Change in the Leadership Team
Since the inception of National School of Sciences (NSS), Dr. Madhav Prasad Baral has been overseeing the functioning and operation of all activities as the Founder Principal. Under his leadership, NSS has come a long way since the beginning, and as of now NIST Foundation operates nine different academic institutions under its umbrella, delivering programmes from High school to Bachelors to Masters degree.
From this Academic Session, the Governing Board of NSS has appointed Dr. Rajeev Chhetri as Principal and also Director of Academics for NIST Foundation. Dr. Baral will be functioning as the Chairman of the NIST Foundation and supervise over the overall operations of the constituent institutions including the NSS.
Dr. Rajeev was previously associated at the start of his career with NSS from May 1998 to March 2007 as Programme Coordinator for Science stream. He has assumed the office at NSS as Principal from May 14, 2020. Prior to joining NSS, he was working as the Principal at Kathmandu World School. Dr. Chhetri brings along a long?standing experience of over two decades as an academician and academic administrator in reputed educational institutions of the Kathmandu Valley.
Similarly, Dr. Rajendra K. Ghising has been designated as Executive Director of NIST Foundation. The National School of Sciences is one of the constituents of NIST Foundation. He also serves on the Governing Body of the National School of Sciences, and has been associated with the NIST Foundation since March 2020. Dr. Ghising has a wealth of experience in the management and administration of academic institutions.