Editorial Members | Bhutan Journal of Research and Development

Editor-in-Chief

Kezang Sherab

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Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan

Kezang Sherab, PhD, is a senior educator, researcher, and academic leader with over 30 years of expertise in education, teacher development, and student engagement. He earned his PhD in Education from the University of New England, Australia, and an M.Ed. from St. Francis XavierUniversity in Canada. He has dedicated his career to advancing Bhutan’s education sector
through leadership, research, and innovative practices.
Currently serving as the Dean at Royal Thimphu College, he is focused on both vertical and horizontal expansion of programmes that are needs-based and responsive to emerging educational priorities. He has previously held prominent positions, including his tenure at Paro College of Education, where he played a pivotal role in enhancing educational research, fostering teacher training programmes, and establishing meaningful institutional linkages.
Kezang Sherab has facilitated numerous workshops and training programmes on research, curriculum studies, and educational statistics, impacting educators across Bhutan. His research interests include educational policy, student engagement, and youth issues, with his findings published widely in academic journals and reports. He has also led consultancies for esteeme organisations such as UNESCO, UNICEF, and the Royal Education Council of Bhutan, shaping key policies and practices in education.
Passionate about professional development and educational innovation, Kezang Sherab continues to inspire and mentor educators, shaping the future of education in Bhutan with his commitment to a research-driven academic culture.

Email: kezangsherab@rtc.bt/ kezangsherab@gmail.com
Phone: +975- 17957949 (m)

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Lalit Garg

University of Malta, Malta

Professor Lalit Garg is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Malta and an honorary lecturer at the University of Liverpool. His academic profile includes research experience at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Ulster University, UK. He has supervised more than 200 master dissertations, 2 DBA and 8 PhD theses, and produced extensive scholarly outputs, including high-impact publications, edited books, and patents. His research interests include business intelligence, machine learning, data science, deep learning, cloud computing, IoT, information systems, and healthcare applications. His editorial contribution brings strong technology and data expertise to BJRD.

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Annie Gowing

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University of Melbourne, Australia, Australia

Dr Annie Gowing is Student Wellbeing Specialisation Leader in the Master of Teaching at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Education. Her professional background spans social work, child and family agencies, school-based student support, counselling, and leadership in student wellbeing and engagement. Her PhD explored school connectedness, an area that continues to shape her research alongside school belonging, school climate, and the relationship between wellbeing and learning. Since 2014, she has taught in student wellbeing subjects, supporting educators to make a positive difference to children and young people’s wellbeing.

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Dhan Bdr. Gurung

College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan

Dr. Dhan Bdr. Gurung is a Professor at the College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, with expertise in biodiversity, forest science, orchids, fish taxonomy, ecotourism, and sustainable livelihoods. He has served Bhutan’s higher education system for decades, joining the Royal Civil Service in 1989 and the Natural Resources Training Institute, now CNR, in 1991. His academic background includes qualifications from ETH Zurich, the University of Edinburgh, Dehradun, and Sherubtse College. His editorial contribution strengthens BJRD’s coverage of natural resources, biodiversity, and sustainable development research.

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Leishi Pem Khamrang

Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan

Leishipem Khamrang, PhD, is a human geographer specialising in urban and population studies. He currently teaches at the Royal Thimphu College and heads the Environmental Management Programme. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Mumbai. His academic interests and contributions to scholarship centre on development and conflict, well-being and quality of life, urban development, and regional politics, inter alia. His editorial contribution strengthens BJRD’s capacity to engage with social, spatial, urban, environmental, and development-focused research.

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Kinley

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Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan

Dr. Kinley is an Assistant Professor at Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. His academic background includes a PhD in Educational Technology, an MSc in Botany, a PgCE in Biology and Chemistry, and a BSc General. His professional experience includes Dean of Research and Industrial Linkages, Centre Head for Innovation in Science Education and Research, Assistant Professor, Head of Department of Professional Studies, and Lecturer. His publications cover ICT in teaching, STEM education, ergonomics, blended learning, and teacher education. His editorial work strengthens BJRD’s focus on educational innovation and science education.

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Ching-Chiu Lin

Simon Fraser University, Canada

Dr. Ching-Chiu Lin is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Her work is grounded in arts-based educational research, digital storytelling, community arts education, and visual research methodologies. Her scholarship explores community as a space for knowledge production, where artful social innovation and pedagogical relationships can be re-imagined. She advocates practice-led research, creative inquiry, artful community engagement, inclusivity, and diversity. Her editorial role brings BJRD a strong international perspective on education, visual arts, community-based inquiry, and socially engaged research.

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Sanjeev Mehta

Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan

Professor Sanjeev Mehta is Senior Professor of Economics at Royal Thimphu College, with more than three decades of teaching experience. His strengths include macroeconomic modelling, policy analysis, curriculum development, capacity development, team building, monitoring and evaluation, and communication. He specializes in macroeconomics and development issues and has provided consultancy services to UNDP, UNESCAP, ADB, WFP, the World Bank, WIPO, the Royal Government of Bhutan, and the corporate sector. He is also a member of the Bhutan Economists Working Group, UN, and has served on Euromoney Country Risk’s expert panel.

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Sangey Pasang

College of Science and Technology, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan

Dr. Sangey Pasang is Dean of Research and Industrial Linkages and Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the College of Science and Technology, Royal University of Bhutan. He holds a PhD in Cartography, Geoinformatics, and Remote Sensing from Masaryk University, Czech Republic. His academic and professional expertise includes transportation planning, traffic safety, geographic information systems, disaster management, landslide susceptibility mapping, and urban heat island effects along Bhutanese highways. His editorial role strengthens BJRD’s engagement with engineering, geospatial research, disaster studies, infrastructure, and applied development challenges.

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Tshewang Rabgay

Monash University, Australia

Dr. Tshewang Rabgay is an educational researcher at Monash University whose work focuses on action research, cultural adaptation of pedagogy, and the relationship between Western educational practices and Buddhist values. With a PhD from Monash University, he has over 15 years of experience across research, curriculum development, and classroom teaching in Bhutan and Australia. His work examines how cultural factors influence teachers’ implementation of action research and supports culturally responsive education. His editorial contribution brings BJRD expertise in teacher development, cross-cultural learning, curriculum innovation, and context-sensitive educational research.

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Bijoy Kumar Rai

Paro College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan

Dr. Bijoy Kumar Rai is an Assistant Professor in Science Education at Paro College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. His profile connects BJRD with teacher education, science pedagogy, and the preparation of educators within Bhutan’s higher education system. As a PhD-qualified academic based at one of RUB’s key teacher education colleges, he brings disciplinary insight into science learning, curriculum, and educational practice. His editorial contribution supports BJRD’s focus on research that is relevant to Bhutanese education, classroom improvement, and the wider development of evidence-informed teaching and learning.

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Dolma Choden Roder

Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan

Dr. Dolma Choden Roder is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Royal Thimphu College, where she teaches undergraduate students. She holds a PhD in socio-cultural anthropology from Arizona State University, and her research focuses on gender and education in Bhutan. She is also involved in Riyang Books, a family-run publishing house in Thimphu, where she has edited a collection of Bhutanese poetry and a book documenting her ancestral home in Ogyen Choling, Bumthang. Her editorial contribution brings BJRD anthropological insight, Bhutan-focused scholarship, and student-centred academic experience.

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Renáta Tichá

University of Minnesota, United States

Dr. Renáta Tichá holds a doctorate in educational psychology, with emphasis in special education, from the University of Minnesota. She serves at the Institute on Community Integration as Associate Director of Research, Director of Education Policy and Practice, and Co-director of Transition and Post-secondary Education. Her work includes assessment and intervention materials for children, youth, and adults with different disabilities, as well as research, training, and technical assistance. She is also involved in international and U.S.-based projects on inclusive education, autism, self-determination, and disability support. Her editorial contribution brings strong expertise in inclusive education.

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Gembo Tshering

Paro College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan

Dr. Gembo Tshering is an Assistant Professor at Paro College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan, with expertise in educational evaluation, assessment, and teacher education. He holds a Master of Science in Educational Assessment and Evaluation from the University of Twente and a PhD from La Trobe University. His academic work includes peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on the Bhutanese education system, and he has contributed to academic publishing as an editor, author, and reviewer. His editorial role strengthens BJRD’s expertise in assessment, teacher education, and Bhutanese educational research.

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Phurpa Wangchuk

James Cook University, Australis, Australia

Dr. Phurpa Wangchuk is a medicinal chemist at James Cook University whose research advances nature-inspired therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease and other health challenges. He leads a dedicated research team and established metabolomics platforms using HPLC, GC-MS, LC-MS and NMR. His work spans plant metabolomics, parasitomics, bioactive natural products, bush medicines, drug discovery and biomarkers. A former NHMRC Peter Doherty Biomedical Fellow, Australian Endeavour Award recipient and DANIDA Fellow, he has secured successive NHMRC Ideas Grants and published extensively, contributing to biomedical science and natural-products discovery.

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Helen Wildy

University of Western Australia, Australia

Professor Helen Wildy is Emeritus Professor in the Graduate School of Education at The University of Western Australia and a Senior Honorary Research Fellow. Her work spans school leadership, school improvement, educational measurement, professional standards, research methods, and the use of data to improve student learning. She has taught leadership and research methods, supervised doctoral and master students, and published on leadership, standards, and qualitative research. Her research has included major funded work on assessment data, small school leadership, literacy development, and educational frameworks. Her editorial contribution brings deep international educational leadership expertise to BJRD.