Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus

Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus (Nepali: त्रि-चन्द्र बहुमुखी क्याम्पस) is a constituent campus of Tribhuvan University located in Ghantaghar, Kathmandu. Founded in 1918 by Chandra Shumsher, it is the oldest institute of higher learning in Nepal.

Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus

त्रि-चन्द्र बहुमुखी क्याम्पस
Former name	Tribhuvan Chandra Intermediate Campus
Type	Public
Established	1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Parent institution	Tribhuvan University
Principal	Sunil Adhikari
Location	Ghantaghar, Kathmandu , Bagmati , Nepal
Language	Nepali, English
Website	trichandracampus.edu.np

Etymology

The current name Tri-Chandra is a truncated combination of two words: Tribhuvan for Mahārājādhirāja Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah and Chandra for Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher. The college was originally named Tribhuvan Chandra Intermediate Campus but later renamed and shortened to its current name.^[1]

King Tribhuvan of Nepal

Chandra Shumsher Prime Minister of Nepal (1901–1929), founder of the college

History

Nepal's first institution of higher education, Tri-Chandra College, was established in 1918 by Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. The college introduced science at the Intermediate level a year later, marking the genesis of formal science education in the country. In 1924, it became a full four year institution with an enrollment of just 30.^[2] However, up until the advent of democracy in 1951, the college was not accessible to the general public, but only to a handful of "noble" members of Rana regime. The main purpose of imparting science at that time was to prepare the students for further studies in technical subjects, such as medicine, engineering, agriculture, forestry, etc., in India. The science teaching at Tri-Chandra was upgraded to the Bachelor level (BSc) in 1945. Tri-Chandra was originally affiliated to the University of Calcutta, then to Patna University before finally being constituted into Tribhuvan University since 1959.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Dayananda Bajracharya
• Gagan Thapa
• Girija Prasad Koirala
• Kanak Mani Dixit
• Kul Gautam
• Laxmi Prasad Devkota
• Nabindra Raj Joshi
• Narayan Gopal
• Ram Raj Pant
• Rishikesh Shaha

See also

• List of universities and colleges in Nepal

References

1. "The official website of Tri-Chandra College". trichandracollege.edu.np. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016. Chandra Shumsher, the Rana Prime Minister, established Tribhuvan Chandra Intermediate College now named as Tri-Chandra College in 1918.
2. Harris, George Lawrence (1973). Area Handbook for Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim. U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. Dayananda Bajracharya; Dinesh Raj Bhuju; Jiba Raj Pokhrel (2006). "Science, Research and Technology in Nepal" (PDF). unesco.org. UNESCO. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 18 October 2016.