KATHMANDU: The third biannual international conference on material science and engineering – Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials (KaSAM) – has concluded in Pokhara this week.

The symposia was held from October 17 to 21. Nepal Polymer Institute (NPI), a Kathmandu-based professional organisation of polymer scientists

The Nepal Polymer Institute (NPI), a Kathmandu-based professional organisation of polymer scientists, had organised the conference this year. The NPI also represents the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in Nepal.

According to Rameshwar Adhikari of Tribhuvan University’s Central Department of Chemistry, the biannual event initiated from 2012 aims at promoting scientific activities outside the Capital. At the same time, the event also resonated a global platform to students, young researchers, faculties, and policy makers in various avenues of chemistry, material sciences, chemical technologies, nanotechnology and related biomedical sciences.

At the same time, the event also resonated a global platform to students, young researchers, faculties, and policy makers in various avenues of chemistry, material sciences, chemical technologies, nanotechnology and related biomedical sciences.

The conference was attended by eminent scientists and professors of 15 countries, including Mushahid Husain (Vice Chancellor of MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareily, India), Goerg H Michler (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenbberg, Germany), Bernhard Blümich (Aachen University, Germany), Michael Hess (University of Siegen, Germany), Holger Schönherr (University of Siegen, Germany), Jean Marc Saiter (University of Rouen, France), Valerio Causin (Padova University, Italy), Tomasz Sterzinsky (Poznan University of Technology, Poland), among others.

According to a statement issued by the organisers, KaSAM-2016 was accompanied by Second Kathmandu Autumn School on Chemistry and Chemical Technologies (KASChem-2016) to provide an overview of recent progresses in the field of Nanomaterials.