Founder Registrar and Member of the Board of Trustee of Kathmandu University Dr. Sitaram Adhikari has been honoured as Hom-Totra Education Award, 2070. Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma, the Founder Vice-chancellor and Dr. Ramkantha Makaju Shrestha, the present Vice-chancellor of Kathmandu University jointly honoured him at C.V. Raman Auditorium of University on the program conducted by Shabdayatra Prakashan at Jestha 31. In the program, he was also awarded by Subhash Smriti Pratisthan and Chhetri Samaj Nepal. Prevoius year, this award was given to Mrs. Angurbaba Joshi.

In the same program, Mr. Ganesh Bahadur Khatri, member of the management committee of Kathmandu Valley Campus, also known as primary form of Kathmandu University, was honoured with Sharada Bal Sahitya Award 2070. Previous year, this award had been given to Mr. Shyam Das Baishnav.