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Nepal students to speak to Tim Peake

Posted: 14 Jan 2016 02:04 PM PST
http://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/14/nepal...-to-tim-peake/

Brihaspati Vidhyasadan students have been building a model of the ISS

UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI will be using amateur radio to talk to
students at Brihaspati Vidhyasadan School (BVS) in Nepal on Wednesday,
January 20.

The Himalayan Times reports this is the first link upÂ* between a school in
Nepal and the International Space Station (ISS). It will be a Telebridge
contact via Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI in Australia and is scheduled for
Wednesday, January 20 at 08:37:04 UT. The ISS should be in range of the
Telebridge station for about 8 minutes.

BVS is organising an Exhibition during the week of the contact from January
19-23. Experts as well as knowledgeable students will be at hand to respond
to queries of visiting students who will be able to get acquainted with
amateur radio during the exhibition.

The Nepal Amateur Radio Operators’ Society is one of the organisations
supporting the exhibition.

Brihaspati Vidyasadan is a 32 year old High school, located in Kathmandu,
Nepal. Brihaspati runs classes from nursery to 100 at secondary level and
the 10+2 program in Science and Management at the higher secondary Level.
Besides these Brihaspati also runs Diploma in Hospitality Managemant and
Tourism in affiliation with Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (CTH),
UK.

Brihaspati is known for its academic excellence. To date Brihaspati has
produced over 2000 SLC graduates and over 600 +2 graduates who have
achieved excellent academic achievements. Brihaspati has also been awarded
the Best School in Nepal in 2055BS.

Brihaspati is also known for its co-curricular and extra-curricular
activities including sports, debates and concerts. Over the years the
school has achieved Inter-school successes in football (soccer), cricket
and basketball at national levels. School has also successes in
inter-school competitions like debate, elocution and concerts.

For its academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements
Brihaspati has been placed among the Class A schools of Nepal by the
Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal.

Brihaspati staff and students have been known for their innovation in
education. The school is reputed to be the first school in Nepal to
introduce computer education. Brihaspati houses clubs like Lokopakar, which
is a student club that looks into Humanitarian aid.Â* Brihaspati students
recently started �gThink Ink�h, an activity designed using the principles
of Extreme Design from Stanford for instilling critical thinking and
problem solving skills in students. This program has gained attention of a
lot of people in the academia at a very rapid pace.

Brihaspati is located in a 25 acre land space at the heart of Kathmandu
within the Balmandir compound. ItÂ* has academic facility that is of very
high standards. It houses the Free and Open Source Research Lab and Ham
(amateur radio) facility that students and staff have access to.

Recently during the earthquake of Nepal, one of the buildings of Brihaspati
was used by ham radio operators from Nepal and India to coordinate search
and reconciliation of families where over 500 families were reunited with
their loved ones.

Read The Himalayan Times story at

https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/...space-station/

Brihaspati Vidhyasadan School

http://www.bvs.edu.np/bvstalkstoiss/

https://www.facebook.com/bvsTalksToISS/

ARISS http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html