About BCVSPIN

BCVSPIN (an acronym denoting Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and Nepal) program was initiated in 1989 by Professors Abdus Salam, Jogesh Pati, Yu Lu, and Qaisar Shafi with the goal of providing a platform for scientists in the South/Southeast Asia region to learn about exciting developments in particle/astroparticle physics and cosmology from leading experts. Previous editions, traditionally funded by ICTP, took place in Nepal (1989, 1990, 1994-97), India (1992), China (2007, 2009, 2013), Vietnam (2011), and Mexico (2014). The most recent edition was organized at Kathmandu University (Nepal) in 2023 and was attended by 70 participants.

Future Plans

In the past decade, countries in this region have shown great interest and initiative in developing research programs in high-energy physics. China and India are involved in several leading experiments; Pakistan (2015) and India (2017) are now associate members of CERN; Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka have also recently signed International Co-operation Agreements with CERN. In this context, regional in-person events such as BCVSPIN are crucial to sustain this development and enthusiasm at the grassroots level, bring the scientific communities in these countries together and offer networking opportunities. Moreover, it provides world-class training to prepare the current generation of graduate students and young scientists to ensure the long-term development of high-energy physics programs in the region. The proposed BCVSPIN initiative is part of a larger effort to make this regional event a regular fixture in the future, and it has already received broad enthusiastic endorsement from the local and international physics community.

Organizing Committee

Bibhushan Shakya (DESY, Germany)
Qaisar Shafi (University of Delaware, USA)
Digesh Raut (St. Mary's College of Maryland; USA)
Anil Thapa (Colorado State University, USA)
Nausheen Shah (Wayne State University, USA)
Nobuchika Okada (University of Alabama, USA)
Mu-Chun Chen (University of California Irvine, USA)
Suyog Shrestha (Washington College, USA)
Anish Ghoshal (University of Warsaw, Poland)

Local Organizing Committee

Raju Khanal (Tribhuvan University)
Rajendra Adhikari (Kathmandu University)
Niraj Dhital (Tribhuvan University)
Ujjwal Man Joshi (Kathmandu University)
Om Prakash Niraula (Tribhuvan University)
Deepak Prasad Subedi (Kathmandu University)
Dipendra Hamal (Kathmandu University)

Masterclass Coordinators

Santosh Parajuli (University of Illinois UC)
Prajita Bhattarai (SLAC)
Roshan Joshi (Ohio State University)
Susan Bataju (Southern Methodist University)

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