Timings 1 Hour

Friday First Half of the Session

2 PM Pakistan

2.05

Moderator: Mr. Suresh Man Lakhe, Chairperson, ICOM Nepal National Committee

Museum Officer, Patan Museum

Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Dhan Bahadur Kunwar

·         Vice Chairman ICOM Nepal National Committee

·         Former Head of Central Department of Nepalese History, Culture & Archaeology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.

·         Chairman Nepal National Ethnographic Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal

5 min

15 min

2.20

Subtopic: Museum Education in Nepal with Special Reference to Natural History Museum of Nepal

15

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dharma Raj Dangol

·         Executive Member, ICOM Nepal National Committee

·         Professor Tribhuvan University

·         Former Chief,  Natural History Museum, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal

·         Chairperson and Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal, Fulbari, Chitwan, Nepal

2.35

Subtopic: Museum fulfilling a Socio Political Cause in Nepal

15

Speakers: Ms. Swosti Rajbhandari Kayastha

·         Executive Member, ICOM Nepal National Committee

·         Lecture ,Museology and Buddhist Collection, Lumbini Buddhist University, Nepal

2.50

Subtopic: Legal Status of Museums in Nepal

10

Speakers: Mr. Ramesh Prashad Dawadi

·         Secretary,  ICOM Nepal National Committee

·         Chair, Living Tradition Museum, Changu Narayan, Bhaktapur Nepal