KATHMANDU: A delegation of Nepali astrologers, leaving for Thailand to participate in the 12th Asian Astrologers Conference, also has an agenda — promoting Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 — in their bag.
At a press meet organised today by Nepal Astro-Council, it was informed that besides their institutional agendas, the Nepali delegates would request delegates from other countries to visit Nepal. They are also going to request for an opportunity to organise International Astrologers Conference in Nepal in 2011.
The 12th Conference of Asian Astrologers will be held in Bangkok from 26 to 27 August. A delegation of 18 Nepali Astrologers, led by Astro-Council Nepal’s chairman Dr Lokraj Paudel is leaving for Bangkok on Monday.
The Asian Astrologers Conference is being organised by the Asian Astrologers Congress which is now chaired by renowned Indian astrologer Dr Ramkrishna Shastri and Astro-Council Nepal’s chairman Dr Paudel is vice chairman of the Congress. Nepali delegates will propose a code of conduct for astrologers at the conference. In their 11-point proposal, they have emphasized government recognition of astrology as a profession and have also floated the proposal to keep astrology free of
