On December 15, 2020, Kathmandu University and Wuhan University (China) jointly launched the “Hydropower Research Center for Himalayan Region (HRCHR)”. The ceremony was conducted in a combination of online and offline methods.
Kathmandu University and Wuhan University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 22, 2017, and a Letter of Agreement (LOA) for establishing the HRCHR has been signed on 29 September 2020.