Dr. Jha in a Video Interview at Virginia Tech Dr. Bibhuti Ranjan Jha, Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, features in a video interview for  "Dean's Forum on Global Engagement: Developing a Community of Excellence," prepared by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA. The Virginia Tech and the local community celebrated Global Engagement during  March 25-27, 2014, with an aim to rais...

Symposium on Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines Turbine Testing Lab has been organizing International Symposium on Hydraulic Turbines every year with an effort to bring all the researchers in hydropower and hydraulic machines from Nepal and other parts of the world to a common ground and share their experiences and researches. The program has become a global meeting point for enthusiasts in the field of hydraulic turbines to interact with each other, discuss the problems in th...

Prof. Binod K. Shrestha Receives Outstanding Paper Award Dr. Binod Krishna Shrestha, Professor at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM), received an award for outstanding paper, entitled “Insights on Strategic Management Practices in Nepal.” The paper was published in South Asian Journal of Global Business Research. The article was prepared in co-authorship with Prof. Dr. Devi Ram Gnyawali of R.B. Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic and S...

Mr. Bal Publishes in International Journal Mr. Bal Krishna Bal, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, got his research article published in International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), in its special issue on Natural Language Processing 2014. The article, entitled "Analyzing Opinions and Argumentation in News Editorials and Op-Eds," is available in the following link: http://thesai.org/Publications/ViewPaper?Vo...

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...

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