Prof. Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha, Vice Chancellor of Kathmandu University (KU) has welcomed the Director General of the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Dr. David Molden and his team from ICIMOD on 17 March 2013.The main purpose of the visit was to acquire the status of the ongoing project “Monitoring and assessment of changes in Glaciers, Snow and Glacio-hydrology in the Hindu Kush - Himalayas with a special focus on strengthening the capacity of Nepalese organizations (The HKH Cryosphere Monitoring Project)” and to interact with the project staffs, students and other faculties. The HKH Cryosphere Monitoring Project is being implemented by KU from August 2011. The project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through ICIMOD. The M.S. by Research in Glaciology course which was started since September 2011 is now in its second year. Extensive research on monitoring of glacier mass balance of Yala and Lirung Glaciers in Langtang Valley, Rasuwa district and Rikha Samba Glacier in Hidden Valley, Mustang district is being carried out continuously ever since the project started. Dr. Molden has also handed over some laptops, desktops and scientific field equipments through this project to KU during the visit.