Nepal Progressive Professors' Association (NPPA)
Nepal Progressive Professors' Association (NPPA) is a thriving intellectual organization with a long history, centered around the hope and trust of professors with progressive leftist ideology in Nepal. Established as an adhoc committee in 1979, the Association received formal recognition as a "progressive group" during its first assembly in 1990. National assemblies were held every two years until 2000, and every three years from 2002 until 2014. The assembly was postponed for unification processes among other leftist groups, continuing until 2022.
NPPA serves as a platform for organizing and mobilizing permanent, contractual, and temporary teachers while promoting their rights, stability, personality development, intellectual advancement, and fostering genuine conduct. The Association advocates for quality education, intellectual appointments, institutional development, and policymaking while creating platforms for research, publications, and student development.
The Association mobilizes over 10,000 members and constitutes a 150-member central committee, seven provincial committees, and units in over 600 campuses nationwide. The central committee oversees 10+ departments responsible for policy and program formulation:
- Organisation Department
- Department of Research and Publication
- Department of Management
- Department of International Affairs
- Department of University Coordination
- Department of Communication
- Department of Central University Coordination
- Department of Public Campus Coordination
- Department of Province University and Academy
- Department of Law and Justice Compilation
- Department of Policy Dialogue
- Department of Coordination with Left Fronts
- Department of Finance and Planning
- Department of Education Planning
- Department of Women Professors
