The PhD thesis of Prakash C Bhattarai, a recent PhD completer from School of Education, has been selected for the 2015 Paul T. Begley Award. The thesis is entitled Ethical Leadership in Nepali Technical and Vocational Education and Training Schools: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study. The award will be presented by Consortium for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Education (CSLEE) at its 20th Annual Conference (website:http://sites.psu.edu/cslee20/) to be held at the Nittan...

KOICA-APP program, a collaborative research program between KU and Seoul National University (SNU), organized an opening ceremony and workshop on August 4 and 5 at the main campus, Dhulikhel. The program was jointly launched by

Dr. Herb Fynewever, a Fulbright senior scholar from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, conducted a one-day workshop on evidence-based teaching in chemistry.  The workshop was organized by the Department of Natural Sciences (DoNS), School of Science. Prof. Dr. Jyoti Upadhyaya, Head of DoNS, Faculties from the Chemistry Group, DoNS, and Lecturers from Tribhuvan University attended the workshop.     /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNo...

Kathmandu University (KU) and Land Management Training Centre (LMTC) renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to run Bachelor of Engineering in Geomatics Engineering. Prof. Dr. Bhola Thapa, Registrar, KU, and Mr. Krishna Raj BC, Executive Director, LMTC, signed the MoU on August 02, 2015 in Ministry of Land Reform and Management (MoLRM), Kathmandu.     In the same occasion, Prof. Dr. Th...

and Dr. Samir Shrestha from Department of Natural Sciences, School of Science, have been elected, respectively as the Secretary and Member, in the newly formed eleven-member Executive Committee of Nepal Mathematical Society (NMS) led by Prof. Dr. Tanka Nath Dhamala of Tribhuvan University (TU). Prof. Jha and Dr. Shrestha were elected to the executive posts of NMS in its 37th Anniversary and General Assembly held on 1 August 2015 at Central Department of Mathematics, TU, Kirtipu...

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A research paper entitled "Modeling and Analysis of Wholesale Competitive Electricity Markets: A Case for Zambia" authored by Edvan Moyo, MEEPE Student, Basanta Raj Pokhrel, Asst. Prof. and Brijesh Adhikary, Assoc. Prof. at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (DoEEE), has been published in International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA). The paper is available online at:  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTab...

The International Foundation for Science (IFS) has approved the research proposal of Mr. Parash Mani Timilsina, Assistant Professor at Department of Biotechnology. The project is related to biomass treatment by hydrolytic enzymes for biofuel production. The project duration is one year, and the approved grant is USD 11000. The grant is intended for the purchase of basic tools of research such as equipment and reagents.

Mr. Sushil Shrestha, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Coordinator of the Community Education Project (CEP) in KU, partcipated in an International Conference held during 5-7 July 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. He presented a paper entitled “Role of University Education in Community: A case study of Community Education Project of Kathmandu University.”     The Conference was organized by Tomorrow People ...

Turbine Testing Lab (TTL) successfully concluded an experimental testing of Turgo Turbine of Divya Joyti Hydropower Equipment Manufacture and Development (Pvt) Ltd. The efficiency of the turbine was measured to be 57.12 %. The turbine will be used for the immediate energy rehabilitation in the earthquake affected areas.   /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-no...