Completion Report of SONSIK 4th friendship sports festival and new student s orientation programme (April 8-9, 2017)

Completion Report of SONSIK 4th friendship sports festival and new student s orientation programme (April 8-9, 2017) Society of Nepalese Students in Korea (SONSIK) Report Prepared by: Jeevan Kumar Ban, Programme Co-coordinator Vijay Rayamajhi, Member

Contents 1 Introduction... 1 1. Participants... 4 2 Planning Schedule... 6 3 Detail Events... 7 4 Financial details... 15 5 Annex 1: List of participants... 18 6 Annex 2: Photographs... 22 7 Annex 3: Video...

1 Introduction Society of Nepalese Students In Korea (SONSIK) is a non-profit, only registered organization in Korea for promoting our academic, professional and other mutual interests through wider, regular and frequent exchange of views among ourselves, and believing that closer relations with various academic institutions and professional groups. SONSIK has more than 1000 members including students, professors and researchers from over 80 Universities in Korea. It has an annual basis formal structural executive body to manage indented work plans. With the aim to strengthen the companionship amongst the Nepalese students, it is organizing multi-sports event on yearly basis. Figure: Group Photo taken at the end of programme To give continuation in such events, the 13 th executive committee has successfully organized the 4 th friendship sports festival and new student s orientation programme at Sun Moon University (SMU), Asan dated 9 th April 2017. Similarly, SONSIK organized new students orientation program with an aim to provide information of current scenario of Nepalese Students: regarding Challenges and Opportunities for Nepalese students in Korea, especially for new students on 8 th April 2017. Beside, developing noble friendship and bonds amongst Nepalese scholars and alumni from different universities and organizations, objectives of the programme were: To introduce SONSIK activities and to share information regarding Challenges and

Opportunities for Nepalese students in Korea, especially for new students, To provide some enjoyment to students by involving themselves in games with Nepalese way so that they can relief the work pressure and homesickness during their stay in Korea, To enable our Nepalese scholars, explore Asan, Cheonan cities and of course Sun Moon University and To strengthen SONSIK and Sun Moon University relationship and make Sun Moon University the most leading university among international students and attract them for their studies. Figure: The venue, Sun Moon University, Asan

Figure: SONSIK Jersey

2 Participants Chief Guest: Prof. Janardan Lamichhane, Ph. D. Kathmandu University, Nepal Guests: Graduate school secretary, Sun Moon University Dr. Sher Bahadur Rawal, Catholic Univeristy of Daegu, SONSIK Advisor Dr. Govinda Bhattarai,Chonbuk National University, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Santi Upadhyaya, Dankook University SONSIK Alumni Dr. Taraman Kadayat, DGMF, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Bodh Babu Bhattarai, Lomus pharmaceuticals, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Dilli Ram Bhandari, SNU, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Govinda Gyawali, Sun Moon University, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Ramesh Pandey, Sun Moon University, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Dipesh Dhakal, Sun Moon University, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Rameshwor Pandit, Yeungnam University, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Jeeban Poudel, Kongju National University, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Devi Basnet, Medytox, Ochang, SONSIK Alumni Dr. Ritesh Gurung, Sun Moon University, SONSIK Alumni Participants: SONSIK Family- more than 125. The list of participants are presented at Annex 1.

Figure: Teams of Badminton and Dodge ball

3 Planning Schedule To make the occasion effective, the 13th executive committee had decided to plan a concrete schedule of the work. Following table shows explains the details with date. Date Category Details 2017.02. 17 2017.02. 21 2017.02. 22 2017.03. 15 2017.03. 18 2017.03. 25 2017.03. 28 2017.04. 01 2017.04. 9 2017.04. 9 2017.04. 25 -Proposal Submission -Event Location -Event Notification -Invitation -Event Promotion -Name list of Attendees -Work Division -Preparation -Event Organization -Event Organization -Report Submission -After Approval by SONSIK 13th Executive Meeting - Venue selection, and reviewing the conditions - Notifying the event by social media -Inviting VIPs, Guest, Performers, University representatives -Promoting event by posters, media -Finalizing Guest and participants list -Dividing work responsibilities -Preparing, brochures, banners, certificates, name tags, souvenirs, gifts etc. -Organizing new students orientation program -Organizing SONSIK 4th Sports Festival 2017 -Collecting all the documents and preparing event achievement report and submission to Sun Moon University Furthermore, a local organizing committee was formed to assist the EC and coordinate with the University for carrying out every small work. The local organizing committee is composed of: 1 Biplav Shrestha 2 Anaya Pokhrel, 3 Hem Raj Rimal, 4 Bikash Dangi and 5 Manish Pokherl

4 Detail Events The whole programme was scheduled for two days. Day 1 (April 8, 2017, Saturday) New student orientation and workshop Time 17:00PM-18:00PM 18:00PM-19:30PM 19:30PM-21:10PM 21:10PM-21:50PM Events Registration Dinner New Students Orientation and Workshop Program Congratulatory remarks from the Guests 21.50 PM-22:00PM Concluding Remarks by the President Guest House SLEEP Summary of Day 1 Figure: Prof Janardan Lamichhane sharing his experience Day first of the programme was started with meet and great at Natural Science Building of Sun Moon University with the purpose to interact with each other around 5 pm. This as a good move for all of the Nepalese Scholars to be at ease with each other once the formal programme had commence. After taking dinner, the new student s orientation and workshop was held in seminar room of the same building.

Moderator of the formal event was Mr. Keshav Thapa, Secretary of SONSIK 13th executive committee, with program chair Mrs. Aarajana Shrestha, President of SONSIK 13th EC. It was matter of luck that we could manage to welcome our founder president and Prof at Kathmandu University Dr. Janardan Lamichhane as chief guest along with alumni of SONSIK as guests. Mr. Jeevan Kumar Ban, vice president representing from region no.2 welcomed the guests and all the attendees. Similarly, Mr. Gyan Raj Koirala from Kwangwoon University, as a representative of old studetnts gave a nice welcome performance reciting a poem to welcome all the new students of spring semester, 2017. Dr. Ramesh Pandey, Assistant Professor from Sun Moon University, gave one hour presentation on the topic Current scenario of Nepali students in Korea: challenges and opportunities followed by demonstration on SONSIK and Its Activities: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE from current president. Figure: Presentations given during the orientation programme

Chief Guest s experience sharing session was the most interesting moment of whole day, since he explained how they could manage their days during early starting time of foreign students in Korea. Quiz, poem, free talk and other activities were conducted as workshop for new students. We believe that this kind of event will make new student more comfortable with each other and will be able to relay diverse knowledge and information based on their own experiences about the research and stay here in Korea. Figures: Photo session with guests and new students

List of New Students (Spring Semester, 2017) S.N Name University 1 Himalaya Ban Ajou University 2 Amrit Kumar Shrestha Ajou University 3 Rajendra Bashyal Chonbuk National University 4 Bipeen Dahal Chonbuk National University 5 Tank Mukhiya Chonbuk National University 6 Saroj Kumar Shrestha Chonbuk National University 7 New Student Chonbuk National University 8 Bimal Bhattrai Chosun University 9 Rohan Yadav Chosun University 10 Jiwan Ghimire Chosun University 11 Rupesh Kandel Inha University 12 Sujan Dhungana Inha University 13 Pooja Maharjan Inje University 14 Bibek Tamang Kangwon National University 15 Sun kumar Gurung Kangwon National University 16 Asmita Banstola Keimyung university 17 Dilliram Lamichhane Korea National University of Transportation 18 Harish Bhandari Kwangwoon University 19 Pradeep Lamichhane Kwangwoon University 20 Ram Hari Paneru Kwangwoon University 21 Bishwo Kwangwoon University 22 Sunil Yadav Kwangwoon University 23 Anup Bhusal Kyungpook National University 24 Anupama Ghimire Kyungpook National University 25 Nikita Basnet Kyungpook National University 26 New Student Kyungpook National University 27 Vijay Panthi Mokpo National University 28 Grishma Bhattarai Pukyong National University 29 Aditi Wagle Pukyong National University 30 Shreekrishna Lamichane Pusan National University 31 Manoj Koirala Sun Moon University 32 Rabindra Mishra Sun Moon University 33 Pushpalata Bashyal Sun Moon University 34 Samir Thapa Sun Moon University 35 Rubin Thapa Sun Moon University 36 Ganesh Dhakal Yeungnam University 37 Punam Thapa Yeungnam University 38 Sadan Dahal Yeungnam University 39 Prakash Chaudhary Yeungnam University 40 Sunil babu Paudel Yeungnam University 41 Tensangmu Lama Tamang Yeungnam University 42 Sailesh Maharjan Yeungnam University 43 Krishna Bahadur Karki Yeungnam University 44 Kishwor Poudel Yeungnam University

Day 2 (April 9, 2017, Sunday) Sports festival There were all together 6 games played, including Basketball, volleyball, football, jokgu, badminton and dodge ball. Tie sheet of the games are given below. Dodge ball and badminton were played in between these games. Figure: photo session before the games started

Summary of Day 2 On the second day, with great enthusiasm, multi sports fest begin early in the morning, without doing any delay on the scheduled time. The major objective of the festival was to provide refreshment and extend friendship among the Nepalese scholars. First game played was jokgu (fuss ball). Just after starting jokgu, volleyball was also played simultaneously. Next to finishing volley ball and fuss ball, lunch was taken. Exactly at 1 pm, after having lunch, football was started on the soccer ground. Simultaneously, dodge ball and badminton was played at badminton court. Finally basketball was played. Up on the playing all the games, trophy, medals, cash prizes was distributed to the winning teams by the guests. The whole program was wrapped up with the thank you message from program co-ordinator Mr Jeevan Kumar Ban and closing remarks by Keshav Thapa and Aarajana Shrestha, SONSIK 13 th EC secretary and president respectively, followed by group photo session. Figure: Trophy, medals at top picture and SONSIK and local organizing committee members at bottom

The following table shows the team who were winner and runner-up of each games Games Winner teams Football Winner Ajou University Runner-up Yeongnam University Volleyball Winner Chonbook University Runner-up Ajou University Basketball Winner Kangwon University Runner-up Yeongnam University Jokgu Winner Sunmoon University team A Runner-up SONSIK team Badminton Winner Sujeeta Karki, Shanti Shah Runner-up Anjli Sharma, Sumangala Darshandhari Dodgeball Winner Region 2 Runner-up Region 1+3 Figure: Basketball Winning team with trophy

List of medals distributed S.N Particular Quantity 1 Football Medal Gold 15 2 Football Medal Silver 15 3 Basketball Medal Gold 8 4 Basketball Medal Silver 8 5 Volleyball Medal Gold 10 6 Volleyball Medal Silver 10 7 Chuggu Medal Gold 5 8 Chuggu Medal Silver 5 9 Badminton Medal Gold 4 10 Badminton Medal Silver 4 11 Best Player 5 12 Token of Love 10 Figure: Winning teams for Football at top and Jokgu at bottom

4 Financial details All other materials required, which are not listed below, were utilized from Sun Moon University on our request. Expenses (Won) SONSIK New Student Orientation (A) Particulars Expense(won) Remarks Dinner (65 people) 185,500 Accommodation (26 people at dorm) 390,000 Accommodation (16 people at motel) 190,000 Transportation (call van) 16,000 (Cash) Sub total 781,500 SONSIK 4th Friendship sports festival (B) Particulars Expense(won) Remarks Medals 300,000 Trophy (Jokgu) 30,000 Cash prize 265,000 Water, Energy drinks, breakfast etc. 199,010 Lunch packs (supported by SMU) 500,000 Lunch packs (not supported by SMU) 147,500 (including veg lunch box) Lucky draw 30,000 For 3 people Banner 21,000 Sub total 1,492,510 Grand Total (A+B) 2,274,010 Cash Prize distribution (Won) Football 80000 First 50000 Second 30000 Volleyball 50000 First 30000 Second 20000 Basketball 50000 First 30000 Second 20000 Jokgu 40000 First 25000

Second 15000 Badminton 15000 First 10000 Second 5000 Dodgeball 30000 First 20000 Second 10000 Total 265000 Sources of funding Particulars Amount(won) Remarks From SMU 500,000 For lunch packs Dr. Rajesh Chandra Joshi 300,000 Shinan Card 500,000 Dr. Devi Basnet 50,000 Registration 405,000 Total 1,755,000 We are thankful to Local Organizing Committee Dr. Dipesh Dhakal Biplav Shrestha Bikas Dangi Manish Pokharel Anaya Pokharel

We are thankful to Sun Moon University Nepali family 1 Ritesh Gurung 2 Sanjeeb Kanth 3 Anjali Sharma 4 Janardhan Lamichane 5 Devi Basnet 6 Ramesh Pandey 7 Dipesh Dhakal 8 Bikash Dangi 9 Biplav Shrestha 10 Govinda Gyawali 11 Bhupendra Joshi 12 Chabi Regmi 13 Schindra Ray 14 Khagendra Tripathi 15 Hemraj Rimal 16 Anaya Pokhrel 17 Sumangala 18 Rubin Thapa Magar 19 Samir Thapa 20 Lata Bashyal 21 Rabindra Mishra 22 Anil Shrestha

5 Annex 1: List of participants SONSIK 4 th Sports Festival Registration (New Student) S.N Name University Remarks 1 Himalaya Ban Ajou University New Student 2 Rajendra Bashyal Chonbuk National University New Student 3 Bipeen Dahal Chonbuk National University New Student 4 Tank Mukhiya Chonbuk National University New Student 5 Saroj Kumar Shrestha Chonbuk National University New Student 6 Student Chonbuk National University New Student 7 Rupesh Kandel Inha University New Student 8 Bibek Tamang Kangwon National University New Student 9 Harish Bhandari Kwangwoon University New Student 10 Ram Hari Paneru Kwangwoon University New Student 11 Bishwo Kwangwoon University New Student 12 Sunil Yadav Kwangwoon University New Student 13 Pradeep Lamichhane Kwangwoon University New Student 14 Manoj Koirala Sun Moon University New Student 15 Rabindra Mishra Sun Moon University New Student 16 Pushpalata Bashyal Sun Moon University New Student 17 Samir Thapa Sun Moon University New Student 18 Rubin Thapa Sun Moon University New Student 19 Sailesh Maharjan Yeungnam University New Student 20 Kishwor Poudel Yeungnam University New Student 21 Ganesh Dhakal Yeungnam University New Student Krishna Bahadur New Student 22 Karki Yeungnam University 23 Hari Prasad Joshi Cha University New Student 24 Asmita Bastola Keimyung University New Student 25 Sonam Jha Keimyung University New Student 26 Puran Chhetri Kwangwoon University 27 Sundar Kunwar Kwangwoon University 28 Gyan Raj Koirala Kwangwoon University 29 Bhagirath Ghimire Kwangwoon University 30 Dr. Govinda Gyawalii Sun Moon University

SONSIK 4 th Sports Festival Registration S.N Name Affiliation 31 Pukar Maharjan Kwangwoon University 40 Ramhari Paneru Kwangwoon University 41 Asmita Gyawali Sookmyung University 42 Govinda Bhattarai Chonbuk National University 43 Jyoti Shrestha Chonbuk National University 44 G.P. Ojha Chonbuk National University 45 Dilep Prajapati Seoul National University 46 Jenish Karnajeet Seoul National University 47 Sofin Shrestha Seoul National University 48 Prabesh Paudel Mokpo National University 49 Prasis Paudel Mokpo National University 50 Satish Pradhan Kookmin University 51 Ravindra Acharya Ajou University 52 Kapil Gurung Ajou University 53 Bikash Ajou University 54 Bheshraj Ajou University 55 Navaraj Ajou University 56 Sanjiv Ajou University 57 Roshan Ajou University 58 Santosh Ajou University 59 Vikash Ajou University 60 Sunil Ajou University 61 Rishav Ajou University 62 Prithiv Ajou University 63 Manoj Ajou University 64 Hanok Ajou University 65 George (BB) Rai Ajou University 66 Min Ajou University 67 Bhojindrai Ajou University 68 Biplav Shrestha Sun Moon University 69 Hem Raj Rimal Sun Moon University 70 Bhupendra Joshi Sun Moon University 71 Prakash Parajuli Sun Moon University

SONSIK 4th Sports Festival Registration S.N Name Affiliation 72 Bikash Bang Sun Moon University 73 Ramesh Pandey Sun Moon University 74 Sanjeev Kanth Sun Moon University 75 Anaya Pokhrel Sun Moon University 76 Rubin Thapa Magar Sun Moon University 78 Santosh Rijal Chonbuk National University 79 Saurabh Bhattarai Chonbuk National University 80 Sher Bahadur Gurung Konju National University 81 Manish Pokhrel Konju National University 82 Dr. Taraman Kadayat DGMIF 83 Manit Yonjan Ajou University 84 Rameshwor Pandit Yeungnam University 85 Sunil Bhurtel Yeungnam University 86 Shankar Raj Devkota Yeungnam University 87 Pawan Dahal Yeungnam University 88 Hikmat Bhaat Yeungnam University 89 Indra Pandey Kyungpook National University 90 Santosh Ghimire Kyungpook National University 91 Deepak Pathak Yeungnam University 92 Rajeev Shrestha Yeungnam University 93 Saraswoti Tiwar Yeungnam University 94 Milan Gautam Yeungnam University 95 Jagdis Gautam Chonbuk National University 96 Dr. Dipesh Dhakal Sun Moon University 97 Shanti Thapa Konju National University 98 Ranjit Shrestha Konju National University 99 Ranju Shrestha Konju National University 100 Ramakant Lamichhane Wonkwang University 101 Tonking Bastola Wonkwang University 102 Sumangala Darshani Sun Moon University

SONSIK 4 th Sports Festival Registration S.N Name Affiliation 103 Anjali Sharma Sun Moon University 104 Bhuwan Bhattarai Chonbuk National University 105 Samir Thapa Sun Moon University 106 Manoj Sun Moon University 107 Reshma Rai Ajou University 108 Padma Karki Ajou University 109 Amrit Shrestha Ajou University 110 Shrinkhala Ajou University 111 Bipeen Dahal Chonbuk National University 112 Kiran GC Ajou University 113 Kabita Adhikari Chonbuk National University 114 Til Bahadur Thapa Magar Yeungnam University 115 Keshav Thapa Kwangwoon University 116 Sushma Thapa Kwangwoon University 117 Karuna Rijal Chonbuk National University 118 Sujita Karki Kyungpook National University 119 Jeevan Kumar Ban Konju National University 120 Vijay Rayamajhi Sun Moon University Dr. Sher Bahadur 121 Rawal Catholic Univeristy of Daegu Prof. Janardhan 122 Lamichhane Kathmandu University Dr. Bodh Babu 123 Bhattarai Lomus pharmaceuticals 124 Dr. Santi Upadhyaya Dankook University 125 Dr. Dilli Ram Bhandari SNU 126 Avay Rijal Kangwon National University 127 Umesh Ghimire Kangwon National University 128 Aarajana Shrestha Yeungnam University

6 Annex 2: Photographs

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