Binaya K.C.

KU-staff
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Chobhar-6, Kirtipur, Kathmandu
9841382935
binaya.kc@ku.edu.np
Research
Honors and Awards
Other Position
Publication
Honors and Awards

I am awarded "Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for Research Excellence (International)" from the University of Nottingham for my PhD study

I received nine months PhD fellowship from ICIMOD to conduct my field-based research work in Nepal.

I received "Nepal Bidhya Bhusan 'Kha'" from the President of Nepal on National Educational day for securing the highest rank in Maser program

Research

Indoor air pollution,exposure monitoring from different polluant sources, Improve cook stove, Health effect of air pollution

Other Position

Head of Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Publication
  • poojitha Rajasekar, Robert J. Hall, Binaya KC, Oarth S. Mahapatra, Siva P. Pippala, Dhruma Thakker, Hulia L. MacIsaac, David Lin, Michael Kobor, Charlotte E. Bolton, Ian Sayers, Ian P. Hall, Rachel L. Clifford (2023). Nepalese indoor cookstove smoke extracts alter human airway epithelial gene expression, DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation. Environmental Pollution
  • Sarah Jewitt, Matthew Smallman-Raynor, Binaya KC, Benjamin Robinson, Puspanjali Adhikari, Catrin Evans, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Charlotte E. Bolten, Ian P. Hall (2022). Domesticating cleaner cookstoves for improved respiratory health: Using approaches from the sanitation sector to explore the adoption and sustained use of improved cooking technologies in Nepal. Social Science & Medicine
  • Binaya KC, Parth Sarathi Mahapatra, Dhruma Thakker,, Amanda P. henry, Charlotte K. Billington, Ian Sayers, Siva Praveen Puppala, Ian P. Hall (2020). Proinflammatory Effects in Ex Vivo Human Lung Tissue of Respirable Smoke Extracts from Indoor Cooking in Nepal. Annals of American Thoracic Society
  • Charlotte Bolton, Binaya KC, Rajendra Koju, Ian P. Hall (2019). Challenges of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural Nepal. Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Tracy L Rimington, Emily Hodge, Charlotte K Billington, Snagita Bhaker, Binaya KC, Iain Kitty, Scott Jelinsky, Ian P Hall, Ian Sayers (2017). Defining the inflammatory signature of Human Lung Explant Tissue in the presence and absence of Glucocorticoid. F1000Research
  • Binaya KC, Benjamin Jones, Bijendra Shrestah, Niroj Nepal, Bim Prasad Shrestha, Ian P. Hall (2017). The effect of Enhanced stove design on Real Life Exposure to PM2.5 and CO in Rural Dwellings in Salambu, Nepal. 39th AIVC-6th TightVent & 4th Venticool Conference
  • James M. Widmann, Binaya KC (2013). Active learning in Nepal: A case study of effectiveness, cultural considerations and student attitudes at a South Asian University. 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
  • Binaya KC, Bhola Thapa (2009). Pressure distribution at inner surface of selected pelton bucket for micro hydro. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, engineering and technology