ABOUT US
Nepal Study Center Japan (NSCJ) Mission and Initiateves Ongoing Projects Future Projects Your Support and Our Contact The Ourganization Friends of NSCJ TRUSTEES Board of Advisors Guru Shucho Takaoka, Nagoya Dr. Padma Ratna Tuladhar, Kathmandu (Chair) Prof. Hiroshi Ishii, Tokyo Prof. Minoru O'uchi, Chiba Prof. Dr. David Gellner, Oxford Board of Directors Mr. Toyohisa Azuma, Tokyo Prof. Dr. Keshav Lall Maharjan, Hiroshima Dr. Suwarn Vajracharya, Okinawa (Chair) HONOURARY TRUSTEES Dr. Iswar Man Shakya, Fukushima Mr. Keshav Lall Shrestha, Tokyo Mr. Anil Shakya, Tokyo Mr. Sunil Shakya, Tokyo Mr. Janak Raj Shakya, Tokyo Mr. Naresh Bir Shakya, Kathmandu Mr. Naresh Bajracharya, Kathmandu Mr. Sagar Man Bajracharya, Kathmandu (Coordinator, Nepal) Mr. Gyani Raja Bajracharya, Kathmandu Ms. Rahena Wester, Germany Mr. Amrit Shrestha, Germany Mr. Tribhuwan Tuladhar, USA Dr. Bal Gopal Shrestha, Oxford Mr. Pradeep Tamrakar, Kathmandu Mr. Maheswor Shrestha, Yala (Patan) Ms. Anjana Shakya, Kathmandu |
Mission and Initiatives ・ The Nepal Study Center (hereafter, the Center) is a non-profit educational institute. It is dedicated to the dissemination of classical Nepal thoughts and culture, Japan-Nepal relation and their peace building role in the Globe through scientific study and research, and the publication of researched subjects as our mission. ・ Based in Tokyo, the Center will take initiatives to promote studies of Nepal, particularly the classical part less Nepala-logists and other academics have paid attention to; and academic and scholarly links between Japan and Nepal in improving Nepal-Japan cooperation inter alia, through collaborative research, exchange programs and organization of annual lectures, and seminars on areas of mutual interest to both Japan and Nepal’s academics, researchers and general public. ・ The Center advises local, national and international authorities on related field of aforementioned studies and for solution of problems sought after. ・ The Center cooperates with relevant academic institutions, NPO, and local, national and international organizations. ・ The Center supports research scholars, students, technicians to enhance their knowledge and experience to contribute to the benefit of the human and the Global society ・ The Center publishes online and print bulletins, newsletters and issue press releases to facilitate information to members and general public. Ongoing Projects To achieve its dedicated mission above, the Center has initiated following projects: a) The Nepal-lipi-online, the Worlds first online Bulletin in Nepal scripts launched October 19, 2009 marking the 1130th Nepal New Year. See the detail at “Who we are” in the category of “About Us” of the Nepal-lipi-online b) Nepal Lipi for Unicode use: Fonts for Prachalit and Ranjana Lipis (scripts) are partially completed and the rest of the project is being continued. c) Guide Book for Reading and Writing Nepal Scripts, which is also a first such project is progressing. |
Future projects a) Nepal script writing course – is being designed to offer an interactive way of learning the standard block print Nepal script online. b) Oral History Collection of Nepal – is being designed. c) Nepal Album – to present History of Nepal in images. The Organization ・ The Nepal Study Center, Japan is managed by a Board of Directors led by a Chair. ・ An Advisory Board - comprised of well-informed specialists in Nepal classical studies, Japan-Nepal relations and Buddhism – advices the Board of Directors. ・ The Center is supported by a Board of Trustees and Honorary Trustees with their occasional and generous donations. Friends of NSCJ Thanks to the following friends that form the Trustees and Honorary Trustees of the Nepal Study Center, Japan, whose moral (advising), material (providing necessary materials), active (planning and organizing) and financial support (for projects) helped established the Center and its activities. Your support and our contact The Nepal Study Center, Japan is a non-profit academic organization run by unpaid volunteers with voluntary financial support from our generous donors. So far, of the three ongoing projects indicated above (a, b, c), project b has received partial sponsorship while project c and future projects are available for full sponsorship or financial support. If you would like to extend your moral (advising), material (providing articles, poems views, news, photo, video etc), active (planning and organizing) orfinancial support (to run projects) to the Nepal Study Center Japan’s activities, please contact us at: Nepal Study Center, Japan (NSCJ) contact us |