Kategoriarkiv: Bhutan and Sweden

In February 2024, I went on an incredible journey to Bhutan to conduct research for my master’s thesis on solar drying technologies at Lund University Faculty of Engineering. My time there was not only a fantastic learning opportunity but also … Fortsätt läsa →

Ambassador Tshoki Choden was in Stockholm to present her letter of credence to HM the King.  With her were Sangay Needup, Counsellor, Ms. Namgay Choden, Second Secretary and Mr. Kezang Jamtsho, Finance Attaché. The chairman invited them home for a … Fortsätt läsa →

I was thrilled to receive the news of my selection for the exchange student program at Lund University in Sweden, funded by the Erasmus+ project. I applied for a Schengen VISA at the Swedish Embassy in New Delhi and began … Fortsätt läsa →

The exchange between Lund University of Technology, the Department of Energy and Building Design and Jigme Namgyel Engineerin College in Dewathang continues. In June, three master theses were presented by students from Lund who had done their fieldwork in Bhutan. … Fortsätt läsa →

In earliers posts Lars has written about his work as a master trainer in welding at the vocational school in Khuruthang.  Lars invited two colleagues at the school, Deki Sherpa and Leki Tshomo, on a summer trip around Sweden. In … Fortsätt läsa →

The research collaboration between the Uppsala University Child and Baby Lab and Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences continues, among other things with data collection. Four employees from Bhutan came to Uppsala in February to learn to usea psychological test … Fortsätt läsa →

Lars Olsson wrote last year about his experiences as a welding master trainer at vocational schools in Bhutan to train national welding teachers. Despite some frustration and bureaucratic delays, he hasn’t been deterred and has come back for more, and … Fortsätt läsa →

For several years there has been lively cooperation and exchange between Lund University of Technology, the Department of Energy and Building Design and Jigme Namgyal Engineering College (JNEC) in Dewathang and the College of Science and Technology in Phuntsholing. Currently, … Fortsätt läsa →

In June 2023, Venerable Khenpo Kinley visited the School Association and held a lecture and photo show about Bhutan, about the project at Sumtrang Samdrup Choezong in Ura and about Buddhism at the association’s House of Tibet in Enskede. Khenpo … Fortsätt läsa →

A delegation from the society, Soenam Tenzing Jamyangling and Anne-Sophie Ekelund, recently visited Bhutan to follow up on the investments being made in Bhutan. Anne-Sophie Ekelund tells: Sumtrang, Ura – There was a temple here as early as the 12th … Fortsätt läsa →

As a citizen of the last place on earth to get television, life here in Sweden is full of discovery, explorations, and exclamations for me. Even a routine public transport journey to the hospital generates a feeling of awe, admiration … Fortsätt läsa →

Embarking on a unique adventure, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Bhutan in the autumn of 2022 as part of my master’s thesis at LTH. My mission was to test and optimize a solar food dryer while figuring … Fortsätt läsa →

My experience as a Teaching Exchange candidate from Jigme Namgyel Engineering College, Royal University of Bhutan, to LTH, Lund University, was truly remarkable. I was thrilled to be selected for this fantastic opportunity to contribute to the Linnaeus-Palme project and … Fortsätt läsa →

On Easter Monday we arrived at Dewathang (Deothang) in south-eastern Bhutan. The flight via Delhi and Guwahati and a drive through north-east India made one a little sore on arrival. The next day, on Tuesday, we started our teaching at … Fortsätt läsa →

The Erasmus+ exchange between Uppsala University, the Department of Information Technology and the College of Science and Technology in Phuentsholing also continued last autumn. The four new students were also treated to Swedish fika at the well-known Landings café, as … Fortsätt läsa →

Since 2018, assistant professor Lena Andersson at the Department of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Society at Malmö University and assistant professor Purna Bahadur Subba at the Department of STEM education at Samtse College of Education have been leaders of an … Fortsätt läsa →

Until 2020, Bhutan had succeeded in both delaying and preventing a rapid societal spread of Covid-19, and history also showed that their strategy also continued to be successful. A direct consequence of the pandemic, especially in the beginning, was a … Fortsätt läsa →

About 3 years ago I was asked to go to Bhutan to work as a welding teacher by the University of Jönköping. The question came from the association’s chairman Alf Persson through the university. Due to Corona it was quiet … Fortsätt läsa →

The Erasmus+ exchange between Uppsala University, the Department of Information Technology and the College of Science and Technology in Phuentsholing continued last autumn. The four new students were treated to Swedish fika at the well-known Landings patisserie in Uppsala. And … Fortsätt läsa →

Bengt ”Beppe” G. Karlsson, professor of social anthropology in Stockholm, with long-term research and teaching in northeastern India, was in Bhutan on a consulting mission in 2015 . He has not been back yet, but in 2020 during the Covid … Fortsätt läsa →

Johan Westman, formerly at Taktse College of Language and Culture Studies, Samtse College of Education/Lu Rig Music Center and Thimphu is now at the College of Education in Paro, where he teaches music at Heritage Education and Professional Centre. He … Fortsätt läsa →

Our solar drying project, which is financed with Sida’s development research funds, aims to use solar energy to dry crops in an environmentally friendly way. This means, among other things, that the technology must be: easy to use, fit in … Fortsätt läsa →

Bhutan has for many years tried to reform vocational training and encourage young people to apply for these instead of aiming for desk jobs, preferably in administration, more prestigious. The lack of professionals and craftsmen, especially in the construction industry, … Fortsätt läsa →

As researchers, we travel to different countries for conferences and research exchanges without anyone finding it particularly exciting, but when we tell them that we have been to Bhutan, people raise their eyebrows and ask curious questions. In September 2022, … Fortsätt läsa →

Last spring, two teachers from Paro College of Education visited Malmö a planning trip for continued exchange funded by the Linneaus-Palme program. A similar journey in the opposite direction was recently made by university assistant professors Åsa Roosqvist and Cecilia … Fortsätt läsa →