Schedule: Third International Conference of NeSA

Third International Conference on "Nepalese Diaspora: Hostland Challenges and Homeland Interests"

Organized by Nepalese Students Association (NeSA), New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM
(Saturday, March 19, 2011)

8:00 – 9:00    Registration
9:00 – 10:00 Opening Session
           9:00 – 9:20 Preparation and Proceeding to Conference Hall
           9:20 – 9:30 Welcome Speech by NeSA advisor Dr. Ram N Acharya
           9:30 – 9:40 Welcome Speech by NeSA president Tulsi Paudel
           9:40 – 9:50 Message from Dr. Alok Bohara, Prof., UNM
10:00 – 12:00 Morning Session (Health, Education, & Academics)           
           10:00 – 10:20 Savic, Milos (NMSU), Math Education
           10:20 – 10:40 Thapaliya, Sangita (NMSU), Elimination of Tuberculosis by the year 2050- A  global challenge for the developing and developed countries.
          10:40 – 11:00 Bhandari, Churna (UTEP), Quark matter and Color Superconductivity in a magnetic field.
          11:00 – 11:20 Dahal, OM Prasad (NMSU), Investigation of Various Options to Avoid False Tripping of a Primary Distribution Feeder.
          11:20 – 11:40 Dulal, Santosh, Cuaron, J.A., Yu, W. and Gustafson, J.E. (NMSU), A Purine Metabolism Mutation in Staphylococcus aureus Selected with 2-Fluoroadenine is Associated with Increased Antimicrobial Susceptibility
          11:40 – 12:00 Shrestha, Manjita (NMSU), Fuel Cell - An alternative source of Energy
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Hours

          1:00 – 3:40 Afternoon Session (Nepalese Diaspora)
          1:00 – 1:20 Chaudhary, Malati (NMSU), Scope of Wind power in Nepal and the Emerging Technologies for Wind Power Generation.
          1:20 – 1:40 Chamlagai, Abi N. (UNM), Nepal: Regime Change and Democratization.
          1:40 – 2:00 Adhikari, Dadhi Ram (UNM), Is Trade an Engine of Growth for Nepal?
          2:00 – 2:20 Panthee, Rajendra (UTEP), Literacy Issues of Diasporic Students in US First-Year Composition Classroom: A Diasporic Composition Instructor’s Perspective
          2:20 – 2:40 Pokharel, Ramesh (UTEP), Race and Ethnicity: An Exploration of Construction of Ethnicity in Nepal.
          2:40 – 3:00 Sonyok, Desh Raj (NMSU), A Comparative Study on Emergence of Nepalese Diaspora in the USA.
          3:00 – 3:20 Lamichhane, K., La Point, T.W. and DeAngelis, D.L. (UNT), Modeling the Chronic Effects of Pharmaceutical Mixtures at Environmentallly Relevant Concentrations on the Life History Strategies of Ceriodaphnia Dubia: A Multigenerational Study
          3:20 – 3:40 Bista, Krishna (ASU), Perceptions of Silence among International Students: An Emic Perspective
3:40 – 4:40 Keynote Speech by Dr. Arjun Banjade, Tarrant County College, TX
4:40 – 5:00 Vote of Thanks & Conference Conclusion by Conference Coordinator

Suresh Gautam, 

Conference Coordinator & Director, 

Academic Committee, Nepalese Student Association 

New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM.

NMSU: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, UTEP: University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, UNM: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, UNT: University of North Texas, Denton, TX, ASU: Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.