Scholarship

There are many international scholarship and fellowship programs currently available for Nepali citizens. This session will focus on their role in helping education and research of Nepali scholars.
Coordinator: Dr Nabin Aryal,

Aarhus University, Denmark

Program Schedule

Focussed Session 2, 3: Returnee Professionals, Scholarship and Research Funding 14 October, 13:50-19:10, Madhavi Hall
Session A: Returnee Professionals, Opportunities Seen and Challenges Faced in Nepal, Moderator: Dr. Devi B Basnet
	Speaker	Topic	Institute	Email
Speaker	Narayan Adhikari, Prof	Experience of establishing a world-class research laboratory in Nepal - How diaspora can contribute	Central Departmnet of Physics, Tribhuvan Univesrity, Germany Returnee	npadhikari@gmail.com
Speaker	Prajwal Rajbhandari, Mr	Opportunity and challenges faced by Nepali researchers and scientists to kickstart and run a research institute in Nepal	Research Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology	prajjwalrajbhandari@ribb.org.np
Speaker	Rabindra Dhakal, Dr	The knowledge and skill transfer using different appropriate technologies to the communities and academic sectors: Scope for global networking	Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal, Japan Returnee	dhakalrabindra3@gmail.com
Speaker	Merina Ranjit	TBA	COO, Chaudhary Foundation, Returnee NSU	merina.ranjit@gmail.com
Speaker	Pratik Adhikari, Dr	Migration for development: Skill transfer, employability and entrepreneurship of returnee labour migrants in Nepal	Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal	adpratik30@gmail.com
Speaker	Mohan Shrestha, Mr	Transferring skills learned in Middle East to Nepal	President, Mayur Yatayat Pvt. Ltd.	mayuryatayatktm@gmail.com
Speaker	Binod Ghimire, Mr	Bringing farming skills from Israel to Nepal	Returnee farmer from Israel	bnodghimire@yahoo.com
	Pasma Dahal JHA, Mrs	Knowledge exchange between Germany and Nepal	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH	pasma.jha@giz.de
Discussion and Q&A
Session B: Scholarship and Research Funding, Moderator: Dr. Nabin Dahal/Dr Hari Dahal
	Speaker	Topic	Institute
Speaker	Rewati Prasad Parajuli, Mr	Overview of overseas scholarships and fellowships program	Under Secretary, Scholarship Section, Ministry of Education, Nepal	rewati.parajuli@gmail.com
Speaker	Deepak Kumar Khadka, Dr	Prospecting research funding in higher education of Nepal	University Grant Commission	dk.khadka@ugcnepal.edu.np
Speaker	Ramila Raut, Mrs	Research funding opportunities offered by NAST	Nepal Academy of Science and Technology	edic@nast.gov.np
Speaker	Kabita Thapa, Ms	DAAD fellowship for academic exchange between Germany and Nepal	Representative from German embassy Nepal	ku-10@kath.diplo.de
Speaker	Sunita Gurung	Australian scholarship and fellowship	Australian Embassy, Nepal	Sunita.Gurung@dfat.gov.au
Speaker	Ranjan Prakash Shrestha, Mr	Erasmus Mundus program, European Union Nepal mission	European Union	Ranjan.SHRESTHA@eeas.europa.eu
Speaker	Saurav Dhakal, Mr	Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP) for developing country	Netherlands embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal	saurav@storycycle.com
Speaker	Kishor Shakya, Mr	Activities of AIT Alumni	AIT Alumni in Kathmandu, Nepal	iptmnepal@gmail.com
Speaker	Nahendra Pradhan, Mr	Activities of Russian Alumni	Russian Alumni, Kathmandu, Nepal	nahendrapradhan@yahoo.com
Speaker	Umed Pun	Activities of Nepal JSPS Association	Nepal JSPS Alumni Association (NJAA)	umedpun@gmail.com
Discussion and Q&A
Poster

Downloads

• Presentation of Deepak Kumar Khadka on Prospecting Research Funding in Higher Education of Nepal
• Presentation of Kabita Thapa on DAAD scholarship for academic exchange between Germany and Nepal
• Presentation of Ranjan Prakash Shrestha on EU Higher Education Program Scholorship and funding program
• Presentation of Saurav Dhakal on Connect – Explore and Inspire(The Netherlands – Nepal)