Subodh Luitel

KU-staff
Assistant Professor,
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Science
Ward No. 2, Letang Municipality, Morang District, Province No. 1
+9779842368018
subodh.luitel@ku.edu.np
Bio
Honors and Awards
Research
Other Position
Publication
Biography

Er. Subodh Luitel is Lecturer of Environmental Engineering Program at Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University since 2018. He has received Excellent Foreign Student (EFS) scholarship and Thammasat University (TU) scholarship for foreign students for pursuing his M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand. He has completed B.Tech. in Environmental Engineering from Kathmandu Univeristy, Nepal.

His research interest are mainly focused on waste (Solid/Liquid/Hazardous) management. His publications and engagement includes, but are not limited to Faecal sludge management, Decentralized wastewater treatment systems, E-waste, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Assessment.

He is also the President of Kathmandu University Professors' Association, School of Science Unit, Kathmandu University from 2020 till 2023.

Honors and Awards
  • Received publication grant from Thammasat University for the publication of conference paper in ICERT 2017.
  • Awarded as Best Oral Presenter in 5th International conference on Environmental Research and Technology (ICERT 2017), George Town, Penang, Malaysia.
  • Received Excellent Foreign Student (EFS) scholarship and Thammasat University (TU) scholarship for foreign student for pursuing M.Sc.

Research

Faecal sludge management, Decentralized wastewater treatment systems, Onsite sanitation systems, Water optimization and reuse, E-waste management, Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Assessment

Other Position

President, School of Science Unit, Kathmandu University Professors' Association [2020-2023]

Publication
  • Shreeja Lopchan Lama, Milan Samal , Subodh Luitel (2022). Characterization of faecal sludge and design of faecal sludge treatment plant in Dhulikhel municipality. WASH Journal, 19(1), 17-24. ISSN – 2091-0851
  • Sandeena Shrestha, Subodh Luitel, Ramdeep Sah (2021). The estimation and management of non-revenue water (NRW) in Indrapur town water supply project. WASH Journal, 18(1), 119-123. ISSN – 2091-0851
  • Shreeja Lopchan, Milan Samal, Anish Ghimire, Subodh Luitel (2020). A Pilot scale study of greywater treatment using gravel sand followed by granular activated carbon.. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology (KUSET), 14(2), 1-7.
  • Subodh Luitel, Sandhya Babel (2017). Developing an e-waste estimation model for Kathmandu, Nepal: An End-of-Life approach for Large Household Electronic Appliance. . In Proceedings of the 12th GMSARN International Conference on Energy Connectivity, Environment, and Development in GMS (GMSARN 2017) (pp. 1-5). Danang, Vietnam.
  • Subodh Luitel, Sandhya Babel (2017). Estimating and forecasting the amount mobile phone as waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) generated from Nepalese households.. In Proceedings of the 5th International conference on Environmental Research and Technology (ICERT 2017) (pp. 487-492). Penang, Malaysia.
  • Subodh Luitel, Sandhya Babel (2016). Material Flow Analysis for Sustainable Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in Nepal.. Poster presented at Water, Membrane, Environment, & Energy Technology Expo: WM2E-2016, 14-16 September 2016, BITECH, Bangkok, Thailand.