Personal Information

Surname	:	BASNYAT
First name	:	Prem Singh (Mr.)
Nationality	:	Nepalese
Home Address	:	Golfutar Bus Stop, Budhanilakantha Road, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email	:	basnyatp@hotmail.com
Website	:	www.premsinghbasnyat.com.np
Cell Phone	:	009-77-9851133342
Home Phone	:	009-771-4370539

Background

An ex Brigadier General of Nepalese Army (1983-2015), a para Commando (Special Forces), fought several counterinsurgency battles, also led battalion as battalion commander during insurgency at home, with expertise on museum curator, archive preservation, museum management, heritage management during disaster, heritage preservation and scholarly writing on history-culture, life executive member of Military Museum-Nepal, Global Security, Peace building, Civil Military relation, Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR). Authored several books and articles in peace building, trust building, international security, national security, diplomatic history, conflict management, military history, history, heritage, culture, security, and peace, also a visiting lecturer and fellow at the national and international academic institutions.

Education

PhD – Military History	:	Tribhuvan University, Nepal
MA-Human Rights Law	:	Purbanchal University, Nepal
MSc -Global Security	:	Cranfield University, UK
MA- History	:	Tribhuvan University, Nepal
MA- Military Strategy	:	Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Membership and Affiliations

Chairperson	:	Nepal Museum Association
Executive Board Member	:	ICOMAM : International Committee for Museums and Collections of Arms and Military History
Member	:	Nepal National Ethnographic Museum, Kathmandu
Member	:	International Council of Museum (ICOM)
Founder Curator and Director	:	Only Military Museum, Chhauni, Kathmandu
Advisor	:	Nepal Aircraft Museum, Dhangadhi, Nepal
Life Member	:	National History Association, Nepal
Visiting Lecturer	:	Kathmandu School of Law, Purbanchal University, Nepal
Visiting Fellow	:	Tromso University, Norway
British Chevening Scholar	:

Books Authored

• Nepalese Army and the Commander In Chiefs of Nepal
• Bhawani Dal Company of the Nepalese Army
• Beginning of the Tibetan Khampa Refugee and its terrorism in Nepal
• Nepalese Military History – Part 2
• Nepalese Army: Since Lig Kot to Present day
• 200 years of Anglo – Nepal War
• New Paradigm in Global Security
• Nepalese Forts and the Royal Nepalese Army in Fort Battles
• Nepalese army in the Tibetan Khampa Disarming Mission
• Bicentenary of Anglo – Nepal War: An Analytical Review
• Military Heroes of Nepal

Articles: Authored more than 40 articles on history, culture, heritage, internal security, international relation.

Museum Aspect

Chairperson	:	Nepal Museum Association
Member	:	Nepal National Ethnographic Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal
Life Executive member and advisor	:	Military Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal
Advisor	:	Nepal Aircraft Museum, Dhangadhi, Nepal
Executive Member	:	ICOM, Nepal
Executive Member	:	ICOM-Asia Pacific

Museum Training

Curator's Basic Course	:	British Gorkha Museum, Winchester, UK
Curator's Advance Course	:	Military Museum, London, UK
Archive Preservation Course	:	Military Museum, Nepal

Worked For History & Heritage

National Archives Conservation Team

Nepal Government formulated a team of expertise for preserving the National Archives, consisted the member from National Archaeology, Ministry of Defence and Foreign Ministry in 2000. The archives were stored at the Jaisi Kotha, of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal. I was leading a MOD team for the cause and worked for a year and half.

National Heritage Study Team

The Defence Ministry decided to carry out a research on the forts and castles of Nepal for its preservation. I was designated as a team leader in 1999 and walked on foot for more than three months for the cause.

Founder Curator

Defence Ministry Nepal decided to establish the Military Museum in Nepal. The Nepalese Army headquarter appointed me as the chief curator and manager for the upcoming establishment with a deadline of 90 days to open the museum.

Establishment of the Military Memorial

Nepalese Army did not have its own military memorial. I persuaded the Chief of Army Staff for its establishment and it has become a monument in Kathmandu valley.

UN Peacekeeping Missions

UNIFIL - Lebanon	:	Deputy Operation Officer
UNTAES - Croatia	:	United Nation Military Observer
MINUSTAH - Haiti	:	Military Operation Center Chief/Deputy

Professionally Worked as (Nepalese Army)

Director	:	Doctrine and Research Directorate, Nepalese Army Headquarters
Director	:	Research and Development Directorate, Nepalese Army Headquarters
Act. Chief of Staff	:	Mid Far Western Division Headquarters, Nepalese Army
Dy. Brigade Commander	:	Nepalese Army, 9 Brigade
Battalion Commander	:	Nepalese Army
Director and Curator	:	Military Museum, Nepal
National Contingent Commander	:	MINUSTAH, Haiti

Hobby & Moto

Hobby: Juggling, Scholarly Research, Reading

Motto: "Nation First"

Countries Visited: India, Hong Kong, Tibet, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Hungry, Bosnia, Serbia, Qatar, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, South Korea, Dubai, Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus, France, Italy, China and Israel.