Dawa Drakpa

Dawa Drakpa is a Lecturer at Gedu College of Business Studies (GCBS), Royal University of Bhutan, with more than a decade of experience in teaching and academic service in higher education. He specialises in Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Business Environment and Research Methodology, and is module coordinator for Corporate Governance.

He holds a Master of Development Policy from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea, where his thesis examined Bhutan’s approach to sustainable development through Gross National Happiness in education and health. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education from Samtse College of Education and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from GCBS.

He has served on the college’s Research Committee, Moderation Committee, Academic Committee, Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Taskforce Team, and has undertaken consultancy projects for government and corporate organisations in Bhutan, including an impact assessment of fiscal incentives and a customer satisfaction survey.

His research interests span development policy, entrepreneurship, sustainability, digital finance and organisational studies. He has published in peer-reviewed and Scopus-indexed journals, has attended trainings and workshops in India, Spain and Bhutan, and serves as a journal reviewer and as a resource person in research development programmes.