Ethnography Writing Award Ceremony Concludes Successfully

The Open Institute for Social Sciences has distributed the ‘Ethnography Writing Award.’ This competition was organized to promote quality and scientific research in the field of social sciences, recognizing outstanding works selected from authors nationwide. In the competition, Shristha Bisht’s article titled “The Daily Life World of Out-of-School Children in Urban Informal Settlements” secured first place, winning a cash prize of NPR 100,000.

Similarly, Chiring Cholmo Gurung’s “The Door That Phoolmaya Never Opened” achieved second place, and Yukta Sunuwar’s “Flourishing Within the Dissection of Compassion” took third place; both received NPR 25,000 each. Considering the substantial outflow of currency as hundreds of Nepali students seek higher education and opportunities abroad annually, the institute has been conducting internationally recognized academic programs within Nepal for the past seven years.

The institute stated that it has initiated this new ethnography writing competition to further strengthen these efforts. At the event, chief speaker Dr. Muktasing Lama remarked that such awards create new debates and a flourishing research environment in the field of social sciences.