This site uses cookies, as explained in our terms of use. If you consent, please close this message and continue to use this site.
0 mins Read
Eight students from Kathmandu University were invited to ICIMOD 21 August 2015 to present their research proposals to a panel of experts for feedback and discussion. The students were part of the MS Research in Glaciology program coordinated by Dr. Rijan Kayastha at Kathmandu University. Four of the students were funded by scholarships provided through the ICIMOD Cryosphere Initiative, and four were supported by the USAID-funded program CHARIS. Additional support for field campaigns and capacity building was provided by the joint ICIMOD and Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) program SnowAMP.
The student proposals included studies of glacier thickness, surface energy and mass balance, snow melt, and glacier-hydrological modelling. Over the next 12 months, these students will be conducting fieldwork, analysis, and modelling to complete their research projects. Members of the Cryosphere Initiative will be providing co-supervision and advice as the students prepare their theses. The Cryosphere Initiative is funded by the Government of Norway.
KU Participants: Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa, Abhijit Vaidya, Mingma Y. Sherpa, Bishwash Yogi, Amrit Thapa, Syed Hammad Ali, IramBano, Javed Hassan, Dr. Rijan Kayastha
ICIMOD Participants: Joseph Shea (co-ordinator), Inka Koch, Dorothea Stumm, Anna Sinisalo, Maxime Litt, Patrick Wagnon, Pradeep Mool, Arun Shrestha, Sharad Joshi
Share
Stay up to date on what’s happening around the HKH with our most recent publications and find out how you can help by subscribing to our mailing list.
Related Contents
[caption id="attachment_8392" align="aligncenter"] Minister Industry, Som Prasad Pandey at Kailash brand LaunchPhoto: ...
During the training, the women learned the techniques for propagating Lott Salla (Taxus wallichiana) and Chirayita (Swertia chirayita) and for ...
SANDEE brings together researchers and practitioners from South Asian countries to address the region’s environmental development challenges. For 16 years, ...
The Himalaya region is among the most vulnerable parts of the world to climate change. Retreating glaciers reduce dry-season water ...
A workshop on Brick Kilns Policy and Advocacy Network (PAN) was jointly organized by Climate and Clean Air ...
Freshwater ecosystems such as lakes, rivers, streams, springs, and wetlands provide various direct and indirect services. They are a critical ...
A special thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology has recently been published by Cambridge University Press (link). The thirty-eight ...
The event brought together over 300 climate scientists, adaptation policy makers, and practitioners with the goal of finding more holistic ...