Nepal’s universities should remove barriers that restrict the possibilities for obtaining higher education.

Among their activities, we see a predisposition towards poorly organised conferences.

Knowledge-generating entities should create an endowment fund to sustain themselves.

With respect to the journal’s aim of becoming a forum for scholars, its performance was moderate.

While the number of student departures is staggering, the fact of their leaving itself is nothing new.

The best way to learn research methods is by slowly analysing how others are using them.

The current format emanates from a bureaucratic approach and results in boring texts.

Organising a regular seminar series requires the time and dedication of committed individuals.

Most research libraries run by governmental entities, universities and NGOs are still concentrated in Kathmandu.

A variety of institutions that work on a number of different research themes should be supported.

It should be state funded and functionally autonomous of political and bureaucratic interference.

We have a mix of state-supported, commercial and non-profit academic publishing at work.

Given the irregularity of publications, they do not make the research landscape robustly plural.

Nepali universities (except for Kathmandu University) have relied overwhelmingly on state funds.

Creating friendly institutions to attract non-heteronormative students would be equally important.