Training program by General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy A 5 days training program from January 7th to 11th, 2019 was held in Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted by GE Renewable Energy for the students of Mechanical Engineering (Hydropower) and researchers of Turbine Testing Lab. The program was coordinated by Prof. Hari Prasad Neopane, Associate Dean of School of Engineering from Kathmandu University and Ms. Sonia Gill from GE (India). This training program was the first event c...

MOU signed between Yunnan University and Kathmandu University A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Yunnan University, China and Kathmandu University on 12 April 2019 during the visit of members of Board of Trustees of Kathmandu University to Kunming, China. The scope of this MOU is related to Himalayan glaciology, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, disaster and other science and technology related fields. This MOU will facilitate exchange of materials and equipment for educat...

International Symposium on Current Research in Hydropower Technologies, CRHT-IX organized at Kathmandu University Turbine Testing Lab organized an international symposium on “Current Research in Hydropower Technologies, CRHT” on 9 th April, 2019. The symposium was followed by a training program on “Advancement in Turbine and Hydropower Technologies, ATHT-II” on 10 th April, 2019. Like previous year, this event was sponsored by International Center for Hydropower, ICH...

Dr. Gajendra Sharma, Associate Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received Nabil Science and Technology Award provided by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). Dr. Sharma's scientific and research contribution was in 'e-Commerce implementation in virtual worlds and their influence in real world' and 'development of effective e-Governance implementation framework for Nepal'.  The detailed information of the Award is available on: ht...

Dr. Jyoti U. Devkota, Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Science, Kathmandu University has published in Springer Nature. This article is titled “ Multivariate Statistics of Biogas and National Grid Energy Consumers  for Countries with Limited and Scarce Data: Nepal as a Case Study”.       

Dr. Rajendra Adhikari, Assistant Professor from Department of Physics, School of Science has co-authored a peer-reviewed article on Physical Review B (Journal of American Physical Society), entitled "Hyperferroelectricity in ZnO: Evidence from analytic formulation and numerical calculations".   The abstract of the article is on the link below: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104101 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.10410...

In a special convocation held in the main campus on 15 March 2019, the University confered Honorary Doctorate of Doctor of Letters to Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Badoux, distinguished Swiss civil engineer and Honorary President of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne. Rt. Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. KP Sharma Oli, Chancellor of the University, confered the Degree to Prof. Badoux, in the special function attended by University Senators, ministers, lawmakers, foreign diplomats, representatives ...

Kathmandu University signed an MOU with Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ), India, during an official on 27 February 2019. The delegation from KU comprised the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Ram KM Shrestha, the Registrar, Prof. Dr. Subodh Sharma, the Dean of School of Medical Sciences, Prof. Dr. Rajendra Koju, Manager of School of Medical Sciences, Mr. Dipak Dahal, Asso. Prof. Jyoti Regmi Adhikari from School of Management, and School Administration Officer, School of Medical Sc...

Mr. Pawan Karki, Lecturer at Department of Mechanical Engineering,  published a paper (Technical brief) entitled “Study of adiabatic obstacles on natural convection in a square cavity using Lattice Boltzmann method” in  “Journal of Thermal science and Engineering Applications” (ASME). The article can be viewed in the following link http://thermalscienceapplication.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=2712864&resultClick=1 doi:10....

Training program by General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy A 5 days training program from January 7th to 11th, 2019 was held in Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted by GE Renewable Energy for the students of Mechanical Engineering (Hydropower) and researchers of Turbine Testing Lab. The program was co-ordinated by Prof. Hari Prasad Neopane, Associate Dean of School of Engineering from Kathmandu University and Ms. Sonia Gill from GE (India). This training program was the first ev...