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Sandip Paudel

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Research Consultancy and Training

Support for students, faculty and institutions at every stage of a research project, from designing it to getting it published.

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General Consultation

An hour of focused, one-to-one advice on the research problem you are stuck on.

Rs. 5,000 per hour

Who it is for

Bachelor, Master, MPhil and PhD students, and faculty colleagues wanting a second opinion before committing to an approach.

What is included

  • One-to-one session, online or in person
  • Advice on research design, method choice or analysis strategy
  • Feedback on the draft, data or output you bring
  • A clear view of what to do next

Engagement: Booked by the hour

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Thesis Review

A full read of your thesis with written feedback on argument, method and analysis before you submit.

By negotiation

Quoted after seeing the manuscript

Who it is for

Master, MPhil and PhD candidates approaching submission, or responding to examiner comments.

What is included

  • Structured written feedback across the full manuscript
  • Review of methodology and whether the analysis supports the claims
  • Comments on structure, argument and clarity
  • Follow-up session to work through the feedback

Engagement: Scoped to length and stage

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Paper Review

Pre-submission review of a journal article, or help responding to reviewers after a revise-and-resubmit.

By negotiation

Quoted after seeing the manuscript

Who it is for

Researchers and faculty preparing a manuscript for submission, or revising after peer review.

What is included

  • Critical read against the target journal's expectations
  • Review of methods, results and interpretation
  • Help drafting a response-to-reviewers letter
  • Advice on journal fit where useful

Engagement: Scoped to manuscript and journal

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Data Analysis

Getting from collected data to results you can defend in a viva or to a referee.

By negotiation

Who it is for

Research students and faculty who have data in hand and need the analysis done properly, or checked.

What is included

  • Data cleaning, coding and validation
  • Choosing methods that actually suit the data and the question
  • Estimation and diagnostics in R or Python, or the package your department uses
  • Interpretation of output, with assumptions and limitations stated
  • Help writing up the results and methods sections

Engagement: Scoped to the dataset and methods

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Research Consultancy

Commissioned studies for campuses, institutions and associations that need independent evidence.

By negotiation

Recent example: Butwal Industrial Trade Fair effectiveness study

Who it is for

Colleges, institutions, chambers and organisations commissioning a study or an evaluation.

What is included

  • Study design, sampling strategy and instrument development
  • Fieldwork planning and oversight
  • Analysis and interpretation
  • A written report for your board, funder or membership

Engagement: Scoped per study

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Research Training and Workshops

Hands-on sessions for faculty and graduate students on research methods, data analysis and publishing.

By negotiation

Who it is for

Campuses and departments running faculty development programmes, often UGC supported.

What is included

  • Delivered by a UGC-certified Master Trainer (MTOT)
  • Quantitative methods and research design
  • Data analysis workshops, worked on participants' own data
  • AI tools in research and publication, and research ethics
  • Sessions sized to a half day, a full day or a multi-day cohort

Engagement: Scoped to cohort size and duration

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Process

How an engagement runs

Deliberately predictable, so you know what happens next at every stage.

  1. Scoping call

    Thirty minutes to establish the question, what data exists, and whether I am the right person for it.

  2. Proposal

    A written scope with deliverables, timeline and fee. No work begins before you agree to it.

  3. Analysis

    The work itself, with a checkpoint partway through so findings are never a surprise at the end.

  4. Handover

    Report, feedback or analysis files, plus a session to walk through them so you can carry the work forward yourself.

Start with a conversation

Bring the question and whatever you have so far, a draft, a dataset or just a topic. If the work is not a good fit for me, I will say so and point you to someone better placed.

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