Community building event organized by Kathmandu University, 17/1/2024

Event title

Re-Thinkign Education for the IR 4.0 with Design Thinking.

Date and location

The event was organized at Kathmandu University on January 17, 2024.

Participants

The event was attended by over 50 faculty members from departments in the School of Education in the presence of His Excellency Ambassador of Korea to Nepal and Vice Chancellor of Prof. Dr. Bhola Thapa.

Description of activities

Prof. Dr Manish Pokharel, who is the Principal Investigator of project ICT-INOV at Kathmandu University, delivered a presentation on “Re-Thinking Education for IR 4.0 with Design Thinking “ during the opening ceremony of the SMART classrooms event, which was organized with the support of LUPIC project. Prof. Pokharel presented the design thinking methodology and stressed the importance of building innovation skills among higher education students, who are the problem solvers of tomorrow. Prof. Pokharel further presented the activities of project ICT-INOV and the impact of the project on capacity building for innovation.