P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The School of Engineering (SoE), KU, and Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka (HISSL) signed an MoU on 14 October 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in order to promote health informatics education in Nepal. The signing took place during the visit of Dr. Rabindra Bista to Cinnamon Grand where he participated in eHealth Asia 2015 International Conference. The main areas of collaborations are teaching, research and publication in the domain of health inform...

Launching of a Course on “Human Values and Personal Transformations (27 Oct-5 Nov 2015)” was officially inaugurated as a workshop on 28 October 2015 with lightening of lamp jointly by Founder Vice Chancellor of Kathmandu University Prof. Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma and immediate past Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal Mr. Leela Mani Paudyal.   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Photo: Inaugural ceremony (28th October 2015)    Prof. D...

Dr. Rabindra Bista, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DOCSE), presented two papers in eHealth Asia 2015 - ICT for Post 2015 Health Challenges held on 13th and 14th October 2015 in Cinnamon Grand, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Paper 1 Title: Comparing Different Data Models and Predicting Future Risk of a Patient Using Healthcare Data Authors: Biswas Lohani, Santosh Khanal, and Rabindra Bista Paper 2 Title:  Unstructured to Stru...

Dr. Gunjan Bisht Thapa, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Natural Science (DONS) and Ms. Sanjila Neupane, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, got a paper published entitled “Impact of Brick Kilns’ Emission on Soil Quality of Agriculture Fields in the Vicinity of Selected Bhaktapur Area of Nepal” in the Applied and Environmental Soil Science (Hindawi, Sccopus indexed) [Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 4094...

8 October 2015 Hon'ble Minister for Finance Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat laid the foundation stone of KU Multipurpose Hall at the central campus, Dhulikhel. Speaking on the occasion, Hon'ble Minister congratulated the University for its decision to construct the hall. He emphsized that the hall would fulfil the need of a space to organize high-level international programs. He also expressed the hope that the Hall would help KU strengthen its vision of quality education. Similarly, Prof....

2 October 2015, Friday The Humanities and Management Unit (HMU) featured Prof. Gregory Pototsky, a Russian sculptor and artist of international repute and the founding president of the International Academy of Kindness, in its Interdisciplinary Discussion Series (IDS). Prof. Pototsky was accompanied by Prof. Jangab Chauhan, Associate Dean, School of Arts, and Mr. Rajiv Dawadi, Deputy Director of Russian Cultural Centre, Kathmandu. Prof. Pototsky spoke about his life and works, and h...

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UAV Training conducted at KU, Dhulikhel Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering of Kathmandu University (KU) hosted 3 day Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) training at KU, Dhulikhel from September 23 to September 25, 2015. The training was organized together with Humanitarian UAV Network (UAViators), UAV manufacturer DJI, UAV data processing Software Company Pix4D and Kathmandu Living Labs (KLL). Thirty two participants from different organizations ...

Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) with its Secretariat based at ICIMOD approves Seed Grants of US$ 20,000/= for Promoting Research, Education and Capacity Building Collaboration among Academic/Research Institutions of HUC members to Royal Thimphu College, Sikkim University and Kathmandu University jointly. Prof. Subodh Sharma, Department of Environmental Science and Engg (DESE) will lead the project as one of the applicants. Period of Implementation for this project is from Au...

The most recent publications from different projects of the Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate and Disaster Research Center (HiCCDRC), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, published in peer reviewed journal which can be downloaded from the Journal of Hydrology and Meteorology homepage at www.soham.org.np: 1. Estimation of Discharge from Upper Kabul River Basin, Afghanistan Using the Snowmelt Runoff Model. Hafiul...

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DoCSE), School of Engineering organized 5-Day Training on "The Practical Way of Project Management" on 23, 24, 28, 29, and 30 September 2015, in collaboration with JICA and Nepal AOTS. Altogether 20 participants attended the training including graduate students from DoCSE and staffs from various other Departments. The trainers were senior volunteers from JICA. The training coordinator from Nepal AOTS was Mr. Pr...