Dhaka Ram Bhandari is the executive director and member secretary of the executive council of Gandaki Province Academy of Science and Technology (GPAST), an autonomous government institution working in science, technology, and innovation.

Before this, Bhandari worked as the Scientific Co-worker and Project Manager at Justus Liebig  University Giessen and TransMIT GmbH, respectively. In addition to this, he was also the Visiting scientist at the Center for Biotechnology Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, and Sativik Nepal, Pokhara.

He has obtained his Doctorate in Natural Sciences from Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, and Erasmus Mundus Master of Science Advanced Spectroscopy from the University of Leipzig, Germany University of Bergen, Norway, and the University of Lille, France.

Bhandari has a long-term research interest in subjects of Natural Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Spectroscopy, Analytical Sciences, Bioanalytics, Metabolomics, Natural Products, Phytochemicals and Novel Drug molecules. Moreover, he has gained practical experience in using cutting-edge tools and techniques relevant to his field of studies, such as Mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF, ESI-Orbitrap instruments; LTQ-Orbitrap, Q Exactive), HPLC, and many more.

In the past, Bhandari had the experience of working as a teaching instructor and teaching associate. He also worked as a scientific co-worker and supervised graduate students for masters’ thesis at Justus-Liebig University Giessen. In addition to this, he was the scientific consultant at TransMIT GmbH.

Bhandari has published more than 20 scientific articles in high-impact factor international journals; 2-book chapters, as lead author and co-author. He has also attended numerous international conferences and symposiums. Likewise, he has presented oral and poster presentations on different global platforms.

Bhandari also has been awarded various awards and scholarships such as ‘Wolfgang-Paul-Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in the field of mass spectrometry by the German society for mass spectrometry, ‘DGMS Travel award, 2012, and ‘Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, 2008’ etc. for his excellent contributions towards science and technology.