Fourth International Conferene on The Frontiers of Plasma Physics and technology held in Kathmandu During 6-10,April,2009

Fourth International Conference On The frontiers of Plasma Physics and Technology concluded with a success in Kathmandu today.There were total 69 oral presentations and 5o Poster presentations among which two oral and 18 poster presentations were made by Nepali Researchers of Tribhuvan University and Kathmandu University of Nepal.During the event two posters were awarded the best.The poster session was held on 7th April,2009.

The towering peak in the Himalayan range is 8848 meters high Mt. Everest.

This was the 4th conference in the series of "International conference on the Frontiers of Plasma Physics and Technology" and the series was being organized in different developing countries to encourage a large number of local researchers to participate in the conference. The earlier three conferences were held in Bangalore 2002, Goa 2005 (India) and Bangkok (Thailand) in 2007. This series was planned to provide a unique opportunity to the researchers to directly interact with the worldwide experts and acquaint with the latest research topics. Researchers of all nationalities are welcome to participate.
Progress in science and technology strongly contributes to the development of social and economic growth. In the recent years, through the conference series, a strong networking was being established with noted credentials, among researchers from very diverse fields including physics, biology, chemistry, medicine etc. One of the major objectives of this conference series was to highlight the inter-connectivity aspects. Special attention was focused on understanding the advancing complex-fundamental issues, technologies and further, explores the interdisciplinary fields. Plasma physics is a very rapidly emerging area with widespread applications, providing an exceptional opportunity to the researchers.

100 Hours of Astronomy Concludes in Nepal

Nepal celebrated 100 hours of Astronomy with different activities like Star parties,Lectures and screening of the movie The Eyes on The Skies during 2-5 April,2009 as International Astronomical Union(IAU) and UNESCO have announced the year 2009 as International Year of Astronomy(IYA2009) to mark the 400th years of exploration or the universe by telescope with different activities through out the world to enhance the public understanding of our place in the universe as "The Universe,Yours to Discover"



On 2nd April,the first day of 100HA, there was screening program of "The Eyes on The Skies" movie at St. Xavier's College,Maitighar,Kathmandu between 11:55-13:00 Hrs.More than 100 students from I.Sc. and B.Sc. along with teachers attended the screening.Before the screening of the movie I gave brief introduction of IYA2009 and Rijendra Thapa,one of my friend,gave brief information regarding International Year of Science.This was the only program on 2nd April in Nepal.



on 3rd April,2nd day of 100HA,we had planned for the star party to observe The Ringed Planet Saturn and The Moon,but we could not do due to adverse weather conditions.There was another star party organized by Galileo Astronomical Society of Pokhara,Nepal(GASPO-Nepal) which was also postponed due to the weather condition.


On 4th April,We had a program at Celebration Co-Ed School,which was about 8 km away from the main city 12:30 Hrs onwards.During the program we screened "The Eyes on The Skies".lectures on Astronomy and Solar Observation with the three solar glasses that I have brought with me from Paris,France during my participation on IYA2009 Opening ceremony and IAU Symposium 260 "The Role of Astronomy in Our Society".There were more than 65 participants from the class 8-10 along with some parents and some small children.After the event one of the boy of 12 years wrote in our attendance book I like the Sun.During the event I have shown some video clips of The Sun taken by Hinode Satellite.



There was also another Star party at Takshashila Academy during 11:30-13:00 Hrs to Observe The Sun with 4 inch Telescope(Newtonian reflector.More than 500 people enjoyed the Sun during the star party and following the request of the public we have scheduled another star party on 6th April to observe The Sun', said Jayanta Acharya,SpoC for Nepal and a mathematics teacher of the School.

Press Release:Celebrating 100 Hours of Astronomy in Nepal

Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) is organizing a program on Sturday, 4th April, 2009 at Celebration Co-Ed School, Jorpati (near Orthopaedic Hospital) celebrate 100 Hours of Astronomy in Nepal. Different events are taking place all over the world to celebrate 100 HA from April 2-5, 2009.
International Astronomical Union (IAU) and UNESCO have declared 2009 as International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) to mark 400 years of the telescopic observation of our cosmos my Galileo Galilei in 1609 A.D.

Program Details:
Venue: Celebration Co-Ed School, Jorpati (near Orthopaedic Hospital)
Date: Saturday, 4th April, 2009
Time: 12:30 onwards
Programs:screening of The Eyes on The Skies, some lectures on Astronomy by amateur astronomers of Nepal and Telescopic observation of The SUN (if weather permits)
Contact: 4910332


NASO would like to invite to all of you who have interest on astronomy to the event and celebrate 100 HA along with the young minds of the nation. Also, we will like to distribute The Copies of The DVD’s of the movie to the Television channels so that we all Nepalese have the opportunity to celebrate 100 HA in Nepal.

Happy 100 Hours of Astronomy.