NEWSLETTER- ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT (AITM) - Knowledge Village,

Khumaltar Heights,

Satdobato, Lalitpur, Nepal

Tel: 5548314, 5552375

Email: info@aitm.edu.np

Web: www.aitm.edu.np11th ISSUE, 14 Jan 2019

Dear Students, Alumni, Parents, Guardians, Faculty, Staff and Promoter Friends and other Friends and Well-wishers of Asian Institute of Technology and Management,

On behalf of the Board of Directors, and on my own personal behalf, I would like to wish all of you a very HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2019. This year as well as in the coming years, may all of you, your family members as well as all the Nepalese citizens in the country and in the Diaspora be blessed with GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. I further wish that the New Year 2019 will better than 2018 in every way on both the personal and professional fronts.

The beginning of the New Year is always a good time to reflect on the achievements of the past year and set the targets – both personal and professional – for the coming year. Accordingly, the new year is the time for us in AITM to evaluate last year’s institutional performance and set institutional targets for this year. Our institutional goals have always been to offer new academic programs of reputed national and international universities. To this end, we have and will continue striving to achieve our objectives. Over the past few years, we have had to cope and overcome many regulatory challenges and bureaucratic hurdles, some of which were unforeseen. The past year has been a year of hope and disappointment as our efforts to get new national and international programs have not materialized due to many constraining rules and regulations and, in the latter part of the year, on the moratorium on affiliation, and because of the transitional nature of our national politics, with frequent changes in the political

leadership. Now that the country has a majority government, we are hopeful of stable long-term education policies, though the indications so far are not that hopeful.

Looking back in 2018, I recall the words of Charles Dickens in “A Tale of Two Cities”, when he stated as follows: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us….”

During the last year, we, Nepalese, have taken a deep leap of faith by choosing a majority government, but we have yet to taste the fruits of our choice. Two months after the elections, a majority government was sworn in on 15 February 2018. On 14 February 2019, this government will have been in power for one year. The people, who expected so much from this government, has been very disappointed with the government’s performance in dealing with the very bad state of our dusty, muddy roads, full of pot-holes, the transportation syndicate, the gold smuggling, the Nirmala rape case, the seemingly increasing cases of rape and violence, the rising prices, the misuse of state coffers for political patronage and for unjustified and unreasonable perks and privileges, including the procurement of expensive vehicles and helicopter for the President, the transfer of existing institutions for expansion of President’s premises and relocation of Vice-President’s office and the more recently held Mother Moon’s religious extravaganza in the name of Asia Pacific Summit.

I am sending this message from Cambodia. When I was in Nepal during the months of October and November 2018, I met many high officials and participated in many discussions

so as to contribute to the formulation of forward looking education policies, which will help develop qualified human resources within the country, as well as minimize the outflow of almost 100,000 students who are going abroad for studies. Many of these students will settle abroad. In a globalized context, Nepal’s education policies must ensure that quality education is offered at all levels and that our graduates are second to none. However, it seems that the draft report of the Education Commission is a backward looking document, rather than a forward looking document. While the developed countries and many ambitious developing countries are going aggressively in one direction, our education policy makers, with anti-private bias, want to take Nepal in the reverse direction. Let us hope that reason and global trends prevail so that backward looking, conservative policies which shackle the growth of knowledge are thrown away and replaced by forward-looking education policies, which encourage quality and innovation, which are necessary for a knowledge economy, which is essential to make Nepal a peaceful and prosperous Nepal.

I wish to conclude this message on a very positive note about AITM, which successfully conducted with its two other partners and the very reputed Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business (Rice Business) the Executive Leadership Development Program 2018 (ELDP 2018) for 40 participants, including owners, Directors, CEOs, Deputy CEOs from the banking, insurance, hotel, telecom and other business enterprises from 28 October to 2 November 2018. The workshop was conducted by world renowned Professors Brent Smith, PhD and Balaji Koka, PhD. Al l the par t icipants benefi t ted tremendously from this very intensive training program.

Once again, the very best to all of you and your loved ones in the coming year 2019.

Message fromThe Executive Chairman

Prof. Dr. Sriram Bhagut Mathe

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NEWS & EVENTSSCHOOL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT

Year/ Semester Semester Start No. of Students Pre-Board Exam Board Exam

BHM IMI-VIII 4th December 2018 31 - -

BHM IMI-VII 4th December 2018 44 - 4th March 2019 (Tentative)

BHM IMI-V 11th December 2018 88 24th March 2019 (Tentative) 22nd April 2019 (Tentative)

BHM IMI-III 4th December 2018 76 24th March 2019 (Tentative) 22nd April 2019 (Tentative)

BHM IMI-I 9th November 2018 46 24th March 2019 (Tentative) 22nd April 2019 (Tentative)

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CURRENT STATUS OF BHM CLASSES

CHANGES IN THE OPERATIONS OF SCHOOL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT

With effective from the month of December 2018, Ms.

Sujata Shakya (Earlier Exams Coordinator of School of

Hotel Management) has been promoted to Academic

Coordinator in place of Mr. Subodh Subedi. Henceforth,

Ms. Sujata will be responsible for the entire academic

activities related to students and the faculties of the School

of Hotel Management. Similarly, Mr. Sudhir Shrestha

(Earlier Head of Exams at AITM) has been laterally

transferred from AITM general operations to the AITM

School of Hotel Management as Exams Coordinator. Mr.

Sudhir will be responsible for controlling the examinations and extra-curricular activities of all IMI

registered students.

PARENTS MEETING ON INTERNSHIP FOR SEMESTER-VII

On 24th December 2018, guardians and parents of semester- VII of BHM (IMI) program were invited to

discuss on the possible internship opportunities in Sanya, Hainan province of China. AITM has special

agreement with Hainan College of Vocation and Technique (HCVT), Haikou, China for this

purpose.

In the discussion program, a team from Phoenix Education Consultancy was invited to address the

queries of parents and students. In the program, Mr. Basant Joshi (Head of School) highlighted on the

importance, need and basic Do’s and Don’ts during the internship. Internship program at AITM

is of six months in 4 major departments of the hotel namely , Food and Beverage Service,

Housekeeping, Food Production and Front Office.

GUEST LECTURE ORGANIZED FOR BHM SEMESTER –I

On 16th December 2018, School of Hotel Management invited Mr.Deep Lamichhane, former Food &

Beverage Director of Nanglo International to offer his valuable experience from his 48 years of career in

hospitality industry to the newly enrolled students of Semester-I. Mr. Lamichhane spoke about

hospitality and entrepreneurship. He shared many interesting anecdotes of his own personal journey as

an entrepreneur and motivated the students to look for entrepreneurship in Hospitality Industry to shape

their dreams.

CREATIVE MINIATURE RESTAURANT MODEL

Students of BHM Semester I of School of Hotel

Management demonstrated a miniature restaurant model as

a part of their project work for Food and Beverage Service. A

miniature restaurant project is an architectural 3D model of

a modern restaurant. Mr. Sugam Tamrakar, faculty of Food

and Beverage guided the students for the project work. In

the demonstration program organized on 6th of January

2019, students in different groups had demonstrated more

than ten different restaurant models ranging from a small

scale coffee shop to a large scale fine dining restaurant.

Winning team of the project work was awarded with a small

Hi-tea in the AITM Fun Café.

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CHINESE THEME AT AITM SCHOOL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT

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School of Hotel Management organized a “Personality Development Program” for the newly enrolled students

under IMI-BHM as a co-curricular activity from 14th November to 23rd November 2018. The program was

facilitated by LCCI Nepal which is an accredited partner of Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA), Scotland.

During the 10 day orientation program, different experts and intellectuals from the field of education were invited

as resource persons. During the program, students were trained in communication skills, motivation

techniques and leadership skills. A total of 34 students took part in the program and were awarded certificate of

participation from LCCI Nepal.

On the auspicious occasion of Merry Christmas 2018, the students of School of Hotel Management with faculty members,

the staff, students and executives celebrated Christmas cake mixing program on 9th December 2018. Cake mixing is

regarded as one of the most important events during Christmas. As per the international trend, dried fruits and nuts

remaining after summer are mixed together with wine and spirits before one month of Christmas and kept for fermentation.

Fermented ingredients are then put into the cake mix and baked in traditional ovens and the resulting cake is eaten and

distributed to the near and dear ones during whole month of Christmas.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE NEWLY ENROLLED STUDENTS

As a part of the curriculum, students of BHM-III of School of Hotel Management had recently hosted CHINESE

THEME RESTURANT OPERATION program on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 31st December and 1st January 2019.

The event focused on providing detailed knowledge and practical exposure within the kitchen and service

area of a fine dining Chinese restaurant.

Students were supervised by Chef Kedar Silwal and Faculty of Food and Beverage Service, Mr. Sugan

Tamrakar. During the event, the students were divided into three groups which included chefs and service

crews. The students skillfully prepared meals and decorated the restaurant area in a way that reflected the

Chinese culture and values. Mr.Gautam Mishra, DSP of Satdobato Lalitpur Police Station graced his presence

during the theme week.

X-MAS CAKE MIXING PROGRAM AT AITM

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

CURRENT STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY CLASSES

CGPA SCORES OF 2013 BATCH STUDENTS IN PURBANCHAL UNIVERSITY BOARD EXAM

The students of 2013 batch completed their four years Bachelor degree course of B. Tech in Biotechnology in June 2018. Mr. Biplu Prajapati scored 3.84, the highest

CGPA among all the students and was followed by Ms. Dikshya Karki, who scored 3.77 CGPA. Department of Biotechnology congratulates all the students for their

achievement.The CGPA of all students are given below.

Semester / Batch Semester Start No. of Students Mid Term Exam Remarks

VII Semester / 2015 23rd Dec 2018 20 4th Feb 2019 -

VIII Semester / 2014 24th June 2018 6 - Waiting For Project Defense & Final Seminar

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NEWS & EVENTS

RESULT OF 5TH AND 7TH SEMESTERS B. TECH BIOTECHNOLOGY P U FINAL EXAMINATION

The result of 5th and 7th semesters of B. Tech Biotechnology Purbanchal University Final

Examination held in Jestha 2075 was published on 11th of Mangsir 2075 (27 Nov. 2018). The

students who scored highest GPA in their respective semesters’ in the Final Examination are given

below. Department of Biotechnology congratulates all students who have passed the examination

N a m e C G P A

B ip lu P ra ja p a ti 3 .8 4

D iks h y a K a rk i 3 .7 7

B is h a l K h a d ka 3 .6 8

S a n is h a S u n u w a r 3 .5 1

B a s a n ta D h u n g a n a 3 .4 9

P ra fu l K a m a t 3 .4 3

M a llik a S h res th a 3 .4 1

A ru n K u n w a r 3 .3 9

N ira j S h rea th a 3 .3 9

M o h a m m ad A ta u lla h S id d iq u i 3 .2 4

S a m rid d h i S h res th a 3 .1 9

R o b ik M a h a rjan 3 .1 6

M a n is h M a n M a h a rja n 3 .0 9

S a c h in S e ju w a l 3 .0 0

Semester Name of Student GPA

VII Richa Khatiwada 3.87

V Prakriti Maharjan 4 Sadikchhya Shrestha 4

Shristi Tamrakar 4 Srisha Kunwar 4

Sundip Tuladhar 4

PU BOARD FINAL PRACTICAL EXAMINATION OF 6TH SEMESTER

PU Board final practical examination of 6th semester B. Tech Biotechnology was conducted from 3rd to 6th Poush 2075 (18 – 21 Dec.2018). The practical

examinations were conducted on subjects, Bioinformatics, Bioprocess, Downstream processing, Plant Biotechnology and Animal Biotechnology.

VISITORS FROM KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY AND SAGA UNIVERSITY JAPAN

The team of faculty members from Kumamoto University and Saga University from Japan

visited Asian Institute of Technology and Management ( AITM), Khumaltar, Lalitpur on 4 Jan

2019. The team was led by Prof. Dr. Takashi Watanabe of Department of Medicinal Plant,

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan, along with

Associate Professor Dr. Nobuhiro Kotoda, Department of Fruit Science and Dr. Yukio Nagano

of Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences, Saga University, Saga, Japan.

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

COLLABORATION BETWEEN AITM & ICIMOD ON CARBON FOOTPRINT ESTIMATION AITM PARTICIPATED IN ICIMOD’S RESILIENT VILLAGE HANDOVER CEREMONY AT DHUNGENTAR, NUWAKOT

AITM organized a get together program of its staff and

faculties at AITM on November 02, 2018 in the eve of

Dipawali and Chhath festivals of 2075 BS. Greetings

exchange, entertainment games and refreshment

party were the highlights of the program.

The program began with Dipawali and Chhath-2075

greetings from Mr. Hari Krishna Saiju (Head of

Biotechnology Department), Dr. Rabindra Raj Giri

(Head of Civil Engineering Department), Mr. Basanta

Prasad Joshi (Head of School of Hotel Management)

and Mr. Shyam Krishna Maharjan (Head of Plus Two

Program). Then the get together program entered to

the entertainment/fun phase. Musical chair, mud pot

breaking, balloon puncturing and lucky draw events

were organized for enter tainment/fun of the

par ticipants followed by refreshment par ty. A

Dipawali cake was cut and distributed to all the

par ticipants in the program. The program was

concluded with music and dances of the participants.

All the AITM employees actively participated and

enjoyed the program.

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FIELD VISIT OF ICIMOD’S EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION SITE AT DHUNGENTAR, NUWAKOT

In response to the April 25, 2015 earthquake, the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development

(ICIMOD) developed an innovative strategy for rebuilding the damaged infrastructures and services for the

most vulnerable communities in the earthquake-affected areas in Nepal, and the strategy is implemented for

the first time as a pilot project at Dhungentar, Nuwakot, Nepal. The primary objective of the project is to

reconstruct low-cost houses for financially weak and marginalized communities at Dhungentar (e.g., Sunar,

Magar) using Compressed Stabilized Soil Blocks (CSSB) in order to reduce carbon footprint in the

environment. Active involvement of the local beneficiaries has been ensured in the project. Fifty-seven

individual low-cost houses of different sizes, one health post and one community building have been

constructed at Dhungentar using the CSSB technology in this pilot project.

One of the objectives of this pilot project is to estimate carbon footprint of the low-cost housing using CSSB

technology. A collaboration contract was signed on October 01, 2018 between Asian Institute of Technology

and Management (AITM) and ICIMOD to carry out a study to estimate carbon footprint of the Dungentar low-

cost reconstruction pilot project and compare it with the similar project using conventional kiln-burnt bricks

in place of CSSB. The study was completed in one and half month’s period and a report was submitted to

ICIMOD.

Recently, Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) and International Center for Integrated

Mountain Development (ICIMOD) signed a collaboration agreement on carbon footprint estimation of

ICIMOD’s low-cost housing pilot project, in which Compressed Stabilized Soil Blocks (CSSB) are used in

place of traditional kiln-burnt bricks, at its earthquake reconstruction site, Dhungentar, Nuwakot. As per the

agreement, a three-member AITM team visited the project site on October 6 and 7, 2018 for site inspection

and required data collection for carbon footprint estimation of the project. The team was led by Dr. Rabindra

Raj Giri, and other two members of the team were Mr. Pravakar Pradhan (climate change expert) and Mr.

Prakash Dulal (Civil Engineer).

On the first day, the team travelled from Kathmandu to Dhungentar project site, carried out inspection of the

project area and collected necessary data/information from ICIMOD’s project staff at the site for carbon

footprint estimation of the project. The data collection continued on the second day also. A focused group

discussion was also conducted on the second day morning with the local people within the project area to

identify the possibility of establishing a local community-owned sustainable enterprise for production and

business of CSSB. The team completed its targeted activities in the field in the afternoon and then returned to

Kathmandu later on the day.

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DHUNGENTAR CARBON FOOTPRINT REPORT SUBMITTED TO ICIMOD

Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) and International Center for Integrated Mountain Development

(ICIMOD) signed a collaboration agreement on October 01, 2018 to carry out a study for estimating carbon footprint of

interlocking Cement Stabilized Earth Block (CSEB) houses constructed by ICIMOD for local marginalized residents of

Dhungentar, Nuwakot district, Nepal, which was adversely impacted by the 2015 earthquakes. A three-member (Dr. Rabindra

Raj Giri, Mr. Pravakar Pradhan and Er. Prakash Dulal) AITM team visited the Dhungentar on October 6 and 7, 2018 to observe

the reconstruction site and collect necessary data/information for carbon footprint estimation of the interlocking CSEB houses

constructed there. The final report of the study was submitted to Strategic Cooperation Unit (SCU) of ICIMOD on the 10th of

December 2018.

“DIPAWALI” AND “CHHATH” FESTIVAL GREETING EXCHANGE OF AITM EMPLOYEES

In the backdrops of 2015 devastating earthquakes in

Nepal and climate change as a major global issue, the

International Center for Integrated Mountain

Development (ICIMOD) in association with National

Reconstruction Authority (NRA) of Nepal and

supported by International Development Research

Center (IDRC) initiated and executed a reconstruction

project entitled “Resilient Mountain Village: A Pilot

Demonstration Project on Earthquake Reconstruction

and Rehabilitation in Dhungentar, Nuwakot” from April

2016 to September 2018. Total 54 residential houses

and one health post including toilets plus one

multipurpose community building are constructed for

marginal ized residents of Dhungentar using

interlocking cement stabilized earth bricks (CSEB)

instead of the conventional burnt bricks. Moreover,

Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM)

in collaboration with ICIMOD conducted a study to

estimate carbon footprint of the interlocking CSEB

house construction at Dhungentar for the project

period.

The ICIMOD handed over the project to the local

community in a ceremony organized at Dhungentar on

December 17, 2018. The NRA Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Sushil Gyawanli, ICIMOD Director General Dr. David

Molden, other people from ICIMOD and representatives

from technical, knowledge and private partners of

ICIMOD were present in the ceremony. Mr. Pravakar

Pradhan and Er. Prakash Dulal from AITM participated

in the handover program at Dhungentar. In the program,

Mr. Pravakar Pradhan explained on importance of

carbon footprint reduction in construction industry and

the role played by the interlocking CSEB construction

technology to minimize carbon footprint of the

Dhungentar reconstruction project.

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

AITM TEAM PARTICIPATED IN “CLIMATE LAUNCHPAD GLOBAL GRAND FINAL 2018” COMPETITION IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

The “Climate Launchpad” (https://climatelaunchpad.org) is the world’s largest

green business ideas competition. The competition is a platform for clean-tech

talents to help them grow their sustainable ideas into global businesses to

combat climate change.

The global grand final of “Climate Launchpad-2018” event was held in

Edinburgh, Scotland, from November 1 to 2, 2018 with the focus on fixing

climate change. This year’s competition attracted a record number of 1,500

clean-tech entrepreneurs through the national competitions organized in forty-

four countries around the world.

The “Climate Launchpad National Competition” was organized for the first time

in Nepal in 2018, and the final competition of the event was conducted on 7th

September 2018 in hotel Yak & Yeti. A two-member team (Er. Prakash Dulal and

Mr. Pravakar Pradhan) from AITM took part in the competition, won the second

position and became eligible to participate in the grand final competition held in

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The theme of AITM team in the competition was

“Energy Efficient Brick” (EEBrick). The AITM team together with other two winner

teams from Nepal represented Nepal in the grand final event held on the 1st and

2nd November 2018 in Edinburgh, UK. Altogether 132 teams from 44 countries

competed in the grand final event in UK.

The “Climate Launchpad Global Grand Final-2018” event was truly a

conversation platform for more than 700 participants including professionals,

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policy makers and business persons from around the world for fixing climate

change. Building clean-tech start-up ecosystems, funding for start-ups that are

tackling climate change, and alumni sharing lessons on starting a business were

some of the themes included in keynote talks, expert sessions and interactive

talks in the grand final event.

The “Green Start-Up ECO2Blocks” from Portugal won the first position in the

grand final. The first winner team is starting a business of masonry block

production using one hundred percent industrial waste materials, carbon dioxide

and non-potable water. “JSP India” won the second position in the competition

for their idea of treating textile industry effluent using microbial fuel cell

technology. Similarly, the third prize was given to “Crover” from Scotland, UK for

their idea of reducing grain wastage using their patent-pending technology to

monitor grain storage sites. The cash prizes for the first, second and third

winners were ten thousand, five thousand and two thousand five hundred British

Pounds respectively. Moreover, the top ten finalists of the grand final event are

getting access to “Climate-KIC Accelerator”, the world’s first 18-month

business school for clean-tech entrepreneurs, to fur ther develop their

innovations and fast-track the businesses. Detail information on the finalists of

t h e e v e n t a n d t h e i r g r e e n s t a r t - u p p l a n s c a n b e f o u n d i n

“www.climatelaunchpad.org”. More information can also be obtained from

Climate Launchpad Facebook page and YouTube channel.

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

B.E. CIVIL 8TH SEMESTER STUDENTS’ FINAL PROJECT DEFENSE

As required by the Purbanchal

University (PU), the Bachelor

of Civil Engineering final

semester students have to

successfully complete a six-

credit group project work to be

eligible for the degree. Total six

project groups were formed in

th is session’s students’

project work in the Civil

Engineering Department of AITM. Among them, four project groups were of

2014-Batch students and one group each was from 2011 and 2012-Batch

students. Moreover, one group chose feasibility study of hydropower project,

two groups chose traffic signal design and the remaining three groups chose

building design for their project works.

The final defense consists of parallel internal and external evaluation of the

students’ project works. Project supervisors and Civil Engineering Department

faculties are involved in the internal evaluation while external examiners

approved by PU are involved in the external evaluation. The final evaluation

involves PowerPoint presentations of the students’ project work followed by

rigorous question-answer sessions. The final defenses of the six project groups

were conducted separately between October 12 and November 25, 2018 at

AITM.

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AITM organized a get together program of its staff and faculties at AITM on November 02, 2018 in the eve of Dipawali and Chhath festivals of 2075 BS. Greetings

exchange, entertainment games and refreshment party were the highlights of the program.

The program began with Dipawali and Chhath-2075 greetings from Mr. Hari Krishna Saiju (Head of Biotechnology Department), Dr. Rabindra Raj Giri (Head of Civil

Engineering Department), Mr. Basanta Prasad Joshi (Head of School of Hotel Management) and Mr. Shyam Krishna Maharjan (Head of Plus Two Program). Then the get

together program entered to the entertainment/fun phase. Musical chair, mud pot breaking, balloon puncturing and lucky draw events were organized for

entertainment/fun of the participants followed by refreshment party. A Dipawali cake was cut and distributed to all the participants in the program. The program was

concluded with music and dances of the participants. All the AITM employees actively participated and enjoyed the program.

“DIPAWALI” AND “CHHATH” FESTIVAL GREETING EXCHANGE OF AITM EMPLOYEES

“EMPLOYEE OF THE SECOND QUARTER-2075” ANNOUNCED AND FELICITATED

“AITM Employee of the Second

Quarter-2075” was announced in a

program organized on November 02,

2018 at AITM. All the staff, faculties

and Department/School Heads were

present in the program. AITM staff and

faculty members below the Head of

School/Department level are included

in the quarterly evaluation system. The

evaluation based on seven criteria is

carried out in three levels. The first level

evaluation is carried out by the immediate supervisor of each school/department.

The second level evaluation is carried out by an appointed “Reviewer” in each

school/department. The final level evaluation is carried out by a committee

comprising of heads of schools/departments and the Executive Director of AITM.

Mr. Basanta Prasad Joshi (Head, School of Hotel Management) accompanied by

other department heads announced the “Employee of the Second Quarter-2075”.

Housekeeping staff Ms. Asmita Tamang was declared as the “Employee of the

Second Quarter-2075 BS” by securing the highest score among all the staff and

faculties. Mr. Basanta Prasad Joshi awarded Ms. Astima Tamang with an

appreciation certificate and cash prize as the best employ of the second quarter in

2075 BS in the program.

NEWS & EVENTSHIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS & STREAM-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS

THE FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION RESULTS OUT

Grade

Stream

Class Start

No. of classes to be delivered until the

end of session

No. of Students

Pre-Board Exams

Board Exams

XI Science &

Management 24th July

2018 156 86

1st April 2019 (Tentative)

13th -23rd April 2019 (Tentative)

XII Science &

Management 1st July 2018

151 77 3rd March 2019

(Tentative) 28th May 2019

(Tentative)

DASHAIN & TIHAR VACATIONS

THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION COMPLETED

As per the NEF–CCN Calendar, the first terminal examination of grades XI & XII commenced from 5th

October 2018 and ended on 12th October 2018.

The Plus Two students of AITM were given this year’s Dashain vacation from the 14th to 24th of October

2018. Unlike in previous years, regular classes of Plus Two students of AITM were conducted between

Dashain and Tihar festivals. Similarly, the students were given the Tihar vacation from 7th to 9th

November, 2018.

AITM organized and conducted “NEF-CCN Inter-College

Debate Competition-2018” in WSDC (World School

Debating Championship) format from 6th to 9th December

2018 at AITM. All the NEF-CCN colleges, namely AITM, LA

(Little Angels), XA (Xavier Academy), IMS (Ideal Model

School), BBMC (Bhanu Bhakta Memorial College) & LAB

(Laboratory College) participated in the competition. An

orientation on the debate module was provided to all the

participating students on the first day. Then, debates on the

selected theme categories were conducted on the other

days.

Mr. Prajwol Shrestha, Mr. Pranish Maharjan and Ms.

Rajashwi Shrestha of Xavier Academy won the

competition in English category. The team of Mr. Ankit

Khadka, Mr. Samson Lama and Ms. Rujita Bajracharya

from Ideal Model School was awarded as the first runner-

up in the same category. Similarly, Mr. Prashant Man

Singh, Ms. Nishma Budhathoki and Ms. Renu Pulami

Magar of Bhanu Bhakta Memorial School won the

competition in Nepali category. The team of Mr. Nawaraj

Bhat, Mr. Debish Lamichhane and Ms. Laxmi Ghale of

AITM was awarded as the first runner-up in the Nepali

category. Mr. Prajwol Shresth of Xavier Academy and Mr.

Jeevan Kattel of Little Angels’ College were awarded with

the best speaker and the second best speaker titles in

English category. Similarly, Mr. Shrijan Raj Pandey of

Xavier Academy and Ms. Nishma Budhathoki of Bhanu

Bhakta Memorial College were awarded with the best

speaker and the second best speaker titles in the Nepali

category. Mr. Aayog Pandey and Mr. Binod Raj Joshi

respectively declared as the best adjudicator and the

second best adjudicator in the competition.

The medals and cer tificates of appreciation were

distributed to the winners and adjudicators in a ceremony

at AITM on the final day of the competition in the presence

of NEF-CCN college representatives and heads of different

schools/departments of AITM. Among the personalities

present in the ceremony were Mr. Basant Prasad Joshi

(Head of School of Hotel Management, AITM), Dr.

Rabindra Raj Giri (Head of Civil Engineering Department,

AITM), Mr. Shyam Krishna Maharjan (Head of Plus Two

Program, AITM), Mr. Bom Bahadur Moktan (Principal,

BBMC), Mr. Ajay Pandey (CEO, Chaitanya Design), Ms.

Poonam Regmi (DNN representative) and Mr. Abhibind

Khaniya (President of “Hopes of Change”). Mr. Abhibind

Khaniya conducted all the events of the competition

including the medal and certificate distribution program on

the final day.

PARTICIPATION IN NEF–CCN INTER-COLLEGE QUIZ COMPETITION

Ideal Model School (IMS), one of the members of NEF-CCN, organized this year’s NEF– CCN Inter-

College Quiz Competition on 15th November 2018 in the premises of IMS. Two Plus Two students (Mr.

Roshan Budha and Mr. Niroj Karki) of AITM took part in the competition.

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NEB BOARD EXAMINATION RESULTS OF GRADE XI PUBLISHED

The Nepal Education Board (NEB) published the results of grade XI Board Examination on 6th of October

2018. About 90% (93% and 87% in Science and Management streams respectively) students of AITM

passed the examination. The overall results are very encouraging compared to those of the previous

year. Nevertheless, more improvements are necessary.

NEF-CCN DEBATE COMPETITION 2018

Results of the first terminal examination of grades XI and XII conducted from 5th to 12th November 2018

were published on 17th November 2018. The results of grade XI were relatively better than those of grade

XII.

PARTICIPATED IN “RASTRA BAHAS-2075” DEBATE COMPETITION

Debate Nepal Network (DNN) and South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) organized a debate

competition “Rastra Bahas-2075” from 16th to 19th November 2018 in SAIM College. About thirty Plus

Two colleges in Kathmandu valley participated in the debate competition. Ms. Laxmi Ghale (Grade XI,

Management) and Mr. Nawaraj Bhat (Grade XII, Science) from AITM took part in the competition.

FIRST TERMINAL RE-EXAMINATION COMPLETED

A re-examination of those students of grades XI and XII who could not be present in the first terminal

examination due to some genuine reasons or failed in the examination was conducted from 25th to 27th

November 2018.

SECOND ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION COMPLETED

The regular second assessment examinations of grade XI and grade XII students of AITM were

conducted from 28th November to 3rd December 2018.

3DI LEARNING CLASSES FOR PLUS TWO STUDENTS

The “3DI School” in New Zealand initiated new learning program called “3DI Program” since 2011 for

school and college students to enhance their learning. This program strives to teach students about art

utilizing creative technology as the foundation for learning in the vision of developing new techniques of

learning, soft skills and also to introduce the generations to future technologies. AITM for the first time in

collaboration with “3DI Nepal” is conducting 3DI classes for grade XI and grade XII students of AITM

from 25th November 2018. The classes are scheduled once a week for the whole academic session.

The students are quite interested in the 3DI classes and benefiting from it.

NEWS & EVENTSHIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL

SECOND TERMINAL EXAMINATION COMPLETED

EXCURSION TOUR FOR GRADE XII STUDENTS ORGANIZED

As per the NEF–CCN calendar, the second terminal examinations of grade XI & grade XII commenced on 28th

December 2018 and ended on 4th January 2019.

AITM organized an excursion tour of Pokhara and Ghandruk area for grade XII students from 6th to 9th

January 2019. Total thirty-one grade XII students and three faculty/staff members participated in the

excursion tour. Pokhara was the base-station for the excursion program. First, the team reached Pokhara and

participated in sight seen activities there before participating in Kimche-Ghandruk trekking. Finally, the team

again reached Pokhara from Ghandruk and participated again in sight seen activities before departing to

Kathmandu.

WINTER VACATION

This year’s winter vacation for Plus Two students of AITM began from 6th January 2019 and it will continue

until 18th January 2019. The regular academic activities of the Plus Two students are resuming from 19th

January 2019.

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AITM Campus Cleaning Campaign

On the initiative of Mr. Basanta Prasad Joshi, Head of Hotel Management School at AITM, a campaign to clean surroundings of AITM campus buildings was

organized on December 02, 2018. The objective of the campaign was to make the campus clean and promote togetherness among AITM faculties and staff

members. The target surrounding area of AITM was divided into five zones, five teams of faculties and staff were formed and one team was sent to each of

the five zones for cleaning. In the beginning of the cleaning campaign, Mr. Basanta Prasad Joshi spoke on the objectives of the campaign and encouraged all

the participating faculties and staff to join hands in the campaign. Then, all the five teams proceeded to their respective zones and applied their utmost

efforts to clean up the area. The campaign started at 10:00 AM and lasted for two hours. After the cleaning was over, all the participating AITM members

gathered in the front parking area. The AITM Executive Director Mr. Bhupa Das Rajbhandari thanked all the members for their active par ticipation in the

cleaning campaign, hoped such activities will continue in the coming days and group photographs were taken. Finally, all the participating members took

the day’s lunch together at AITM FunCAFE.

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