NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC AND MATERIALS SCIENCES

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Department of Physics, Amrit Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, organized a two-day (6 and 7 November) National Conference on Advances in Atmospheric and Material Science. The conference was technically supported by the IEEE/EDS Nepal Chapter, the International Science Program, Uppsala University, Sweden, the Nepal Physical Society (NPS), and the Nepalese Society for Women in Physics.

The conference was attended by about 68 participants from different parts of Nepal. Among them, 10 are IEEE members.

Prof. Dr. Lok Narayan Jha, former Head (of the Central Department of Physics) and Senior Physicist of Nepal, inaugurated the conference by pouring water into a flower. In his address, Prof. Jha expressed his views on research and teaching. Prof. Dr. Sekhar Gurung, Prof. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Bhattarai, and Prof. Dr. Nilam Shrestha (NPS President) expressed their views and wished the program success. Prof. Dr. Narayan Prasad Chapagain (faculty, Department of Physics, Amrit Campus) gave the welcome address; Pitamber Shrestha, coordinator, MSc Physics Program, spoke about the conference; and Dr. Lok Bahadur Baral (Campus Chief), chairman of this program, presented his opinion about the program and closed the inaugural session.

There were two keynote lectures (one keynote speaker was Prof. Dr. Bhadra Pokharel, past president of IEEE/EDS Nepal Chapter, and another was Prof. Dr. Ram Prasad Regmi, faculty at Tribhuvan University), two invited talks (Dr. Sanju Shrestha, Treasurer of IEEE/EDS Nepal Chapter, and Dr. Hom Bahadur Baniya, faculty at Tribhuvan University), 21 contributory oral presentations, and 13 posters. On the first day of the conference, there were 4 scientific sessions. The first session was chaired by Prof. Dr. Neelam Shrestha, the second was chaired by Prof. Dr. Rameshwor Adhikari, the third one was chaired by Prof. Dr. Narayan Adhikari, and the last one was chaired by Prof. Dr. Rajendra Parajuli.

There were also four sessions on the second day of the conference. The first session was chaired by Prof. Dr. Khem Narayan Poudel, the second was chaired by Prof. Dr. Hari Prasad Lamichhane, the third one was chaired by Prof. Dr. Narayan Prasad Chapagain, and the fourth one was chaired by Prof. Dr. Indra Bahadur Karki. 

There was a poster session after the oral talks on the second day of the conference (chaired by Dr. Manoj Kumar Chaudhary). The closing session was chaired by Prof. Dr. Rajendra Parajuli, who thanked all those who helped make the event a success. Mr. Ramji Karki and Mr. Jhulan Powrel (on behalf of participants) expressed their views about the conference and said that this type of conference helped them enhance their research.

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• Ascal Campus, Tribhuvan University
• Kathmandu, Nepal
• Nepal
• Building: Science Building

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