Kathmandu, Jan. 9: A gathering of former students of Ascol Campus, the premier science college in the country and also students who stayed in its hostel, has decided to organise a Ascol Students Almuni Association. A 13 member executive committee has been formed under the convenorship of former student of the college Narayan Shrestha. The other members of the Almuni Association are Pradhipman Shrestha, Bhupendra Bahadur Thapa, Pranti Serchan, Dharnidhar Khatiwada, Dr. Damber Bahadur Nepal, Kamal Thapa, C.P. Mainali, Jhalanath Khanal, Tara Baral, Satyanarayan Rajbhandari and Nirmal Shrestha.

Earlier, a huge gathering of former students had been organised at the initiative of Narayan Shrestha and all the former students, many of them who had studied in Ascol Campus in the 1960s, had agreed to make efforts to improve the physical facilities both at the hostel and also in the campus. Some of the areas they have focused on are drinking water supply at the hostel, cleaning up of the campus area and also the physical maintenance of the whole campus.

A major role in organising the gathering and also in developing the physical infrastructure of the campus was made through the efforts of Narayan Shrestha who hails form Sankhuwasava district, but who now lives in Boulder of USA. He was inspired to raise funds for the campus when he saw its poor sate while on a visit to Kathmandu some months back. Even at that time he organised a meeting of ex-students and pledged to work for the development of Ascol. Shrestha has already contributed Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 1,25,000 for the physical maintenance of the campus. Other former students have also pledged to give monetary help in this effort.