 .
  2. Web site: Read online latest news and articles from Nepal..
  3. Web site: कान्तिपुर - नेपालको राष्ट्रिय दैनिक, Online News and articles from Kantipur Daily.
  4. Web site: We love and pray for our Professor Dr. Om Gurung . 2 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130803171523/http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/we-love-and-pray-for-our-professor-dr-om-gurung/74961# . 3 August 2013 . dead .
  5. Web site: Anthropologist Om Gurung dies of cancer . 17 October 2022 . kathmandupost.com . English.