Pratyoush Onta is a Nepali historian[1] and editor based at Martin Chautari. He is the author and editor/co-editor of several books including Social History of Radio Nepal (2004, in Nepali), Growing up with Radio (2005, in Nepali), 25 Years of Nepali Magazines (2013, in Nepali), The State of History Education and Research in Nepal (2014) and Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal (2017).
He received his BA (economics) in 1988 from Brandeis University and PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He has written about the media in Nepal in the past and now mostly writes about higher education, research and knowledge distribution. He is a former Chair and current Director of Research, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu, Nepal.[2] He is also the founding editor of the journals Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS) published since 1996 by Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu [3] and Media Adhyayan (established 2006; name changed to Samaj Adhyayan in 2016) published by Martin Chautari. He continues to edit both journals.
2007. Media Adhyayan (Studies) 2. Pratyoush Onta, Harshaman Maharjan, Devraj Humagai and Shekhar Parajuli, eds., Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. (in Nepali).
2006a. Media Adhyayan (Studies) 1. Devraj Humagai, Pratyoush Onta, Shekhar Parajuli, Komal Bhatta and Krishna Adhikari, eds., Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. (in Nepali).
2005b. Radio Journalism: News and Talk Programs in FM, Pratyoush Onta, Shekhar Parajuli, Devraj Humagai, Komal Bhatta and Krishna Adhikari, eds., Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. (in Nepali).
2004b. The Social History of Radio Nepal, Pratyoush Onta, Shekhar Parajuli, Devraj Humagai, Krishna Adhikari and Komal Bhatta, eds., Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. (in Nepali).
2003a. Nepali Media Bibliography. Shekhar Parajuli, Pratyoush Onta, Krishna Adhikari, Komal Bhatta and Devraj Humagai, eds., Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development. (in Nepali and English).
2003c. Media Production and Contents, Ramesh Parajuli and Pratyoush Onta, eds., Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development. (in Nepali).
2002b. Media Contents: Various Analyses. Pratyoush Onta, Ramesh Parajuli and Rama Parajuli, eds., Kathmandu: Centre for Social Research and Development. (in Nepali).
2002c. Local Radio: Potentiality and Utility. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Nepal Press Institute. (in Nepali).
