NASO 4th National Logo Competition 2017!

We are pleased to announce the 4th National Logo Competition 2017! Anyone interested in this competition can submit maximum of 3 designs till is January 21, 2017. Submission after the deadline will not be entertained.

The designer has to submit short description of each logo within 200 words (max.) and need to submit with the respective design to olympiad@nepalastronomicalsociety.org

For more details on rules and regulations, please feel free to read the information on the flyer below.

The best three logos will be awarded with cash prizes and certificates. Also, the first prize winner logo will be used as the logo of 4th National Astronomy Olympiad 2017.

This competition has been designed to provide an opportunity to more people to get involved with our olympiad program. It will also provide them platform to share their creativity which will get global audiance through our online presence.

In past, the competition remained very successful and we expect more quality inputs this year making us difficulties to choose the best logo among the submission!

For those of you who are planning to submit your work, ALL THE BEST!

Nepal Awarded Honorable Mention at 10th IOAA!

Team Nepal at 10th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA2016) awarded 'Honorable Mention' to Bijay Chandra Luitel. He was an absolute winner of 3rd National Astronomy Olympiad 2016 (NAO2016) was held during June 11 till August 31, 2016 in Nepal. 

IOAA2016 was held in Bhuwaneshwor, Odisha, India during December 9-19, 2016 where 234 students from 42 counrties participated for different awards. Team Nepal was formed with the top five scorers among 188 applicants from Biratnagar, Chitwan, Kathmandu Valley and Pokhara participated during our NAO2016. They were Bijaya Chandra Luitel and Divas Subedi from Chelsea International Academy, Nawaj KC from Trinity International College, Rabin Thapa from St. Xavier's College and Tarun Timalsina from Gandaki Higher Secondary Boarding School. Team Nepal was led by Suresh Bhattarai and Manisha Dwa as Team Leaders.

The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual astronomy competition for high school students. It is one of the international science Olympiads. It has three rounds namely Theoretical Round, Data Analysis Round and Observational Round. It also has team competition round to strengthen team work within or among the teams of different countries.

Are you looking forward to our 4th National Astronomy Olympiad? Details will be available at www.nepalastronomicalsociety.org/olympiad soon!

Winners of 3rd NAO2016 participates at 10th IOAA in India!

The five winners of our 3rd National Astronomy Olympiad 2016 (NAO2016) will be participating in the 10th International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) which will be held in Bhuwaneshwor, Odisha, India during December 9-19, 2016. There will be 238 students guided by 123 team leaders from 43 countries during the IOAA.

Top five students were selected through several screening stages during the Olympiad from 188 applicants from Biratnagar, Chitwan, Kathmandu Valley and Pokhara. NAO2016 was held during June 11 till August 31, 2016.

Team Nepal

S.N.	Name	Category	Institution
1	Suresh Bhattarai	Team Leader	Nepal Astronomical Society
2	Manisha Dwa	Team Leader	Nepal Astronomical Society
3	Bijaya Chandra Luitel	Student	Chelsea International Academy, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu
4	Divas Subedi	Student	Chelsea International Academy, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu
5	Nawaj KC	Student	Trinity International College, Dillibazaar, Kathmandu
6	Rabin Thapa	Student	St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Kathmandu
7	Tarun Timalsina	Student	Gandaki Higher Secondary Boarding School, Lamachaur, Pokhara

National Astronomy Olympiad- Nepal is an educational competition where Nepalese students from Nepal/abroad studying upto class 12 and below 20 years can participate. Congratulations to our national winners and best wishes for their excellent peformance during the competition!