On 13 June 2021, a half-day seminar was conducted on 'Water quality
measurement of the Ramsar Sites outside the protected area, Nepal', jointly
organized by the Central Department of Environmental Science (CDES), Institute
of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University and the Department of Forests
and Soil Conservation (DoFSC), Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government
of Nepal.
The program was chaired by Prof. Dr. Rejina Maskey Byanju (head
of the department, CDES), the chief guest was Prof. Shankar Bhandari (member
secretary, the University Grants Commission), and the special guest was Mr. Badri
Raj Dhungana (Deputy General Secretary of DoFSC). Dr. Ramesh Raj Pant welcomed
all the participants and highlighted the program with major findings of the
research activities.
There were four presentations by MSc students of the CDES on
research findings from Ghodaghodi Lake, Jagadishpur Reservoir, Phewa Lake, and
Mai Pokhari; namely, Anueve Acharya, Barsha Khanal, Rojesh Timilsina, and
Prekshya Subedi, respectively. The presentation was followed by technical
remarks by Prof. Dr. Chhatra Mani Sharma, Dr. Udhab Raj Khadka, Sujan Maharjan,
Prakash Singh Thapa, Dr. Lal B. Thapa, and Dr. Deep Narayan Shah. There was an
open discussion on the presentation, followed by remarks of the special guest and the chief guest. A vote of thanks was
delivered by Pasang Tamang (DoFSC). Finally, the seminar was formally closed by
the Chair of the program.