Chevening Scholarships

Application form – CHEV 1

The British Embassy, Kathmandu

Please complete all parts of this form in black ink or typescript and
attach a recent photograph of yourself. Enclose two additional copies
of the photograph, after printing your name on the back and signing
each one.
A note at the end of this form explains who will see the information
you supply to us, and why. PHOTOGRAPH

Part A Personal details

Family name
Pandey
(as in your passport)
Other name(s) Raj Kumar

Title Mr Mrs Miss Ms Dr

Sex Male Female

Place of birth Triveni Susta, Nawalparashi, Lumbini, Nepal Date of birth 17 April 1974

Status Single Married Divorced Widowed

Nationality Nepali
Number of children (if Not Applicable (N/A)
applicable)

Will members of your family accompany you to the UK? If yes, please specify who they are and state how you propose to meet
their expenses. Under the Chevening Scholarships scheme, we cannot pay married or child allowances; any stipend you receive
is intended to cover your expenses only.
Not Applicable (N/A)

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The Scholarship scheme of the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Your address; where we should send letters Name, address of next of kin or person in your home country
who should be contacted in the event of an emergency
(please state relationship).
Raj K Pandey Ms. Radha Pandey (Sister)
GPO Box: 19862 Nepal Eye Hospital
Kathmandu, Nepal Tripureswor
Mobile: (977-01) 98510 86884 Kathmandu
rajkpandey2000@hotmail.com Nepal
rajkpandey2000@yahoo.com Mobile: 977-01-9841 210094
rajkpandey2000@gmail.com
E-mail rajkpandey2000@hotmail.com E-mail rajkpandey2000@gmail.com

Telephone number 977-01-5010310 Telephone number N/A

Mobile number (977-01) 98510 86884 Mobile number (977-01) 9841 210094

Please tick this box to confirm that you have told your emergency contact that you have given us their details.

Where are you currently working or studying?

Japan Interantional Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Nepal Office
Karmacharya Sanchaya Kosh Building
Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur
GPO BOX: 450
Kathmandu (Nepal)
Phone:977-01-5010310
Email: jicanp-aso@jica.go.jp
If you are currently working, please provide details of your post, grade and main responsibilities.
AS Officer at JICA: Monitoring national media for security assessments and weekly briefings; preparing situation analysis
reports; residence security assessment; district security analysis for the missions and all projects; maintaining staff movement
plans and responsible for overall security for JICA.

Contact details of line manager

Name of your line manager Mr. Sushi Bhattachan

Position Chief Programme Officer Department Program/Management Department

Organisation JICA Nepal Office

Address Japan Interantional Cooperation Office (JICA)
Nepal Office
Karmacharya Sanchaya Kosh Building
Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur
GPO BOX: 450
Kathmandu (Nepal)

Telephone number 977-01-5010310 Fax 977-01-5010284

E-mail jicanp-cpo@jica.go.jp

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If you are currently studying, what qualification do you expect to obtain, and when do you expect to obtain it?

Not Applicable (N/A)

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Part B Academic background
Please list all academic qualifications gained since completing your secondary education, stating the institutions attended, the main
subjects of study, and when the main courses started and finished. Please indicate with an asterisk (*) those courses that were
entirely, or mostly, in English – i.e. where the language of instruction or supervision was English. Please attach photocopies of all
relevant academic certificates and transcripts, with accompanying translations into English if they are in another language.

Qualification Institution Subject From To

(including class or level)
(*) MA in Rural Tribhuwan University, Development, Economics, Politics, Anthropology,            
Develpoment, 2006 Patan Multiple College, Sociology, Tourism, Linkage, Sustainable,
Patan, Lalitptur, Nepal Research, Technology,etc.      
(*) BBS in Tribhuwan University, Account, Economics, Management, Marketing,            
Managementy, 2002 People's Campus, Business, Statistic, Finance, English, HRM, HRD,
Pakanajol, Kathmandu Project Mgmt.     
(*) I Com in Commerce, Tribhuwan University, Mathematics, Economics, English, Management,            
1997 People's Campus, A/C, Business, Finance, Marketing, etc.
Pakanajol, Kathmandu
(*) School Leaving Gon/SLC Board Mathematics, A/C, Nepali, English, Rural            
Certificate (SLC), 1995 Economics, Geography, Science, etc.

                             

                             

Part C Professional background

Please list all positions held since completing your secondary or tertiary education.

Position Organisation/institution From To

AS Officer Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)            

Freelancer Consultant USAID/IFES, USAID/NDI and UNICEF/ROSA            

Project Assistant DFID/Enabling State Programme-Nepal            

Project Officer Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers under            
(DFID/ESP)

Producer/Radio Presenter Himalaya Broadcasting Company (HBC) Radio Statiion            

Office Secretary UNFPA, CST For SAWA Countries            

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Part D Proposed course of study in the UK

What qualification(s) would you like to obtain, and in which subject(s)? If there are alternatives to your first choice, please state
order of preference. If you wish to conduct research rather than obtain a formal qualification, please state so clearly.
1 Development Studies (1 Year Formal Accademic Course)

2 Peace Studies (1 Year Foraml Accademic Course)

3 Defence Studies (1 Year Formal Accademic Course)

At which institution(s) would you like to study or conduct research? If there are alternatives to your first choice, please state order
of preference. If you have no particular preferences and would like the British Council to identify a suitable institution for you, please
do not complete this section.
1 Not Applicable (N/A) As The British Council to identify a suitable institution

2      

3      

Are you applying for a fully funded Chevening Scholarship? Yes No

If ‘no’, how do you propose to supplement your Scholarship?
Not Applicalbe (N/A)

Have you already been in contact with the institution(s) of your choice? Yes No

If ‘yes’, please attach photocopies of all relevant correspondence (e.g. acknowledgements of applications and offer letters).
Not Applicable (N/A)

Have you ever visited the UK on holiday or for other purposes? Yes No

If ‘yes’, please indicate when and what the purpose of your visit was.
Not Applicable (N/A)

Are you applying for any other scholarships or awards to study in the UK? Yes No

If ‘yes’, please give full details.

Not Applicable (N/A)

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 Have you ever studied in the UK? Yes No
If ‘yes’, were you in receipt of a British Government funded award or scholarship? Please give full details. Including details of the
course and institition.
Not Applicable (N/A)

How did you get to know about Chevening Scholarships?

My employer A colleague or friend Promotional literature

Internet search Newspaper Other – please specify

     

Part E Referees
Please attach letters from two (2) referees (both of whom should be professional or academic) in support of your application for a
Chevening Scholarship. Please provide details of the two referees below. If you are unable to attach letters from your referees,
please ask them to write to us as soon as possible.

First referee
Title and name Former SSP Mr. N K Acharya

Position Senior Security Officer at JICA Nepal Office

Telephone number 977-01-5010310 Fax 977-01-5010284

E-mail jicanp-sso@jica.go.jp

How long have you known this referee? Nearly less than 1 year

What is his/her professional relationship to you? Immediate Supervisor at office

Second referee
Title and name Mr. Shusil K. Bhattachan

Position Chief Programme Officer

Telephone number 977-01-5010310 Fax 977-01-5010284

E-mail jicanp-cpo@jica.go.jp

How long have you known this referee? Nearly less than 1 year

What is his/her professional relationship to you? Most Senior JICA Officail among Local Nepalese Staff

Please tick this box to confirm that you have informed your referees that you have given us their contact details.

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Part F Statements about yourself and your plans
Personal statement
What are your reasons for applying for the course you wish to study? Explain how it will help your career and personal development
on your return to your home country. Try to do this in no more than 500 words. If you are applying to undertake research, explain
your research proposal at the beginning of your answer, and explain what benefits it will bring to your country. Be brief – we can
explore the detail at interview if necessary.

Why am I desperately willing to pursue my higher studies from the developed country-UK, at this particular juncture?

I will not only pursue higher studies from a developed country but also observe the existing socio-economy, political system,
governance, technological progress etc. that I want to seriously learn and transfer these worthy capacities with me to apply for
the welfare of our societies, too.

I can understand and learn from developed countries’ people, cultures, customs, values and the liberal societies. How and why
did they progress? What can we learn from them for our progress? Where we were/are wrong? These are the fundamental
questions, which I can get satisfactory answers from the developed societies to correct our developmental mistakes.

The education system in the developed countries is comparatively more practical, research based, well managed, organized
and result oriented. If some visionary, highly committed and devoted development professionals of backward societies, who
have desires to do something for their communities but lacks financial resources like me, are trained in developed nations, they
may be proved an effective catalyst for positive changes to their societies in a long run.

World is becoming a common place for all due to globalization and open market economy. Those countries, which have
comparatively good systems, including education, should share its benefits for the welfare of global people, as they are the
equal partners of any positive as well as negative impacts of the change. I also wish to get benefits from the good education
system in developed countries so that I can not only make myself perfect but also will try my best to spread my wisdom and
know-how to other people of backward societies in my nation.      

Your plans for the future

Please provide an outline of your ambitions and career plan. How do you intend to ‘make a difference’ in your country? Try to do
this in no more than 250 words. We can discuss your plans at interview.

What, when and how my education will contribute to my societies and nation in the future?

I have experience, knowledge, skills and positive attitude to work with the marginalized people of under-developed societies. I
want to develop my profession as backward community development worker. For this, I must sharpen my mind on similar fields
by acquiring solid further knowledge and specialized expertise to act as an effective activist for the community development.

After completion of my Course in any disciplines from abroad, at the age of 34, I will immediately return Nepal to execute my
vision into reality. To implement my plans into reality, I will either start a job with development related organizations working in
Nepal such as donor agencies, projects, community based INGOs/NGOs or I will initiate to establish a NGO in a partnership
basis with some development professionals and offices working for development.

I/we will register a headquarters based NGO vision 2030. I/we will also publish a rural community building proposal in the
leading national media with an appeal to patriot people to join in our team in executing backward community development plans.
The NGO vision 2030 will be a paralleled stakeholder of the government, donors, dev. organizations and the civil societies.

For vision 2030, I/we will form and lead a team of development activists, who will be energetic, visionary, educated, committed,
results oriented and join from different backgrounds, casts and creeds. The team members will be given independent
responsibilities with democratic leadership of different sectors such as watchdog, resources management, coordination and
liaison, social mobilization, good governance and information/media-handling.

Team Leaders along with active members will play nationwide vital roles as an pressure group/activist for better leadership,
good governance, decentralized resources, public awareness, in managing local resources, fund raising, convincing
industrialists for investing resources in the backward communities, coordination with local government, donors,
INGOs/NGOs/CBOs/GOs and private sectors for development purpose.

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 These teams will distribute nationwide membership to the general people in accordance with their interest of association.
Moreover, the teams will also advocate and support to the local government in formulating plans and policies, awareness rising
at grassroots about the education, economy, governance, literacy and sanitation. The stakeholders of the proposed NGO will be
civil societies, local government, donors, development agencies, INGOs/NGOs/CBOs/GOs and the grassroots level targeted
people from the different casts, creeds, sex and the political thoughts for shared goal.

By 2011, I/we will register another regional level NGO Poverty Reduction Program-By Poor: PRP-BP in most backward specific
area of Nepal. Some active members of the vision 2030 will be assigned for new NGO: PRP-BP. The headquarters based vision
2030 will raise fund, transfer technology, capital and other resources from the developed areas towards the grassroots. Both
NGOs’ strategic working principles will be based on top-down brain: bottom-up resources (tdb:bur) approach. For this purpose,
brains will be used from the central level and other resources will be mobilized at local level for the grassroots by active
community participation.

The top-level people have sufficient brains, capitals and authority powers but lack other resources and the bottom level people
have men, materials, methods, minutes (resources) but lack others. If we bring these two resources holders together, both
parties will have positive impacts due to synergy on win-win negotiation basis. Both NGOs are represented for the urban and
rural areas for both the classes. The NGOs will work in reducing the emotional, social, political and economical gaps between
haves and have nots. And, ultimately social problems may be reduced by the poor and for the poor with joint efforts of all class
of people on mutual understanding and cooperation.

For this purpose, the vision 2030 members will advocate, negotiate, request and/or act as an activist or pressure groups. These
NGOs will be a platform for all the classes and will act as a linking facilitator in reducing the existing psychological gaps among
haves and have-nots.

I/we will see the impacts of the tdb-bur approach upto 2016, at the age of 42, if it is positive in targeted regions as our
expectations; the both purposed NGOs will cover the larger areas for operation. Eventually, illiteracy, poverty, ignorance,
frustration, misunderstanding among poor communities will be reduced because root cause of such problems is poverty.
Working in reducing poverty and illiteracy, then strengthening the backward communities are our vision 2030!

If my tdb-bur approach is proved to be failure up to 2016, at the age of 42, hand over all my missions and visions to others and
enroll for PhD.

After my PhD, by 2021, at the age of 47, I will again return to my country and implement the new development approaches,
which I will learn during my doctoral education.

By 2026, at the age of 52, I will try to be an emerging and leading best development practitioner or activist or social-informal
leader or writer of Nepal. I will also attempt for a decision maker position with any development related agencies where I may
influence for favorable plans and policies for the welfare of the poor and uplifting minority, suppressed and backward
communities to bring them into the mainstream of national development.

After 2031, at the age of 57 and then, I will try to be a national (international?) level advisor and/or consultant for development
practitioners and activists/pressure groups. I will also write experience based literatures, which might be very useful for the next
generations in sharing the practical knowledge on my whole life’s practices in community development and activist activities.

Are you a potential leader?

Chevening is unique in that it looks for future leaders, who can use their influence and standing to bring benefits to their
communities and countries. Describe your most outstanding non-academic achievement where you demonstrated leadership
potential. It should involve other people, and it may be an extra-curricular/sport/community/professional activity or an assignment.
Try to do this in no more than 250 words. We can discuss it further at interview.

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 I am working with the developmental organixzations where I am indirectly contributing for development of the country. Currently I
am implicated with the JICA Nepal Office. I was involved with the Strengthening Project: Office of the Prime Minister and Council
of Ministers that is based at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers under the UK Government’s Department
For International Development (DFID) funded Enabling State Program-Nepal. I also used to produce/present society focused
informative, educative and advocacy oriented radio programs on socio-economy sectors entitled ‘Our concerns’ and
‘Development’s Friends’ with Himalaya Broadcasting Company (HBC) 94 FM Radio. We advocated about public concerned
national burning issues on socio-economy, development, governance, human rights, poverty, gender, minority, children, etc.,
which are directly related with the civil societies. My ultimate goal in my life is to serve the most vulnerable group of people in
backward communities through regular advocacy, leadership and development activities to bring them into the mainstream of
national development.

Moreover, immediately after completion of the courses, I expect to return towards Nepal and give excellent leadership to the
most backward societies for development activities through some community based international organizations or INGOs/NGOs
working for our communities in Nepal. I wish to use my specialized knowledge and expertise for the betterment of backward
societies because I am also going through exactly the same difficulties since beginning of my childhood, which is common for all
of us. I therefore, am desperately willing to pursue my higher studies presently, and act as a development activist in the future.
My contributions in developing such societies will activate their highly potential capacities. I want to prove, how powerful the
backward communities are, for their own social welfare, if we properly mobilize them for a specific goal and their own
sustainable community development.

Important information that you should read and understand before signing this application form

Anyone applying for a Chevening Scholarship should be aware of the following:

(i) Application: your application (including anything you add at interview or afterwards) should be accurate, not omit any
facts that are relevant and not be misleading. If we find that there are significant errors or omissions in the information you
have supplied to us in the course of your application you will not be offered a Scholarship, or you will have your
Scholarship withdrawn or terminated.
(ii) Selection: the selection process will be fair. No applicant will have, or should seek or accept, any unfair advantage. No
member of the British Council or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will unfairly promote or disadvantage the interests
of any applicant. If we find that you have secured an unfair advantage in the selection process we reserve the right not to
offer you a Scholarship, or withdraw or terminate your Scholarship.
(iii) Finding a course of study: we encourage applicants to identify the course and institution that fits their precise needs, to
apply independently and secure a conditional place on the course as early as possible. Many of the most popular courses
at top institutions are filled very early. If you cannot or do not find a course, we will help Scholars who are successful at
interview to find a course and institution that fits their requirements. But if we cannot find a suitable course at a suitable
institution (perhaps because all the places have already been allocated) then we reserve the right to withdraw the offer of
a Scholarship. Our policy is not to allow applicants to defer. An applicant who has not secured a place on a suitable course
will have to reapply again. You must not make commitments, especially commitments with financial consequences, until
you know that you have a confirmed place on a suitable course.
(iv) Medical: we expect all applicants to reveal all relevant details in the medical form that accompanies their application, if
necessary provided in confidence, in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Chevening officer at the Embassy (or High
Commission) to ensure your privacy is protected. If you are offered a Scholarship it will be conditional on a further
satisfactory medical report. If that medical report is not satisfactory we reserve the right to withdraw the offer of a
Scholarship. If you are successful at interview It will be in your interest to arrange for your medical report to be completed
as soon as possible. You must not make commitments, especially commitments with financial consequences, until you
know that your medical report is satisfactory.
(v) Entry clearance: you must tell us when you apply if there is anything (such as previous convictions or associations with
terrorist organisations) that may be an impediment to securing a visa or entry clearance to study in the UK. If we find that
we cannot provide you with a visa for any reason then we will withdraw the offer of a Scholarship. You should not make
commitments, especially commitments with financial consequences, unless you are certain that there will be no
impediment to you securing a visa or entry clearance to study.
(vi) Changes of circumstances: if your circumstances change by an event or events that are genuinely beyond your control,
or in ways that are generally unexpected, you should contact us immediately. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that
you can take up your Scholarship, perhaps by providing extra support or finding an alternative course at an institution that
can provide such support. But we reserve the right to withdraw the offer of a Scholarship if we feel that the circumstances
are such that this is in the best interests of the applicant or the FCO.

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Data Protection
Thank you for providing us with information about yourself on this form. We will look after the information carefully and use it to
consider your suitability for a Scholarship and to manage the application process. It will be made available to staff at the British
Council and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It may also be made available for the same reasons to co-sponsors of the
Chevening scheme, and to members of any panel that interviews you. If you are successful, the information (and the information
you tell us at the interview and at other times) may be passed to external consultants to obtain advice on suitable courses or other
training opportunities in the UK. Your information may also be passed to UK higher education institutions to help secure a place on
a course in the UK. After we know that you have a confirmed place on a course we will ask you again for permission to use the
information in new ways that will become necessary as you proceed to take up your Scholarship. If you are unsuccessful the
information will be held securely and destroyed in due course.

In signing this application form for a Chevening Scholarship you accept that you will be bound by these conditions.
You also accept that we will use the information you have given us in the ways we have described.

Signature Date 14 November 2007

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For official use only

To be completed by overseas post

Other documents attached to this form (please tick):

Form CHEV 2

Photograph (and two copies)

Photocopies of academic certificates and transcripts

(and translations, if relevant)

Letters from two referees

IELTS Test Report Form (if relevant)

Declaration of Health

For research degrees or research placements, please supply a research proposal

Other (please specify)

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