Presentation Schedule

Nepalese Students’ Association, New Mexico State University

Presentation Schedule

Development Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Nepal

Saturday, March 21, 2009

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

10:45 – 11:00 Registration (O'Donnell Hall # 111, NMSU)

11:00 – 11:10 Welcome and Opening Comments

President: Hikmat BC

Advisor: Ram N. Acharya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Session Chairperson: Ram N. Acharya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

11:10 – 11:35 Decolonizing ESL Minds in Writing: Student Voice and Resistance as Power

Marohang Limbu, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas, El Paso

11:35 – 12:00 Rachel Stevens and Sulav Studios: Art and Friendship in Southern Patan

Stevens Rachel, Associate Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

12:00 – 12:25 Educating Nepalese Children and Youths: For Equity, Social Justice, Subjectivity and Creativity

Binod Gurung, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

12:25 – 13:10 Lunch Break

Session Chairperson: Hikmat BC, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

13:10 – 13:55 Creating Smart Villages Using Smart Design

Alok Bohara, Ph.D., Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

13:55 – 14:20 Synopsis of Growing Urban Traffic Congestion in Nepal

Rajat Rajbhandari, Ph.D., Texas Transportation Institute, El Paso

14:20 – 14:45 Kathmandu-Hetauda Fast Track Highway: Viable Alternative for Sustainable Transportation Network

Desh R. Sonyok, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

14:45 – 15:00 Break

Session Chairperson: Shiva Prasad Pokharel, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

15:00 – 15:25 Electricity in Nepal: Problems and Proposed Solutions

Suresh Gautam, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

15:25 – 15:50 Public Health Problems and Burden of Disease in Nepal: Challenges and Prospects

Kiran Sapkota, MPH Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

15:50 – 16:15 Heart Disease in the South Asian Countries

Saran Rai, MPH Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

Closing: Vote of Thanks by Program Coordinator, Desh Raj Sonyok

Contact for further detail:

Program Coordinator

Desh Raj Sonyok
Email: sonyok@gmail.com