Amrit Campus is the first science campus of

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, located in Lainchaur,

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. It was formerly known as Public Science College (PUSCOL). It was later renamed in the memory of Amrit Prasad Pradhan. Pradhan was born in 1918 at

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. He worked as the headmaster of Juddhodaya Public High School in

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for two years and later joined Tri-Chandra College as a lecturer in

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. In 1962, he became the founding principal of Public Science College and began teaching as a professor of chemistry. Pradhan helped to establish Amrit Campus with a goal of promoting the study of

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and

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in Nepal. The campus benefited greatly from his enterprise, dedication and enthusiasm. While on a mission to the

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for academic reasons, he died in an air crash over Mont Blanc on January 24, 1966.

Introduction

Amrit Campus (ASCOL), situated in the heart of

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, is one of the few pure science campus of the country. The campus is a governmental institution, with partial

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, affiliated to

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest and the largest university in Nepal. It offers 1,000 undergraduate and 500 postgraduate programs a ...

. This campus is one of the constituent campuses of

. The number of students studying in ASCOL is nearly 1900.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni in the field of Science and technology

* Prof. Dr. Dayananda Bajracharya - Botanist, Former Chairman of Central Department of Botany, Former Rector of

, Former President of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) formerly called Royal Nepal Academy of Sciences (RONAST) * Dr. Upendra Devkota * Mr.

Kulman Ghising Kulman Ghising (, ) is a former managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority He resolved the country's long-standing load-shedding (power outage) crisis, which had resulted in power cuts of up to 18 hours per day for decades after assuming of ...

- Managing Director, Nepal Electricity Authority * Dr.

Mahabir Pun Mahabir Pun (, ) is a Nepali researcher, teacher, social entrepreneur and an activist known for his work in applying wireless technologies to develop remote areas of the Himalayas, also known as the Nepal Wireless Networking Project. He is a wid ...

- President of National Innovation, Leader of Nepal Wireless Project, Awardee: Ramon Magsaysay, Internet hall of fame, Ashoka Fellow, Scientist, Social entrepreneur

Notable alumni in other fields

* Dr. Baburam Bhattarai (Former

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and former leader of

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) *

Jhala Nath Khanal Jhala Nath Khanal (, ; born 20 May 1950) is a Nepalese politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Nepal from February 2011 to August 2011. He was previously the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN (UML)) a ...

(Former Prime minister of Nepal and leader of

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) *

Kul Man Ghising Kulman Ghising (, ) is a former managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority He resolved the country's long-standing load-shedding (power outage) crisis, which had resulted in power cuts of up to 18 hours per day for decades after assuming of ...

(Managing Director of

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(NEA)) *

Prakash Man Singh Prakash Man Singh () is a Nepalese politician and a leader of the Nepali Congress and current Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He is the son of Nepali politician Ganesh Man Singh. He has also been the Minister of Local Development and Federalism i ...

(Deputy Prime minister of Nepal in the Cabinet led by Prime minister

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, General secretary of

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) * Dr. Minendra Prasad Rijal (Leader of

) * Kuber Singh Rana (Former IGP of

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) * Pradip Paudel (Leader of

, Former President of Nepal Students' Union)

List of Undergraduate Programs

* B.Sc. Environmental Science * B.Sc. Microbiology * B.Sc. Physics * B.Sc. Botany * B.Sc. Chemistry * B.Sc. Mathematics * B.Sc. Statistics * B.Sc. Zoology * Bachelor of Computer Science and Information Technology (BSc CSIT) * Bachelors in Information Technology (BIT)

List of Graduate Programs

* M.Sc. in Mathematics * M.Sc. in Botany * M.Sc. Chemistry * M.Sc. Zoology * M.Sc. Physics * Master of Information Technology (MIT)

References

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