Based on a Memorandum of Understanding with Tribhuvan University (T.U.) the Kathmandu Office was founded in 1987. Since that time the Office cooperates with partners in the region of research. Close institutional links exist with the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), which include jointly organised talk progammes of renowned scholars. Another partner is the Social Science Baha (SSB), who now publishes the “European Bulletin of Himalayan Research” (EBHR). Since 2004 the Office is located within the GTZ compound (Neer Bhavan) at Sanepa, in the neighbourhood of a few other German institutions (GTZ, DED, KfW). It hosts a small library open to local and international visiting scholars.

Principal activities

• communication and joint programs with local and regional academic institutions
• gathering of local and regional literature in local, Nepali and English language
• support, guidance and counseling for students and researchers from Germany and Nepal