Kathmandu, Dec. 11 -- The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Kathmandu University to transfer the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) secretariat.

The transition of the HUC Secretariat to Kathmandu University marks an important step, realising HUC's long-envisioned role as an independent, regionally rooted, and academically driven consortium, read a release jointly issued by the University, the ICIMOD and the Consortium following a function held at the ICIMOD Headquarters in Kathmandu.

HUC was established in 2007 to bridge the gap in collaboration between universities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and beyond to tackle shared development challenges, particu...