There are many young, energetic students in Nepal, who believe they can make the change. They are ready and capable to challenge the status quo, yet the battle is uphill as the powerbase is controlled by the capitalist and feudal mindset. Young people are isolated and many times they get frustrated as their zeal get subsumed by the status quo. As a result many hold negative view of the country and would love to migrate as soon as the opportunity arises. We have started a humble effort, where young Masters students from interdisciplinary group meet once a month, and discuss new ideas, present papers and have fun. This way we not only share ideas but build a network with a hope that collective effort will definitely make a change.
So far students have presented paper on (if you would like a full copy, please contact Nripal (nripal@abari.org):
“Human Impacts on Planet – Reviewing consequences of human development and exploring human dimensions of sustainability” by Sundar K Sharma
“Psychological impacts on IDPs (Internally Displaced People) due to the armed conflict of Nepal”
by Jyotshna Shrestha
“Engineering Potential of Bamboo”
by Nripal Adhikary
August 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Thanks Jess, it looks real good. Looking at the interest people have shown , I am positive that the conference will grow far and wide.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Wow, it’s a great job by the youths in the field of academia. Keep it up.
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:47 am
Can anyone tell me how far we have gone on this?
May 25th, 2009 at 11:03 am
This is great. There is a push now towards funding a 10-day workshop on “Youth Participation in Sustainable Development”. I would hope the above students would participate!
Dylan
dylan.e.mcfarlane@gmail.com
October 6th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
hi!!
may i know if this student conference was organized at Kathmandu in an informal way or there was any (student)organization that was leading to organize the conference. Is there any student community on sustainable development locally in Nepal?
Thanks