Stay in contact
This blog allows the CNRD PhD and MSc scholarship holders to keep in contact with each other. As you are located in different parts of the world this tool will allow you to inform your colleagues about your progress, your fieldwork – or just about how you are. Meanwhile CNRD has more than 45 current or former scholarship holders, a big group that hopefully is the nucleus for a strong alumni network – and also part of your future network!
For us, your coordinators in Cologne it would be very interesting, too, to get an insight into your ongoing research, your efforts, thoughts and challenges. Looking forward to read from you, yours, Udo and Simone!
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gerald
October 30th 2011
Dear Yosi, it has ben some time as I have been quit busy. Yes I went to India in between and have met many persons. Thanks for thinking of me with your friends reseach, but the Bagmati is not directly involved in my research. Anyway, I will be flying back to Germany in a week and do my analysis and writing part. Have you been doing fine in Kathmandu? If you still happen to need any good advice or have questions I will try to help you. I wish you all the best, Gerry
yosi
September 22nd 2011
hi guys, nice to see here... hope that we can use this blog well and change information. I think that it will nice, if I can get story from you all. #hi riswan: how are you in Cologne? #hi gerald: are you still staying here? I forget in what time u will move to India :p. # hi carmelo : nice to see u here :). I'm Indonesian student, but in this time I join class in Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.
yosi
September 22nd 2011
hi all... very glad to see here and hope that it can make us stay in contact... #hi riswan: how are you in Cologne? #hi gerald: are u still here (Kathmandu)? I forget in what time you will go to India? actually, in Tribhuvan, there is a student who want to do a research about flood in Kathmandu Valley (Baghmati sub watershed I think), and she talk to me, that the river has downstream with Koshi River (the river which is your research topic). Someday, I give information to her about your research I think. Can I? #hi Carmelo: nice to see you here. I am Indonesian student, and now I'm in Kathmandu for join the class in Tribhuvan University...
gerald
September 20th 2011
Daer Carmelo and Riswan, nice reading from you, it is good to see there is some live starting in here. I wish you all the best for your research Carmelo and hope you manage your time and resources well. I am currently having interviews with several experts, yes, and there are also former ministers among these people. I have also met some friends of the Indonesian group in the last which was a very pleasant experience. I hope to be able to see Indonesia myself sometimes soon - there is a lot to do regarding flooding as far as I heard... Anyway, wish you all the best from Kathmandu, Gerry
Carmelo
September 12th 2011
Hey guys, it's a pleasure to share with you on this blog My name is Carmelo from Bolivia, and I’m studying a masters degree in environmental sciences at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and now doing a study stay here in Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal Fluminense) thanks to the CNRD program. I'll be here until December working on my thesis topic that is about land use changes in the region of the Amazon. I’m also taking classes about geotecnologies that help me to develop my research. Regarding academic activities, the experiences that I liked is the joint work being done in the Laboratory of Geography and Physical (LAGEF) coordinated by (Dr. Guilherme Fernandez), turning this space into a dynamic work area where knowledge is transmitted between different researchers and students making it quicker and easier develop research On the other hand, it feels nice to learn other languages such as Portuguese. Although at first it was hard to speak the language, I hope that by the end of the stay can finish well expressed in this language. I can’t complain, the city is also very nice, and then the combination study, thesis work and everyday life are combined in a good way to develop a good stay in the UFF. Now, I know others student on the CNRD like Novi from Indonesia and Joab from México. I hope that they can interchange expediencies with us soon. Well my friends keep in touch Best regards Carmelo
Carmelo
September 12th 2011
Hey guys, it's a pleasure to share with you on this blog My name is Carmelo from Bolivia, and I’m studying a masters degree in environmental sciences at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and now doing a study stay here in Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal Fluminense) thanks to the CNRD program. I'll be here until December working on my thesis topic that is about land use changes in the region of the Amazon. I’m also taking classes about geotecnologies that help me to develop my research. Regarding academic activities, the experiences that I liked is the joint work being done in the Laboratory of Geography and Physical (LAGEF) coordinated by (Dr. Guilherme Fernandez), turning this space into a dynamic work area where knowledge is transmitted between different researchers and students making it quicker and easier develop research On the other hand, it feels nice to learn other languages such as Portuguese. Although at first it was hard to speak the language, I hope that by the end of the stay can finish well expressed in this language. I can’t complain, the city is also very nice, and then the combination study, thesis work and everyday life are combined in a good way to develop a good stay in the UFF. Now, I know others student on the CNRD like Novi from Indonesia and Joab from México. I hope that they can interchange expediencies with us soon. Well my friends keep in touch Best regards
riswan
August 21st 2011
how do you do gerald? I am riswan. born and live in Indonesia. nice to read your first comment. Hope you enjoy your master thesis as well. Will you meet local government of transboundary region? Wow!! oh ya on september 1 and 9, you will meet my colleagues in Nepal. the first one, yosi, a woman, will come for course, next group will come for conference, there will be mr. marfai (my bos), sakti (very gis man...), widhi (narzies man), taufik (best diver), kusuma (forest woman), and hanafi (very Remote sensing man). say hi for them from me.. hahaha..
gerald
August 15th 2011
So, lets put some life to this place... Hi all, I'm Gerald Wahl, studying and living in Cologne, the German branch of CNRD. Currently I'm on field research for my Master thesis at the Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal, where I am now for two weeks and can give some first insights into "living and working abroad". As the communication with my local supervisor before my arrival here was rather scarce I did only have a rough Idea about the research I would conduct here. Luckily this has changed now and after some discussions with my Professor I found a theme I can follow here. In short: I plan to develop an incentive based mechanism for transboundary flood management through reservoir operation of the planned Kosi High Dam, in which the downstream riparians give "compensation" for the outputs "lost" (e.g. less hydrowpower production or water for irrigation) through managing the dam for optimal flood protection downstream. So until now I work mostly in the University doing literature research, which will soon be supplemented by interviews with Nepalese and Indian experts on the subjct and a model developed by fellow local students working in the same "area". Live in Kathmandu is quite pleasant until today. Surrounded by low mountain reaches and buzzing with south Asian live the city and its surroundings offer a variety of experiences and adventures. Although the Monsoon Rains, a bit chaotic traffic and some rather dirty streets can be disturbing, it is OK when you just accept how it is and "go with the flow". Well, so much for now. A short, rather surficial, first view on my live around here. I hope to read something from you guys and how you fare around the world. And if you have questions to Kathmandu and around - I'm there. See you, Gerry