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About
About ABAN
Over the past four decades the British government has funded studies in Great Britain for Nepali students and scholars under schemes administered through the British Council and recently some limited annual sponsor through Chevening scholarship. These schemes have covered many fields important for the development of Nepal. In recent years, an increasing number of Nepali students are studying in Britain on private funding.
An association of the British alumni covering the whole range of specialization is provide a forum for building on these studies as well as increasing educational and cultural relationships between Nepal and Britain. The Association of British Alumni in Nepal (ABAN) is registered in the Chief District Officer’s office Kathmandu on February 4, 1998 under registration number 547/05/55 as an autonomous non-government organization. The registered office of this Association is located at the British Council, Lazimpat, and functionally now at Dillibazar Height Kathmandu, Nepal.
Objectives
The Association has the following objectives:
How will the Objectives be achieved?
Fellowship activities between members
Arrange professional/ educational gatherings and debate on the topics of national and international interest
Publish newsletters, magazines, directory in order to keep the members informed about ABAN activities
Organize exchange visits between Alumni members and relevant specialists from the UK,
Organize academic discourse on topics related to Nepal and any other cultural and social activities,
Ensure creative use of resources obtained from different agencies.
Ensure creative use of resources obtained from different agencies.
Funding
The Association will raise funds through membership fees, donations, advertisement in directory, magazines etc. grants from sponsors and other fund raising activities.
Such fund will be used for:
- Administration of the Association
- Organize, seminar, workshops, exhibition, social gatherings
- Publish newsletter, magazine, directory
- Any other purpose as decided by the Executive Committee in the interest of the Association.
Honorary Member
Any person who has donated cash or equivalent worth more than Rs.100,000/-(Rupees one hundred thousand) to ABAN or any person who has made a special contribution to the Association can be recognized as Honorary Member by the decision of the Executive Committee.
Associate Member: Non-voting (Associate Member can become life member but cannot hold office)
General Body & Executive Committee
The general body, which is the highest authority, includes all the members of the Association and will elect 13 members Executive Committee body, including the following for a term of two years:
- 1 President
- 1 General Secretary
- 1 Treasurer
- 1 Treasurer
- 1 Treasurer
Executive Committee is responsible to the general body, and will meet at least six times a year.
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The general body meeting or annual general meeting will be conducted once a year on the date and place decided by the Executive Committee. An emergency meeting of the general body can be arranges at any time if required by the Executive Committee or on request by one third of the members of the Association in writing.
The regular annual meeting of the general body is arranged with at least 21 days prior notice to the members. For an emergency meeting a notice of only 7 days is required.
One third of the total membership will constitute a quorum for the Annual General Meeting.
Membership Types
Any person who has studied in Britain for academic studies or vocational training for 12 weeks or more will be eligible for membership of the Association.
Membership fees for 2016 are as follows:
Life Membership: Rs.5,000/-
