{"id":98,"date":"2024-09-06T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T10:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:35:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text-align: justify;\">Kathmandu University (KU) firmly believes that fostering collaboration between academia and industry is paramount to driving innovation and addressing real-world challenges. To bridge this crucial gap between academia and industry, Academia-Industry Cooperation (AICKU) is established under the office of the Vice-Chancellor of KU. AICKU aims to create close partnerships between academia and industry for knowledge transfer and skill development along with creating employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-align: justify;\">By connecting schools and departments with industry leaders, AICKU serves as a hub for facilitating collaborative initiatives. Presently, AICKU identifies potential industry partners and formalizes these collaboration strategies through MOUs and partnership agreements. Through initiatives like the KU Employment Promotion Program, AICKU also been providing job opportunities to top graduates. With its long-term goal to foster a seamless transition from academia to the workforce, AICKU emerges as a beacon of collaboration, laying the foundation for mutually beneficial relationships between academia, industry and government to shape a prosperous future for Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:460px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png 1080w, https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forge dynamic partnerships between academia and industries to catalyze economic growth and social impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create collaborations between academia, industries, and government for knowledge transfer and skill development, along with creating employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can download the brochure by clicking the following link:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aicku-brochure-1_compressed-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of aicku brochure (1)_compressed.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-92b62389-32a6-4349-9243-2eba6d758bfb\" href=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aicku-brochure-1_compressed-1.pdf\">aicku brochure (1)_compressed<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aicku-brochure-1_compressed-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92b62389-32a6-4349-9243-2eba6d758bfb\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AICKU OPERATIONAL MODEL: GRID MODEL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1024x457.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1024x457.png 1024w, https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image.png 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu University (KU) firmly believes that fostering collaboration between academia and industry is paramount to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About - Academia Industry Cooperation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - Academia Industry Cooperation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kathmandu University (KU) firmly believes that fostering collaboration between academia and industry is paramount to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Academia Industry Cooperation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-28T04:35:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/\",\"name\":\"About - Academia Industry Cooperation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-06T10:48:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-28T04:35:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":810},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/\",\"name\":\"Academia Industry Cooperation\",\"description\":\"Office of the Vice-Chancellor\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Academia Industry Cooperation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ku_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ku_logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":593,\"caption\":\"Academia Industry Cooperation\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About - Academia Industry Cooperation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About - Academia Industry Cooperation","og_description":"Kathmandu University (KU) firmly believes that fostering collaboration between academia and industry is paramount to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/","og_site_name":"Academia Industry Cooperation","article_modified_time":"2025-05-28T04:35:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/","url":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/","name":"About - Academia Industry Cooperation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png","datePublished":"2024-09-06T10:48:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-28T04:35:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/About-edited-1.png","width":1080,"height":810},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/","name":"Academia Industry Cooperation","description":"Office of the Vice-Chancellor","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#organization","name":"Academia Industry Cooperation","url":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ku_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ku_logo.png","width":592,"height":593,"caption":"Academia Industry Cooperation"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aic.ku.edu.np\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}