NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT

Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University (CDES/TU) in collaboration with Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST/GoN) are going to organize a three-day NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT in 22, 23 and 24 June 2007 in Kathamandu. 1, 2 and 3 June 2007.

http://www.cdes-tu.edu.np/nat_con_env_07.php

NOTE: The date of the conference is 22, 23, and 24 June 2007 though the first paragraph of the site has mentioned 1, 2 and 3 June 2007.

Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium

Sixth IPSF - Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium is going to held at Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal from 18th – 25th July 2007.

For more information:
http://www.ku.edu.np/apps2007/index.php

Call for papers for NFU conference

Call for Papers for the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU) Annual Conference entitled "Making Institutions Work for the Poor?" at Bergen, Norway from 5-7 November 2007.

For more information please see the conference website:
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Protected Areas Officers

Vacancy for two highly talented and dynamic people to join as the staff in the Protected Areas Programme at UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre. One is for a Senior Programme Officer, the other is for Programme Officer.

The details:
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/latenews/jobs/index.shtml

WIDER Conferences

WIDER Development Conference on Southern Engines of Global Growth: China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS), 7-8 September 2007, Helsinki, Finland.
Deadline for call for papers is 14 May 2007; http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2007-2/conference-2007-2.htm

WIDER Project Workshop: Beyond the Tipping Point: Development in an Urban World, London School of Economics, 19-20 October 2007.
Deadline for call for papers is 30 June 2007; http://www.wider.unu.edu/events/wider-events-2007/urbanization-callforpapers.pdf

The Small Grants Program for Civil Society

The Small Grants Program is one of the few global programs of the World Bank that directly funds Civil Society Organizations. The program supports the organizations in their activities to enhance partnerships and promote dialogue and dissemination of information on development, focusing on civic engagement for the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable groups. By involving citizens who are often excluded from the public arena and by increasing their capacity to influence policy and program decisions, the bank helps a broader sector of society take ownership of development initiatives. These grants are limited and usually managed through the bank's country offices. Read more at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/EXTSMALLGRANTS/0,,menuPK:952550~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:952535,00.html

TWAS fellowships

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) offers a number of postgraduate and postdoctoral fellowships to young scientists from developing countries. Three new programmes follow agreements with: the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, India; the National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), Lahore, Pakistan; and the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi, Pakistan, which includes the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research.These new programmes complement TWAS's current South-South fellowship programme, which already provides for fellowships to be undertaken in institutions in India, Brazil and China.
For terms and conditions, closing dates and to download application forms, please visit the website at http://www.twas.org/

Junior Professional Officers

The Bank’s Junior Professional Officers Program is a donor-funded program that provides professionals from donor countries an opportunity to gain experience in an international organization. Currently the donor countries are Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. The age eligibility is 32 years old or younger, with Masters Degree and a minimum of two years' experience in related field.Fluency in English is required. Depending on the donor Agreement, Junior Professional Officers are hired for two or three years, assigned in Washington, or a Bank country office. Positions are advertised by individual donors on a yearly basis.
Read more at http://go.worldbank.org/W4VASE3WM0

Universities in Nepal

Modern Education system in Nepal is new. The traditional system of learning was based on transferring knowledge from old to young through verbal and personal communication. Currently, following are the five universities in Nepal with their year of establishment.

Tribhuvan University (1960)
Mahendra Sanskrit University (1986)
Kathmandu University (1991)
Purbanchal University (1995)
Pokhara University (1996)

Welcome to Academic Dispatch

Dear All,

I have created this blog to inform, discuss, and share information on academic activities. The main objective of the page is to bring different dispersed information in academic circles for easy linkages. Academics and academic activities are categorized as ten labels namely: News, university, vacancy, workshop, seminar, conference, scholarship, Nepal, eureka, and oh!.

1. News: academic news, recent discoveries, ongoing research, extra-ordinary on-going research and related issues.
2. University: Names and categories of universities, speciality, admission process, rankings etc.
3. Vacancy: Vacancy in international job markets especially in academic institutes.
4. Workshop: Links to academic workshops.
5. Seminar: Links to academic seminars.
6. Conference: Links to academic conferences.
7. Scholarship: Available scholarships and project funds, links to funding organizations to carry our research.
8. Nepal: Everything related to Nepalese academics
9. Eureka: Excellence outcomes, prizes, honours in academic circles.
10. Oh!: Unbelievable.

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Saggyani