Regarding nepotism in Kathmandu University, there has been number of letters published from the faculties as well as KUPA in e-kantipur (24-27 May). Similarly, there are other write-ups in Nepali languages dailies and weeklies. We, ex graduates of KU, have compiled all these and put them in the following blog;

www.changeinku.blogspot.com

All the graduates and ex-faculteis are welcome to give their opinion. Let us destroy nepotism in KU.

KU should be free of the monopoly of Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha - Dr. Nastu Sharma mafia. They have been keeping KUMS staff under wraps by threatening them. As all KUMS staff are on short-term contracts, they were threatened with non-renewal of their contracts, if they criticized the KUMS management.

That makes sense,
Dr. Surehs Raj Sharma, please immediately throw out such rotten eggs like Rama Kanta and Natsu. If they threaten like this, then they should immediately be wiped out. You know KUMS if we can get such proofs of the threatening, then that would be great. If we get the proof or some person's real evidence, we can take them outof KU in a day. Could you please record their voice, or get some emails that senses of threatening. We have to work real hard to do something that is revolutionary. Now onwards we should point out any misleadings they are doing and we should have proof of that, then we'll get victory soon and KU will be real KU.

By the way, How is Dr. Chet raj pant is doing In KU? Does he know anything about Medical education....or in what capacity he works there.

BornInNewyork, the faculty in KUMS would like to be freed of the manipulative Dr. Nastu Sharma and megalomaniac Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha but you know all the faculty are kept on shortterm contracts so they will be too scared to lose their jobs.

We have just heard from one of the old faculty of KUMS that Dr. Navin Thapa is actually returning back to Nepal after doing some postdoc. research in Harvard and UK. We need leadership from someone like him who has always put the students and the image of KUMS first. Even when he disagreed with people, he showed courtesy and respect for other people. We can not believe he would return after getting a research position in Harvard and London. There must be few people like him. We gave him a farewell party in KUMS, and he was so excited to be doing some research at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge which is the top place for molecular biology in the world. We need to promote people like him. Many people won't know this guy went to UK from class 7 at Budhanilkantha so he not only has the heart but also is very bright. He is just the sort of person who can take KUMS and KU forward in the future by bringing real research in KU and modelling us like a British or American class.

This thread is very interesting. I can't help myself to post here. BTW, KUMS, did u work with KU/KUMS?? Just curious. You know all the staffs from KU including all the details of KUMS. Just wondering who you would be... I have one person in mind, but I do have some doubt...Anyways..

Hey KU supporter, that Dr. Chet Raj Pant does not even know about PBL, how it is conducted in the school, how come he knows about Medical Education as a whole. But he speaks all about PBL and states at all time that KUMS is the first medical school in Nepal.. Crap....

About Dr. Nabin Thapa, he was somewhat betrayed by KU administration. Dr. Thapa expected some good position in KUMS, when Dr. Karki group was wiped away from KUMS. He was then acting director of school, and was natural for him to expect something. But KU administration abruptly brought Dr. Pant as a director. Dr. Thapa was frustrated after that because he already had postponed his postdoc opportunity in the hope of getting some worthy position in KUMS, which he deserved....But he was nothing more than just Assistant Professor though he got assurance from KU that he'll be promoted soon to Associate Prof. But they never did, when he was in KU. So finally he opted to go for Postdoc. I have no idea about his comeback to KU in near future. If he decides to do so, he should be aware of KU, and bargain for the better position, which he deserves more than Pant and Nastu Sharma.
God save KU.

NepalHeaven, you are right I worked for KUMS and I keep close look at its progress or rather demise through my contacts. I think you are right about Dr. Thapa: I think he got fed up with the KU system and decided to go for postdoc. He could handle the Basic Sciences much better than Dr. Pant who has know idea about PBL or research.

I remember Dr. Thapa was crucial for KUMS not falling apart when Dr.Karki and his team left. Without him, the Americans would not have come to teach in KUMS. I remember for fact that Dr. Thapa told us that he was trying to get someone as competent as Dr. Karki to kUMS and that he would not replace Dr. karki. That shows he is not power hungry and we all thought that Dr. Pant would be a good leader for KUMS. Also, Dr. Thapa supported Dr. Pant all the time, which was crucial at the beginning. I think he said he would stay in KUMS at least until the first batch graduate, so may be he thinks it is the right time to leave KUMS.

We had also heard that Dr. Thapa had developed strong collaborations with universities in UK and USA but the people in KU seemed to feel threatened in case this becomes very successful. I get the feeling that KU leaders do not care and do not think they need to be very successful - they just want to hang on to their jobs. It is not surprising that they made life difficult for Dr. Thapa.

it means all of them are crap, Ku needs a system, all these idiots of medical schools, science, engineering and management should be exposed to the public. I wonder what happened in thesenate meeting yesterday? i have heard Suresh raj and sitaram are just trying to save their position in KU and for that they can do any compromise as same to maoist to whome sureshraj gave big sum of KU money to shut their mouth.

We finally have a chance to put things right at KU including KUMS. If there is proper democracy in our country, we can expose iregularities and replace corrupt people like Dr. Sitaram Adhikary, present registrar and Dr. Nastu Sharma, the likely future registrar if the corrupt clans have their ways. Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha and Dr. Nastu Sharma are just using Dhulikhel Hospital as their springboards for taking over KU. I think democracy will prevail and lead to these people being exposed.

I don't know how KUMS is claiming them as corrupt..hell knows....in my opinion if they were corrupt how the hell KU is KU as of today....if you provide single proof you the man...show us some.......don't make us feel like ..."kaag le kaan lagyo bhandaima pachi lagne" show some data, some evidence dude!!!! don't talk low l..... i am the real ku suppoter....iknow in and out....

Nakale kancha, there is no doubt that these people are hellbent on continuing their monopoly on nepotism and corruption. It is seen in the way they behave as if KU, KUMS is their own private property which does not belong to all the other faculty. If you work in KU or have been in KU; you must be aware of this?

This KUMS dude S*cks.... really. I have been very closely watching this hread from the very beginning. For some reason in each and every of his posting, he must have to repeat two names - Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju SHrestha and Dr. Natsu Sharma.

He does now even says the nickname like we do say Dr. Suresh or Dr. SItaram. HE REPEATS AND REPEATS THESE TWO NAMES AGAIN AND AGAIN AND NO ONLY THAT HE SPELLS THEM FULLY (remember there are FIVE freaking words for the firt name he recalls)
I guess a conclusion that he is one of the freaking looser at Dhulikhel Hospital ( or son/daughter/friend/ whatnot of that looser) whose main job is to express his dis-satisfaction through this thread........
As Nakale Kancha says. if you have any concrete proof, go for it. We will of course support you. We are well wisher of KU, may be you are not. But man stop calling names and PLEASE Please Please STOP WRITING THESE TWO NAMES FREAKING names DR... RAM...KANTHA...MAKAJU...SHRESTHA.... & DR... NATSU....SHARMA....We are sick of reading these names again and again. Please find other corrupt persons in KU and post them OR GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS THREAD.
Man how could you do that? Typing the same lines again and again....... man you do really respect these two Doctors, dont you? You write these names with full respect and full spelling.
Man you are really sick. Get some help.

Let devote the rest of this thread to the future of KU and less on the past. As KUIan says, I think we are all getting fed up of churning out negatives. Lets comment on who would be the person best to take KU into the future. Right now the people staring at our faces are Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha (yes.. fully spelt by pressing a magic key on my key board), Dr. Nastu Sharma and Dr. Subodh Sharma. We can include from various schools of KU:
1. Mr. Subash KC
2. Dr. Rana Bahadur Chhetri SOS
3. Dr. Sameer Dixit SOS
4. Dr. Navin Thapa KUMS
5. Mr. Dhaneshor Mishra SOE

Lets all describe their positive and negative points and add other people and work out who can best lead the KU.

KUian, have u ever worked in the dhulikhel hospital,in the present or in the past ? If u have any knowlwdge about that hospital and the pathetic state of KU's medical school venture (worst in nepal, and i think worse than medical colleges of small towns of Bihar), then u can't blame anyone else but these two individuals.

What KUMS is saying is the reality. There is no one else who is as horrible as Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha and Dr. Nastu Sharma in that medical school. And they don't deserve any kind of respect. And there is no one else who can compete with them in the race of 'Mr. Notorious'.

Lighten up KUIan, we are on the same side. We have to emphasize that we need to get the facts our. KUMS is really in a sorry state because it is run like a back room garage of Dr. Ram (your messge taken).

We should move on to the future of KU/KUMS - so lets talk about who can lead KU/KUMS in the future.

I know over ambition of Executive committee members of KU has led KUMS to the downfall. First, I do not like this PBL system of teaching method in KUMS. PBL itself is a very good concept, but that does not work with our education system, especially with these thugs.... Even I was not directly involved with KUDH, i kind of know nukes and flukes. KUMS is a wonderful concept especially in dhulikhel, but it did not go well with all the crew that we have. Even with some faculty of Harvard Medical school, I guess, we could not utilize them properly. And you know, our Nepali mentality, when we are in front of a foreigner, we treat them like a god, we think they are the real people and they know the world. Of course, KU's life is much more dependent on foreign donations, but that does not mean that they are the best. The best PhD Professor of IIT Delhi MIGHT be the worst teacher in Delhi Public School.
If you want to listen to Principals of all KU affiliate medical college, they are all fired up because of KU giving much priority to KUMS. They do not like their affiliated University have different program system than what themselves have. I think this is true.
To the top of that, the faculty KU has hired for KUMS are not that worthy either and I do not blame that for KU only. Even in whole Nepal, medical faculties are very very hard to get. As salary is not that attractive, even the capable Doctors do not want to teach. Then we have to be satisfied with bunch of monkeys.
To the end, I would say even Dr Suresh Raj will not VC this time, we MUST appoint him as Advisor or something like that or EMERITUS Professor. I still do not believe he has ruin KU. Of course, he may have some loose points by appointing his well wisher and in Todays world, I would say its OK if they are capable of doing what they are assigned.
The visiion and the dedications that I have seen in VC sir's eyes, cant be seen in any other nepalsese ( I believe). Of course he should trian his juniors to become future VCs but still,
WE STILL NEED THAT OLD MAN IN KU FOR COUPLE OF MORE YEARS WHETHER HE WILL BE VC OR EMERITUS PROFESSOR OR ADVISOR.

I believe KUIan is right in that inspite of his faults, VC has brought KU this far and he does deserve a lot of credit and he has to be seen with balanced eyes and judged fairly. It is time for him to leave though.

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Do you know where are these gentlemen now who contributed a lot to defame KU
1. Mr. Sameer Dixit
2. Mr. Sijan Baral
3.Mr. Surendra Raj Kafle?

It looks as if the people calling for change in KU have lost steam. Their goals seemed to have been to remove top people, replace them with their own people rather than changes to improve KU. We should discuss for example who can better lead KU and what they should do in the future.