Workshop on Open Standards On 3 April 2014 Kathmandu University Open Source Community (KUSOSC) and FOSS Nepal Community jointly organized a one-day workshop on Open Standards at IT Park, Kavre. The program was supported by Department of Information Technology (Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment), and Kathmandu University.

Joint Proposal on Capacity Building Successful Capacity Building for Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of Wetlands in Relation to Global Change" submitted to APN jointly by Centre for Inland Waters of Tropical Asia, India and Aquatic Ecology Centre, KU, has been successful. APN’s Inter-Governmental Meeting (IGM), the decision-making body for all of APN’s activities, made the final decision on the advice of APN’s Scientific Planning Group (SPG) and Ca...

World Bank Vice President at KU 26 March 2014 Dhulikhel, Kavre Mr. Philippe H. Le Houerou, Vice President of the World Bank, interacted with KU Officials and the students in the central campus. Mr. Houerou observed Turbine Testing Lab (TTL), which received World Bank support through University Grants Commission (UGC) under Second Higher Education Project (SHEP), matching grant scheme. Kathmandu University School of Engineering and School of Science are also accredite...

NTNU Awards Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Sharma   28 March 2014 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) honored Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma, the founding Vice Chancellor of Kathmandu University, with the degree of 'Doctor Honoris Causa' in a special ceremony at Trondheim, Norway, on 28 March, 2014. The Board of the NTNU had decided to award Dr. Sharma for recognition of his significant contribution to the development of higher education in Nepal. The Board s...

Dr. Gajendra Sharma Publishes in International Journal Dr. Gajendra Sharma, Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, has got an article published in Journal of Applied Sciences.  The paper titled "Technology Acceptance of User Satisfaction and Trust in E-Government Adoption" has been indexed by Social Science Citation Index (Thompson's Reuters). Full text of the paper is available at: http://docsdrive.com/pd...

National River Summit 2014 is going to be organized from 24-27 September 2014 by the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering in collaboration with National River Conservation Trust and Biosphere Association. A meeting is called on 31st March for the formation of a Local Organizing Committee. For more details [Click Here].

Mr. Duwadi Publishes in IATEFL Voices Mr. Eak Prasad Duwadi, Assistant Professor of English at Humanities and Management Unit, got an article published in IATEFL Voices

Call for Application: Logo design of One Village One Product (OVOP)

Mr. Pant Presents on ICT in Education

On  23 March 2014, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DoCSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Help Nepal Network(HeNN). The purpose of this MoU is to establish partnership between the two institutions to conduct research and development in the field of ICT for Education. Dr. Manish Pokharel, Associate Professor and Head, DoCSE, and Mr. Arun Singh Basnet, President, HeNN – Nepal Chapter, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations. ...