Project Bajho
The students of the Kathmandu School of Law initiated a research project in 2020 under the Millennium Fellowship. The research project has been successfully completed after the publication of the research book. An event was organized in the Auditorium of Kathmandu School of Law to launch the book titled “A Study of the Climate Change Laws and Policies in the South Asian Countries”.
The research project aimed to study and analyze the legislation related to the environment and climate change in 8 South Asian countries. It incorporated the comparative study of environmental laws of all South Asian countries and how one country could learn from the practices of another country.
The project was initiated by 6 undergraduate law students of Kathmandu School of Law: Prajwol Bickram Rana (Class of 2015), Barsha Shrestha (Class of 2016), Ashish Poudyal (Class of 2020), Aakriti Khatri (Class of 2020), Sijan Shah (Class of 2020) and Unnati Khadka (Class of 2020). The research team included 30 researchers, 5 editors, 12 reviewers and 2 advisors from different SAARC nations.
The book was launched by Dr. Buddhi Sagar Poudel (Chief, Climate Change Management Division, Ministry of Forest and Environment) on the gracious presence of Man Bahadur Basnet (National Focal Point for Montevideo Environmental Law Programme), Professor Dr. Atindra Dahal (Head, Research Department, KSL), Associate Professor Mukesh Dhungana (Advisor of the Research) and Dulki Seethawaka (Editor-in-Chief of the Research).
The SAARC Secretary General, H. E. Mr. Esala Ruwan Weerakoon sent best wishes for the success of the event and Executive Director of Millennium Campus Network, Sam Vaghar sent a congratulatory clip for the book launch event.
Prof. Dr. Yubaraj Sangroula (Executive Director of Kathmandu School of Law) writes about the research "A student must have three elements to succeed: Patriotism (supporting the society), Production of Knowledge, and Collectivization or a Multidisciplinary approach. Project Bajho fulfills all these categories where the students have attempted to be a support system to South Asian climate research, produced ideas and collectivized researchers of various jurisdictions."
The book is available on the website of the Kathmandu School of Law. The link to the book: https://ksl.edu.np/resource/home/resource_detail/50
If there are any feedback and suggestion for the research, readers can write to projectbajho@gmail.com