[INDOLOGY] Harvard's Nepal Studies activity in Kathmandu (and Cambridge MA)

[Witzel, Michael]

I would like to draw the attention of those (currently) in Nepal to the first activity of our new Nepal Studies Program:
A Year and a Half Later: Are Reasonable Lessons Being Learned to Prepare for the Next Earthquake? Reports from a Harvard-Nepal Working Exercise
Friday, Feb. 10, 5:30pm - 7:00pm, Hotel Yak & Yeti, Kathmandu, Nepal
Special Event
Jerold Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Sarita Maskey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Nepal Government
Shriju Pradhan, Deputy Director, Urban Housing and Heritage Conservation Division, National Reconstruction Authority
David Sanderson, Judith Nielsen Chair, University of New South Wales
Anshu Sharma, Co-founder and Chief Mentor, SEEDS
In partnership with University of New South Wales, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu University, and Harvard Alumni Group of Nepal


To be followed by a presentation at Harvard:

Mon, February 13, 2017 from 05:00pm - 06:30pm  /  CGIS South, S030<http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/events/venue/cgis-south-s030/>
Debrief Nepal: Reflections on In-Country Working Exercise<http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/debrief-nepal-reflections-on-in-country-working-exercise/>
Special Event
Jerold Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Shriju Pradhan, Deputy Director, Urban Housing and Heritage Conservation Division, National Reconstruction Authority
David Sanderson, Judith Nielsen Chair, University of New South Wales
Anshu Sharma, Co-founder and Chief Mentor, SEEDS

Although scientists can say with near certainty that a major earthquake will strike the Kathmandu Valley in the future, they cannot predict with certainty when that major earthquake will strike.  Such uncertainty generates another kind of uncertainty, about what to do now, in the near term, and in the long term.  It can even facilitate delays in needed decision-making.  Nepali stakeholders, drawn from government, civil society, and the private sector, joined several outside participants in a just-completed one-day exercise using rapid scenario planning methods to unlock implementable ideas for securing an earthquake-resilient Kathmandu Valley. They will report on the outcome of the working exercise during this panel discussion.

Reception to Follows

This initiative is part of the Harvard South Asia Institute’s Nepal Studies Program<http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/2016/12/sai-launches-nepal-studies-program/>, launched with generous support from Jeffrey M. Smith.
This initiative is co-sponsored by University of New South Wales

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Cf.  announcement of Nepal Program : http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/2016/12/sai-launches-nepal-studies-program/



Cheers,

Michael W>






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