{"id":3730,"date":"2023-11-09T10:59:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T03:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:42:40","slug":"njaa-held-the-eighth-symposium-of-nepal-jsps-alumni-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/2023\/11\/09\/3730\/","title":{"rendered":"NJAA held \u201cThe Eighth Symposium of Nepal JSPS Alumni Association\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal JSPS Alumni Association (NJAA) and JSPS Bangkok Office jointly organized the &#8220;The Eighth Symposium of Nepal JSPS Alumni Association&#8221; on November 1st in Kathmandu, Nepal. The theme of this seminar was &#8221; Transport Connectivity in Nepal: Challenges and Opportunities&#8221; and a total of five speakers, including two persons from Japan and three persons from Nepal, gave presentations.<br \/>\nAt the beginning of the symposium, the Director Otani delivered opening remarks. Next, presentations were given by Professor Shigeru Morichi, Deputy Director General Yukihiro Koizumi, Prof. Bishal Nath Upreti, Dr. Surya Raj Acharya, and Mr. Rohit Kumar Bisural such as traffic situation in Nepal, transport policies in other countries, and issues related to transport in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>Lecture Titles<br \/>\n\u25a0 Key Issues for the Urban Railway and Transit Oriented Development<br \/>\n(Prof. Shigeru Morichi, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)<br \/>\n\u25a0 Mountain Roads in Nepal: Need for Alternative Approach for Construction<br \/>\n(Prof. Bishal Nath Upreti, Academician, Nepal Academy of Sciences and Technology)<br \/>\n\u25a0 Leap-Frogging in Transport Sector of Nepal: Challenges and the Way Forward<br \/>\n(Dr. Surya Raj Acharya, Infrastructure Policy Specialist)<br \/>\n\u25a0 Railway development in Nepal: current state and the way forward<br \/>\n(Mr. Rohit Kumar Bisural, Director General, Department of Railways)<br \/>\n\u25a0 Japan\u2019s Cooperation in Nepal for Smooth Connectivity<br \/>\n(Yukihiro Koizumi, Deputy Director General (Infrastructure and Management Department) JICA Headquarters, Tokyo)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3732\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-scaled.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3732\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Director Otani delivering opening remarks\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04628-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director Otani delivering opening remarks<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3733\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S__18350111_0.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3733\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S__18350111_0-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Okuya explaining about JSPS international programs\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S__18350111_0-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S__18350111_0-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S__18350111_0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S__18350111_0-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S__18350111_0.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Okuya explaining about JSPS international programs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3731\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-scaled.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3731\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"NJAA members\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC04566-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NJAA members<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal JSPS Alumni Association (NJAA) and JSPS Bangkok Office jointly organized the &#8220;The Eighth Symposium of Nepal JSPS Alumni Association&#8221; on November 1st in Kathmandu, Nepal. The theme of this seminar was &#8221; Transport Connectivity in Nepal: Challenges and Opportunities&#8221; and a total of five speakers, including two persons from Japan and three persons from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}