Kathmandu University

Diwakar Bista

Assistant Professor,

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering

Kathmandu University, P O Box 6250

+97711415100

diwakarbista@ku.edu.np

Bio

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Biography

Diwakar Bista obtained Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kathmandu University in 2005 and Master and Doctorate of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the same university, in 2009 and 2021 respectively. He has served in various academic, research and management positions in Kathmandu University. He is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Associate Director of Technical Training Center, Kathmandu University.

Publication

A. Bista, D. Bista, H. Bhattarai and P. Bhusal, (2023). Constrains of lighting design and installation in complex spaces: A case study of lighting in Nepalese Heritage Sites. IEEE Sustainable Smart Lighting World Conference & Expo (LS18), Mumbai, India, 2023, pp. 1-5
A. Bista, D. Bista, H. Bhattarai and P. Bhusal (2023). Study of the impact of lighting intervention in historic and touristic city of Nepal. IEEE Sustainable Smart Lighting World Conference & Expo (LS18), Mumbai, India, 2023, pp. 1-5
Bista A., Bhusal P., Zissis G., Bhattarai H., and Bista D (2022). User Preference of White Light for Nepalese Heritage site. EEDAL-LS21: International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic & Light Sources. 1-3 Jun 2022 Toulouse, France
Bista D., Bista A., Bhusal P., Zissis G., Topalis V. Frangiskos., and Chhetri B.B. (2022). Analysis and optimisation of lighting arrangement for typical Pagoda architecture of Nepal accounting the effect of light pollution. EEDAL-LS21:International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic & Light Sources. 1-3 Jun 2022 Toulouse, France
N. Khadka, D. Bista, C. Gomes, S. Sharma and B. Adhikary (2022). Distribution Network Impact Assessment with Geometrically Identified Strike Points: An Approach. 36th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Cape Town, South Africa, 2022, pp. 1-6
D. Bista, A. Bista, P. Bhusal, and B. B. Chhetri (2021). Optimum Spectrum of LED lighting for cultural and heritage site: a case study of 15th century world heritage site in Nepal. CIE, 2021: CIE International Commission on Illumination
D. Bista, A. Bista, A. Shrestha, L. Doulos, P. Bhusal, G. Zissis, F. Topalis, B B. Chhetri (2021). Lighting for Cultural and Heritage Site: An Innovative Approach for Lighting in the Distinct Pagoda-Style Architecture of Nepal. Sustainability vol. 13, no. 5: 2720, 2021
O. S. Banjara, D. Bista, A. Bista, and P. Bhusal (2021). Integration of daylight with electric lighting in commercial buildings: a case study from Nepal. CIE, 2021: CIE International Commission on Illumination
M. Prajapati, s. Shrestha, D. Bista (2021). Design and testing of prediction based battery charging techniques for solar home system. RENTECH, pp. 70-75, Dec 2012
N. Khadka, A. Bista, D. Bista, S. Sharma, and B. Adhikary (2021). Direct Lightning Impact Assessment on a Rural Mini-Grid of Nepal. 2021 35th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) and XVI International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA), 2021, vol. 1: IEEE, pp. 1-7
N. Khadka, A. Bista, B. Adhikari, A. Shrestha, and D. Bista (2020). Smart solar photovoltaic panel cleaning system. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2020, vol. 463, no. 1: IOP Publishing, p. 012121
N. Khadka, R. Paudel, B. Adhikary, A. Bista, S. Sharma, and A. Shrestha (2020). Transient Stability in Renewable Energy Penetrated Power Systems: A Review. RESSD 2020 International Conference on Role of Energy for Sustainable Social Development in ‘New Normal’Era, 28-29 December,2020, Kathmandu, Nepal
N. Khadka, A. Bista, B. Adhikari, A. Shrestha, D. Bista, and B. Adhikary (2020). Current Practices of Solar Photovoltaic Panel Cleaning System and Future Prospects of Machine Learning Implementation. IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 135948-135962, 2020.
S. Phuyal, D. Bista, and R. Bista (2020). Challenges, opportunities and future directions of smart manufacturing: a state of art review. Sustainable Futures, vol. 2, p. 100023, 2020
S. Phuyal, R. Bista, J. Izykowski, and D. Bista (2020). Performance Analysis of New SCADA Interface Developed in C# Environment. 2020 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), 2020: IEEE, pp. 1-4
S. Phuyal, D. Bista, J. Izykowski, and R. Bista (2020). Design and implementation of cost efficient SCADA system for industrial automation. International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 15, 2020
A. Bista, N. Khadka, A. Shrestha, and D. Bista (2020). Comparative analysis of different hybrid energy system for sustainable power supply: A case study. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2020, vol. 463, no. 1: IOP Publishing, p. 012045
A. Bista, N. Khadka, A. Shrestha, D. Bista (2020). Importance of Efficient Lighting Control Techniques in Illumination Design: A Review. RESSD 2020 International Conference on Role of Energy for Sustainable Social Development in ‘New Normal’ Era, 27-28 December, 2020, Kathmandu Nepal
Shrestha, R. Kattel, M. Dachhepati, B. Mali, R. Thapa, A. Singh, D. Bista, B. Adhikary, A. Papadakis, R. K. Maskey (2019). Comparative Study of Different Approaches for Islanding Detection of Distributed Generation System. Applied System Innovation, vol. 2, 25, 2019
D. Bista, A. Shrestha, G. Zissis, P. Bhusal, F. V. Topalis, and B. B. Chhetri (2019). Status of Lighting Technologies In Nepal. Light & Engineering Journal, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 4-15 2019
S. Phuyal, J. Izykowski, D. Bista, and R. Bista (2019). Internet of Things in Power Industry: Current Scenario of Nepal. in International Symposium on Current Research in Hydropower Technologies (CRHT’IX), 2019, vol. 9
A. Shrestha, R. Bishwokarma, A. Chapagain, S. Banjara, S. Aryal, B. Mali, R. Thapa, D. Bista, B. Hayes, A. Papadakis, P. Korba (2019). Peer-to-peer energy trading in micro/mini-grids for local energy communities: a review and case study of Nepal. IEEE Access Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 131911-131928, 2019
Chapagai, D.Bista, S. Adhikari (2012). Controller design for smart hybrid power user. RENTECH, pp. 81-86, Dec 2012
N. Rolamo, D.Bista, P. Bhusal, R. Dangol (2012). Study of efficiency and quality of solid state lighting by combination of monochromatic source with phosphor based white light emitting diode. RENTECH, pp. 30-37, Dec 2012
Mandal, S.K.Gupta, D. Bista, S. Basnet (2011). Solar Powered WLEDs Lamp design. International Seminar on Solar Photovoltaic for the Growing Energy Demand, pp. 42-45, Dec 2011
Siwakoti, Y.P.; Chhetri, B.B.; Adhikary, B.; Bista, D (2010). Microcontroller based intelligent DC/DC converter to track Maximum Power Point for solar photovoltaic module. 2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply (CITRES)
Shrestha B., Mandal D. Bista D. (2010). Software Algorithm for Solar Home System and WLED based Illumination Design. PCSD: KU
Y.P. Siwakoti, B. Adhikary, D. Bista, B.B.Chhetri (2010). Modelling and Evaluation of Maximum Power Tracking for Solar Photovoltaic Module using Simulink. National Conference on Renewable Energy 2010(NCRE2010) Tezpur, India
Bista D. (2010). WLED for General Purpose Illumination. National Seminar on Electrical Power Sector Development: KU
Bhusal P., Bista D., Puolakka M., Halonen L. (2010). Fuel based lighting in developing countries and their replacement with LEDs – Case study from Nepal. Proceedings of CIE 2010 “Lighting Quality and Energy Efficiency”, Vienna, Austria, 14-17 March, 2010
Shrestha B., Mandal D., Bista D. and Basnet S. (2010). Software Algorithm for Solar Home System and WLED Based Illumination Design. National Seminar on Power and Communication Sector Development: KU
Karaliūnas M., Vitta P., Žukauskas A., Zahnd A., Bista D., Chhetri B. B., Updhyaya M. R. (2009). Characterization of Nepali Solid-State Lamps. Journal of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. 1.29 (2009)
Bista D., Chhetri B.B., Bhusal P., Eloholma M., Halonen L (2008). Future and Challenges of LED Lighting in Nepal.. Sähkö&Tele (2008)
Bista D., Chhetri B.B. (2008). Characterization of White Light Emitting Diode. Fifth National Conference on Science and Technology: NAST
Bista D. (2008). Development of WLED Based Industry in Nepal. Closing Seminar Asia Link Project ENLIGHTEN: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Eloholma M, Bista D (2007). Sähkoä ja Valoa Nepalin vuoristokyliin. Sähkö&tele (2007)