{"id":16895,"date":"2026-05-13T15:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:01:16","slug":"two-youths-build-a-mig-29-model-using-local-resources-russian-house-offers-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu \u2013 An inspiring example of youth engineering initiative was witnessed at the Russian House in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Two talented students from KMC College, Babgazar \u2014 Pankaj Kumar Gupta and Pratik Chaudhary \u2014 presented a radio-controlled model aircraft styled after the legendary MiG-29 fighter jet to the Director of the Russian House, Anastasia Khokhlova.<\/p>\n<p>The MiG-29 model, designed to resemble the real fighter, can reach speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour. This marks the first successful flight test of its kind in Nepal. The young aviation enthusiasts, who recently completed their Grade 12 education, aim to inspire Nepali youth towards technical creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Pankaj said, &#8220;Many ask what can be created using only local Nepali resources. I reply \u2014 this MiG-29 model. Nothing is impossible; it was assembled from materials available right here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the students detailed their development process, long-term plans in aerospace engineering, and requested support for further refining the project and promoting STEM education based on local resources.<\/p>\n<p>Russian House Director Khokhlova praised their initiative and informed the students about Russian government scholarships for continuing higher studies in aerospace and related fields, highlighting this as a key opportunity for their professional growth abroad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu \u2013 An inspiring example of youth engineering initiative was witnessed at the Russian House in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Two talented students from KMC College, Babgazar \u2014 Pankaj Kumar Gupta and Pratik Chaudhary \u2014 presented a radio-controlled model aircraft styled after the legendary MiG-29 fighter jet to the Director of the Russian House, Anastasia Khokhlova. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship - Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kathmandu \u2013 An inspiring example of youth engineering initiative was witnessed at the Russian House in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Two talented students from KMC College, Babgazar \u2014 Pankaj Kumar Gupta and Pratik Chaudhary \u2014 presented a radio-controlled model aircraft styled after the legendary MiG-29 fighter jet to the Director of the Russian House, Anastasia Khokhlova. &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-13T10:01:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1003\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dragon Media\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb\"},\"headline\":\"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T10:01:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Asia\",\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895\",\"name\":\"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship - Dragon Media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T10:01:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1003},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=16895#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\",\"description\":\"committed to true &amp; factual news.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3.png\",\"width\":511,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=61560346806474\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb\",\"name\":\"Dragon Media\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Dragon Media\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship - Dragon Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship - Dragon Media","og_description":"Kathmandu \u2013 An inspiring example of youth engineering initiative was witnessed at the Russian House in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Two talented students from KMC College, Babgazar \u2014 Pankaj Kumar Gupta and Pratik Chaudhary \u2014 presented a radio-controlled model aircraft styled after the legendary MiG-29 fighter jet to the Director of the Russian House, Anastasia Khokhlova. &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895","og_site_name":"Dragon Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474","article_published_time":"2026-05-13T10:01:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1003,"url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dragon Media","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dragon Media"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895"},"author":{"name":"Dragon Media","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/person\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb"},"headline":"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship","datePublished":"2026-05-13T10:01:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895"},"wordCount":207,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg","articleSection":["Asia","News","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895","name":"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship - Dragon Media","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-05-13T10:01:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-13-at-15.28.00.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1003},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=16895#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two Youths Build a MiG-29 Model Using Local Resources, Russian House Offers Scholarship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/","name":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e","description":"committed to true &amp; factual news.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization","name":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3.png","width":511,"height":113,"caption":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/person\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb","name":"Dragon Media","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","caption":"Dragon Media"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np"],"url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?author=4"}]}},"views":5,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16897,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16895\/revisions\/16897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}