11/10/2026

Falling Walls Lab Kathmandu 2025 - Concluded successfully!

The DAAD Regional Office New Delhi and the Kathmandu University successfully conducted the Falling Walls Lab in Kathmandu, Nepal on 8 May 2025. The winner, Mitesh Shrestha, will participate in the Falling Walls Lab finale on 8 November 2025 in Berlin.

The second edition of the Falling Walls Lab in Nepal was organised by the DAAD and Kathmandu University. 13 finalists contested and presented their pitches in front of a jury.

And the winners of Falling Walls Lab 2025 were

Winner
Mitesh Shrestha, Tribhuvan University
Breaking the Wall of Synthetic Fertilizers and Pesticides

Winner in 2nd Place
Monima Karmacharya, Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB)
Breaking the Wall of Dairy Wastewater

Winner in 3rd Place
Prince Chaudhary, National College, Kathmandu University
Breaking the Wall of Youth Disengagement and inactive Democracy: Speakup Nepal

Audience Choice Winner
Shristi Bhattarai, Kathmandu University
Breaking the Wall of Superbugs

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