Kathmandu, July 31 -- Nirmala Mani Adhikary is an author and communication theorist known for developing the Sadharanikaran Model of Communication and the Sancharyoga theory.

Adhikary is a professor and the head of the department of languages and mass communication at the School of Arts at Kathmandu University. He is also the Chairperson of the Media Studies Subject Committee and the Chief Editor of Bodhi: An Interdisciplinary Journal.

Moreover, he is the author and editor of more than 60 published books, including 'Theory and Practice of Communication-Bharata Muni' (2014) and 'Sanchar Siddhantikaran' (Communication Theorization-2019). As many as 80 research articles written by him have been published in journals and anthologies worldwi...