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Dear Students, Alumni, Parents, Guardians, Faculty, Staff and Promoter Friends and other Friends and Well-wishers of Asian Institute of Technology and Management,

On behalf of the Board, I would like to wish all of you and all your family members a VERY HAPPY BIJAYA DASHAMI on the auspicious occasion of Dashain! I also take this opportunity of wishing all of you in advance a very HAPPY AND MEMORABLE TIHAR, NEPAL SAMBAT 1140 and Chhath. Since Dashain celebrates the victory of Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura, after nine days of epic battle, let us all pray that Goddess Durga gives every one of us strength to conquer evil, which is slowly destroying our beautiful country.

Asian Institute of Technology and Management prides itself on imparting quality education and inculcating ethics and good moral values. It has encouraged the students to focus not only on “academic excellence” but to achieve excellence in whatever they do. AITM believes in producing graduates, who are good citizens, who believe in the “rule of law”, equity and

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and, in the process, students get the opportunity to learn about the rigors of academic discipline and academic excellence. This will in turn produce graduates who believe in “meritocracy” and not “mobocracy”. AITM has always been committed to this objective.

AITM has recently taken a new and strong partner, equally committed to academic excellence. AITM stands at a very critical juncture as it strives to offer new and exciting international programs. We are most hopeful that we will be able to offer some very exciting international programs in the near future. It is a pity to see so many good students, almost 100,000, going abroad annually in pursuit of higher studies. If the Government adopts liberal policies and gives permission to academic institutions with a very good track record in academic excellence to be “deemed-to-be universities”, then these institutions should be able to retain some of the outgoing students, who will be able to get international degrees within the country.

We are most hopeful that our dream of establishing Sagarmatha University will be realized in the near future.

In conclusion, I would like to once again wish all of you HAPPY DASHAIN, TIHAR, NEPAL SAMBAT 1140 AND CHHATH.

Message of The ChairmanProf. Dr. Sriram Bhagut Mathe

Prof. Dr. Sriram Bhagut MatheChairman

Mr. Pramod PradhanBoard Representative

Mr. Bhupadas RajbhandariExecutive Director

Mr. Suman ShresthaDirector of Marketing & Administration

Ms. Gyanu BhandariOperations Manager

Mr. Basant JoshiHead, School of Hotel Management

Dr. Rabindra Raj GiriHead, Dept. of Civil Engineering

Mr. Hari Krishna SaijuHead, Dept. of Biotechnology

Mr. Rabin ShresthaHead, +2 School

Mr. Rajen KandelMr. Mahendra Raj Kandel

justice, and who are committed to build just societies. On the occasion of Dashain, it is important to remember that AITM believes in the innate goodness of mankind and believes that good will always prevail over evil.

Our society is in real need of good citizens, who believe more on their responsibilities than about their rights. Over the past few decades, people have become increasing aware of their rights, which is very good, but they are forgetting their responsibilities. This is especially true in our country. “Rights” without “responsibilities” can only increase the economic burden on the state and will eventually bring economic collapse and destroy our society and even our nation. Our national budget is increasingly relying on greater taxation, without commensurate benefit to the taxpayers in terms of cleaner environment, better infrastructure, including roads, better schools/colleges so that many of our best and brightest do not need to go abroad for good education, better hospitals so that even common people can get affordable treatment within the country, more employment opportunities, a better working environment and more sustainable industries, which generate wealth and make the country more prosperous. One could go on and on. The above are the minimum and justifiable expectations of the common man on the street. Unfortunately, the budget is increasingly focused on unsustainable perks and privileges, which can be referred to as “pork barrel economics” to cater to the privileged few at the expense of the toiling majority. Since the country cannot afford all these “perks and privileges”, which are permeating all levels of society, corruption is increasing at all levels, which is increasing dissatisfaction among the masses. This unsustainable “distribution of wealth” without “increasing the income” will prove disastrous to the country in the long run.Institutions like AITM need to do more to produce good citizens. It aims to do this by offering better quality academic programs, which challenge the students intellectually

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Rangoli CompetitionRangoli Competition plays an important role in motivating students to perform and outshine in their creative skills. It offers a chance for participants to gain substantial experience, adopt innovative techniques, showcase talents, analyze and evaluate outcomes and uncover personal ability.

School of Hotel Management organized Rangoli Competition on 1st and 3rd September 2019 for the fourth semester students. The students were divided into seven groups and were given 90 minutes time frame to complete their rangoli. The competition was judged by Mr.Rabindra Raj Giri, Head of Department, Civil Engineering and Mr.Hari Krishna Saiju, Head of Department, Biotechnology. Students were evaluated on the basis of their planning, appearance, finishing and theme. Saumya Chaudhary, Bimala Limbu, Rakshya Basnet, Mahima Gurung and Aryan Shrestha won the competition.

Barista CompetitionThe word barista is an Italian word and, in Italy , a barista is a male or female “bar tender”, who typically works behind a counter , serving both hot drinks (such as espresso), and cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. School of Hotel Management organized “Barista Competition” for the fourth semester students from 25-27 August 2019. The competition was evaluated on the basis of taste of beverages served, cleanliness, creativity, technical skill, and overall presentation. In the program, Sandeep Adhikari won the title.

Blood Donation ProgramDonating blood saves lives, so they can thrive.’ It is rightly said that if you are a blood donor, you are a hero to someone. School of hotel Management organized a blood donation camp on 24 July 2019 in collaboration with Nepal Red Cross Society and Central Blood Transfusion Service to support the recent flood victims in different parts of Nepal.

Mr. Sudarshan Mishra, the ward chairperson of Lalitpur Metropolitan City-15, Khumaltar, was invited as the chief guest of the program while ward members also were present in the program. AITM Board Director Mr. Pramod Pradhan, the Executive Director Mr. Bhupa Das Rajbhandari, School/Department Heads and all the faculties/staff and students of AITM were present in the blood donation program. Students, staff and teachers willing to participate in this noble cause were registered. A thorough medical checkup was done to find whether they were capable of donating blood. Throughout the day, there were smiles and laughter all around –‘a true embodiment of what we believe in selfless service with a smile.’

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Second Semester Hotel VisitAs part of the curriculum, students from second semester visited Gokarna Forest Resort on 11 September 2018 to get an idea of what awaits them in the hotel industry . During the visit, they were given an opportunity to experience the functions of different departments of the Hotel. A team of managers and supervisors of Gokarna Forest Resort accompanied the students and explained to them about operational aspects of the hotel during a tour of different departments. Students observed different amenities, activities and procedures of guest

services and standards of a five star hotel. The visit program was followed by a buffet lunch.

Parent Dining ProgramOn 6th September 2019, student of AITM School of Hotel Management organized “Parent Dining Program” to make their parents and guardian familiar with school standard and learning ambience. In the program, parents and guardian were invited for lunch with school’s executive team and faculty members. During the program students enthusiastically served their parent as their guests. “Parent Dining Program” is yearly co-curricular activity of School of Hotel Management for student to showcase their skills and abilities. A total of 100 parents and guardian were present in the program. Mr. Basant Prasad Joshi Head of School of Hotel Management highlighted on the theme of the program and its importance. The programs were supervised by Mr. Sugam Tamrakar, faculty of food and beverage service and Mr. Kedar Silwal, Executive Chief of School of Hotel Management.

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Flower arrangement CompetitionSchool of Hotel Management organized, flower arrangement competition on 8th September 2019, where the students were provided different tools, material and flowers to make any of fresh flower arrangement on their selected theme. Students used their creative skills and imagination to design their floral arrangement within 90 minutes. The floral arrangement was evaluated on the basis of idea, theme, creativity and presentation. The entire competition was judged by Mr. Sudhir Shrestha, Faculty of Food Production and Mrs. Sujata Shakya, Academic coordinator. Suman Majhi, Dev Raj Oli and Suparna Thapa were the winners of this competition.

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CURRENT STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY CLASS

Semester/ Batch Semester Start No. of Students Mid-term Exam Pre-Board Exam Board Exam

VIII Sem / 2015 10th Jue 2019 20 11th July 2019 22nd September 2019 11th November 2019

PROPOSAL DEFENCE OF VIII SEMESTER PROJECT WORKThe Proposal Defence of 8th semester 2015 Batch students was conducted by the Department of Biotechnology, AITM on 10, 12 and 23 July 2019. Altogether there are 7 project for works in which 20 students are involving in it. The students presented their project proposal in presence of their respective Project Supervisors along with Head of Department of Biotechnology Hari Krishna Saiju and the faculty members of Biotechnology Department, AITM.

The Project Title and the name of the studentsS. No. Project Title Name of Supervisor Name of the Students

1 OPTIMIZATION OF THREE COMMONLY USED MUSHROOM (Lentinula edodes, Calocybe indica and Pleurotus citrinopileatus) ON DIVERSE SUBSTRATE FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION

Dr. Mahesh k. Adhikari, Secretary, NAST/MUS Nepal

Dipa Ghimire , Dipa Rai, Suruchi Budhamagar

2 ISOLATION AND IN VITRO ANALYSIS OF BACTERIOPHAGE AGAINST MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT Klebsiella pneumoniae

Dr. Rajani Malla, Central Department of Biotechnology, T.U.

Prakriti Maharjan, Sadichhya Shrestha, Sundip Tuladhar

3 WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND ISOLATION OF Klebsiella spp. FROM GROUND WATER INSIDE KATHMANDU VALLEY TO STUDY ITS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTIVITY

Dr. Tista Prasai Joshi, NAST Puja Kahtri, Samita Ghattimagar, Swechhya Neupane

4 PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC SEED OF Camellia sinensis Prof. Harikrishna Saiju,Head, Department of Biotechnology, AITM

Min Bdr. Thapa, Prabin Baral, Sandeep B.K.

5 Phytochemical screening of Hypericum cordifolium flower

Mr. Binod MishraFaculty, Department of Biotechnology, AITM

Sandip Pun , Sujan Rasaili

6 PREPARATION OF CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES AND DETERMINATION OF ITS ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AGAINST Ralstonia solanacearum, Fusarium oxysporum and Pyricularia grisea

Prof. Dr. Rameshwor Adhikari, RECAST

Rekina Shrestha, Srisha Kunwar, Shristhi Tmarakar

7 Organic waste management using Black soldier fly larvae and using them as animal feed

Ms. Sumeena KarkiMUS Nepal

Aayushi Sharma, Abhibind Khaniya, Sanjog Silwal

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FAREWELL TO MR ABHISHESH BAJRACHARYADepartment of Biotechnology organized farewell program to Mr. Abhishesh Bajracharya on 25 July 2019. He worked as Research Assistant in the Department for nearly three years. He was a student of B. Tech Biotechnology of 2012-2015 Batch at AITM. Mr. Abhishesh has full scholarship to pursue Masters Degree with Ph. D. in Biological Sciences in University of Mississippi, USA.

INTERACTION PROGRAM BETWEEN STUDENTS OF AITM AND OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY, JAPANSince consecutive three years Faculty and students of Ochanomizu University, Global Collaboration Center, Tokyo, Japan has been coming to AITM for the interaction program between Japanese and our students. This year also eight students and two faculty members of Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan came to AITM on 29 August 2019. AITM students Kritika and Suman offered Khada (welcome cloth band) to Japanese Guests. Mr. Basanta Prasad Joshi, Head, School of Hotel Management delivered welcome speech which was followed by welcome Dance by AITM Class twelve students, Deepa and Sandhya. Then self introduction of all students was done. AITM Class twelve students; Abash, Kubehang, Suman, Sailesh, Debesh, Wonjala, Lona, Sushant, Samjhauta, Anju had done presentations about food, culture and heritage of Nepal. Mr. Kenta Aoki, Lecturer, Ochanomizu University delivered a speech about the importance of cultural visit. Japanese students did presentations on “My Major and University Life” by Ms. Satsuki Sato, 3rd year student, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences and “Current Affairs of Japan” by Ms. Haruka Kobayashi, 2nd Year, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences. The program was followed by cultural presentations dance Pani Mitho by Barsa, Julie and Samjhauta and song Galbandi by Roshan, Abiral, Sunil, Sushanta, Sushmita, Barsha, Samjhauta and Juna. The AITM and Ochanomizu University students divided into four groups for the interaction group discussion. They discussed about people, culture, life, education system and recent developments in Japan and Nepal.

Group A: Kritika, Samikshya, Wonjala, Krishala, Sushant, Sunil, Suman, Monika Karki,Pujan Puri,Romi Maharjan, Roshanee Chand,Sumit Shahi, Sawako Shinogi, Mao Shiba.

Group B: Laxmi, Barsha, Samjhauta, Anju, Julie, Debesh, Shailesh, Dev Raj Oli,Suparna Thapa, Poshana Adhiakri,Sonali Nepal, Krita Shrestha, Hanaki Hirota, Haruka Kobayashi.

Group C: Lona, Prerna, Ekta, Suman, Bubehang, Abiral, Kritika, Srijan Narayan Vaidya, Sagar Bhatta, Prakash Khanal,Nilima Pote Magar, Anish Shahi, Yogen Rai, Minori Tajima, Satsuki Sato.

Group D: Sandhya, Deepa, Abhash, Khagendra, Roshan, Rupesh, Yogesh, Shivani Karmacharya, Sabina Acharya, Astha Shrestha,Anisha Maharjan, Regina Timalsena, Saumya Chaudhary, Rinka Imanishi, Yuka Fujita.

Mr. Hari Krishna Saiju, Head, Department of Biotechnology thanked all participants for the interesting interaction program. The program was hosted by Prerana Masal and Ekta Maharjan.

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PBL South Asia: AITM Faculties Participated in Faculty Training Workshop Held in Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

A faculty training workshop of “Problem Based Learning in South Asian Universities” project was organized in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai from August 19 to 30, 2019. As a beneficiary partner institution of the project, five faculty members of AITM from different departments participated in the training workshop. Among them were Ms. Lena Sthapit, Dr. Rabindra Raj Giri, Mr. Pravakar Pradhan, Mr. Prakash Dulal and Mr. Samulson Neupane. Faculties from other partner higher education institutions (HEIs) in Nepal and Bhutan, and senior master course students as well as faculty members from other partner institutions in Europe and India were other participants of the workshop. In total, seventy people from all the partner HEIs participated in the training workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to expose the faculty members to problem-based learning methodology with real and practical cases, gain the first-hand experience on PBL methodology and prepare the background for PBL implementation in their respective HEIs.

Workshop inauguration, introduction of the participants and formation of multidisciplinary teams for participants’ cases were completed on the first day. The faculties from Nepalese and Bhutanese HEIs were new to the PBL process while the participants from Technical University Delft, Aalto University, Kaunas University of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore were familiar with the process. The possible themes of the Mumbai student/faculty cases were floated to all the HEIs prior to the Mumbai event, the participants were asked to provide their preferences to work on the themes and the teams were formed based on the provided preferences. The team composition was such that no two participants from the same HEI were in the same team and the participants from European and Indian HEIs were evenly distributed to all the teams. Altogether six teams were formed with six to seven participants in each team. Also, one mentor/facilitator was assigned to each team.

The participants were taken to preliminary visits of different field sites on the second day depending on their cases. The teams got familiar with their cases, observed their fields and collected background information in the first field visits. The third day, which was fully packed with PBL

Picture 1: Some of the AITM participants posing for a photograph on the entrance of IIT Mumbai on August 19, 2019.

Picture 3: A glimpse of team formation for cases conducted under faculty training workshop in IIT Mumbai.

Picture 2: A glimpse of the inaugural session of faculty training workshop organized on August 19, 2019 in IIT Mumbai.

Picture 4: Project coordinator Ms. Riina Subra shed light on the expected deliveries of PBL South Asia project in the inaugural session of IIT Mumbai faculty training workshop.

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sessions (e.g., PBL overview, PBL cases from students’ perspective, design thinking, design for sustainability), was the strategizing day of the workshop after the preliminary field visits. The teams were taken to their respective fields on the fourth day again. In the second field visits, the teams penetrated more deeply to their cases, collected more information, validated their assumptions and narrowed down their working area. But, the project management team (PMT) members from the participating HEIs conducted series of meetings separately to discuss on the ongoing activities and plan for future activities of the project. The fifth day was the reflection and documentation day. The teams reflected on their works, the directions they were taking and sufficiency of the data/information collected so far on the fifth day (the last day of the first week).

The weekend (Saturday and Sunday) were free for all the participants and they toured around the Mumbai and some of them went out of Mumbai according to their preferences. The workshop resumed from Monday again. Mainly three activities were conducted in parallel on Monday and Tuesday of the second week. The PMT members were fully engaged in meetings, some of the case teams went to their fields again depending on their needs and others worked on their cases and validated their data. On Tuesday evening, an informal reflection session of the participants with light snacks and drinks was organized on the open space of the IIT Mumbai guest house. Each of the six participating teams updated status of their cases and the participants in groups representing individual countries delivered cultural presentations to introduce their countries among

Picture 5: A group photograph of a multidisciplinary team involved in a case in the IIT Mumbai training workshop.

Picture 7: Two participant teams of IIT Mumbai faculty training workshop taking interviews of resettled slum dwellers in Mumbai.

Picture 6: The multidisciplinary teams observed resettlement of slum people in high rise apartments constructed by Larson and Turbo Realty in Mumbai.

Picture 8: A group photograph of the team members after the interview of resettled slum dwellers in Mumbai.

the participants in the reflection session. On Wednesday, the student/faculty teams compiled their works for presentations (PowerPoint as well as poster) while the PMT members were engaged in a working session to plan for the next PBL activities in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In the meantime, the project coordinator Ms. Riina Subra talked to the participants of all the HEIs separately to get feedback on the ongoing workshop and planning the next PBL South Asia event in Bangalore. Thursday of the second week was the presentation day. The project advisory committee (PAC) meeting and a workshop session for PMT members were conducted in the first half of the day while the faculty/student teams finalized their presentations. Then, all the six teams presented their cases followed by questions, answers and discussion session in the second

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half of the day. Later in the evening, poster presentation and certificate distribution sessions were organized on the terrace of Civil Engineering Department of IIT Mumbai followed by dinner. Friday was the final day of the Mumbai event and a feedback session was organized in the Civil Engineering Department seminar hall of IIT Mumbai in the first half of the day. The participants filled up online feedback forms and also provided their reflections on the Mumbai event. This concluded the faculty training workshop in IIT Mumbai and the participants departed to their home countries.

This was the first experience for all of us to work as students in a multidisciplinary, multilingual and multicultural team, which was challenging (wide gaps in understanding, thinking style and working approach) and confusing in the beginning, but it was very rewarding at the end. The faculties had a good level of understanding of problem based learning pedagogy, developed soft skills like team work, communication, critical thinking, problem solving, presentation etc. and gained more confidence in integrating PBL pedagogy in Engineering education in Nepal from the IIT Mumbai training workshop. In summary, the IIT Mumbai faculty training workshop was a milestone for paradigm shift in teaching/learning pedagogy particularly in Engineering education in Nepal.

Picture 9: A discussion session of a case team in IIT Mumbai faculty training workshop.

Picture 11: Some of the teams used white board to list out the points in their discussion sessions.

Picture 10: A discussion session of another case team in IIT Mumbai faculty training workshop.

Picture 12: A glimpse of the informal reflection session conducted on the open space of Jalbihar guest house on August 27, 2019 in IIT Mumbai.

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Picture 13: A glimpse of the audience watching group presentations carried out by case teams on August 29, 2019.

Picture 15: The “Modular housing” team delivering their final presentation in the Civil Engineering Department seminar hall of IIT Mumbai on August 29, 2019.

Picture 17: Another glimpse of the “Affordable housing-2” team delivering their final presentation in the Civil Engineering Department seminar hall of IIT Mumbai on August 29, 2019.

Picture 14: Another glimpse of the audience watching group presentations carried out by case teams on August 29, 2019.

Picture 16: The “Affordable housing-2” team delivering their final presentation in the Civil Engineering Department seminar hall of IIT Mumbai on August 29, 2019.

Picture 18: A group photograph of “Affordable housing-2” team with their mentor (on the back) after delivering their presentation on August 29, 2019.

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Picture 19: A participant from AITM receiving the certificate of participation in the faculty training workshop held in IIT Mumbai from the project coordinator Ms. Riina Subra.

Picture 1: A glimpse of the meeting of Nepalese HEI partners of PBL South Asia project held in Sagarmatha Engineering College on September 09, 2019.

Picture 20: The poster prepared and presented by “Affordable housing-2” team on August 29, 2019.

Picture 2: Another glimpse of the meeting of Nepalese HEI partners of PBL South Asia project held in Sagarmatha Engineering College on September 09, 2019.

PBL South Asia: AITM Attended the Meeting of Nepalese Partner Higher Education Institutions in Sagarmatha Engineering College.

A meeting of Nepalese Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) involved in “Problem Based Learning in South Asian Universities” project was organized in Sagarmatha Engineering College, Sanepa, Lalitpur on September 09, 2019. Out of the four Nepalese HEIs, project representatives from Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Nepal Engineering College (nec) and Sagaramatha Engineering College (SEC) were physically present in the meeting while Kathmandu University (KU) attended the meeting through audio visual network due to time constraint. The meeting was chaired by SEC Principal Mr. Ramesh Shrestha. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss on pertinent issues of the project after the recently concluded faculty training workshop in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, India. Ms. Lena Sthapit, Dr. Rabindra Raj Giri and Mr. Pravakar Pradhan represented AITM in the meeting.

The attendees of the meeting realized the need of frequent meeting of Nepalese HEIs to sort out important issues related to the PBL-SA project and decided to conduct regular meetings of the HEIs (once a month if required). The meetings will be organized and chaired by each HEI on rotation basis. The next meeting will be organized by Nepal Engineering College in its Mahalaxmi campus, Lalitpur on October 01, 2019. It was also agreed in the meeting to conduct a reflection session of Nepalese HEIs on September 17, 2019 on the recently concluded faculty training workshop in Mumbai to share thoughts and learnings among the participants of Nepalese HEIs and discuss on the upcoming curriculum design event in Bangalore, India. Also, the meeting clarified some of the unclear issues/points related to the project activities. The proposed activities including meetings of Nepalese HEIs are expected to fill up the gaps in understanding project deliverables and help to smoothly take the project for maximum benefit of Nepalese HEIs.

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CURRENT STATUS OF PLUS TWO PROGRAM CLASSES

Grade Stream Class start Nos. Of studentsPre-Board Exam

(Tentatively)Board Exam(Tentatively)

XII Science 1 July 2019 40 1 March 2020 26 April 2020Management 1 July 2019 42 1 March 2020 26 April 2020

XI Science 29 July 2019 30 16 March 2020 10 May 2020Management 29 July 2019 46 16 March 2020 10 May 2020

PARTICIPATED IN DEBATE COMPETITION ‘MAHASANGRAM 2019’Two students Ms. Laximi Ghale and Mr. Sunil Kumar Shah participated in the Maha Sangram 2019, debate competition organized by Xavier Academy from 11 to 14 July 2019. The 4 day event included intensive training along with debate competition and the debating was in British Parliamentary Format. Among two participants, Ms Ghale was from Management and Mr. Shah was from Science Stream.

CELEBRATION OF TEACHERS’ DAYThe students of XII Science and Management celebrated teachers day on Tuesday 16 July 2019 (31th Asar 2076). All the students of class XII enthusiastically participated in the program and the program was conducted by Debish Lamichhane, the student of XII science. Rabin Shrestha , Head of Plus Program thanked the students for organizing program and highlighted on need of such program to enhance relation between the teacher and students. The program was celebrated in presence of the Teachers of Plus Two as well as administrative staffs of the college.

ORIENTATION PROGRAM OF CLASS XI:The Orientation Program for XI students of Science and Management was organized by School of Plus Two, AITM Khumaltar on Friday 10th of Shrawan 2076. The Program was chaired by Mr. Bhupa Das Rajbhandari, Executive Director of AITM, Mr. Promod Pradhan, Board of Director of AITM was invited as a Chief Guest in the program and all the Department Head of different faculty of AITM were invited as the Guests. In the

program welcome speech was delivered by Mr. Rabin Shrestha, Head of Plus Two School. In the welcome speech he highlighted on importance of interest, dedication and discipline in students’ life and how the success can be achieved by with combination of those three components. In the program Mr. Basanta P. Joshi, Head of School of Hotel Management, AITM gave motivational talk. Chief Guest, Mr. Pramod Pradhan gave speech of how the students life should be and how can they be motivated themselves by studying the life history of renowned people. Mr. Bimal Rai, Program Coordinator red out the Codes of Conduct of the College.The concluding remark was given by Mr. Bhupa Da Rajbhandari, Chair Person of the Program. The vote of thanks was given by Mr. Bimal Rai, he thanked all the invitees for their presence in the Program. He also thanked to all the Faculty Members, Admistrative Staffs, House Keeping Staffs and The Security Guards of the College for their help and support during the time of Admission. The program was moderated by Ms. Prerana Mashal, student of XII Management stream. In the program Certificate of

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Appreciation was also distributed to the students of XII Science and Management for volunteering in the Kantipur- HISSAN Edufair which was organized by HISSAN from 23 to 26 May 2019.

COMMENCEMENT OF CLASSES OF XI SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENTThe classes of XI Science and Management were started from 29 July 2019 (13 Shrawan 2076). The classes begin from 10:30a m and lasts till 2:50pm for Management and 5:00pm for Science. There are 5 classes per day in Management stream where as in Science stream there are 8 classes per day.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULT OF CLASSXII The result of Class XII Science and Management was plblished by NEB on 29 July 2019. According to the result of NEB, the   pass percentage in class XII including Science and Management was 92%. Altogether 75 students appeared in the examination. WhiteHouse Secondary School congratulates all the students who completed their class XII examination successfully.

Result of XII Science & ManagementS.No. Nos. of Students GPA1 1 A+2 3 A3 10 B+4 24 B5 21 C+5 12 C7 3 D+Total 74  

FIELD VISIT OF XII SCIENCEThe students of class XII visited Natural History Museum on 8 August 2019. The field visit was arranged by the Plus Two Wing of Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) and the visit was related to the Biological Science .The students were accompanied by the faculty members of the Plus Two Program and the visit was headed by Mr. Raghubar Shrestha, the senior faculty member of the College. The students were briefed by the …… of Natural History Museum and gained the knowledge related to the subject matter.

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PARTICIPATED IN ART AND CHESS COMPETITIONThe students from AITM’s Plus Two Program participated in the Art and Chess competition organized by Xavier Academy on 9 August 2019. Four students from Science and Management were selected for art completion as it was categorized into two parts one as painting and another as sketch. Two students were selected for chess completion from Science. Altogether 6 students participated in the competition from AITM.

Name of the Participants

S. No. Name Class Participated in

1 Desum Maharjan XII Management Art (Sketch)

2 Pasupati Chaudhary XII Science Art (Painting)

3 Saran thapa XII Science Chess

4 Binita Rai XI Science Art (Sketch)

5 Mahima Chaudhary XI Science Art (Painting

6 Immanual Chaudhary Xi Science Chess

The student from XI Science, Ms Binita Rai secured first runner up in Art (Sketch category) competition and WhiteHouse Secondary School congratulates her.

PARTICIPATED IN DEBATE COMPETITIONMr. Sunil Kumar Shah, student from XII Science participated in Chelsea Debate Fest organized by Chelsea International Academy, New Baneswor from 7 to 10 August 2019.

FRESHER’S PARTY TO CLASS XI STUDENTSThe students of Class XII organized Fresher’s Party to the students of Class XI on Friday 22 August 2019. The Chief Guest of the Program was Mr. Bhupa Das Rajbhandari, Executive Director, AITM. Along with Ms. Gyanu Bhandari, Operation Head, AITM and the Head of Department of Different faculties were invited as guests. The Faculty Members of Plus Two Program, Adminstrative Staffs and Staffs from Account Department were invited in the program. The formal program was started with welcome speech of Mr. Rabin Shrestha, Head of School, Plus Two Program and then the program was followed by the speech of a student from class XII along with the speech of the Chief Guest Mr. Bhupa Das Rajbhandari. The program was then followed by welcome dance of the Class XII students. In the program, the students of class XII and XI gave solo as well as Band performance along with solo and group dance by the students of Class XII.

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TITLE WINNERS OF MR. AND MISS TEEN NEPAL 2019Four students of class XII of Science and Management from AITM’s WhiteHouse Secondary School participated in Mr. and Miss Teen Nepal 2019 organized by Abhiyani Production. In the competition, two students, Mr. Avash Rai and Mr. Surya Prakash Rawal were from science and Mr. Kube Hang Limbu and Mr. Suman Bhandari were from Management as participants. The title won by Mr. Abhash Rai as Mr personality, Suman Bhandari as Mr. Handsome with Purpose, Mr. Kube Hang Limbu as Mr Best Physique and Mr.Surya Prakash Rawal as Mr Active. Plus Two Program of WhiteHouse Secondary School congratulates all the title winners of Mr. and Miss Teen Nepal 2019.

Mr. Avash RaiMr Personality

Mr. Kube Hang LimbuMr Best Physique

Mr. Surya Prakash RawalMr Active

Mr. Suman BhandariMr Handsome with Purpose

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