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Editorial Message from the President Editorial Message from the President It is our great pleasure to release the 37th issue of Dear Esteemed NPS Members, NPS newsletter. This newsletter summarizes the NPS Scientific activities such as NPS News, First and foremost, I hope that everyone is healthy and staying Seminars, Talks/Scientific Visits, Physics Related safe during these uncertain times due to worldwide outbreak of News, Meeting, Conferences, and many other COVID-19 pandemic. informational matters. Over 38 years ago, Nepal Physical Society (NPS) was founded in 1983 and since then NPS has been working actively on promoting th NPS 38 annual general meeting (AGM) was held the quality physical education in Nepal. It has been a special on November 8-9, 2019 at the Central Department honor to me for being the 19th president of NPS and undertaking of Physics, TU, Kirtipur. The AGM elected new my responsibility since November 2019. At present, due to executive committee and since then the executive antagonistic situation created by COVID-19 pandemic, we are committee has been actively involving on NPS executing our activities using digital technology. Recently, we activities. However, due to ongoing COVID- have formed executive committee of NPS chapters in all seven 19 pandemic around the world, we are not able to provinces through the virtual online meetings. perform NPS activities physically. So, we have been performing the several activities from virtual NPS regularly organizes colloquiums, workshops, seminars and online meetings for the last five months (since trainings to improve the teaching and research capabilities of our February 2020). students and faculties as well. Recently, we have organized a summer school on python programing in collaboration with the NPS organized 14th Nepal Physics Olympaid Association of Nepali Physicists in America (ANPA) for faculties (NePhO) on February in which more than 350 and graduate students in order to develop their computational students were participated in preselecting exam. skills to strengthen their research capabilities. Similarly, we are The most of the NPS effort has been devoted for also organizing a long-term NPS Computing School to grow and the selection procedure for first round for IPhO develop the computational and research capabilities of our participants. We would like to thank all faculties, who have been involving on teaching to undergraduate professors/faculties and NPS members for and graduate level courses in Physics. encouraging students to participate NePhO. We Moreover, NPS publishes peer review biennial research journal, highly appreciate the contribution of professors ‘Journal of Nepal Physical Society (JNPS)’. Nevertheless, from and faculties for their constant involvement and this year we are highly dedicated to publish bi-annual JNPS and guidance for the selection procedure of first round to strengthen its quality. For this purpose, we have upgraded NPS of IPhO . website so that all publication procedure such as articles submission, reviewing and correspondences can be completed On behalf of the NPS executive committee, I would from the online domain. Similarly, NPS membership can be like to thank all the NPS members for their applied through online from NPS website. valuable support in the publication of this issue. The NPS executive committee welcomes the Finally, I would like to appeal for greater efforts in promoting constructive feedback for the improvement of the collaborative excellence in physics research and education from publication incoming issues. Finally, we very much national and international organizations. I urge all NPS chapters appreciated your comments queries, suggestions, to play the active roles and work together on scientific and public and correspondences. outreach activities in the local community. I am optimistic that the activities of NPS will flourish further with supports from all valued Thank you. members. I look forward to your constructive suggestions. Dr. Binod Adhikari Editor in Chief With best regards, Nepal Physical Society Prof. Dr. Narayan P. Chapagain President Nepal Physical Society Newsletter Volume 37 (Issue: June 2020) | 1 We highly appreciate their constant involvements and Publication of Journal of Nepal Physical Society (JNPS) guidance for the selection procedure of first round of IPhO. NePhO have selected top 26 students for further training. We would like to congratulate selected candidates and we will NPS has published the fifth issue of Journal of Nepal honor them whenever the situation of the country turns into Physical Society (JNPS). The main priority of the journal is normal condition. Due to unfavorable situation created by to contribute knowledge building process on experimental, covid-19, IPhO-2020 has been cancelled and the 51st IPhO theoretical and simulation works by providing an steering committee postponed all the activities for one year. opportunity for scholarly discussion on the role of researchers and reviewers. JNPS includes original relevant manuscripts from different areas of research in physics. NPS encourages everyone to support in our endeavor to build and share the knowledge from the research activities in physics. NPS would like to thank all the contributors to make this issue successful. We would like to especially thank reviewers for their valuable suggestions and feedbacks. The NPS editorial board welcomes to receive any comment, query, suggestion, and correspondence for the improvement of JNPS. Collaboration between NPS and ANPA NPS and ANPA (Association of Nepali Physicists in America) have signed on MoU (Memorandum of understanding) with purpose of creating a framework for collaboration and cooperation between the two organizations via mutual sharing of scientific and technological ideas and expertise to better serve Nepali scientific diaspora. As part of collaborative work between NPS and ANPA six students (3 MSc and 3 BSc students) are working for their Nepal Physical Society-Picnic research projects with supervisors jointly from Nepal and US. Moreover, NPS and ANPA organized a Python training school during April 18 – May 23, 2020 for Physics Nepal Physical Society organized a picnic program on Graduate students from Nepal. Instructors for this school 21st Manshir at Balaju Park, Kathmandu. Senior were Dr. Shree Krishna Bhattrai, Dr. Jagan Devokota and professors, Physicists associated on different Dr. Ghanashyam Khanal from ANPA, USA. In this school, organizations, faculties of different institutes, executive 61 participants successfully completed their training members, advisors, and general members of the Society courses. were present in the picnic. Nepal Physics Olympiad Committee (NePhO), Activity Nepal Physics Olympiad Committee (NePhO), a subcommittee of NPS, conducted national level preselection test exam for higher secondary school graduates for the participation in 51st International Physics Olympiad on 18-26 July 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania. The test was held on 25th January 2020. A large numbers of higher secondary school graduates enthusiastically participated in the test. We are thankful to all professors/faculties, CEO’s of respective colleges and NPS members who supported for the preselection of the students. Newsletter Volume 37 (Issue: June 2020) | 2 International Workshop on Space Weather and Upper Atmosphere Physics, Sept 23-28, 2019, Amrit Campus (TU) It was for the first time in the history of Amrit Campus, TU, that an International Workshop on Space Weather and Upper Atmosphere Physics (WSWUAP) was successfully conducted at the Department of Physics on Sept 23-28, Workshop on Experimental Plasma Physics 2019. The event was jointly organized by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy and Amrit Campus, Nepal. There were Workshop on Experimental Plasma Physics was altogether 50 participants throughout the country. The organized during June 30 - July 1, 2019 at Department of event was commenced by welcome speed delivered by Physics, School of Science, Kathmandu University, head of the Physics Department, Amrit Campus, Prof. Dr. Dhulikhel. The main objective of the Workshop was to Leela Pradhan Joshi. The resource persons for the event discuss the experimental methods in plasma, its were Prof. Dr. Christine Amory-Mazaudier from Sorbonne diagnostics, and applications. Prof. Dr. Arun Sharma Universités UPMC Paris, France, Dr. Yenca Migoya-Orué, from VIT University, Chennai, India was the invited & Dr. Katy Alazo-Cuartas from ICTP, Trieste Italy, and resource person of the workshop along with local experts Prof. Dr. Narayan Chapagain & Dr. Shriram Sharma from Prof. Dr. Raju Khanal and Prof. Dr. Deepak Prasad Amrit Campus, TU . The workshop was aimed to build Subedi, who presented a summary of the plasma research understanding of space weather that impacts numerous activities in Nepal. Hands-on Lab Activities were facets of human life. The workshop provided knowledge on the various aspects of the space weather, sun – Earth arranged during which various plasma experiments were system and influences of solar activities on upper demonstrated to the participants and could control few atmosphere including ionosphere and analyze of ground- parameters themselves. and satellite-based observations on ionospheric variability. This workshop trained the participants enabling them on advancing data collection, compilation using GPS or GNSS measurements and its analysis in a way that has provided excellent professional development and networking opportunities for
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