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Volume 4 Issue 2 Kathmandu University KU InsiderVolume 4 | issue 2 | May - July, 2016 New Building (Block 9) After Substantial Handover KU Shape Formed by Performers During “Sports Week 2016” Inauguration Ceromony Senate Meeting Kathmandu University (KU) Senate held and presented overview of academic Annual Program as well as Budget for the its 72nd Meeting on 4 June 2016, with the achievements as well as infrastructure next fiscal year. Chancellor, Rt. Hon’ble Prime Minister development. He also recounted social The meeting endorsed all the tabled KP Sharma Oli presiding as the Chair. Mr. service offered by the University after the documents and approved annual budget Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, Hon’ble Minister for devastating earthquake of 25 April 2015. for the next fiscal year. Prof. Dr. Bim Prasad Education was also present in the meeting. Prof. Dr. Bhola Thapa, Registrar presented Shrestha has been nominated as a member of Prof. Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha, the Audit Reports of 2071/72 B.S., Annual the Senate for the coming three years. Vice Chancellor gave welcoming remarks Progress Reports of 2072/73 B.S., and Vice Chancellor’s Visit Welcome to the Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha, the people. During the conference, he also met Vice Chancellor made a week long official visit with the representatives and leader of other to US to advance collaborative engagements universities, including University of Alabama of KU in April 2016 with US Universities. Dr. at Birmingham, University of Wisconsin, Biraj M Karmacharya, faculty at KU School Medical College of Wisconsin, University of of Medical Sciences coordinated the visit and Washington, Stanford University, Sun-Yat-sen accompanied Prof. Shrestha. University and Wuhan University. Prof. Shrestha, presented at Consortium of Prof. Shrestha also visited Stanford University Universities of Global Health, San Francisco and met with leadership and faculties at the on 11 April where he had been invited to School of Medicine: Prof. Michelle Barry deliver planery speech in the Presidents’ Panel (Senior Associate Dean of Global Health), session. This meeting is one of the largest Professor Mark Cullen (Director, Centre for Kathmandu University extends gatherings of universities engaged in global Population Health Sciences), Prof. Sherry congratulatious to Rt. Hon’ble Prime health. Prof. Shrestha placed emphasis on Wren (Vice Chair, Department of Surgery), Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for collaborations between academic institutions Prof. Lloyd B. Minor (Dean, School of being elected as the 39th PM of the in the developed and developing world Medicine), Prof. Mark Nicolls (Chief of country. Rt. Hon’ble Prime Minister to create visible impact in the lives of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine). is the Chancellor of the University as Next to Stanford, Prof. Shrestha per the University Act 1991. KU family visited University of Washington hopes that the University attains higher (UW) in Seattle where he had official academic excellence during your meeting with the President Prof. Chancellorship. Inside this issue: Senate Meeting 2 Welcome to the Chancellor 2 Vice Chancellor’s Visit 2-3 MoU 4 Appointment 4 CLT in KU 4 Feature Story 5 News in Brief 6 Awards, Grants and Honours 6 Ana Mari Cauce (President), Dr. Jeffrey other Universities, he highlighted how Riedinger (Vice-Provost for Global Affairs), proactive collaborations are fundamental Faculty Activities : Publication and leadership at the School of Medicine to quality education. He also delivered and Presentation 7 and School of Public Health: Prof. Robb guest lecture entitled “From Countries to Workshop, Training and MacLellan (Head, Division of Cardiology), Communities: Global Health Professionals as Other Events 8-9 Prof. Brant Oelschlager (Chief, Division of Agent of Change” at the 22nd Academia for Inbound Visit 10 General Surgery), Prof. Jorge Reyes (Chief, Global Medicine, JW Lee Center for Global Transplant Surgery), Prof. Paul Ramsey Medicine at the Seoul National University. Students Corner 11 (CEO, UW Medicine, and Dean of School During Korea visit, the Vice Chancellor met, Ongoing In-house Activities 12 of Medicine), Prof. Howard Frumkin (Dean, Kwon Tae-myon (KOICA Vice President) School of Public Health), Dr. Joel Berg (Dean, and other delegates; held discussion School of Dentistry), Prof. Ben Anderson KU Insider is published quarterly for the with the dignitaries from Seoul National (Surgery and Global Health Medicine), faculties and staffs of Kathmandu University. University Hospital (SNUH) and delivered Prof. Judith Wasserheit (Chair, Department Items for inclusion should be sent to editorial. talk to the faculties and students of SNUH; of Global Health), Prof. Annette Fitzpatrick [email protected]. Further, if you have ideas signed MoU with National IT Industry (Assistant Dean, School of Public Health), for ways we can improve the publication, Promotion Agency (NIPA); visited Sooam Dr. Nona Sotoodehnia (Co-Director, please write us. Bio-technology Lab which is working on the Cardiovascular Health Research Unit). Editor: Khagendra Acharya Team Members: Ambika Thapa (News) Rajesh Shrestha (IT) cloning; held discussions with Yuil Trading Corporation which is a manufacturer of medical equipments; met the President of KOHEA; interacted with the Director of Raphael Centre; held discussion with the Vice Administrator of Rural Development Centre at CBNU. Discussions were also held with the Centre’s President, and Prof. Dr. Sung-Hoon Ahn. These meetings focused in scaling up existing collaborations within the field of global health and potentially in other disciplines. Prof. Shrestha also had a luncheon meeting with the Nepalese students at UW. He delivered a guest lecture entitled “From Survival to Revival: Redefining the Role of University in Post-earthquake Nepal” . In May, from 9 to 17, the Vice Chancellor visited Korea, along with two faculties from the University: Prof. Dr. Bim Prasad Shrestha and Dr. Biraj Karmacharya. The Vice Chancellor was invited atThe 5th Asian Universities Forum 2016 where he delivered keynote speech entitled “Universities creating Opportunities in Adversities: Experience from Nepal”. Giving past examples of collaboration of KU with Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) School will provide professional support to develop managerial resource and knowledge to EPF on need basis and EPF will provide experiential resource to the School faculty and students for management education and research. Between School of Science and Royal Thimpu College (Bhutan) on 24 June to facilitate collaborative academic activities and promote collaborative research. Between School of Science and Northwestern Chinese Plant Natural Compounds Bank, Between Kathmandu University and Sichuan Between School of Management and Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics University (China) on 27 April for five years Employee Provident Fund on 16 June for (China) on 28 June to pursue joint research to facilitate exchange of faculty/staff and two years to work for the development of activities on bioactive natural constituents undergraduate students, train postgraduate quality human resources in management of Chinese and Nepali medicinal plants, and students jointly, carry out joint research and undertake area-related research. The develop new natural medicines. activities and publications, facilitate faculty participation in seminars and academic meetings, exchange academic materials and other relevant information and conduct short-term academic and professional programs. Between School of Science and Himalayan Tiger Foundation (the Netherlands) on 28 April for five years to organize joint academic and scientific activities. Between Kathmandu University and National IT Industry Promotion Agency on 11 May to provide opportunity in the development of ICT through mutual engagement in software development, academic/ research activities, training and capacity building and startup programs. Appointment and illuminating engineering, and signal CLT at KU processing. “I plan to strengthen academic KUSOED is set to launch Bachelor of program through attention to curriculum, Education in Chinese Language Teaching human resource and physical infrastructure,” (B Ed in CLT) in collaboration with he said and added, “It has been essential to the Confucius Institute Headquarters, accelerate research activities and reorient Hanban, China from August 2016. our works to address contextual needs.” Prof. Chhetri has already served the University The four-year program, which is first in the capacity of Coordinator of Masters ever in South Asia, aims to produce Program, and Head of the Department . Chinese language teachers. Enrolled Two new Head of the Departments also students study first year and fourth year began their term of office from May. in Nepal, whereas the second and third year courses are taught in China. All Prof. Dr. Janardan Lamichhane is leading admitted candidates are granted partial Department of Biotechnology. Prof. scholarship for the whole program and Lamichhane, who is in the University since full scholarship during their study in 1992, specializes on natural product analysis Prof. Dr. Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri has been China, including a round trip ticket. and molecular genetics. Dr. Bibuti Ranjan appointed the Dean of School of Engineering, Confucius Institute Headquarters, Jha, who has been in the University since effective from May 2016. Hanban will pay honorarium for first five 1993 is appointed to lead Department of Prof. Chhetri who
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