Himalayan University Consortium India Country Chapter

IIT–Roorkee, Roorkee, India , India

About the meeting This meeting of the HUC India Country Chapter will put forth nominations for the HUC Steering Committee Member representing India, to be endorsed by the Steering Committee […]

HUC Task Force on Sustainability and Resource Mobilisation

Kathmandu, Nepal , Nepal

Background HUC is a thriving network of over 90 universities in the eight Hindu Kush Himalaya countries and across the world. The Consortium’s driving force lies in its Thematic Working […]

Participatory visual methods for grassroots policy advocacy

ICIMOD Headquarters, Kathmandu , Nepal

About the workshop This workshop introduces the use of participatory visual methods as a tool for advocacy, with an emphasis on bottom-up policy communications. Broadly, visual methods involve the use […]

Meeting of HUC Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture

Dhulikhel, Nepal , Nepal

About Representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Australia, and the UK from the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)’s Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Mountain Agriculture are coming together to […]

Himalayan policy writeshop

Dhulikhel, Nepal , Nepal

About the event Communities across the world have depended on millets, a group of cereal grains, as a source of nutrition and sustenance for generations. Despite the potential to address […]

Masterclass on food security assessment

Online and in-person

About the masterclass HUC is organising a masterclass on Food Security Assessment (FSA) with experts from the HKH region. This masterclass will introduce early career researchers and development workers from Bhutan, Nepal, and Northeast India to the concept and types of FSAs, equip them to develop and implement purposeful assessments, and communicate this effectively to […]

Himalayan University Consortium Steering Committee meeting 2023

Lanzhou, China , China

Background The Steering Committee is the Himalayan University Consortium’s (HUC) highest governing body. The committee’s meetings set the course of action for the consortium for the calendar year and track the progress of the implementation of HUC Strategy 2018–2025. The 2023 meeting is critical for the committee to receive updates on ICIMOD’s Medium-Term Action Plan V (2023–2026) […]

Training on glacier modelling: Practical applications with the Open Global Glacier Model

LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan , Pakistan

About the training University of Innsbruck, University of Bremen, and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) are co-organising a week-long training on glacier modelling and scientific programming using the Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM). The training will focus on glaciers in High Mountain Asia and their roles in the hydrological system. The training has been organised […]

The value of fermented ethnic foods and beverages

Kathmandu, Nepal , Nepal

About the lecture tour Professor Jyoti Prakash Tamang, a world-renowned food scientist, and ICIMOD Mountain Chair (since 2019), is conducting a public lecture tour in Nepal from 4-9 June 2022. […]