The German Ambassador Roland Schäfer and Cultural Attachée Paula Werner are visiting the Nepal Research Bhawan
On Friday the 18th October German Ambassador Roland Schäfer and Cultural Attachée Paula Werner were visiting the Nepal Research Bhawan to see the Kathmandu Branch Office of the South Asia Institute and get an idea about ongoing projects. Within the informal meeting the newly appointed Resident Representative Frederic Link showed the Ambassador premises, infrastructure and activities of the Branch Office. Prof. Axel Michaels informed the Ambassador about the working procedure and the results of the project Documents on the History of Religion and Law of pre-modern Nepal of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
In the course of the visit Prof. Christiane Brosius presented the Nepal Heritage Documentation Project of the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and aquainted the Ambassador Roland Schäfer with the Digital Archive of Nepalese Arts and Monuments (DANAM). During the successful visit the Ambassador was impressed and showed great interest.
Collectively we hope for a close cooperation and mutual support and are looking forward to future collaboration. Participants on the closing picture from the left to the right: Rajan Kathiwoda, Roshan Mishra, Prof. Axel Michaels, Prof. Christiane Brosius, Ambassador Roland Schäfer, Resident Representative Frederic Link, Ina Buchholz, Cultural Attachée Paula Werner, Secretary of the Branch Office Rajendra Shakya.