Kathmandu University participated in the Fifth South Asian Universities Youth Festival (SAUFEST) hosted by BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 25 to 30 December 2010.        A contingent of 10 persons led by Prof. Dr. Jangab. B. Chauhan and Dr. Dhurva Gauchan took part in Folk dance, Light Vocal, Fine Arts, Poster Presentation, Cartoon and Debate.

The Kathmandu University team was honored with the titles Best in light vocal (Lochan Rijal, Department of Music), Best in Public Speaking (Sumati Maharjan, Department of Languages and Mass Communication), Best in Painting (Man B. Harijan, Department of Art and Design) and Best in Poster Making (Shraddha Shrestha, Department of and Design).