Indiana University/Kathmandu University
Country:
Nepal
Award Date:
1999
Award Amount:
$100,000.00
Cost Share:
$149,674.00
Other Funds:
$23,178.00
Other Partners:
This partnership developed a model master’s degree program. The partnership successfully launched a master’s program in the social science dimensions of natural resource management (with 12 students granted admission to the first class) at the recently established Human and Natural Resources Center in Nepal. Partners have provided short-term technical assistance to Kathmandu University (KU) through a series of workshops in natural resources management. Partners used the Indiana University (IU) network to identify and engage a faculty member to teach at KU. They have assisted in course development, trained KU faculty in theory and research methods, and provided Ph.D. training for one KU faculty member at Indiana who returned to Nepal to teach in the new master’s program. The partnership provided a strong foundation for future collaboration between the two institutions.