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Nepalese German Academic Cooperation - Past & Future -
Seminar for Former Grantees
Kathmandu, Nepal
25 - 27.10.2002

Friday 25th October2002
Venue: Hotel Yak & Yeti, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu

1800 - 20.00 hrs.

Reception for former DAAD and Humbolt Foundation scholarship holders to mark the visit of Mrs Hannelore Bossmann Regional Director, DAAD South Asia and hosted by Mr. Klaus Tesch, First Secretary, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kathmandu.


Saturday 26th October2002
Venue: Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur

09.0 - 09.30 hrs. Registration of Participants
09.30 hrs.

Inaugural Function

Welcome Address

Ms Hannelore Bossmann, Director, Regional Office
- Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka -DAAD, New Delhi

Inaugural Address:

H.E. the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Nepal, Mr. Ruediger Lemp

Chief Guest's Address:

Dr. Bimal Koirala. Chief Secretary to His Majesty's Government

Vote of Thanks:

Dr. Prakash Pradhan, President, SONGA

10.30 - 00 hrs.

Tea Break

 

Session I
(30 minutes to each speaker: followed by 15 minutes for discussion)

11.0 hrs.

Alumni Survey Activities in Nepal
Ms Hannelore Bossmann, DAAD

11.45 hrs.

Alumni Survey Report
Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya, Survey Team Leader

12 45 - 13.45 hrs. Lunch

Session II

14.0 hrs.

Academicians are goodwill ambassadors
Professor Dr. Novel Kishor Rai
CNAS, Tribhuvan University

14.45 hrs.

Benefit of Academic Exchanges
Dr. B. Devkota
College of Environmental Sciences, Kathmandu

15.30 -- 16.00 hrs. Tea Break

Session III

16.00 hrs.

Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics:
Training and research examples from Nepal
Professor Dr. Mathias Becker
Faculty of Agriculture (ARTS PROGRAMME), University of Bonn

16.45 hrs.

Agricultural Resources in Nepal Mr. Shambhu Bahadur Pandey
Director, NAARC, Kathmandu

18.00 hrs.

Cultural Programme
Traditional Dances from Nepal, hosted by SONGA


Sunday 27th October2002

Session IV

09.30 hrs. SPRING PROGRAMME Gapa city Building, Institution Building:
Feasibility in the Regions of Nepal
Dr. Bernd Jenssen
SPRING PROGRAMME, University of Dortmund
10.15 hrs.

Decentralized Planning' Theory and Practice in Nepal Mr. Babu Ram Shrestha
SPRING Association of Regional Planning, Kathmandu

11.00 - 11.30 hrs.

Tea Break

Session V

11.30 hrs.

Engineering Education for Infrastructure Development Prof. Dr. Jiba Raj Pokharel
Dean of Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu

12.15 hrs.

Development of Rural Transportation Network in Nepal Dr. Chandra Bahadur Shrestha
ICIMOD, Kathmandu

13.00 - 14.00 hrs. Lunch

Session VI

14.00 hrs.

Language makes the difference Mr. Michael Chand
Director, Goethe Center, Kathmandu

14.45 hrs. Cultural Exchange
Mr. Rabindra Pun
15.30 - 16.00 hrs. Tea Break
Concluding Session
16.00 hrs.

Summing-up and concluding remarks by Nepalese & German side

17.00 hrs. Vote of Thanks
Mr. Santosh Bikram Shah
SONGA Executive Member
19.00 hrs.

Farewell Dinner to all participants (with spouse)
Hosted by Ms Hannelore Bossmann, Director,
DAAD Regional Office, New Delhi, at
Hotel De L'Annapurna, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu

End of the Seminar

 

Monday 231h October2002

15.00 - 18.00 hrs. Presentation on Opportunities for Higher Education in the Federal
Republic of Germany by Ms Hannelore Bossmann, Director,
Regional
Office (Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka)
At the GOETHE Zentrum, kathmandu
 

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