Dinesh Chandra Devkota

Dinesh Chandra Devkota (Nepali - दिनेश चन्द्र देवकोटा ) is a Nepalese Engineer and former Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission of Nepal from 2008 to 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.npc.gov.np/en/member/former_office_bearers |title=National Planning Commission |access-date=2016-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916142548/http://www.npc.gov.np/en/member/former_office_bearers |archive-date=2016-09-16 |url-status=dead }} He did Ph D from Saitama University, Japan in 2005 and his MSc from Southern Illinois University, United States of America in 1996.

He is president of Nepal Intellectuals' Council.{{Cite web |url=http://therisingnepal.org.np/news/9599 |title=The rising nepal |access-date=2016-09-08 |archive-date=2016-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917084840/http://therisingnepal.org.np/news/9599 |url-status=dead }}

He was born in Gorkha district and is married to Prabha Pokhrel, a sociologist. He has a son, Prabesh Devkota and a daughter, Dikshya Devkota.