On Thursday 12th June, James C. Hopkins, director of development/fundraiser at Rangjung Yeshe Institute was the Guest Speaker at EduLift. Mr. Hopkins shared with us his journey from being a broker at Wall Street in New York to starting a microfinance project based in Kathmandu in order to empower economically challenged women and help educate Read more about 2014/06/12 James C. Hopkins[…]
In today’s consumer-driven economy where the bigger it is the better, Nripal Adhikary is one such innovative architect, designer and painter who believes that small is sustainable. A true advocacy of “think globally, act locally” can be found in his work where he upholds the importance of using local natural resources such as adobe and Read more about 2014/05/29 Nripal Adhikary[…]
There is a new way to look at waste and waste management. And it is not about dumping the wastes into the right containers or segregating them to proper areas. Rather its about turning these supposedly useless and most often visually unappealing objects into useful, functional units that may also have an aesthetic appeal with Read more about 2014/05/15 Sujan Dangol[…]
Dr. Jagan Nath Shrestha. Dr. Shrestha is one of the foremost energy experts based in Kathmandu, Nepal and is a Professor Emeritus and former Director of Center for Energy Studies at Tribhuvan University’s Engineering Campus. He is often consulted by the Government of Nepal on energy policy matters and also speaks regularly at local and Read more about 2014/04/24 Dr. Jagan Nath Shrestha[…]
Our students were so lucky to have as a guest Saunak Bhatta this first thursday. He was coming for second time at EduLift and he performed an amazing motivational talk to our young students. Saunak Bhatta is a youth motivational speaker and founder of We Inspire Nepal [https://www.facebook.com/Weinspirenepal].
On 13th March, EduLift conducted the last of its Thursday Speaker Series for its 1st batch of students with artist Saroj Bajracharya. Saroj has been painting for more than two decades with 4 solo exhibitions – “Valve of Things” (2002), “Inside is Outside” (2009), “Inheriting Statelessness” (2012), and “Vice Versa” (2014) to his credit. He has Read more about 2014/03/13 Saroj Bajracharya[…]
This thursday Pete Pattisson, noted journalist, educational expert and EduLift Advisor delivered an eye-opening talk on the plight of Nepalese migrant workers in the Middle East. To learn more about Pete’s work related to journalism please visit http://petepattisson.net/ and to learn about his work in education please visit http://mrpattisson.wordpress.com/