The kick off meeting among all partner institutions - KU, INN and NTNC- was held on 7-8 May, 2019 at Kathmandu University. KU was represented by  Prof. Kanhaiya Jha, Dean of School of Science, KU; Prof. Bibhuti Ranjan Jha, Project Coordinator from KU; Dr. Smriti Gurung, Prof. Bed Mani Dahal and Mr. Sandeep Shrestha; the INN was represented by Prof. Morten Odden, Project Principal Investigator; Dr. Olivier  Devenaux and Prof. Barbara Zimmermann.. while the NTNC was represented by Dr. Madhu Chhetri, Project Coordinator from NTNC; Dr. Naresh Subedi and Dr. Chiranjeevi Pokharel. The partners discussed the modality of the project and decided to sign a MoU between all the partners for smooth running of the project.