SMAT timeline and commencement of SSCT:
Sadharanikaran Media Analysis Technique (a research method proposed by Nirmala Mani Adhikary)(1) A paper "Sadharanikaran Media Analysis Technique" was presented at the Media Research Workshop jointly organized by Kathmandu University and Martin Chautari, Kathmandu, 2012 September 10.
(2) An article was published in the Samwit Journal in 2014.
[Adhikary, N. M. (2014). Sadharanikaran as Media Analysis Technique (SMAT). Samwit Journal, 2(1), 13-16.]
(3) SMAT procedure was published in detail in a book in 2014.
[Adhikary, N. M. (2014). Sadharanikaran Media Analysis Technique (SMAT). Theory and Practice of Communication - Bharata Muni (pp. 363-370). Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication.]
Further development:
The Sadharanikaran School Counseling Technique (SSCT) has been proposed through a research paper presented at the 1st National Conference on School Counseling and Psychological Wellbeing, organized by the School Counseling and Wellbeing Support Center, Kathmandu University School of Education (KUSOED), Lalitpur, Nepal, 20 June 2025, which has been published as a journal article as follows:
Acharya, T., and Adhikary, N. M. (2025). Hermeneutic phenomenological study using SMC on well-being of students enduring difficult situations. Journal of Contemplative Education and Psychological Wellbeing, 1, 1-15.
This is to note that both the SMAT and SSCT are rooted to the Sadharanikaran Model of Communication (SMC) constructed by Nirmala Mani Adhikary in 2003, and developed further over the years.
