NAST was established to take responsibility for development and promotion of science and technology in 1982 consisting of 24 academicians and 150 employee at present.
NAST itself is a research institution and also it supports academic activities in Nepal by providing a scholarship and research funds, implementing collaboration and academic evaluation, advising on governmental policy, assisting foundation of research institutions both financially and technically and so on.
Interaction between NIMS and NAST started by a visit of the president of the Nepal Chemical Society (a professor of Tribhuvan University) in 2010 and NIMS has received 6 Nepalese researchers so far.
With this agreement, the interaction between the two institutions, such as student and post-doc dispatch, is expected to be enhanced.
