A collaboration agreement between Kathmandu University and the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forest and Environment, Department of Environment signed on July 22, 2025. The Dean of the School of Science, Prof. Dr. Bed Mani Dahal from Kathmandu University and Mr. Gyan Raj Subedi, Director General from Department of Environment signed document. The agreement is related to the installation and management of the government's air quality monitoring station at KU. Students, faculty members, an...

The Department of Mathematics at Kathmandu University successfully organized a two-day Workshop on Quantum Computing on June 17–18, 2025, at Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel. The event featured sessions by leading experts, including Dr. Jayakumar Vaithiyashankar (IBM Quantum Educator), Prof. Dr. Deepak Prasad Subedi, Dr. Gokul KC, Prof. Sudan Jha, and Dr. Manoj Shakya. With 40 participants, the workshop explored quantum fundamentals, algorithms, and hands-on simulation, offering student...

Master Thesis Defense (Oral Presentation & Viva-Voce) of Mr. Samprash Singh Bhandari

Dr. Hitesh Kumar Bhattarai and his team have been able to publish their original research article, "Evolutionary History of the DNA Repair Protein, Ku, in Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes," in PLOS ONE (Q1, Impact Factor: 2.9). Dr. Bhattarai conceived the project "Evolutionary History of Ku protein" in 2020. During graduate school he had worked on bacterial Ku protein which is involved in Non-Homologous End Joining Pathway of DNA repair. Then senior undergraduates, Sadikshya Rijal and Ashmita Ma...

Prof. Dr. Bhupal Govinda Shrestha was invited as a speaker to present a research paper at the International Conference on "Role of Indigenous knowledge in Global Scenario, held in New Delhi on 7-8 March, 2025." His insightful address on "International Conference on "Role of Indigenous knowledge in Global Scenario" has received considerable appreciation from researchers, scholars, and professionals. His work continues to be a stimulant to advance the field and steer future research." He also ch...

Congratulations to MSc Environmental Science Students Three Master's students, Gunjan Adhikari, Sristhi Ghising, and Bibek Gurung, from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering with a specialization in Wildlife Ecology and Management, will spend a semester at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN) from August 19, 2024, to December 15, 2024. They are participating in the exchange program under the project “Capacity Building through Joint Education and Rese...

Congratulations to MSc Environmental Science students. Four master's students of Environmental Science (Aman Shrestha, Shraddha Kunwar, Shreya Adhikari, and Sunena Nyachhyon) are pursuing a full semester course at Nord University, Norway. They are visiting Nord University from August 6, 2024 to 5 February 2025 under the student exchange program of the project ''Establishing the circular Economy-based livestock sector through collaborative educational and research activities (CEER)'' funded by N...

Kathmandu University on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, organized a ceremony to celebrate the new appointments and promotions of faculty. The event, organized in the CV Raman Auditorium, included the conferral of appointments of nine professors, five associate professors, 21 assistant professors, and one lecturer. In the programme, moderated by Dr. Dinesh Kafle, Assistant Professor, School of Arts, each newly appointed professor gave a short inaugural lecture highlighting the future activities they pla...

An agreement was signed today, July 10, 2024, between Kathmandu University (KU) and Nabil Bank Limited to establish the "Nabil Gyan Jyoti Scholarship Endowment Fund" worth Rupees Two Million at KU. According to the agreement, the proceeds from the endowment will be used to provide scholarships to deserving and eligible students pursuing undergraduate programs at KUSOM, with a preference for bright students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds who demonstrate high intelligence and outstandi...

Kathmandu University is delighted that Prof. Dr. Bhola Thapa, the Vice-Chancellor, has been named "Promising Vice-Chancellor of the Year" by Nepal Education Award. Coming on the heels of the successful hosting of the Association of Indian Universities North Zone Vice-Chancellors' Meet 2024 and the Bharat Nepal Higher Education Summit at Kathmandu University, the latest award is testimony to the efforts put by Prof. Thapa towards transforming Nepal's educational landscape. The award will undoub...