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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

NEA-JC Newsletter, Year 5, Issue 1

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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-

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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.

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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


Thesis Title: Development of Control and Operational Strategies for Wind Power Based Microgrid with

Integrated Energy Storage

4. Er. Rajendra Soti


Thesis Title: Seismic Retrofitting of Non-engineered Masonry Houses Using Bamboo-band Mesh

5. Er. Ram Krishna Regmi


Thesis Title: Study on Failure of Landslide Dam and Slope

6. Er. Tilak Pokharel


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

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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

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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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Dr. Kshitij C. Shrestha, Email: [email protected]

Er. Priza Kayestha, Email: [email protected]

Er. Kiran Prasad Acharya, Email: [email protected]

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