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Nepal Engineers Association Japan Center (NEA-JC
Year 5 Issue 1
ContentsActivity Report
Research Papers
Congratulatory NotesSeniors Insight
Newsletter
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President: Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey
Vice-President: Er. Maheswor Shrestha
Secretary: Dr. Madhu Sudan Kayastha
Treasurer: Er. Priza Kayestha
Member: Er. Shaphal Subedi
Member: Er. Deepak Raj Bhat
Member: Dr. Kshitij C. Shrestha
N E A J C 6 T H E X C O M
S U B C O M M I T T E E S
Professional Management Committee (PRC):
Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey (Coordinator)
Dr. Netra Prakash Bhandary
Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal
Dr. Tara Nidhi Lohani
Dr. Ved Prasad Kae
Dr. Hari Ram Parajuli
Membership Management Committee (MMC):
Er. Priza Kayestha (Coordinator)
Er. Deepak Raj Bhat
Dr. Rojee Pradhananga
Web Page Management Committee (WPMC):
Er. Maheswor Shrestha (Coordinator)
Dr. Madhu Sudan Kayastha
Er. Tilak Pokharel
Publication Committee (PC):
Dr. Kshitij C. Shrestha (Coordinator)
Er. Priza Kayestha
Er. Kiran Prasad Acharya
Event Management Committee (EMC):
Er. Shaphal Subedi (Coordinator)Er. Deepak Raj Bhat
Dr. Kshitij C. Shrestha
Er. Keshab Sharma
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E D I T O R I A L
NEA-JC, an organization of Nepalese Engineers residing in Japan published its rst Newsletter
in 2007. Since then NEA-JC has been continually publishing Newsletter, the basic aim of which
is to give an update of the recent activity going on inside NEA-JC with insightful research
articles, seniors insight and recognition of achievements of NEA-JC members in Japan.
The publication team, with due support of our EXCOM members, would like to present you with
this rst issue of fth year Newsletter. This issue basically includes the NEA-JC activities for the
period of May-October, 2011, research papers from fellow members and recognition for recent
achievements received by NEA-JC members in dierent elds of engineering. We would like to
emphasize that we have continued the trend set by former EXCOM and have included the
Seniors Insight section, which is ever more interesting and encouraging to read.
The publication team would like to extend sincere gratefulness to all the contributors and
special gratitude to our friend Er. Shanker Dhakal for his suggestions, which was very helpful
while preparing this issue. Our sincere acknowledgement to the president, Dr. Pandey, whose
constant push and constructive suggestions actually made this issue the way it is.
We hope you enjoy reading this issue!
Kshitij C. Shrestha
Priza Kayestha
Kiran Prasad Acharya
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I feel very much pleased to write few words for this issue (Year 5, Issue 1) of
the NEA-JC Newsletter. In simple terms, it is a continuation of a NEA-JC activ-
ity initiated in 2007 and continued in subsequent years. However, in specic
terms, it is a symbol of gradual advancement of NEA-JC activities and eorts
on year-by-year basis. Eight issues of the Newsletter have already been pub-
lished since November 2007. The 1st one consisted of only 4 pages and feat-
M E S S A G E F R O M N E A J C P R E S I D E N T
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ured introduction of NEA-JC executives and briefed the NEA-JC activities. The 3rd one started to recog-
nize achievements of its members by adding Congratulation Notes section in the Newsletter. The 4th
Issue started to publish short research articles as a part of the Newsletter. From the 7th Issue,
Seniors Insight section was included. Based on my own experience as well as of others who were
involved to publish some of the earlier issues of the Newsletter, getting enough number of articles on
time was a bit dicult. To overcome the diculty, with the advice from EXCOM colleagues, the publi-
cation committee of the 6th EXCOM has started to include papers presented in NEA-day event and
NEA-JC symposium as a part of following issue of the Newsletter. With this arrangement and with
increased responsiveness of valued NEA-JC members, I sincerely hope that quality of upcoming issues
of the Newsletter would further be increased.
As all the NEA-JC members are involved in publication activities in one or other ways, you all are aware
that lots of energy and dedication is required to prepare an issue of a Newsletter. I would like to
express my heartfelt thanks to the Publication Committee of the NEA-JC for their hard work to materi-
alize this issue of the Newsletter. I hope that you would nd it useful and provide your feedback.
Thank you.
Vishnu Prasad Pandey (PhD. Eng.)
President, NEA-JC
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Dear NEA Japan Alumni
Warm greetings from Nepal
It gives me immense pleasure to learn that NEA- Japan Center is
coming up with yet another edition of its e- Newsletter. I express my
hearty congratulations to the Executive Committee and to the
personalities working behind it. I would also like to appreciate the
eorts the Committee has been making to establish links among Nep-
alese engineers working in Japan with the other parts of the world.
M E S S A G E F R O M N E A P R E S I D E N T
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This time the engineers chose for the change. And, the voice for the change was heard stronger from
the Centers. As a newly elected President of NEA, I express my full commitment to abide by that
distinct voice. I feel the mandate is also for the unity and for the actions with unity. I know, we have a
long way to go, a lot to perform and a lot to accomplish. There are eorts my predecessors have initi-
ated. We will respect them and will carry forward to accomplish the unnished jobs.
Currently, we have started working with the National Planning Commission to proceed forward with
the establishment of Engineering Sta College in Nepal. We hope to gain some tangible steps on the
way. Very shortly we will come up with programs and action plans for the next two years and for the
long term.
I note the initiatives taken by Japan Center as a very progressive one ever since it was established in
2003. The activities such as organizing symposiums, interactive seminars, publishing by-annual News-
letter and carrying out or help carrying out researches are praise worthy. The Japan Center deserves
special congratulations for this. "Activity keeps you active" is what I have learned from my experience.
And, I am happy to nd that our thoughts match wonderfully.
My best wishes to you all and my warm greetings to you all for the upcoming New Year 2012 which we
all will be welcoming in just one month time from now.
Mahendra B. Gurung
President, Nepal Engineers Association
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Activity Report
NEA Day 2011One day symposium on Utilizing Lessons Learnt from the Study of Japanese Technologies for the
Development of Nepal
17th July, 2011
The University of Tokyo and Kyoto University
To commemorate the establishment of the Nepal
Engineers Association (NEA) 49 years ago, the Event
Management Committee (EMC) of NEA-JC 6th
Executive Committee celebrated the NEA Day by
organizing a one-day symposium on Utilizing
Lessons Learnt from the Study of Japanese
Technologies for the Development of Nepal in
Tokyo and Kyoto on 17 July, 2011. Nepalese (and
non-Nepalese) academics, researchers, experts and
students from various engineering, natural science and
social science disciplines were invited to participate in
the program. Nepalese (and non-Nepalese) academics,
researchers, experts and students from various
engineering, natural science and social science
disciplines presented their papers, and shared their
experiences/views from the perspective of utilizing the
Japanese technologies in infrastructure development
and environmental conservation in Nepal. The
participants of the program were research students,
experts and planners from various engineering,
architecture, agricultural, environmental and social
science field.
1. Tokyo ProgramThe program in Tokyo was organized at Institute of
Industrial Science (IIS) of The University of Tokyo.
The program was conducted in two stages: opening
ceremony and technical papers presentation. Dr.
Vishnu Prasad Pandey (President of NEA-JC 6th
EXCOM) delivered a short welcome and opening
address. Inaugural address was presented by chief
guest Dr. Durga B. Subedi Chhetri (Deputy Chief of
Mission, Embassy of Nepal to Japan). Representatives
from various organizations in Japan (Mr. Rajendra
Parajuli from Non-Residence Nepalese
Association-Japan and Mr. Jiwak Raj Bajracharya
from Nepalese Student Association in Japan)
expressed their best wishes for the success of the
program. Finally, Mr. Shaphal Subedi (Coordinator
EMC of NEA-JC 6th EXCOM) expressed vote of
thanks to all the participants. The opening and
welcome session was conducted by Er. Priza
Kayestha. The program was attended by thirty-five
participants representing eightee
organizations/institutions.
Tokyo Program participants
Technical session started with an inspirational key note
lecture from Prof. Futaba Kazama on topicPotentials
of transferring Japanese experience in water and
environment management for development of Nepal.
Prof. Kazama has been continuously contributing to
dealing with water environment issues in Nepal
especially in Kathmandu. This was followed by
Session I of technical program (chaired by Dr. Ved. P.
Kafle) with presentation from Er. Ramesh Guragain
on Earthquake risk management in Nepal 10 years
back and now: lessons that we can learn from
experiences of recent Japan earthquake. Dr. Hari Ram
Parajuli presented onDisaster mitigation strategies for
Kathmandu world heritage properties and this ended
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Session I followed by lunch break. Session II (chaired
by Dr. Durga B Subedi Chhetri) started with
presentation from Dr. Netra Prakash Bhandary on
Channelizing Nepalese Scholars Expertise for National
Development: Possibilities and Challengesand followed
by a short break. Third and final session (chaired by Dr.
Jhabindra P. Ghimire) consisted of 3 technical
presentations. First Er. Rama Mohan Pokhrel
presented on Study on continuous mapping of
liquefaction potential in sedimentary deposits followed
by Er. Mahendra B. Baniyas presentation on A
numerical simulation of effects of floods in the growth
of Phragmites japonicaon flood plain: a tool for
management of flood plain. The session was
completed with presentation from speaker Er. Tilak
Pokharel with his topic Sloshing analysis of oil-tank
under earthquake excitation based on fault-structure
system. The program was concluded with concluding
remarks by Er. Maheswor Shrestha (Vice-President of
NEA-JC 6th
EXCOM).
2. Kyoto ProgramThe program in Kyoto was organized at Yoshida
Campus of Kyoto University attended by twelve
participants from four different universities. The
program was started with a welcome/opening address
from Er. Kshitij Charan Shrestha (Coordinator of
Organizing Committee in Kyoto). Core part of the
program was divided into two technical sessions. Two
papers were presented in both the sessions. The first
session was chaired by Dr. Badri Bhakta Shrestha and
the second one by Dr. Surendra Tamrakar. First
session started with presentation from Ms. Lata
Shakya on Ownership of Courtyard Space of Patan
Old Residential Area followed by speaker Mr. Giri
Prasad Joshi with his presentation on Cytological
mapping in the Triticeae. Afterwards, second session
involved first presentation from Dr. Badri Bhakta
Shrestha onPotential outburst floods from Tsho Rolpa
Glacial Lake, Nepaland second by Mr. Ishwor Khatri
on Low cost solar materials for the development of
Nepal. Finally, the seminar was formally closed with
concluding remarks from the NEA-JC Secretary, Dr.
Madhusudan Kayastha.
Kyoto Program Participants
Drinks and snacks for the Kyoto program were
sponsored by Er. Kshitij Charan Shrestha whereas that
for the Tokyo program were sponsored by equal
voluntary contribution from Dr. Achyut Sapkota, Dr.
Bhoj Raj Pantha, Dr. Binay Kumar Mishra, Dr.
Jhabindra Ghimire, Dr. Netra Prakash Bhandary, Dr.
Phatta Bahadur Thapa, Dr. Ved Prasad Kafle and Dr.
Vishnu Prasad Pandey.
Participation on 2011 JSCE Annual MeetingInternational Roundtable Meeting
PPP Policy, Guidelines, and Project Implementation
7th September, 2011
Center for Information Technology, Johoku Campus, Ehime University
In invitation from Japan Society of Civil Engineers
(JSCE), NEA-JC decided to participate in the
annual meeting 2011 at Johoku Campus, Ehime
University. Er. Shanker Dhakal represented our
NEA-JC community for the meeting where the
roundtable meeting focused on PPP Policy,
Guidelines, and Project Implementation. Er.
Dhakal did have very fruitful participation with
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better understanding on concept, advantages and
disadvantages of PPP. Er. Dhakal also expressed his
little observation in Nepal on the scenario
of welcoming independent peer-review body for the
approval/evaluation of large-scale and important
projects in Nepal such as the high-rise
(multi-storied) apartment buildings. He really could
learn a great deal on the global experience regarding
PPP, including that of Japan.
Er. Dhakal with JSCE meeting delegates
NEA Election 2011 through e-voting16th September, 2011
Upon the request of Election Committee formed
by Nepal Engineers Association (NEA),
NEA-Japan Center (NEA-JC) conducted the
election for 29th
Executive Council of NEA and
representatives for Nepal Engineering Council
(NEC). The voting was conducted using a
web-based e-voting system (details are available
at http://neajc.org/election2011 ), developed for
NEA-JC by Dr. Ved Prasad Kafle, former
President of NEA-JC and a senior researcher at
the National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo. The
e-voting system was tested and approved by
NEA-JC two years ago. It had been used for
NESAJ (Nepal Students Association in Japan)
election in March this year
(http://nesaj.org/election2011). It is the first time
in the history of NEA that the election was
conducted using an e-voting system. Thanks a lot
to the NEA-Election Committee for allowing
Japan Poling Center to use the e-voting system.
The election was conducted by a team consisting
of Dr. Ved Prasad Kafle (as a polling officer) and
Dr. Madhu Sudan Kayastha (as a member).
Username and password to each eligible voter
were distributed on 12th
September, 2011. The
election was held on 16th September, 2011, from
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Nepal Standard Time, the
same time as held in Nepal. The system was
designed in such a way that the voters can check
his/her votes on the web by using a secret ID
known to the voter only. The result was declared
immediately after voting was completed in all the
voting centers in Nepal. NEA-JC 6
thExecutive Committee would like to
thank Dr. Ved Prasad Kafle and Dr. Madhu Sudan
Kayastha for conducting the election smoothly
and all the NEA-JC members for their
cooperation throughout the voting period. Sincere
thanks are also extended to the NEA Election
Committee for providing the opportunity to
conduct the election.
We, NEAWe, NEAWe, NEAWe, NEA----JC community, would like to continue this participation andJC community, would like to continue this participation andJC community, would like to continue this participation andJC community, would like to continue this participation and
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Membership Management 2011May-October, 2011
The Membership Management Committee (MMC)
was mandated to carry out the tasks related to
membership management including renewal,
upgrading to life membership, processing
applications for new membership, and maintaining
updated status of NEA-JC members list.
Updating NEA-JC member list:
The MMC has been continuously updating the
NEA-JC members list by adding the new NEA
members who came to Japan for study/work and by
removing the members from the list who left Japan
after study/work. The updated list has been regularly
uploaded on NEA-JC web with the support of Web
Page Management Committee (WPMC). As of
October 2011, 8 members have been added in the
NEA-JC members list and 7 members who left
Japan have been removed from the list. The
updated list consists of 70 members.
Encourage NEA-JC members to renew the
membership, to upgrade the general membership
to life membership for eligible members:
As of 31st
October 2011, 16 members renewed their
membership, 4 members upgraded the general
membership to life membership, and 1 member
applied for the new membership. All the requests
are already processed to NEA Head Office in Nepal
and are already approved.
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Research Papers
CONTENTS
Badri Bhakta SHRESTHA, Hajime NAKAGAWA, Kenji KAWAIKE and Hao ZHANG
ANALYSIS OF HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF POTENTIAL OUTBURST FLOODS FROM TSHO ROLPA
GLACIAL LAKE IN THE ROLWALING VALLEY OF NEPAL 10-14
Mahendra Bahadur BANIYA and Takashi ASAEDA
A NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF EFFECTS OF FLOODS IN THE GROWTH OFPHRAGMITES JAPONICAON FLOOD
PLAIN: A TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT OF FLOOD PLAIN .................................15-16
Rama Mohan POKHREL, Jiro KUWANO and Shinya TACHIBANA
STUDY ON CONTINUOUS MAPPING OF LIQUEFACTION POTENTIAL IN SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS ...17-19
Lata SHAKYA
REGIONAL RESOURCES & ITS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN OLD RESIDENTIAL AREA OF PATAN
CITY .20-23
Shanker DHAKAL, Netra Prakash BHANDARY, Ryuichi YATABE, Naoki KINOSHITA
Dhakal-LPR Brake Model: AN INNOVATIVE FRICTION-BRAKE ENERGY DISSIPATING DEVICE TOWARDS
HIGHER CAPACITY DESIGNATION OF A ROCKFALL PROTECTIVE CABLE-NET BARRIER...24-30
Keshab SHARMA
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Congratulatory NotesCongratulations to newly elected 29
thExecutive Council of NEA and representatives for Nepal
Engineering Council (NEC)
29th
Executive Council of NEA
President: Er. Mahendra Bahadur Gurung
Vice-President: Er. Dilip Kumar Jha
Gen. Secretary: Er. Anuradha Sharma Adhikari
Dy. Gen. Secretary: Er. Suraj Lamichhane
Treasurer: Er. Shailita Manandhar Joshi
Member: Er. Bhesh Raj Thapa
Member: Er. Shaligram Parajuli
Member: Er.Binod Bhattarai
Member: Er. Birodh Rijal
Member: Er. Chuda Raj Dhakal
Member: Er. Ishwor Chandra Baniya
Member: Er. Anju Udas
Member: Er. Susan Baidya
Member: Er. Bikash Pokhrel
Member: Er. Rohini Poudel
Representatives for NEC
Er. Shiva Prasad Koirala (Group A)
Dr. Sumitra Amatya Shrestha (Group B)
Dr. Dinesh Kumar Sharma (Group C)
Er. Sunil Risal (Group D)
Dr. Chandika Prasad Bhat (Group E)
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Congratulatory NotesCongratulations on your successful graduation 2011
1. Er. Dhruba Panthi
Degree/University: Master in Engineering/The University of Tokyo
Thesis Title: Innovative Design of SOFC Electrode for Advanced Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell
System
2. Er. Kshitij C. Shrestha
Degree/University: PhD (Engineering)/Kyoto University
Thesis Title: Development of Seismic Retrofitting Techniques for Historical Masonry Structures with
Application of High Performance Materials
3. Er. Netra Prasad Gyawali
Degree/University: PhD (Engineering)/Kyoto University
Thesis Title: Development of Control and Operational Strategies for Wind Power Based Microgrid with
Integrated Energy Storage
4. Er. Rajendra Soti
Degree/University: Master in Engineering/The University of Tokyo
Thesis Title: Seismic Retrofitting of Non-engineered Masonry Houses Using Bamboo-band Mesh
5. Er. Ram Krishna Regmi
Degree/University: PhD (Engineering)/Kyoto University
Thesis Title: Study on Failure of Landslide Dam and Slope
6. Er. Tilak Pokharel
Degree/University: Master in Engineering/The University of Tokyo
Thesis Title: Sloshing Analysis of Oil-Storage Tank Under Earthquake Excitation Considering Fault
Structure System
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Congratulatory Notesarm congratulations to the colleagues on their respective achievements
1. Er. Chandi Subedi
Award for SoftBank Best Employee 2010. It is the first time
this award has been awarded to an engineer as well as a foreigner
and to top it off Er. Subedi has plans to launch a scholarship fund
for poor primary students in his home district Syangja.
2. Er. Deepak Raj Bhat
Excellent Paper and Presentation Award at 13th International Summer
Symposium organized by Japan Society of Civil Engineers in Kyoto
(August 26, 2011). The title of presentation was Residual-state Creep
Test in Modified Torsional Ring Shear Machine: A Method Towards
Landslide Displacement Prediction and the paper was presented under
Soil Mechanics session.
3. Er. Rajendra Soti
Excellent Paper and Presentation Award at 13th International
Summer Symposium organized by Japan Society of Civil
Engineers in Kyoto (August 26, 2011). The title of presentation
was Testing of Masonry House Models Retrofitted by Bamboo
Band Mesh and the paper was presented under Earthquake
Engineering session.
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Congratulatory Notesarm congratulations to the colleagues on their respective achievements
4. Er. Rama Mohan Pokhrel
Excellent Paper and Presentation Award at 13th International Summer
Symposium organized by Japan Society of Civil Engineers in Kyoto
(August 26, 2011). The title of presentation was Geostatical Approach
for Zoning Spatial Variation of Liquefaction Potential in Sedimentary
Deposits and the paper was presented under Environmental
Geotechnics session.
5. Er. Shanker Dhakal
Excellent Paper and Presentation Award at 13th
International Summer Symposium organized by Japan
Society of Civil Engineers in Kyoto (August 26, 2011).
The title of presentation was Performance Evaluation
of an Energy Dissipator in a Rockfall Protective
Cable-net Structure and the paper was presented
under Structural Engineering (1) session.
The whole NEA-JC community is proud of them and would like to
see them drive forward with bright future endeavours
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Seniors InsightInterviewee: Dr. Tara Nidhi Lohani
Brief Introduction
Born and completed school
level education from
Lamjung, and passed I.Sc.
from Morang campus
Biratnagar, I received the
Bachelors Degree (with
Hons.) in Civil Engineering
from Punjab Engineering
College, Chandigarh in 1987. After working 8 years in
Nepal, I joined Asian Institute of Technology in the
field of Geotechnical Engineering and received M.
Eng. in the year 1997. At AIT, I had the honor to
receive the best student award of the batch,
maintaining the trend of so many Nepalese colleagues.
I received the Doctoral Degree in Geotechnical
Engineering in 2000 from Yokohama National
University, Japan. After graduation, I have worked at
University of Tokyo, National Institute for Rural
Engineering, Kobe University and currently,
associated as a research engineer at Geo-Research
Institute.
How long have you been in Japan? Do you stay with
your family here? Why did you choose Japan?
I entered Japan in 1997 for my PhD and you see it is
already 14 years. Yes, I am living here with family.
There are several factors that brought me here. The
most important aspect was to study and feel the
technical excellence of this country, which is still on
the top in Asia. My wish to enter Japan was further
added by the academic excellence and friendliness of
Japanese Professors, whom I met at AIT. Equally
important factor was an easy access to Japanese
Government (MEXT) Scholarship. I recall a moment
at AIT when I chose Japan with MEXT Scholarship
over the PhD position with studentship, offered by a
young professor from UCLA.
Where do you work at present?
I am working at Geo-Research Institute, which
provides consulting services for geotechnical projects
as well as on advanced field and laboratory testing and
carries out research on the management of
geotechnical database, earthquake geotechnics, ground
water flow and environment fields.
Did you work in Nepal before coming to Japan?
Yes, I worked at the Department of Building, Housing
and Urban Development for about 7 years.
Would you please give us some brief idea about the
nature of your current job?
I am with the consulting team of our office working on
slope stability issues and the seismic vulnerability
assessment of geotechnical projects. The job often
needs detailed geophysical explorations, advanced
field testing and laboratory works. Securing
meaningful data from the available databases and
utilizing it in predicting the strong ground motion and
liquefaction scenario is the recent topics of my
research. The other field is 3D geo-modelling by using
a local database, KG-Net in Kansai Region that
includes more than 50,000 borehole information.
Would you tell us something more about the
importance/scope of your research activity?
The occurrence of earthquake and loss of lives and
property has become the everyday news now.
However, until the day, we have no other option
except to face them because there are neither any tool
to forecast the incidence nor to stop the Mother Nature.
It is therefore, very important to understand the
vulnerability associated with our area and be prepared
with proper mitigation methods. My research theme,
earthquake-geotechnics, is to forecast the disaster
scenarios from likely shaking motions by gathering the
maximum information of the soil layers beneath us.
Having a quite high pace of erecting multi-storey
structures and liquefaction example from the past
earthquake record, the importance of similar study in
Kathmandu is quite high. Establishment of subsurface
database and discussions for proper mitigation
measures is the need of hour.
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he other field I worked in the past was devising an
alternative cost-effective design approach for civil
substructures. From my research, I have shown that
even the low-cement content structures reinforced with
geosynthetics can become more shake-resistant than
the costly conventional concrete structures. Nepal
needs a lot of infrastructure and obviously be
cost-effective. I am very much interested to utilize all
these experiences for my country in a near future.
How do you compare the work culture and working
situation in Nepal and Japan?
There are a lot differences. Talking on the working
culture, workaholic nature of Japanese people is
well-known worldwide. We can find people working
10-12 hours a day within our own circles. People are
honest to the job. I havent seen anyone flipping the
pages of newspaper and talking on stray subjects
during office hours. On the other hand, with a few
exceptions of hard-working fellows, general scenario
in Nepal is not so much optimistic. Almost all of our
officers have sufficient time to read all available
newspapers and talk on the politics within office hour.
As Nepalese are showing excellent performance in
both academic and professional fields both nationally
and internationally, individual capability may not be
the likely reason. Personally, I believe that it is because
of the system which do not treat all equally (those with
links with the people in power escape from
punishments) and which do not properly account for
performance, responsibility and reward/punishments
aspects.
The other aspect in working culture is basic thinking of
service holders over the public. Staffs in public offices
in Japan highly respect the ordinary peoples visiting
them. However, although Civil Servant name is
given to the public job holders in Nepal, the dealing is
just opposite.
Regarding working conditions, I wish that all of our
technical offices down to the district level be equipped
with library stocks of latest journals/papers/books
dealing with state-of-art technology that is readily
accessible in Japanese environment.
Would you please share some of your memorable
moments in your professional career with us?
I was once a part of local level Nepal-India border talk
team led by Chief District Officer of Nawalparasi. As
missing or relocated border pillars had become the
regular news then, I was quite excited that I would
soon be there to get the things done. However, when
we had meeting after a long drive of 4-5 hours, I found
that that was just the starting. The first task went to
joint India-Nepal survey team. I dont know when the
second or third task started! For me, although quite
interested to work on those so-much talked pillars, it
was never materialized. I could understand well that in
real world, things do not move so smoothly as ideally
expected, especially when the other side is stronger. I
think it is also relevant in the individual level.
How do you see the role of engineers in Nepals
development?
There is no doubt that engineers should play a vital
and leading role in guiding the country. Nepal is still
short of road links, water supply, electricity and so on.
Who can deal with all these? Obviously, we engineers.
NEA is a common platform, therefore NEA Head
Office shall take the lead to accommodate all
engineers so that all get opportunity to work for the
country. NEA homepage says that there are more than
12000 Engineers affiliated to this organization. Isnt it
amazing even to imagine these 12000 heads, with full
of knowledge and technical skills, ready to work for
the development of Nepal? However, this big power is
now disintegrated in the name of politics, as can be
seen during NEA executive elections. I believe that
professionalism will prevail over politics in a very near
future. One of the reasons for my optimism is the
results in NEA election itself, where the voters did not
show blind support to any particular political group.
What message do you want to convey to aspiring
young engineers entering Japan for higher studies or
for research career?
The study environment is quite good and various
scholarships are available in Japan. Besides, there are
opportunities of studying the most advanced,
state-of-the-art and excellent technologies in various
fields. It is upon us to cash this opportunity and study
the most relevant field of our interest that can also be
applicable in Nepal.
Final words: Lets work together for No Politics in NEA
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Kshitij C. Shrestha, Email: [email protected]
Er. Priza Kayestha, Email: [email protected]
Er. Kiran Prasad Acharya, Email: [email protected]
NEA-JC Secretariat, Email: [email protected]